2011 Philadelphia Phillies Season Thread (choking awful pos team, DIAF)

[PhillyGirl]

In fact, among teams in the National League, Halladay would rank second to the Phillies all by himself — no other NL team has more than five complete games!

LOL

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

In heartbreaking news, Danys Baez was officially released after he cleared waivers.

[BigEd76]

Shane makes a friend

[BigEd76]

Pence on 97.5, talking about Grit:

I just asked him after the first game, I want to get on your program, I want to see how you prepare for a game, because being with the Astros, I always ask about the best players and try to study them a lot, I go overboard to try to pick people's brains. That's just who I am. And I heard a lot about Utley and I was like, "Hey man, what time do you get to the field? I want to see how your prepare, what you look for when you're looking at film, ya know, what you're thinking."

I was just kind of, I don't know, pestering him, really. But he was like, "I'll pick you up tomorrow, 9 AM"

I said, "I can take a cab, I'll just meet you."

"You can take a cab, but I'm going to pick you up at 9."

So I was like, alright, he's picking me up. He texted me and said, "Hey, you want a coffee?" And I said "absolutely", and there you have it.

He was just showing me the city, telling me where I could live, good places to stay, what he's done, what it's like in the city. Talked a little bit about hitting, some of his old buddies, J-Mike.

[MDS]

that pence/shane thing in the comic is gold

[PhillyGirl]

Pence has the doggedness of a Vince Papale or Carlos Ruiz, the work ethic of a Brian Dawkins or a Roy Halladay, and the magnetic personality of a Richie Ashburn or a Jimmy Rollins, not to mention the career batting average (.290), OPS (.817) and home-run total (25 in each of his three full seasons) of an All-Star.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20110801_Pence_well-worth_trade__Amaro_says.html#ixzz1ToXWLvXu
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[PhillyGirl]

Shane makes a friend

Holy crap. 

[Rome]

So, which is the parody, Shane or Pence?

[Geowhizzer]

Oswalt says he's ready to return.

Apparently his fastball was in the low 90s.

[Don Ho]

In heartbreaking news, Danys Baez was officially released after he cleared waivers.

When is the planned group suicide?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Not a clean start tonight

[MDS]

samuel is a problem

[SD]

samuel is a problem

He's just jealous of Nmandi

[SD]

great play there by jimmy

[MDS]

samuel is a problem

He's just jealous of Nmandi

sam-wel?