Roy Halladay stinks

All right, he's pretty good. But after he struggled against the Yankees last week and lost yesterday to the Twins, I remembered that he was crushed by the Red Sox earlier in the season. I wondered whether he has struggled this year against better teams.

Yup. According to Baseball-Reference, against winning teams, he's 4-4 with a 3.46 ERA and 1.29 WHIP. Against losing teams, he's 4-2 with a 1.08 ERA and 0.80 WHIP. His OPS balloons from .469 to .754 against stiffer competition and his K/9 decreases from 8.3 to 7.2.

Not to nitpick, but he even struggles hitting against better teams: His OPS is .167 against winning teams and .316 against losing ones.

If the Phillies win the NL East, they're going to be in deep trouble unless this is the first year that a sub-.500 team wins the Wild Card.

But he's not a total waste. We learned on Phanavision at Saturday's game that Doc has a hidden talent: He can ride a unicycle - just not against good teams.

Today's update, from Christine: Greg's working a bit late tonight, but at least he won't be missing any games. Both the Phillies and Red Sox have the night off.

After finishing off the sweep of the Dodgers last night, the Sox jetted off to Denver where they'll open a series against the Rockies on Tuesday.

The Phillies are staying put and will host the Indians in the next round of this miserable interleague play. Hint to Phillies fans: When Russell Branyan and Jason Donald bat this week, don't freakin' cheer for them. I'm still pissed about all the love for Jim Thome on Saturday. He has been gone for years. He did not win here. He has been back to Philadelphia in previous seasons. Fine, maybe he's a nice guy, but he's now a footnote in Phillies history. No cheering when the other team homers, no matter the score!

As an aside, I'm becoming deeply troubled by the 2010 Phillies. I'm not sure I'm ready to put it in words yet - I'm probably just hoping they truly break out of this month-long slump for good.