07/08 Phillies Offseason Thread

[phattymatty]

i can't imagine having a 3rd baseman on the phillies as good as rolen.

[ice grillin you]

not only is rolen one of he biggest Hoydas to ever play professional sports but he isnt all that good either

basically id rather have wes helms wife play third for the phillies than rolen

[rjs246]

Um, he's a .280+ hitter with 1000+ RBIs and a .500+ slugging %. Not to mention 7 gold gloves.

The dude is a sopping snatch, but let's not pretend that he isn't a good player.

[Wingspan]

When he's healthy, he's still the best defensive 3B in the national league...and the guy can still hit.

I'll never understand what drives phillie fans to hate this guy.

All he did was say that he wanted out because he didnt think the team ownership showed the desire to win. He was right.

And then he went and took less money to play with a team he thought would do just that.

He's one of the only guys that has said "It's not always about the money" and then backed it up. But because it shunned the Phillies (the glowing beacon of winning baseball and dedication that this organization has always been) he gets booed.

[Rome]

I'll never understand what drives phillie fans to hate this guy.

Least shocking post ever.

[Wingspan]

I'll never understand what drives phillie fans to hate this guy.

Least shocking post ever.

No, what would be the least shocking post ever would be to have some know it all philly fan hate on the guy because he insulted the team he grew up insulting himself.

[Rome]

It's one thing for me to pick on my little brother but it's another thing entirely to have a bully picking on him.

[ice grillin you]

he insulted the city...not just the phillies...hes a midwestern puppies and flowers bitchmade punk...he doesnt like tony larussa because hes too demanding of his players...same reason he hated larry bowa...


Um, he's a .280+ hitter with 1000+ RBIs and a .500+ slugging %. Not to mention 7 gold gloves.

youre talking about the distant past...im talking about the possibility that the phillies could get him now...i really dont give a shtein what he did four years ago

[Wingspan]

It's one thing for me to pick on my little brother but it's another thing entirely to have a bully picking on him.

Please... using that analogy, your "little brother" was doing nothing but punching himself in the face.

No one ever seems to address the fact that Rolen was right. And frankly, not much has changed since, other than his back problems are enough to make me not want anything to do with the guy.

[rjs246]

youre talking about the distant past...

Or 2006. Same thing.

[Rome]

You like him, I don't.

End of story.

[SunMo]

You like him, I don't.

End of story.

or is it?

[ice grillin you]

youre talking about the distant past...

Or 2006. Same thing.

2006 he had like 20 hr and 90 rbi...hardly great numbers...better than the phillies 3rd basemen but not nearly good enough to pay him 36 million for the next three years and put up with his faggyness and minneapolis bridge back....if im gonna pay out big money for a bitch it will be a rod...

rolen would slit his throat before he ever came to philly so its a moot point anyway

[Seabiscuit36]

It's one thing for me to pick on my little brother but it's another thing entirely to have a bully picking on him.

If he's healthy i'd still take him back, he's better than Helmsy or Dobbsy

Please... using that analogy, your "little brother" was doing nothing but punching himself in the face.

No one ever seems to address the fact that Rolen was right. And frankly, not much has changed since, other than his back problems are enough to make me not want anything to do with the guy.

I think IGY and Winger are right, i thought i remembered him using the team is not committed to winning excuse but then followed it up with saying he didnt like the city. 

[SD_Eagle5]

He used the 'team is not committed' (which he was partly right but he used that excuse after they offered him a reported $100 million contract), then said he didn't like the city, then it was his back was hurtin on the hard vet turf even though he left a year (or was it two) before they moved into CBP. He's one of the best defensive 3rd baseman ever but overall he's a Hoyda who doesn't fit in this town.