Jimmy Rollins re-signs with the Phillies for 3 years, $33M
by Wet Luzinski on Dec 17, 2011 2:12 PM EST
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Per Matt Gelb. Vesting option for a fourth year. FInancial details still forthcoming. Welcome back, Young James.
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Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 2:13 PM EST reply actions 8 recs
perfect!
ten a year sounds reasonable and with three years and a potential fourth? i like it
"This team (Philadelphia Eagles) gives me the best chance of winning a Super Bowl."
-Michael Vick #7
Ruben got it done.
I am impressed. Good things happen when you wait out the market!
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JIMMY! ::ray liotta voice::
Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive
This. I’ll take the smugness today since it got me jimmy.
by Cole_Hamels_Can on Dec 17, 2011 2:19 PM EST up reply actions
I was hoping someone would queue up that video
Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive
by Eaglesadvocate on Dec 17, 2011 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
You did good, Rube.
And also happened to provide me with my only good sports news of the day, between Petr Cech’s shocking gaffe resulting in a Chelsea drawing Wigan and the Flyers getting blown out of the building against the Bruins, I needed this good news.
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Can the Phillies rebuild the infield in three years?
It's in his wheelhouse!!
Carlos Ruiz, My Nickname is Chooch.
Fantastic. That’s significantly less $$ than I would have expected.
by Phrozen on Dec 17, 2011 2:45 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Next year? As in2012? Not a chance. If you meant ‘13 or ’14, sure, it’s plausible, at least.
by Phrozen on Dec 17, 2011 3:01 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
If Polanco can stay at least somewhat healthy in 2012, and if his offensive and defensive stats are no worse than they were in 2011, then I’m inclined to think the Phillies should try to pick his up 2013 option (which is a mutual option). He’s a pretty big bargain.
Agreed. Another player outplaying his contract $$ (even if on the DL occasionally).
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
Those are very favorable terms for the team.
All top baseball players outplay their rookie and arbitration salaries, but Rollins may end up outplaying his salary in every season of his entire career. You don’t see that very often.
why can’t Rubes negotiate like this more on every contract?
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by VanceinmyPants on Dec 17, 2011 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
You’ve got me. If anything I thought he was too hardline on this one – too close to the edge of daring Rollins to go elsewhere, when there was no viable backup plan. Thankfully, he didn’t get burned.
I suppose, Maybe the fact that he had so little wiggle room in the payroll was the reason he bargained to hard. It just astounds me how willing he was to dish out money to Pap and not to Jim.
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
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by VanceinmyPants on Dec 17, 2011 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
or perhaps the stars just miraculously aligned on this deal.
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
-Oscar Wilde
by VanceinmyPants on Dec 17, 2011 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
What if he had gotten
Rollins for 4/44
Madson for 4/44 (as was originally reported)
How would we feel about that?
I’m not in favor of paying an reliever that much money.
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
-Oscar Wilde
by VanceinmyPants on Dec 17, 2011 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
I have no idea...
I’d love someone to ask him, “Why’d you let the market settle for shortstops but not for closers?” What could he say in response?
that’s a fair point. I doubt Madson will get anything close to Papelbon money now.
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
-Oscar Wilde
by VanceinmyPants on Dec 17, 2011 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
This is a very nice deal. Back of the envelope—if Hamels gets his $14 million in arbitration, it would put the Phillies right around $168 million for the luxury tax. Even if they went to $20 million/year on a Hamels extension, they would have a little bit of wiggle room at the deadline to stay under the threshold.
That would make his extension much more financially bearable.
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Dec 18, 2011 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
If you had said after the season, “Phils will sign Pap or Madson plus Rollins for $24 million total per year” I would have said, fine, get r done. It’s just a weird way to get at that figure.
We all agree. Well done, RAJ
/smug meter at new, never-before-seen level?
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
I’m very curious to hear the terms of the vesting option.
I think this kind of goes to show that even today, with so many teams having wised up on statistical analysis, the market for free agents still isn’t particularly close to being efficient. There’s no reason why Cuddyer and Rollins should be getting similar contracts when Rollins is a much more valuable player, and yet it happened.
https://twitter.com/#!/Ken_Rosenthal/status/148109807851798528
4th year is also 11 million I believe.
Smaller than he deserved or I expected. No complaints here.
Rollins himself may have a right to be disappointed, but I doubt he will express any such sentiments. I think athletes are often unfairly criticized for greediness, but even in relative terms, Jimmy may be one of the least greedy athletes we’ve had around here. He’s always been underpaid and I’ve never heard him once complain about it.
