Ron Washington on loss to Giants: We were out-misfitted

Ron Washington dismissed rumors that the Rangers ran out of gas during their World Series loss to the Giants and suggested that his team was simply “out-misfitted by the other team.”

“You look over into the Giants dugout and you see Jonathan Sanchez’s eyebrows or that Olive Oyl clone Tim Lincecum. Bunch of misfits over there,” said Washington, a day after his team failed to capture the first championship in franchise history. “I mean, talent wise – on paper – we feel like we had the better team. But they were just too goofy. They had a lot of beards. Pat Burrell wears assless chaps to holiday parties. We were clearly outmanned in that department.”

When asked if his team could have done anything to be goofier, Washington was stoic in his sentiments.

“We tried a few things. We had that little Ron Washington kid come out. We even brought out George W. Bush. I saw some stuff going on in the crowd involving antlers. But it comes down to the players. We have guys who won’t even go near a wine cooler. You knew it was going to be an uphill battle.”

Ibanez on pace to hit 74 homers, make everyone forget about Burrell by next week

Raul Ibanez is quickly becoming a fan favorite 11 games into his Phillies career. His walk-off two-run home run in the Phils’ 5-4 win over the Padres on Sunday gave him five this season and is tied for the National League lead in that category.

The left fielder was brought in to replace Pete Burrell, who signed with the Rays this past offseason. Ibanez’s quick start has already caused most casual fans to forget last year’s left fielder and all signs point to there being no recollection or historical record of Pete Incaviglia having ever existed as a Phillie come next week.

The Phillies will take on the Padres tonight in the series finale with Jamie Moyer taking the mound against Kevin Correia.