2008 Phillies Spring Training Thread

[Wingspan]

You can't send him to the minors, unless it's a rehab assignment. It's against union rules.

[Geowhizzer]

I'm holding out hope that the Phils can talk Joe Cowley out of retirement.

[Geowhizzer]

I just have to say that I've been down that road, and I've never had a more debilitating injury. 

Clearly you've never had a sore shoulder. 

No, but I was afraid that I had thrown out my elbow a couple of weeks ago... playing dodgeball with my middle schoolers.

Dammit, this getting old thing sucks.

[ice grillin you]

Eaton's alive

After throwing from a bullpen mound, Adam Eaton heard the heckling fan.

"He asked me how much that session cost -- 20 grand?" said Eaton, the maligned front-runner for the Phillies' No. 5 starter job. "I said, 'I wish.' That was pretty tame."

So, too, apparently, was Eaton's latest 25-pitch tuneup. The herniated disk in his lower back didn't flare, and he's slated to start a minor league game Saturday. Eaton was bothered by a sore shoulder last season when he posted a 6.29 ERA and has been hampered by the back problem during two poor starts this spring.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

If Barack Obama is elected, Eaton will have to pay a lot more in taxes.  Another positive for Barry-O.

[ice grillin you]

lenny dykstra is on wip right now giving the single best and funniest interview ive ever heard

hes murdering mitch williams so hilariously


when this hits the wip website you MUST listen

[ice grillin you]

eskin - "how many hr's did mitch give up in that world series?"

lenny - "its not the hrs's its the counts"

eskin - "and mitch didnt manage the counts?"

lenny - "HE DIDNT KNOW THE RULES"

[ice grillin you]

lenny interview


http://podcast.610wip.com/wip/963767.mp3 - part I



http://podcast.610wip.com/wip/963769.mp3 - part II

[BigEd76]

Lohse to the Cardinals....1/$4.25M.  Not quite 5/$55M, huh Bora$

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The Phillies are paying Eaton over $8 million and couldn't afford to pay an actually serviceable starter like Lohse $5 million?

Super.

[ice grillin you]

exactly...the phillies are a joke...the 3-4 spots in their rotation are tenuous and they dont even have a #5 yet and they cant pay this guy a few million bucks...infuriating

[SD_Eagle5]

Gillick has been a train wreck to say the least:
Eaton
Barajas
Helms
Garcia

I'm sure the front office handcuffed him but if he's creative enough he could have made Lohse work.

[ice grillin you]

lohse is 100% on the ownership....theres no creativity involved...you give the guy five million bucks for one year and call it a day

[Wingspan]

The phils made a multi-year offer more than the one he just signed back when the season ended. And Lohse turned it down, expecting the 5/55 deal somewhere else.

Obviously, he never got it.

Right or wrong, once the phils signed benson, they had no interest in dealing with Lohse. Also, while I am no fan of pat gillick, lets not pretend that lohse was anything more than a number 4.

[ice grillin you]

lohse is a three on the phillies.....no chance he doesnt have a better year than kendrick