Some Phillies Links for You, August 12, 2010: Utley Swings, F-Rod Swings, and the Jews Are a Swinging Bunch of People
by Wet Luzinski on Aug 12, 2010 9:50 AM EDT
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PrintPhillies Notes: Phillies' Utley is cleared to swing a bat
In other news, Polanco's elbow hurts, Victorino was 3 for 4 in a rehab start, and this means Dom likely goes down.
Oswalt, Phillies shut out Dodgers
Or does it? We'll await word on Ross Gload's injury today. I'm not saying Andy Tracy is all that, but he should get some consideration if Gload is out for a while.
Jewish Heritage Celebration Tonight
TGP game thread will honor the event in echt menschlichkeit with our second annual "Yiddish comments welcome" thread. Warm up here, goyishe leute (and btw, the headline came from Yes I Can).
Paul Hagen: Phillies feeling strain on left side of the bullpen
The Baltimore Orioles have placed lefthanded closer Mike Gonzalez on waivers, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
When the toilet doesn't work, our proposal is to gather the house owners around and throw money down it. And in related news:
J.C. Romero thinks he has his throwing problems licked
GNC must have introduced a frozen aisle this summer.
Hey, Cliff: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
If you're having any trouble vomiting this morning. The question is whether the Rangers' new owners will pay to keep him (sub req'd).
Fangraphs: Halladay and Verlander
Why K/9 isn't all that and a bag of chips. It's just all that.
Francisco Rodriguez Arrested After Dispute Following Game
When you slug your father-in-law, imma hafta guess the issues generally boil down to money or sex. Because last night was the same old for the Mets.
A Tribute to Larry Bowa: The Manager Who Saved the Philadelphia Phillies
Oh, Bleacher Report. You're so darn...cute.
Sure, Bowa rubbed a few players the wrong way in 2001, namely star third baseman Scott Rolen, but the majority of Larry’s players seemed to respond to him.
NL East:
Talking Chop: Braves Come Back to Win in Extras, Take Series
Sigh, don't look now, but the Braves are 7-3 in their last 10.
Purple Row: Rockies 6, Mets 2: Melvin Freaking Mora Hit a Grand Slam
Federal Baseball: Mike Stanton is a Monster, Florida Marlins 9-5 over Washington Nationals in D.C.
Now I want to see what Dom can do against Scott Olsen.
Minors:
IronPigs 5, PawSox 1
Vic adds some fizz to the flat can of soda that is the Phils' AAA affiliate.
Reading defeats Akron, 7-6
Austin Hyatt will make his AA debut tonight.
Minors Moniker Madness
As I suspected, Reading's Tuffy Gosewisch was defeated by Bubbie Buzachero. But it's final four time. I'm predicting a Hardy-Buzachero final.
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Oh man, I canNOT miss tonight’s game thread. I’ve basically been waiting for this night all year.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
by FuquaManuel on Aug 12, 2010 10:09 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
ohh..because of
Jewish Heritage Celebration Tonight
TGP game thread will honor the event in echt menschlichkeit with our second annual “Yiddish comments welcome” thread. Warm up here, goyishe leute (and btw, the headline came from Yes I Can).
I think if you had added ‘Papa’ to the beginning of the question, it may have helped people with the Pesach reference.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 12, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, you are right. This is what happens when non-Jews try to employ Jewish humor. Like the white guy at open mic night at the Apollo.
True, but if it’s Jewish Heritage Night, I’d think for most of us the Utley caption above should come from Song of Songs 1:14-16, not the caption listed.
יד אֶשְׁכֹּל הַכֹּפֶר דּוֹדִי לִי, בְּכַרְמֵי עֵין גֶּדִי. {ס} 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi. {S}
טו הִנָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי, הִנָּךְ יָפָה עֵינַיִךְ יוֹנִים. 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves.
טז הִנְּךָ יָפֶה דוֹדִי אַף נָעִים, אַף-עַרְשֵׂנוּ רַעֲנָנָה. 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy.
(Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt3001.htm)
We wait for you, Chase! Do not hurry, but do not tarry!
Raul Ibanez: since Moyer is on the DL, he is fast becoming our favorite old guy.
Rooting against a certain LW for the Tampa Bay Lightning will be impossible.
Prepare yourself for self-deprecating joke upon self-deprecating joke!
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
by FuquaManuel on Aug 12, 2010 10:24 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yes, he did I believe.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
by FuquaManuel on Aug 12, 2010 10:47 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Gonzales wouldnt be a bad addition at 1.5 mill for this year but no way in hell do you pay him 6 mill next year. So I doubt we put in a claim
Taco
to your knowledge has Raul, Fransisco or Werth (I’m sure he could afterall he is the emergency catcher) ever played 1B?
Ibanez played 119 innings in 1998 at first, 140 in 1999, 11 in 2000, 63.2 in 2001, 406 in 2002, 167 in 2003, 78 in 2004, 34 in 2005, and none since.
