2008 Philadelphia Phillies Season/Playoff Thread (Die Mets Die)

[rjs246]

Dude is batting .235. We all loved Dave Kingman growing up but we didn't want his ass on our team.

[Rome]

Howard's clearly getting booed because he's black and not because he's fat and strikes out too much.

Damn racist Phillyphans.

[ice grillin you]

hes still infintely better than burrell...hell hes been better than utley for the last month and half

i just dont get the love affair with pat burrell

[SD_Eagle5]

if i hear one more commerical or see another ad for that vote for pat shtein im gonna puke...howard leads the league in hr and rbi...where is his all star campaign...not only does he not have one but hes getting booed at the stadium and buried continously on wip

I think I see where you're going with this:

[SD_Eagle5]

hes still infintely better than burrell...hell hes been better than utley for the last month and half

i just dont get the love affair with pat burrell

Pats dreamy

[Rome]

ftw

[ice grillin you]

if i hear one more commerical or see another ad for that vote for pat shtein im gonna puke...howard leads the league in hr and rbi...where is his all star campaign...not only does he not have one but hes getting booed at the stadium and buried continously on wip

I think I see where you're going with this:

not at all...shtein ive bashed him more than anyone and im an honorary brother...i just dont get the double standard...jimmy is having an awful year....utley has been hideous for over a month and burrell has been a disgrace for much of his career...and now the team and fans are going all out to get him on an all star team he doesnt deserve while they have booed choke back to the dugout for most of this season after ROY and MVP's...its ridiculous and im not even a choke guy

[Wingspan]

Burrell is having a better season this year over Howard. How is this hard to understand?

[BigEd76]

now the team and fans are going all out to get him on an all star team he doesnt deserve

yeah the #5 overall OPS guy in the majors doesn't deserve to be there.  He's the only one in the top 14 that wasn't invited to New York....

[Rome]

OPS means more than HR & RBI's.  Definitely.

[SunMo]

yeah, saying he doesn't deserve it this year is wrong, he does

the team/city/players/whoever would be doing this for whoever was on this vote-off, they did the same thing for abreu a few years ago.  if it was So Taguchi on there, they would be doing the same thing, it's a publicity stunt

[rjs246]

If I had to pick my favorite Phillie it would probably be Jimmy Rollins. But Rollins is having exactly same the kind of year he has every year except for last year. (Year.)

People pump him up to be this superman, and last year he was exactly that, but in general he's an above average hitter with great speed and a good glove and good leadership who is not the superstar that Phillie fans want him to be. What is he a career .280 hitter with like a .340 on base percentage? Whoopideedoo.

And that's all I have to say about that.

[Seabiscuit36]

But how is his VORP?

[ice grillin you]

now the team and fans are going all out to get him on an all star team he doesnt deserve

yeah the #5 overall OPS guy in the majors doesn't deserve to be there.  He's the only one in the top 14 that wasn't invited to New York....

lol vorp what?!?!....the top 14 ops guys?....im not saying either deserve it but get the farg outta here with that shtein...choke has eighty farging two rbi and leads the majors in hr...burrell isnt even having the best year of the guys on the ballot

[PhillyGirl]

The clamoring for Pat to be in the ASG wouldn't be so ridiculous if on the other end of the coin, Howard wasn't being CRUCIFIED like he's the worst player on the team by the fans/radio.  Booing him and then campaigning for Pat to be in the ASG is ridiculous.