2006 Philles Season Thread

[ice grillin you]

haha thats great

btw abreu absolutely should lead off

[JTrotter Fan]

What I am tired of hearing is how Aaron Rowand or Bobby Abreu should lead off. We know Jimmy is not a prototypical leadoff guy. Charlie knows that as does Gillick. But the options other than Jimmy are not right. Rowand's OBP is not great and he doesn't walk a lot. He is best suited for the 6th hole. Jimmy's best suited for the 7th hole. I'll tell you who I would love to see here next year....Chone Figgins. He'd replace David Bell and bat leadoff. Maybe they can acquire him via trade (Bobby A to the Angels for Figgins and a pitcher?) in the offseason.

Well why not Victorino until Rowand comes back?  Someone else should be in leadoff until Jimmy fixes his problem.  He can't get on base right now and that forces Chase to go from RBI mode to "just getting on base" mode.

[Rome]

haha thats great

btw abreu absolutely should lead off

Yes he should.  Too bad he blatantly refuses to do so.

You gotta love it when the inmates are in charge of the asylum, though.

[Rome]

Ladies and gentleman, I give you Bill Conlin's opening line in his column today;

GOOD MORNING, Philadelphia. And how does it feel being Terry Francona's bitch?

Whoever is the sports editor should be canned for allowing Conlin to publish vulgar rubbish like that.

Moreover, Conlin should be shown the door once and for all.  His prime is nothing but a dot in his proverbial rearview mirror at this point.

[ice grillin you]

yeah its hard believe that he can just straight up refuse to do it and get away with it

starting anew era with gillick coming in was the perfect time to pull a soriano on him

[MDS]

Abreu shouldnt lead off. He's too important in the middle of the order and it basically marganilizes his skills. Right now Victorino should be leading off and Rollins should be 6th or 7th.

[Rome]

Victorino will be seated on the bench in a couple of days, so he's out as a leadoff hitter.

Abreu might strike out a lot but his selectivity at the plate makes him a better candidate to lead off than Rollins.

Rollins is pretty maddening at this point.  I honestly thought he had turned it around for good but he's back to swinging for the fences again for some reason.

[phattymatty]

Oh, yeah. Did y'all catch the comment made by David Wells where he suggested that David Dellucci was on the juice last year?

He answered questions about that today.  With usual class.

"'I wasn't accusing him or anything of the sort. So the [expletive] who did it, or the [expletives] who did it, I think they need to [expletive]. And you can quote me on that. [Expletives]."

[ice grillin you]

phillies are 5th in the wild card race

[MDS]

Fasano got hit in the nads and now Coste is the backup catcher until he can play (could be back tommorrow, though). This seriously might be the worst catching group in the majors, and I'm not even factoring in Loserthal.

[phattymatty]

sal fasano = clue haywood from major league

[Rome]

Oh, yeah. Did y'all catch the comment made by David Wells where he suggested that David Dellucci was on the juice last year?

He answered questions about that today.  With usual class.

"'I wasn't accusing him or anything of the sort. So the [expletive] who did it, or the [expletives] who did it, I think they need to [expletive]. And you can quote me on that. [Expletives]."

I think Wells has chronic self-esteem issues stemming from his being morbidly obese.

Either that or he's just a bigmouth farging jerkoff.

[ice grillin you]

[BigEd76]

"GET OFF MY TRAIN!"

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

That guy's dead, and the guy who played Clue Haywood (I always thought it was Lou) was actually a big league pitcher:

Former Major League baseball pitcher, 1975 to 1986. Pitched for the Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals & Milwaukee Brewers. Was a member of the original Toronto Blue Jays team of 1977. A pitcher during his professional career, but portrayed a power hitting first baseman in the 1989 film "Major League".

American League "Cy Young" Award winner, 1982 with Milwaukee Brewers.