Grotewold wrote:Horst is back, Schwimer sent down to Pigs

Schwim is pissed. Says he should be on dl instead of demoted. Went to management to express his opinion.

Monkeyboy wrote:

FTN wrote:
we have the 2nd highest payroll in baseball and have been talking about breaking through the luxury tax barrier next year...

abs one of our owners is like a gazillionaire.

TBF, they all are. Some are just cheapskate losers...or got taken in a Ponzi scheme.

Polar Bear Phan wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:

FTN wrote:
we have the 2nd highest payroll in baseball and have been talking about breaking through the luxury tax barrier next year...

abs one of our owners is like a gazillionaire.

TBF, they all are. Some are just cheapskate losers...or got taken in a Ponzi scheme.

but middleton is rich even by rich standards.

but point taken.

So if I understand correctly, I must pay money for ESPN Insider which features people quoting Jim fucking Bowden.

10.5 back games of St. Louis for the second wild card

(A year after St. Louis was 10.5 back of the wild card)

ek wrote:So schwimmer says he's hurt. phillies say he's not. who to believe

I can tell you that during BP on Tuesday, he was in the OF shagging fly balls and constantly touching the back of his right shoulder where it seemed like he was hurting.

line drive BABIP

Utley .552
Brown .632

ek wrote:what does that mean exactly. i'm not too familiar on the whole line drive babip thing

typical line drive BABIP is like .750 I think...

this year MLB split is .714, the last couple years it was around there, a little bit higher

They have to learn to avoid fielders when they hit line drives.

that's really encouraging re: Utley, though.

think it's the power numbers where you would see the most dramatic uptick TBH

The Man and Domonic Brown; The Future getting it done despite hitting a ton of pissrods.

stevelxa476 wrote:Phillies have the 12th best uniforms in the 4 major sports according to Uni Watch.

i disagree strongly with this completely subjective list.

chicago bears have the 2nd best unis in all of the 4 major sports? reeks of lazy reporting.

or someone from the midwest

Matt Gelb ‏@magelb

Here's something new: The Phillies home opener in 2013 will be against an American League team http://bit.ly/Rjngp0

Open the season on the road in Atlanta, then play KC at home.

White Sox and Indians will visit CBP. Phillies will play Twins, Tigers, and Indians on the road. They will also play a 4 game home and home series with the Red Sox (each team hosts 2 games).

Per Gelb:

Rollins
Frandsen
Utley
Howard
Brown
Mayberry
Nix
KRATZ
Kendrix

why is Kratz hitting 8th

Barry Jive wrote:why is Kratz hitting 8th

Nixxy needs protection.

Best hitter in the league batting 8th smdh