Article: Phillies need to show confidence in Garcia.(baseball player Freddy Garcia)

Byline: Phil Sheridan

PHILADELPHIA _ In Seattle and Chicago, Freddy Garcia was a horse. The righthander started 30-plus games and pitched 200-plus innings year after year after year.

The thing about horses, though, is they'll keep right on running whether they're physically able to or not. In Philadelphia, Garcia hasn't yet proven he is still the pitcher he believes himself to be. And therein lies a little bit of a problem.

Manager Charlie Manuel took Garcia out in the sixth inning of Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Garcia had allowed a ground single that barely eluded the gloves of Abraham Nunez and Jimmy Rollins and issued a ...

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