Phillies hire Wall of Famer Juan Samuel for Third Base Coaching Job, Move Sam Perlozzo to First Base Coach

by WholeCamels on Nov 11, 2010 2:25 PM EST

The Phillies sort of did the expected today, but with a twist, filling the first base coaching vacancy left by the departed Davey Lopes with current third base coach Sam Perlozzo, and installing long-time second baseman Juan Samuel as the new third base coach. Samuel had served as the Baltimore Orioles' interim manager briefly in 2010, prior to the team's hiring of Buck Showalter. Perlozzo is likely being punished for not sending Jimmy Rollins to the plate on that Ryan Howard double in Game Six of the NLCS WHAT THE HELL SAM?!

It's almost impossible to evaluate Samuel's third base coaching prowess, so I'll leave you with the fact that he has a son named Samuel Samuel, which is really cool beans.

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Well this is good news, I guess. I always really liked Samuel. I have no idea how he is as a third base coach though.

by Cormican on Nov 11, 2010 3:05 PM EST reply actions

Handy Pronunciation Tip from Wikipedia

Samuel has a son named Samuel, whose name therefore is Samuel Samuel. The two names are pronounced differently, thus making it Sam-yull Sam-well.

"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)

by bandwagonesque on Nov 11, 2010 3:13 PM EST reply actions

In the US. If he goes to visit family in the Dominican, they’re probably pronounced the same.

by taco pal on Nov 11, 2010 3:18 PM EST up reply actions

Not to be confused with

Bam-yull Bam-well

by Wet Luzinski on Nov 12, 2010 12:27 PM EST up reply actions

Or Famous 76er

Slam-yull Slam-well

"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)

by bandwagonesque on Nov 12, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

Hiring Samuel makes sense…putting him at 3rd base, not so much.

"You can commit no mistake and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." - Jean-Luc Picard

by EREX21 on Nov 11, 2010 3:15 PM EST reply actions

Why? Is it really all that more prestigious to coach third base than first? Is this really an effective demotion for Perlozzo?

by Boundforbeach on Nov 11, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions

Maybe not a demotion, but it certainly changes his role in the running game.

Who knows, this could work out great, if the Phillies retain whatever they learned from Lopes and Sammy can judge flyballs vs. his baserunners a little better…

by phatj on Nov 11, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions

You get to do all that windmilling with your right arm.

by Cormican on Nov 11, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions

That’s gotta be up there with signalling as being the best part of coaching in baseball.

by Phrozen on Nov 11, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions

Until Lopes, I always thought that First Base Coach was just the guy who stood around on the field and held your batting gloves for you if you got to first.

by taco pal on Nov 11, 2010 3:54 PM EST up reply actions

now its all about this

BTW…that’s Cookies actual time from 1st to 2nd

by Boundforbeach on Nov 11, 2010 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

He takes Monday through Thursday to get to 2nd? Crazy.

by Phrozen on Nov 11, 2010 4:05 PM EST up reply actions

Ruiz?

by Cormican on Nov 11, 2010 4:17 PM EST up reply actions

He was the Third Base Coach in Baltimore… what is wrong with it? Potential for fall out with Perlozzo?

by dannijd on Nov 11, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions

Why did the article have to bring up that goddamn double.

by Nikk.m on Nov 11, 2010 4:45 PM EST reply actions

ahhhh… just think about Oswalt running through Perlozzo’s stop sign at third and scoring.

by Boundforbeach on Nov 11, 2010 4:59 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks :)

That was a great slide and score- thinking about it totally brightened my day.

by dannijd on Nov 11, 2010 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

by Boundforbeach on Nov 11, 2010 5:09 PM EST up reply actions

One of my favorite pics from the Post Season...

And possibly the whole season!

by dannijd on Nov 11, 2010 6:06 PM EST up reply actions

Oswalt smiling after making a catch in left field was the best image of the post-season.

I didn't perform well when it mattered most.

by Justin F. on Nov 11, 2010 10:50 PM EST up reply actions

True… I will have to look around to see if I can find that picture…

by dannijd on Nov 11, 2010 11:23 PM EST up reply actions

Only that was in the regular season...

by NowWhat? on Nov 11, 2010 11:35 PM EST up reply actions

She said it was possibly one of her favorite pics from the whole season in general. I was just mentioning another good one. Here is the link because I am too lazy to upload it into Photobucket right now.

I didn't perform well when it mattered most.

by Justin F. on Nov 12, 2010 12:38 AM EST up reply actions

Great Pic- Thanks!

by dannijd on Nov 12, 2010 12:44 AM EST up reply actions

It is a great picture.

But you did say it was the…

best image of the postseason.

by Phrozen on Nov 12, 2010 3:00 AM EST up reply actions

Dang!

by dannijd on Nov 12, 2010 11:23 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

You have to hand it to Roy, though. It’s hard to look all gangster in one of those pitcher’s jackets and he almost nails it.

"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)

by bandwagonesque on Nov 12, 2010 11:35 PM EST up reply actions

I may be in the minority here, but the way the ball caromed off that wall, I think Rollins was toast at the plate. Was never a huge fan of Perlozzo as the third base coach, but I honestly think he made the right call in that instance.

by PhillyFriar on Nov 11, 2010 11:02 PM EST up reply actions

I agree with you. I’d have liked to see him try, given the circumstances and given who the runner was, but I suspect he’d have been out.

by Phrozen on Nov 11, 2010 11:57 PM EST up reply actions

That play bothered me a lot because in the replay you could see Jimmy started to slow down halfway between 2nd and 3rd base, and still was only a few steps from 3rd when the throw was made. Had he been running hard the whole way he would have been around 3rd by about 15 feet when the throw came in, and he probably would have beaten it.

Attempting do send him in the situation that played out would have been suicide, he’d have been out by a mile.

by Domonate on Nov 12, 2010 12:14 AM EST up reply actions

For the record

I was joking in the story.

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Nov 12, 2010 7:23 AM EST up reply actions

I kinda figured, but there were a ton of people pissed about Perlozzo’s decision there, so I thought I’d throw it out there. Then again, maybe I should stop torturing myself and just move on.

by PhillyFriar on Nov 12, 2010 8:48 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

BUT HOWARD DIDN’T SWING GODDAMMIT

by Wet Luzinski on Nov 12, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions

None of it would have mattered if we played better D in the 3rd. The Sanchez hit through Utley and the wide throw by Polly did us in.

by Nikk.m on Nov 12, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions

The non-balk / pickoff call on Bumgarner from game 4 had more to do with Jimmy not scoring than anything else. Rollins was headed back to first on a couple of pitches in that AB.

In the replay, you can see that Rollins was leaning back toward first as the pitch is being thrown was barely rounding second by the time Howard gets to first.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12900929

by gn84 on Nov 12, 2010 5:56 PM EST up reply actions

That non-balk call was aggrivating beyond belief. I’ve never seen a more blatant one not gett called.

by Cormican on Nov 14, 2010 10:05 PM EST up reply actions

Excuse me...

But doesn’t anyone think switching Perlozzo to first base coach is a bad idea?
Phillies used to be a good running team, and had a master base stealer as first base coach. Now replace him with a guy who seems to not know when to send runners?
So have they decided that they are too old and chance of injury too great?
If so, takes away part of what used to be their offense.

by woodyj on Nov 23, 2010 3:00 PM EST reply actions