Charlie Manuel is not a particularly happy camper. In the wake of a Dodgers road four-game sweep at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies are now three games under .500 and entrenched in last place in the division.

David Murphy of the Philadelphia Inquirer secured a juicy quote from the team’s skipper:

“We don’t scare nobody,” Manuel said. “We used to have a swagger. We used to be kind of cocky in a real good way. Teams used to definitely fear us. I definitely don’t see that fear no more. I’m sorry. I’m answering the question very honestly. I don’t see where we scare nobody. Nobody backs down from us. Matter of fact, they come right at us. They take it right to us.”

Indeed. Look at the lineup, for starters. Juan Pierre is holding his own — for now, anyway — with a .356 OBP, Carlos Ruiz boasts a .577 SLG, and Hunter Pence is posting a respectable .816 OPS, but what else is there right now?

Jimmy Rollins?

Shane Victorino?

John Mayberry Jr.?T

Ty Wigginton?*

Mike Fontenot or Freddy Galvis?

Meanwhile, Roy Halladay is missing from the rotation and the bullpen has been