I think so too
It doesn’t matter how much you make – you ought to get market value. I think Jimmy’s a class act, and I think staying in Philly probably meant more to him than anything else.
I for one am excited to see the ovation he gets on opening day from a crowd that knows they’ll have him for at least three more seasons.
Me too. I hope I can get a ticket.
And I agree that he will get that ovation. Unlike with, say, Bobby Abreu, I do think there is a silent majority of Phillies fans that still appreciates Rollins. The anti-Rollins contingent is very annoying and too large, but their views aren’t shared by everyone else.
IQ is inversely proportional to volume, and directly proportional to punctuation use.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
So...smug...
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 3:19 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
This
Moyer for 5th Starter in 2012.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Dec 18, 2011 6:57 AM EST up reply actions
Interesting scroll at the bottom of MLB TV screen
“Rollins is the only player in MLB history to play half or more of his games at SS who has 300 doubles, 100 HRs, 100 triples and 300 SB” .
And, of course, except for 1 game in 2002, J-roll has played ALL of his games where he was in the field at SS. As a premier defender.
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
Sorry...
but I’m not quite as excited about signing a guy to 3 years and $11 million to hit .260, NOT steal bases, NOT get on base, lead the league in pop-ups, and get hurt every year…
This isn’t Rollins of ‘07-’08…. Not even in the same universe….
The Phils biggest problem last year was an inept, punchless, sometimes clueless offense, and they have done NOTHING to change that…
Better hope the “Big Three” can pitch a LOT of shutouts, especially come playoff time… If they make it…
by johnnieboy173 on Dec 17, 2011 3:28 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
It also doesn’t help that just about everything you wrote was incorrect.
Go post your original comment here. They might appreciate it.
P.S. Great first comment on the site, bro.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
nice one, bro
Prediction: the 3-4 will be out of style in two years.
So no, I will not shut up about stupidity.
by bdawk4ever on Dec 11, 2011 1:39 PM EST
Thanks, bro.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve never actually been to that site and read the comments section, I feel much more stupid after reading one minutes worth of those comments.
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
-Oscar Wilde
by VanceinmyPants on Dec 17, 2011 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
This. Anti-Rollins venom already erupting there.
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
that’s one of the comments I read, sadly there are other comments that I read that make this guy look intelligent.
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
-Oscar Wilde
by VanceinmyPants on Dec 17, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
I was kind of hoping for some new blood and a new approach. Not the guy who is proudly uncoachable and who has to run selectively for fear of pulling a muscle. I don’t think I want to watch these guys continue to age and decline. Three years was enough. Call me when Howard, Rollins, Utley have been replaced.
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Wow, Utley. I thought the guy might be racist. Instead, he is blind.
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
Utley’s secretly African-American.
I would try to make a joke about this, but I can’t do it without sounding racist.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
At the risk of sounding racist, I know more “white” people from Africa than “black” people. In high school, I had two classmates born in Kenya (children of missionaries), and one who was a native of Cote d’Ivoire. All were “white,” with two being blond and the third a redhead. In college, I knew personally two African classmates. One was a Boer from South Africa, and the other is the only “black” African I know personally, from Uganda. Admittedly, it’s personal experience and an extremely small sample size, but there are “white” Africans.
Bob.
Calling every black person “African-American” is plain dumb. What if they are Jamaican-American? What if they are Brazilian-American? What if they are Phillie-American?
Nothing has come easy, but I guess that wouldn't be the Philadelphia way if it did come easy. - Jimmy Rollins
That works.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 20, 2011 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
Strictly speaking, that isn’t any more precise than “African-American.” Yes there are white Africans who immigrate here, but when people say “black” they don’t include people who are equally dark-skinned but have no African lineage. “African-American” is actually the more accurate term on balance, because that’s really what people are trying to refer to: people whose lineage originates from (part of) Africa. Jamaican-Americans are originally from Africa too, so that doesn’t make sense as an argument against using that term. White Africans come from Africa, but before that, their families were from Europe.
Anyway, the main point is really that people should be called whatever they want to be called, provided that it isn’t incorrect.
What about simply Jamaicans or Africans or whatever. Same way I call myself Irish and Polish.
Personally, I’d rather call them Americans and be done with it, unless they have a different nationality they’d prefer to identify with.
…What have I wrought?
