Phillies Breakfast Links, September 3, 2009: Dry Pedro?, Minor Awards, Senator Schilling?

by WholeCamels on Sep 3, 2009 8:42 AM EDT

An Awesomely Crazy 29 Hours « Phuture Phillies
Phillies farmhand Mike Schwimer with another great blog entry over at PhuturePhillies.

Phillies looking for Pedro to go long
It's going to be very hard to determine what exactly Pedro Martinez can give this team if they keep getting rained out when he pitches.

Loyal soldiers Andy Tracy and Mike Cervenak unlikely to get just reward
Cups o' Coffee

Phillies Notes: Drabek, Taylor named Phils top minor-leaguers
Not really a surprise by any stretch, but a pretty big honor regardless.

Myers finishes rehab assignment in style
Eight pitches, six strikes, three outs. That's a clean inning.

Coste appreciated for work behind plate
There's our old friend.

Judge Orders Drug Tests Preserved in Doping Case
A potentially big deal that could jeopardize the feds' case.

Schilling expresses interest in Kennedy's vacant seat
Make it stop.

Phillies first-base coach Lopes talks about Hamels' first steal
Davey Lopes is the best first base coach in baseball, which is not a small thing.

Cops: Janitor strikes out in alleged Series-ring theft
How dumb do you have to be to steal something like that? It's not like you can openly display or sell it anywhere.

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The Ring theft ("I hates the Baggins!")

This strikes me as similar to art theft. Who can sell “The Scream” after it’s been lifted from a museum? It has to go to a collector who will keep it a secret forever. I’m not sure it is that different.

Remember the Phitans

by RememberthePhitans on Sep 3, 2009 9:05 AM EDT reply actions

Art thieves generally have a plan to get rid of what they stole (at least in the movies – don’t think I come across too many normally). A janitor picking up a ring off of the edge of sink is slightly different.

by Steve J on Sep 3, 2009 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions

Heh.

If I am elected mayor, I promise an art thief on every corner of our fair city.

Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?

by mikefive on Sep 3, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

So Myers is almost back? Maybe we can let him play left field and bat for Ibanez. I’m all for letting Raul trying to play out of his funk in the coming weeks, but seriously, as crazy as it sounds, if he doesn’t get things turned around soon we need to think about starting Francisco in the post season.

by Boundforbeach on Sep 3, 2009 9:25 AM EDT reply actions

Something ominous from the Myers piece...

[Myers] also was happy with the way his cut fastball was coming around after being afraid to throw it for the longest time even before this latest injury.

Please Brett, no. If you’re going to ramp it up out of the bullpen, please shelve that pitch. It got you into nothing but trouble over the past two years.

Repeat after me: fastball, curve. Sprinkle in the odd splitter, slider or change up if absolutely necessary.

by PhillyFriar on Sep 3, 2009 9:42 AM EDT reply actions

Agreed. A bad cutter (like Myers’) has the worst qualities of a straight fastball AND a hanging breaking ball.

He has one of the best dozen or so curveballs in MLB, and the four-seamer is sick when he’s clicking. Just stick with it, Brett. Especially out of the bullpen.

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Sep 3, 2009 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Meathead iz as Meathead duz.

by Wet Luzinski on Sep 3, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Brett is to be activated tomorrow

Here we go…

by doubleh on Sep 3, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions

If you have not read Mike Schwimer’s blog for the past several months, you MUST go back and read it. Great information in understanding baseball and even the mind of a closer a couple weeks ago. He is becoming my favorite Phillie Phuture and hope he takes Brad’s place in the pen in the coming years.

by DeanH on Sep 3, 2009 11:02 AM EDT reply actions

seconded. It’s a good read.

by Bilzo on Sep 3, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions

He is a good writer, AND that is a great entry. How thrilling for him-what a day. My favorite part was the "first impression" he made in Reading.

Another takeaway: So Galvis can’t hit a lick, but he can play a helluva shortstop. That’s still an upgrade from He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-On-the-40-Man-Roster.

by Wet Luzinski on Sep 3, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Senator Schilling

Fortunately for sanity and reason, Schilling can’t run unless he wants to run independent. Massachusetts law says you have to registered to the party for 90 days before the filing deadline which is Nov. 3. He is a registered independent.

He’s just a whore who loves his media attention.

by bherring24 on Sep 3, 2009 11:41 AM EDT reply actions

I won’t call him dirty names, but he does love some media attention.

by Bilzo on Sep 3, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions

If Schilling ran for (and won) a PA Senate seat...

… he would introduce a bill requiring mandatory towel-wearing on our heads during Phillies Post-Game Live assuming Mitchy-poo is on.

Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?

by mikefive on Sep 3, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

after the Civil War, politicians would be accused of waving the bloody shirt. Schilling can, of course, wave the bloody sock.

by Wet Luzinski on Sep 3, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Game Thread not up yet so....

I have it in my mind that the Phillies do better against Lincecum than do other clubs…not really sure where I’m getting that because I just looked up how he’s done against peeps on the Phils roster. Here’s the results:
Normal Line-up
Rollins: 2-15, 0 XBH, 4K
Victorino: 4-15, 2B, HR, 2RBI, 3K
Utley: 2-15, 2B, HR, RBI, 1BB, 5K
Howard: 3-13, 2HR, 3RBI, 3BB, 4K
Werth: 2-3, 0XBH, BB, K
Ibanez: 1-4, 1B
Feliz: 2-8, 0XBH, 2K
Ruiz: 1-6, 2B, K
Martinez: Hasn’t Faced
Possible PHers
Bako: 0-3, 2K
Bruntlett: 1-4, 1B, K
Stairs, 1-6, 1B, 2 RBI

Lincecum’s Career Games vs PHL:
5/6/2007 (SF): 4.1 IP, 5H, 5R/ER, 2HR, 5BB, 5K (ND - Phils won 8-5) 6/3/2007 ( PHL): 6.2 IP, 7 H, 6R/ER, 2HR, 1BB, 6K (ND – Phils won 9-8)
5/4/2008 (PHL): 6 IP, 4R, 0 ER, 2BB, 5K (ND - Phils won 6-5) 5/10/2008 (SF): 8 IP, 4H, 2R/ER, 2HR, 1BB, 8K (W, Phils lost 8-2)

Essentially…Phils roughed him up in his first 2 starts, which were the 1st and 6th starts of his career, but his offense let him off the hook. Third start, his defense let him down. Last start he pwn3d the Phils, giving up only 2 meaningless solo homers.

by Bilzo on Sep 3, 2009 4:44 PM EDT reply actions