Some Phillies Links for You, July 15, 2010: Back in the Saddle, No Pedro, Jamie Hall-of-Famey?

Discussed and debunked, here and elsewhere.

How the rumor started, I don’t know.

I love how people look for and glom onto off-the-field explanations for slumps.

Bowa was wonderful fun! Other than “writing” for the Phightins, what is he up to now?

I want Larry FN Bowa as a TGP Troll specialist.

There was a “Larry Bowa” years ago who used to post on philaphans.com. Or was it Baseball Primer? I can’t quite remember my posting years before I got all TGP’d. But his schtick was that he drank a lot of Jameson’s, and was helluva fun. If it’s the same writer who did this, “Larry” has upped his game.

He was removed from the 40-man roster to make space for… somebody, I can’t remember who. You have to go through waivers when you’re dropped from the 40-man, just as you do when you’re dropped from the 25-man without an option.

Louis C.K. has been one of my favorite comedians for a long, long time. His stand up specials are phenominal.

Great clip. I wonder if Jamie would appreciate it.

Also, the Jamie Hall-of-Famey thing reminds me of “Animaniacs” for some reason. Man, I used to love watching that show in college. /shut the hell up, young’uns

Really, really well done. Louis C.K. is pretty damn funny.

I guess it depends on whether you want a Hall of Fame to reward greatness or notoriety.

I wish the HoF “standards” would admit more guys like Roger Maris, who were profoundly “famous” but might fall a bit short in length of career.

It would be interesting if there was a pitching metric that took age into account. It seems especially pertinent since very young, pre-arbitration pitchers and very old pitchers who pitch well will (ostensibly) be making less money than pitchers in their prime who pitch well, which puts a greater value on the former’s marginal or average success.

I feel really on the fence about Moyer for the Hall of Fame, as well. On one had, any one of his years, standing on it’s own, is not enough, and even any ten year window of his career is almost certainly not Hall of Fame worthy… But the fact that he has been able to survive as a starting pitcher as long as he has and to have some of his best years at the age that he is, is definitely something very special… But Hall of Fame? I just don’t know.

We’ve been over this, and it feels like no. A veterans’ committee slot would be appropriate.

And Cooperstown Shmooperstown. His longevity alone must make him among the most-highly paid pitchers ever in the game.

In light of how significantly injuried the team is and that we are only 4 games out with half the season to still play, to think that the Braves aquistion of Alex Gonzalez , all 33 years of him, is forcing Amaro’s hand is…well Sheridan was told that his source, wino Papa Smurf, could not be trusted. – I mean the low price alone was a red flag. An eyedropper of Wild Irish Rose after all, isn’t really gonna break anyone’s bank. Even if Gonzalez goes ‘’en fuego" from changing leagues, I think that that will normalize quickly. Free swingers in the league that normally is, in part, differentiated from the other league by more offspeed pitches, isn’t ideal. However that’s just a generalization, I didn’t have the time to check his plate discipline numbers at Fan graphs. Although, he has seen Tim Wakefield alot and it doesn’t get anymore off speed than that, which if we are to make lemonade from our lemons , Gonzalez might be RA Dickey’s arch nemisis.

Well considering the profanity stream of consciouness that FM unleashes when Baez is even near a baseball , FM would be leading the motorcade that sees Baez’s sorry ass gets and stays outta town.

Amend and agreed!

True… If he was in baseball shape, I would consider it (particularly if it allows for Baez to be DFA’ed!)

Why does he think that?

He forgets that the Phillies M*A*S*H unit seems to claim one body for every one it returns… and I doubt we see Utley again this season (or at least him looking like himself).

aargh

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