Some Phillies Links for You: September 14, 2010: Role-ing along, the P-word, GRIT and HUSTLE in Florida

But he’s our MVP!

True. Valdez had the luck of starting during some of the worst periods for this team Slumpmas, the 2-6 Roadtrip, the Cerberez weeks. He missed out on playing much of the recent hot streak (which has re-affirmed what a force this team can be when healthy). That being said, I am glad Valdez is around… He is a decent bench player who plays Defense well.

my favorite of the daily round-up

It is and yet I sort of don’t like it—I feel this is something that only fans should comment on. Don’t want to piss off those Marlins—they’re a touchy group.

Drill, baby, drill.

My pleasure.

meant to write:

If you wanna be king, you gotta expect to be crowned.

Good luck… :(

just read this… wow that is scary sad. aren’t they putting in a new stadium? with such unnecessary items like: a giant fishtank instead of a backstop? yea… can’t afford the outta town scoreboard…

also, too bad the entire thing isn’t closing. Imagine how you could totally hacksaw entire rows of seats out of there a la Connie Mack’s final days.

Reminds me of the movie major League where then team owner Roger Dorn turns the outfield walls into the yellow pages

You can see the out-of-town scores on the ribbon display that wraps around the stadium (as it’s been since this went down in April), and ownership in that sentence refers to Stephen Ross/the Dolphins, as the Marlins are just tenants they’re reluctantly allowing to stay an extra year.

Is Loria a pathetic cheapskate? For sure.

Is this a good example? Nah.

Best comment in that thread so far:

Meet the Mets, meet the Mets,
Step right up and greet the Mets.
Bring your kiddies, bring your wife (lol),
Guaranteed to have the time of your life.
Because the Mets are really sockin’ their father in-laws,
Knockin’ those home runs over the wall.
East side, West side, everybody’s coming down,
To meet the M-E-T-S Mets, of New York correctional facility.

AtBat still has Mendez starting tonight with Badenhop going tomorrow.

It’s funny to me how against stereotype both SBN sites are, really.

Not even worth bothering, since it’s just one guy.

I will say though, I don’t get where the dislike for Howard comes from. I can see plenty of reasons for hating plenty of my favorite teams’ players over the years, but Howard… I just don’t see it.

so Ryan Howard is code for “Jeff Francoeur.”

Kidding! Plus, Frenchy is not gay. No gay man would wear lucky moose underwear.

Meh, let the haters hate. I kinda like Talking Chop and some of their features, like, “Stuff Read in Other Moms’ Basements.”

Agreed with PF. I can’t hate Heyward. He’s a helluva player. A .400 OBP (which, remember, is “unteacheable”) during a rookie season has me rightfully fearful about the rest of this decade.

That’s the same bigoted fuck who was calling Ryan Howard a “thug” last week. Strangely, some other posters on TC came to defend him when I called him out on it.

weren’t they on this board a while back when the braves were in first? funny how that works isn’t it…?

Only the best for the best.

I think the author kind of answers his own question there. Basically: Brown may not be hurt, but why risk it?

We want him to get PT, but we’re now at the point of the year where the minor league season is over. We no longer have a choice between Brown sitting on the Phils’ bench or playing in AAA. We have a choice between Brown sitting on the Phils’ bench or resting at home. So having him sit on the bench doesn’t bother me as much anymore, especially where there’s even a slight question of whether he’s healthy.

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