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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby smitty » Sat Aug 06, 2011 16:04:49

Barry Jive wrote:
FTN wrote:yeah but you normally dont clear a 40 man spot until you actually trade for the guy.



good point. Though I vaguely remember earlier this year some beat writer saying how teams generally prefer to leave a spot open just in case. No idea why that'd be really


Possibly because the #40 guy stinks anyway. Who are our bottom guys anyways?

Oh wow. Boomer answered me before I typed the question. Nice gardening!!

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby The B1G Piece » Sat Aug 06, 2011 16:08:30

Not to pile on, but Happ got sent to AAA.

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby 5th Round Pick » Sat Aug 06, 2011 16:10:42

The last spot on the 40 man roster is reserved for Kyle Farnsworth who was placed on waivers today by the Rays.
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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby bleh » Sat Aug 06, 2011 16:11:48

Finally Mathieson is free from being jerked around by this org so he can be the cy young middle reliever he's cable of being.

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby lowcountry » Sat Aug 06, 2011 18:44:26

So long, Juan. We'll always have that one inning.
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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby PTOITWCFTPP » Sat Aug 06, 2011 19:37:38

Friday's winning pitcher, Vance Worley , is the first Phillies rookie to win six games over a seven-game stretch since Bob Walk in 1980.


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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby Bucky » Sat Aug 06, 2011 20:44:58

i wish that clip was 2 seconds longer so we could see phipher's reaction

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby MoBettle » Sat Aug 06, 2011 21:08:22

much ado about nothing apparently

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Mathieson will be retained. He is going through optional waivers. Will remain on 40-man roster when he clears. Procedural move.
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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby Barry Jive » Sat Aug 06, 2011 21:20:35

Same as last June or whatever it was, except that time everybody freaked out because he never got a decent chance or whatever

Things are better now

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby Barry Jive » Sat Aug 06, 2011 22:15:01

Might change after today's games but I just noticed that your Philadelphia Phillies are the MLB leaders in third-order record (71.1- 40.9), ten-thousandths of a percentage point better than the Red Sox. Braves have fallen off a lot lately and are now tied with the Brewers. DBacks have just recently passed the Giants but they're both worse than the Mets. We might be better off playing the West winner than the Central winner at this point. The Rangers had been keeping it close with the Phils, Sox and Yankees but have also fallen off lately.

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby The B1G Piece » Sat Aug 06, 2011 22:36:04

Real talk...halladay hampers will finish 1-2 in cy young

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby PTOITWCFTPP » Sat Aug 06, 2011 22:36:41

vice versa
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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby jerseyhoya » Sat Aug 06, 2011 22:37:17

Cole is our best pitcher

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby PTOITWCFTPP » Sat Aug 06, 2011 22:39:02

jerseyhoya wrote:Cole is our best pitcher

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby Wheels Tupay » Sat Aug 06, 2011 23:33:41

Winning hearts and minds

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=A ... bes-080511

Just as Wall Street Journal sports-humor writer Jason Gay finished summarizing the brow beating that Philly has been laying on New York when it comes to signing top talent (Cliff Lee, Nnamdi Asomugha), along comes the latest survey from E-Poll and Nielsen showing that four of Americans’ 10 favorite baseball players hail from the City of Brotherly Love.

Topping the list is Phillies ace Roy Halladay(notes), who appeals to 70 percent of baseball fans. He’s joined in the top ten by Lee and second baseman Chase Utley(notes) (tied for No. 4 with 57-percent appeal), and first baseman Ryan Howard(notes) (No. 10; 52-percent appeal).
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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby FTN » Sun Aug 07, 2011 09:35:42

watching the game yesterday and watching Howard go up 3-0 in the count and then make an out, I "felt" like this was something he did more than he should. So I looked at his sOPS numbers for this season and then his career

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This season his splits have been really weird.

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby Barry Jive » Sun Aug 07, 2011 09:48:50

ayo that's been my dead horse mang

well mostly the ahead in the count stats
no offense but you are everything that's wrong with America

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby FTN » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:10:47

its like hes been drilled that he has to swing all the time. and that taking a walk is a poor result.

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby Woody » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:36:40

can't be afraid to be aggressive and make those outs
you sure do seem to have a lot of time on your hands to be on this forum? Do you have a job? Are you a shut-in?

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Re: 2011 Random Phillies Stuff VI: Return Of The Nice Guy

Postby kimbatiste » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:40:41

FTN wrote:its like hes been drilled that he has to swing all the time. and that taking a walk is a poor result.


I wonder if this is at least partly due to the time he was in a line-up with Valdez, Martinez, Sardinha, Francisco, pre-better play Raul and Mayberry. He might have pressed thinking that he is the only one who can drive in a run and in that situation, a walk is not a great result. He's wrong, but the thought process is understandable.

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