06/07 Phillies Offseason Thread

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

If he goes down now, we know unquestioningly that God has it in for the Philadelphia Phillies.  Or Philadelphia sports fans.  Or both.

^^^^^^
real talk

Interesting response, considering you don't believe in God.

[Seabiscuit36]

Thank god they have Lieber 

[ice grillin you]

i believe in gawd

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

i believe in gawd

??

[SD_Eagle5]

Phils/Sox is on ESPN right now

[ice grillin you]

wip reporting garcia's forearm is 'nothing serious'

[SD_Eagle5]

If anyone else is watching, Lieber looks half decent in middle relief.

rome sent me this with the caption: 'Unhappy!' underneath

[Sgt PSN]

I managed to catch Utley's 2R homer and then watched as Wakefield made Burrell look absolutely rediculous and proceeded to get him looking at strike 3 that travelled about 40 mph right down the middle of the plate.

Awesome. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Wakefield made Burrell look absolutely rediculous and proceeded to get him looking at strike 3 that travelled about 40 mph right down the middle of the plate.

Deja vu!

[Sgt PSN]

b00beez!!

[Rome]

Just got back into town.

We watched the entire game yesterday from just above the Phils bullpen in left field.

A few things...

1st - I've been to S.T. stadiums everywhere in this state and nothing compares to the Phillies stadium in Clearwater.  It's probably the nicest stadium I've ever been to, period.  I cannot imagine any way the Phils could have done better than that place.  Frenchy's Tiki Bar is one of the coolest hangouts I've ever been to.  Man - it was 75 degrees and sunny and there's nothing better than hanging out a bar on a beautiful day watching a ball game.  If you've never been there, I highly recommend you take a vacation and head down here for spring training.  It's not to be missed if you're a Phillies fan.

2nd - Lieber was indeed crying like a bitch yesterday.  He must be trying to get traded because I think he defied Uncle Cholly about 3 times by playing catch with Burrell between innings.  At least that was my impression because Ramon Henderson told him to stop a couple of innings before he went in and pitched.

3rd - Brett Myers spent the entire game talking to Papelbon of the Sox.  Weird.  They were also talking to a couple of the hottest broads I've ever seen as well.  I think Papelbon might have gotten one of their numbers. 

4th - Ryan Howard looked clueless against Wakefield.  So did Burrell.  Abe Nunez, on the other hand, owned his ass all day.  Funney.   Howard took extra batting practice after the game and was hitting some bombs to left-center.  He hit one completely out of the stadium.  One of the minor league guys was shagging flies and I was talking to him about Howard.  He said that he had never seen anyone ever hit the ball with such power to the opposite field in his life.  I've never heard another athlete talk about another player like that.  He was in awe just like a typical fan watching him hit bomb after bomb.  Very cool.

5th - The defense continues to struggle.  They better tighten that shtein up or it's gonna be a long season.

6th - Youkilis's home run was a bomb.  I was walking over to the bathroom just as he hit it and I missed catching it by about 10 feet.

7th - Utley's homer looked like a farged up tee shot.  I don't think it ever got more than 20 feet off the ground.  The wind was blowing directly in to right field and I was thinking "there's no way anyone hits a homer to right today" just as he hit it out.

8th - The minor league facility is directly behind the stadium.  They had a couple of simulated games going and I ended up watching quite a bit of both games.

Finally - this team really has me concerned.  The defense has been awful all spring, they're not really hitting the ball very well, the pitching has been putrid... I don't know.  I hope they get their heads on straight before the season starts but it just seems like they're pressing too much (if that's even possible in spring training).

[SD_Eagle5]

Great photography

[Rome]

That was for Chuggie.   

Fat boy's pretty limber, though.  Gotta give him that much.

[MURP]

2nd - Lieber was indeed crying like a bitch yesterday. 

in what sense?

[SD_Eagle5]

That was for Chuggie.   

Chuggies a Dodgers fan, get one like that of Brad Penny and watch him go wild.