I dunno WL, I’m bankin on Stoneseipher to take it home
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
K-Rod
I thought this comment on Amazin Avenue was amusing, as was the doctored pic in the main post.
saturday vs. mets
So it appears that Jerry Manuel, in his infinite wisdom, has decided to keep Hisanori Takahashi in the bullpen permanently, so he will not be starting against us on Saturday. Which makes perfect sense, seeing as how Takahashi shut us out last time he faced us and has the lowest SIERA of any starter on the team.
Instead, we’ll be getting Pat Misch, Raul Valdes, or possibly even Oliver Perez. Thanks Jerry!
I think we definitely win the “who’s the better Manuel” argument. Cholly’s no great shakes as a tactical manager, but Jerry’s a moron. I hope he stays in Queens forEVER!
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
It could be a Halladay vs. Perez matchup that night. I would almost consider shuffling the rotation if that happened – it just seems wasteful to use Halladay in that situation.
Are you really worried about Ollie Perez? Perez is like Adam Eaton with even less control.
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I’m convinced that if she only met me, Megan Fox would sleep with me.
That doesn’t make it so
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 12, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
a pitcher with no control is very effective against a lineup with poor plate discipline.
Just saying….stranger crap has happened.
Of course, anything can happen. I woudn’t put money on it, though.
The Phils struggle against guys with Ubaldo-like effective wildness, not miss-the-strikezone-by-twenty-feet guys like Perez. I was at a Phils game a few years ago where he walked in 3 runs.
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I’m really superstitious, and I know it’s totally nuts, but it’s how I was raised. (PA Dutch still believe in the evil eye, hence the hex signs)
Even I’m not worried about Ollie. He sucks.
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
With the number of crap pitchers they have made look brilliant this season, I am a firm believer in jinxes.
That’s more of a commentary on you than on reality
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 12, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. It’s almost hard to believe how bad he is.
By way of comparison, when Eaton was here, he posted an xFIP in the 5.3’s or so, over two seasons when offense was much more prevalent throughout MLB than it is now, and in a more hitter-friendly park than Citi Field. And yet, Perez’s xFIP over the past two seasons has been almost a full point higher than Eaton’s in 2007-2008.
And if memory serves, we were ok against Ubaldo this year (how many innings did it take for him to turn into a pumpkin)?
So wait, i want to make sure i wasn’t drunk yesterday.
You’re really a lawyer?
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 12, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know if you were drunk yesterday, but yes I am really a lawyer… licensed and everything. Why?
WEll I guess if that guy was in the white house for 8 years anything truly is possible, but man
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 12, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Fangraphs
Nice article posted. Just like strikeouts by a batter can be overrated in a negative way, strikeouts for a pitcher can be overrated positively (meaning people think they are worth more than they are). Very nice read and recommended if you glossed over it. Thanks for the link.
Is there a point to linking B/R other than to laugh at it?
Larry Bowa
Yeah, and the Phillies won so much under his manager-ship.
by David S. Cohen on Aug 12, 2010 10:53 AM EDT reply actions
By linking to bleacher report you do a disservice to all the blogs actually worth reading. Bad enough that philly.com went and affiliated it self with bleacher report.
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 12, 2010 10:56 AM EDT reply actions
Bleacher report actually does me a service— it provides me with all of the columns from ESPN, etc. that are worth reading. Plus some of their stuff is interesting.
it provides me with all of the columns from ESPN, etc. that are worth reading
I can provide you with that list – for the rest of enternity, it’s below:
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 12, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
breaking out my Festivus Pole tonight
"The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants"
~Thomas Jefferson
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Aug 12, 2010 1:03 PM EDT reply actions
Matt Gelb just tweeted “Victorino activated. Bastardo optioned. Gload day to day.”
In Phillies’ speak, that means two weeks. Wow, Bastardo was bad, but he wasn’t given much rope, huh?
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So Brad Lidge gets 80+ innings, but Bastardo only gets one? I think he should at least get a handful. This is an aspect of the Phillies I don’t like. They do not handle rookies very well. Always has to be a “proven veteran,” even if he’s proven to suck.
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Oh, I don’t think they’re so bad as that. Or put it this way – there are many other organizations who are worse. The Phillies may drag their feet a bit with young players, but they rarely deprive them of a shot altogether.
I would certainly concede that 1 G was not enough of a shot for Bastardo. But he’ll be back.
What about Mathieson, then? How they treated Happ all that time before he was allowed to stay up? Perhaps it’s more Charlie and how he seems reluctant to use the newbies.
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I think Mathieson will be back too. Happ is actually precisely who I was thinking of when I wrote my last comment. They clearly weren’t enthusiastic about him as a prospect and it took them a long time to do it, but they ultimately did give him a shot, it was a fair shot, and they acknowledged his success.
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