06/07 Phillies Offseason Thread

[Rome]

Phils JV losing 4-3 in the bottom of the 5th against Detroit.

[PhillyGirl]

wtf is this talk of Myers becoming a closer?

[SD_Eagle5]

Talk

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Retarded.  Would Flash be his setup man?

[PhillyGirl]

John Marzano is on DNL talking about it and how great it would be.

What farging drugs is he smoking? Sure, take one of our top pitchers out of the rotation and leave Leiber in there to farg up once every 5 days.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

They should be talking about the Eagles' upcoming foray into free agency.

[SD_Eagle5]

John Marzano is on DNL talking about it and how great it would be.

Marzano reminds me of King_Cole

[ice grillin you]

phils sign howard for 900k

as a goodwill gesture i would have tossed him a at least a mil

[Rome]

farging cheap ass imbeciles. 

Howard belted 58 homers en route to earning the NL MVP Award in 2006, but had no leverage in negotiations. The $900,000 is a flat rate, and didn't include any performance bonuses.

That's the thing I don't get.  Yeah, you couldn't come to a long-term agreement, but for God's sake, he was the farging MVP of the entire league last year.

Idiots.

[ice grillin you]

yeah you HAVE to give him a million...because eventually youre gonna wanna come to agreement on a long term johnson so why not splash a little extra cake on him right now to make him happy...

people have long memories

[Seabiscuit36]

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/nationworld/ci_5340331

Dentist sues Cory Lidle's estate over plane crash
SAMUEL MAULL The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 03/02/2007 11:32:37 AM EST


NEW YORK -- A dentist to the rich and famous has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the estate of late New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, claiming his home was destroyed when the ballplayer's small airplane crashed into his apartment building.
Dr. Lawrence Rosenthal says in court papers that after Lidle's Cirrus SR-20 aircraft crashed into the Manhattan building where he lived with his wife and teenage son, they had to vacate their 43rd-floor apartment.

Rosenthal, whose patients include Donald Trump, Bruce Springsteen and Catherine Zeta-Jones, said his apartment sustained "severe damage, including broken windows, smoke damage, loose bricks and extensive other damage" that forced them out.

The plane, with Lidle and flight instructor Tyler Stanger aboard, hit the Upper East Side building on the 30th floor, 13 floors below Rosenthal's apartment, on Oct 11. Lidle, 34, and Stanger, 26, were killed in the crash.

The two had taken a midday flight past the Statue of Liberty and north up the East River. They apparently had trouble when they tried to turn and head south.

The National Transportation Safety Board investigated, but its report said it reached no final conclusions about the cause of the accident, nor did the agency's report say who was at the controls when the airplane crashed.

Rosenthal's lawyer, David Jaroslawicz, said Thursday that "everything was destroyed" in his client's home and the family has been renting while waiting to return. He said their home is actually three apartments joined to make one apartment that is worth "several million dollars."

Rosenthal's lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Manhattan state Supreme Court, names Lidle's wife, Melanie Lidle, as the defendant in her capacity as administratrix of her late husband's estate.

A lawyer for her, Robert N. Clarke Jr., issued a statement saying attorneys for the Lidle and Stanger families had filed wrongful-death lawsuits against Cirrus Design Corp., maker of the airplane, in California. He said the lawsuits allege product liability, negligence and other complaints.

A spokeswoman for Cirrus Design didn't immediately return messages left on her office phone and cell phone on Thursday.

Rosenthal was in the news in January, when he sued best-selling dating-book author Ellen Fein for $5 million after she called him a quack on the LyingDentist.com and BadDentist.com Web sites. She accused him of ruining her mouth.

The lawsuit accused Fein, author of "The Rules," of defamation, harassment and extortion.

Fein's lawyer, Ann McGrane, said she planned to file a motion to dismiss Rosenthal's lawsuit.

[ice grillin you]

The plane, with Lidle and flight instructor Tyler Stanger aboard, hit the Upper East Side building on the 30th floor, 13 floors below Rosenthal's apartment

Rosenthal's lawyer, David Jaroslawicz, said Thursday that "everything was destroyed" in his client's home

[Rome]

He's trying to get a piece of her potential settlement from Cirrus.

F'ing bloodsuckers...   

[BigEd76]

More than double what he was expected to be paid this year.  It's actually a decent amount for a player with less than 2 years of experience.  I think Pujols is the only player to get more...

[SD_Eagle5]

More than double what he was expected to be paid this year.  It's actually a decent amount for a player with less than 2 years of experience.  I think Pujols is the only player to get more...

But it wasn't a million, so the Phils are cheap. He can't even become a URFA for another 5 years and more than likely will get a LTD next season same way Chase got his this season...so this years salary is peanuts.