130 pitches for pedro....
― bnw, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
The Arbitrariness of Raul
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=1390
― Andy K, Monday, 21 September 2009 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Rodeojones (Nj): Is 2009 going to eclipse 1964 as the worst year in Phillies history?
Steven Goldman: The odds are still against it, but the Braves are sure making things interesting, aren't they? The Phillies tragedy quotient is equivalent to how much more rope they give Lidge... Doesn't seem like they're prepared to give him much more, but he keeps turning up anyway.
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
2009 officially not the worst year in Phillies history.
― Maltodextrin, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 07:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Neyer:
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/1271/explaining-brad-lidge
― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 7 November 2009 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5rRfVcay9A
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Thursday, 21 January 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_klg6mfEYEg
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Saturday, 17 April 2010 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Howard extended 5/125.
― Antoine Joubert Singers (Andy K), Monday, 26 April 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Or:
Keith LawA bad deal for Philly?"This is one of the worst extension of its kind -- it's an overpay in both years and dollars. Howard is one of the last guys in the middle of the lineup I'd give that kind of money, too. He's 30, has a bad body, is not a good defender, and has struggled to make contact to versus lefties -- he's gone backwards in that area over the past couple of years. If you were locking him up through age 31, it's not so bad. How happy are if you're Albert Pujols? If Howard is worth $25 million, Pujols is worth $50 million a year."
― nabisco infiltrator (J0rdan S.), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
wow that's a bad contract
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Beyond the Boxscore has analysed the deal and reckon that if a healthy, 700 AB/year Howard plays to his projections, the Phillies have overspent by $49m.
― Mark C, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 12:37 (fourteen years ago) link
they can always just trade him to st louis for pujols
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 13:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Tex Premium Lager (NJ)Hindsight Phillies GM action: Extend Lee at market rate for 4 years, or sign the Howard extension?
Rob Neyer (12:34 PM)Look, here's the biggest problem with the Howard deal ... it was, at this moment, utterly unnecessary. He was already under contract through 2011. What have the Phillies *possibly* gained by adding five years to that now? Cliff Lee is a separate issue.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Howard's b-ref comps
1. Richie Sexson (918)2. Cecil Fielder (893)3. Mo Vaughn (891)4. Willie McCovey (891)5. David Ortiz (890)6. Tony Clark (890)7. Mark McGwire (889)8. Carlos Delgado (889)9. Fred McGriff (885)10. Norm Cash (876)
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
All those guys were more or less finished as impact players by their mid-30's (and half of them were washed up and out of baseball by that age). Nice one Phillies!
How silly does Halladay feel right now? He willingly agreed to an extension that will end when he's the same age as Howard will be at the end of his new contract -- and he'll be making about half of what Howard makes per year. He obviously could have held them up for so much more money (especially since Lee had already been traded, so he knew they wouldn't be competing against each other for superstar pitcher money with the same team), and not least because he won't be sucking in four years.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Keep poundin' the corner.
― Antoine Joubert Singers (Andy K), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I wasn't thrilled Halladay took bitch money but am loving how he gets to see what he left on the table diverted to Mo Vaughn Jr.
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
meh, i'd rather have Howard then Teixiera IMHO. gl2u w/ that fwiw
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
one thing that kinda bugs is why on earth folx are all ZMGRFLMAOWTF @ howard's contract when Teixiera's is about the same (~90%), 3 years longgggger and Teix is just as old and not as good (IMHO).
is it because the phils aren't the yanx and people are used to the yanx throwing crazy money around like it ain't no thang for most of the past decade with precious little to show for it?
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:32 PM (0 seconds ago)
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 29 April 2010 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
we don't need no crossposting w/in ILBB, genius
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 April 2010 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Ryan Madson kicked a chair in frustration after he blew a save in the 10th inning on Wednesday in San Francisco.
The chair won.
Madson broke his right big toe and the Phillies placed him on the 15-day disabled list Friday just as they activated right-hander Brad Lidge, who had been on the DL since the season started. The Phillies recalled left-hander Antonio Bastardo from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take Madson's place on the 25-man roster. http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/28/fullj.9f3e060f69714d4e5e8469d002a8ad76/9f3e060f69714d4e5e8469d002a8ad76-getty-97581978cp006_philadelphia_.jpg
― controll-s (velko), Saturday, 1 May 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
People always talk about 'closer mentality' which I dismiss as bullshit but Madson seems to prove that theory right time after time. His stuff is nasty and when hes a set up guy hes great. Seems like he blows saves on the regular tho.. Dont get it.
― mayor jingleberries, Saturday, 1 May 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
When Moyer retires and there's no active player left who's older than I am, I'm going to be a little sad.
― Nom Nom Nom Chomsky (WmC), Monday, 3 May 2010 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i wouldn't worry. Moyer will pitch until he's dead.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, 3 May 2010 04:25 (fourteen years ago) link
um. ok maybe after that you can worry.
*buries him under the mound*
― con-ni (rahni), Monday, 3 May 2010 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_mlb_experts__53/ept_sports_mlb_experts-884660126-1272955782.jpg?ymHeVFDDOXzOlO9q
― velko, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/19456973
― velko, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha
― am0n, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
don't tase me ayo
― am0n, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Posted by Mark Tue May 04, 2010 5:41 am EDT
The kid running around was a liberal arts major
― velko, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ espn tryin to make a huge deal of this when everyone is p. much like, "yeah, dude deserved to get tased"
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
looks like he pissed himself
― βΠψ (bnw), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
hey, I'm shocked to learn the Philly police commish is a total pig.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:30 (fourteen years ago) link
another guy ran on the field tonight & totally derailed hamels' start
― the rural führer (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:31 (fourteen years ago) link
yadier molina?
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:35 (fourteen years ago) link
hahah
― the rural führer (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link
nah but a fan ran onto the field and hamels went friese double -> yadi double -> pulled from the game
― the rural führer (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:38 (fourteen years ago) link
the fallacy of the inevitable idiot fan
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i fucking love Philly. a fan runs onto the field and gets tazered & humiliated. instead of discouraging this from happening again, another Philadelphian-ite-whatever does it the next day. simply amazing.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
ayo that's how we do
― going non-native (dyao), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
so dude tonite didn't get tased?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
imo you gotta go with a "you WILL get tased" policy
what if it was all orchestrated by citizens bank
― the rural führer (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Get Tased Night at Citizens Bank Park
― velko, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:22 (fourteen years ago) link
tonight i mean -- they had a security guard's brother run out just so they wouldn't tase him
― the rural führer (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:22 (fourteen years ago) link
i would drive down for this.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:27 (fourteen years ago) link
actually - i *will* be heading down at some point this summer to see Doc pitch.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:28 (fourteen years ago) link
The 34-year-old man Tuesday gave himself up without incident, was booed by the sellout crowd and charged with defiant trespass, disorderly conduct and narcotics possession.
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 11:13 (fourteen years ago) link