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And here's something else no one seems to be perking their ears up to - Oswalt was pulled in his start previous the one to SD, then he comes out and pitches a decent game following. But only for 6 innings, only sitting around 90/91 on his fastball, and he was clearly still hurt. I'm thinking we'll be without Roy, albeit precautionary or otherwise, for quite a bit.

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

And here's something else no one seems to be perking their ears up to - Oswalt was pulled in his start previous the one to SD, then he comes out and pitches a decent game following. But only for 6 innings, only sitting around 90/91 on his fastball, and he was clearly still hurt. I'm thinking we'll be without Roy, albeit precautionary or otherwise, for quite a bit.

I don't know - didn't really see the game last night.

At least they scored some runs.

yeah i fell asleep around the fifth. we got more than 4 runs! and 12 hits too. hopefully that's the start of something...

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/ ... l-reasons/

Cliffy6745 wrote:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/27/roy-oswalt-has-left-the-phillies-for-personal-reasons/

Just heard that a minute ago i hope all is well. Oswalt is a huge key to this teams success wonder whats up.

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/27/roy-oswalt-has-left-the-phillies-for-personal-reasons/

Welp....there's goes the 4 Aces. Retirement on the way I bet. At least that frees up money for relief and a bat.

You think it's that serious? A guy I work with just said pretty much the same thing. You think it's an injury thing?

I just know that he was talking about retirement after this season possibly. And if his back injury, or consistent back injuries, become too prevalent that maybe he's possibly considering calling it quits. This is just my feeling.

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

I just know that he was talking about retirement after this season possibly. And if his back injury, or consistent back injuries, become too prevalent that maybe he's possibly considering calling it quits. This is just my feeling.

Gotcha, yeah, it could be anything though. Could be a sick kid and he's back in two days or it good be an injury. Timing says something is up after the last couple weeks though.

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

I just know that he was talking about retirement after this season possibly. And if his back injury, or consistent back injuries, become too prevalent that maybe he's possibly considering calling it quits. This is just my feeling.

Gotcha, yeah, it could be anything though. Could be a sick kid and he's back in two days or it good be an injury. Timing says something is up after the last couple weeks though.

Could definitely be. I just let to set the expectations at the worst so nothing's a shock. Could easily be something like that. But from what I saw from his past three starts - what no one seems to be talking about, which astonishes me - is how he looked. And that is not good.

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

I just know that he was talking about retirement after this season possibly. And if his back injury, or consistent back injuries, become too prevalent that maybe he's possibly considering calling it quits. This is just my feeling.

Gotcha, yeah, it could be anything though. Could be a sick kid and he's back in two days or it good be an injury. Timing says something is up after the last couple weeks though.

Could definitely be. I just let to set the expectations at the worst so nothing's a shock. Could easily be something like that. But from what I saw from his past three starts - what no one seems to be talking about, which astonishes me - is how he looked. And that is not good.

Ha, I hear you. I haven't seen any of his starts either, just read about them.

I'm pretty confident he's not retiring. Definitely interesting though. Hope everything works out for him.

Oswalt returns to Miss. home following tornado activity
POSTED: April 27, 2011 By David Murphy

Roy Oswalt left the Phillies shortly after his start against the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night because of what the team said were "personal reasons."

After initially declining to provide specifics, the team issued a statement from general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. that said Oswalt is returning to his home in Mississippi to check on his family and home because of tornado activity in the region.

“There has been a tremendous amount of tornado activity near Roy’s home in Mississippi resulting in several tragic deaths and significant devastation to the area," the statement read. "Because of this, Roy is concerned about his family’s well-being. He has chosen to take time to make sure there wasn’t significant damage to his home, but more importantly, to make certain that his wife and children are okay.

"It is almost a year to the day that his parents’ home was destroyed by a tornado, which has heightened his concern about the current situation. We are hopeful that he will rejoin the team for his next start, but will take that day-by-day.”

Oswalt endured his roughest start as a Phillie in Tuesday's 7-5 loss, throwing just 57 pitches while allowing five runs in three innings. It was just the second time in his career that he pitched at least three innings and did not record a strikeout.

Manager Charlie Manuel noted after the game what was obvious to anybody who watched: Oswalt had little life on his pitches, and his fastball was a couple miles per hour slower than usual. But Amaro said the righthander is healthy. Two starts ago, Oswalt left early with what was described as back spasms. He returned five days later to hold the Padres to one hit in six scoreless innings, but pitching coach Rich Dubee said later that he did not think Oswalt was 100 percent recovered from the back injury.

"He's fine," Amaro said. "He just didn't have his good stuff yesterday. That happens."

The Phillies have two off days before Oswalt is scheduled to pitch again. They are off tomorrow, then have a three game series against the Mets, then have an off day on Monday. Scheduled to start against the Mets are Joe Blanton, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee.