Phillies Season Thread 2013

[ice grillin you]

but that at bat wasnt a "stuff' issue....its a mentality issue....you don't have to have good stuff to throw one in the dirt and not constantly be all over the plate....he doesn't believe in wasting a pitch ever

[MDS]

they lose 2-0 or 5-0

one loss closer to rube trading michael young for a low A pitcher

your point

[Rome]

99.999999999999999% sure Lee wasn't winning without the Phillies scoring a run for him.  Still, between him and Cole sucking the life out of their chances this weekend, it's time to S-E-L-L.

Close thread.

[ice grillin you]

theres the one run the mets needed

[MDS]

braves also lost 2/3....igy's nats swept

if hamels is a .500 pitcher theyre in first place

[Sgt PSN]

if hamels is a .500 pitcher theyre in first place

You mean, if he had more wins the Phillies would lead the division?  Interesting. 

[MDS]

no

[ice grillin you]

lol.....oooops

[ice grillin you]

nice paplebon signing there roob....

But even if they do decide to listen on Jonathan Papelbon, other teams increasingly view him as practically untradeable.

"He's just not that valuable with that contract," says one AL exec. "If the Phillies want premium players back, they'd have to take half the contract [which has two years, worth $26 million, remaining, plus a vesting $13 million option]. I don't see any team giving up an A-list prospect and taking that entire contract. You'd be taking the worst two or three years of a bad deal and giving them a premium prospect. That just doesn't make sense."

[MDS]

if they get can get a top tier prospect for half of papelbons salary it should have been done last week

they print money but dont print good baseball players

[MDS]

is there one phillies player who is better, at their position, than someone on the cardinals?

[Geowhizzer]

Apparently the Phils are going to give Brian Wilson a look.

And  at Michael Young.  Not exactly Michael Jack at third.

[MDS]

Manuel was not happy with the approach of Phillies' hitters against Miller. The Phillies' hacking ways stood in stark contrast to the patient Cardinals, who racked up excellent at-bats with a lineup loaded with .300-plus hitters.

lol...if only he could do anything about how his team approaches hitting. if only he had the power.

[ice grillin you]

Manuel was not happy with the approach of Phillies' hitters against Miller. The Phillies' hacking ways stood in stark contrast to the patient Cardinals, who racked up excellent at-bats with a lineup loaded with .300-plus hitters.

lol...if only he could do anything about how his team approaches hitting. if only he had the power.

power?....you mean like getting 250 rbi a year from choke and GRIT

the farging nats and braves keep losing giving smug a false sense of hope...the real hope might be in the mets getting within a game or even catching them this week

[MDS]

power as in control, dummy

as in if he doesnt like jimmy rollins hacking at everything he can start...john mcdonald?...to prove a point. i guess.