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 21, 2011 1:25 AM EST up reply actions
Haha.. .sorry if I overwrought it. I generally agree with Taco Pal’s sentiments. These days plenty of blacks prefer to be called blacks. But not everybody. It’s just annoying that we default to “African-American” when usually those using the term are not even talking about origin, they’re transmitting information about about skin color.
Nothing has come easy, but I guess that wouldn't be the Philadelphia way if it did come easy. - Jimmy Rollins
I love the Phils… Always have, always will, bleed Phillies red…
But I’m sorry if this deal doesn’t excite me.
It insures that the infield will get continue to get older and older…
Rollins to Utley to Howard has a LOT of wear and tear on it, and if they don’t start getting younger soon, there could be some down years when these guys get put out to pasture…
Ask the Celtics dynasty of the ’80’s…
Mayberry is the “Youth Movement”?
I love J-Roll, but his time has passed, and 3 years and $11 million is to much for a guy WAY past his prime…
If you guys can’t see that this team is getting VERY old VERY fast, I don’t know what to say.
I’ll be watching every game, however, because it’s a sickness…
by johnnieboy173 on Dec 17, 2011 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
It insures that the infield will get continue to get older and older…
I think that was already insured with, ya know, time.
Its all about the []_[]
#FirePaulHolmgren
by philiafan14364 on Dec 17, 2011 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
It might have been insured with Allstate…
by Phrozen on Dec 17, 2011 6:32 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Age does not always correlate to skill level. Jimmy is now and probably will be one of the better shortstops in the game for a few years. Same with Chase.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
well, one more point
Ask the Celtics dynasty of the ’80’s…
You see, the difference between basketball and baseball is that in basketball, if you want to have young guys ready to step in when your old veterans can’t play at a high level anymore, you need to have them on your roster ready to go, unless you expect to get them in the draft at just the right time.
But in baseball, there’s this thing called the “minor leagues” where you put your young prospects so they can develop there until they’re ready to step in at the major-league level. So the fact that the Phillies don’t have many young guys on the major league roster doesn’t mean that they won’t have any who are ready to step in once those guys are needed later.
The Phillies’ minor league system isn’t the best in baseball, but it has some promising guys in it, and there’s hope that some of them will turn into good major leaguers. That is, just as long as they stop trading them away every year at the trade deadline.
Of course, I’m sure that you, johnnieboy173, were strongly opposed to trading away three of the team’s best prospects for Hunter Pence last July, right? No doubt you’ve always been very consistent in advocating for the Phillies to maintain young talent. I’m sure you have also been and continue to be a staunch supporter of Domonic Brown.
by taco pal on Dec 17, 2011 5:06 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Beware the straw man…
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
TP
I’m a huge supporter of DB, I think he was brought up too fast and needed another year in AAA to allow him to get some plate discipline and refine his batting & fielding. I still think he is one of the most promising prospects in the farms system and one could make an argument in baseball. Now I have been deployed most of the 2011 season (I watched a few games in April) but, judging a young player on his first major league season would seem like a shoot first ask questions later approach.
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Dec 18, 2011 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
Ok you win…. I’m not sure what you’re referring to. Are you insulting me? are you making a sarcastic comment? are you doing this to make me search the internet for what part of my message wasn’t clear? please let me know.
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Dec 18, 2011 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
he led the team in BB% and pitches per plate appearance… I’m asking you to know that before you mention “plate discipline” as something he needs to work on, so that at least you can explain what you could possibly mean given those facts
Well you learn something new every day. Like I said I’ve been deployed most of the 2011 season & most of the opinions I have of him are based on the end of the 2010 season where it took 5 -10 games for him to draw a walk.
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Dec 18, 2011 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
So looking at his 2011 stats I gotta ask. What happened to this big time hitting prospect?
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Dec 18, 2011 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
He got 280 PA before they gave up on him. That’s really all that happened, and it’s really unfair to Brown that it did.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 18, 2011 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
he broke his hamate bone in spring training
the main problem is his fielding… he held his own at the plate
by yolacrary on Dec 18, 2011 11:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If this is indeed your first comment, I would encourage you to read many posts before contributing. Then you can decide if it is worth your time.
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
I actually meant it literally. The reason why you hold the beliefs that you hold is that you lack intelligence. You seem to be taking it as an insult, but that is not how I intended it. I am just making a statement of fact. If anything, you should appreciate it when you are told the truth.
by taco pal on Dec 17, 2011 3:35 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
roasted…
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
-Oscar Wilde
by VanceinmyPants on Dec 17, 2011 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not sure if he’s familiar with stats beyond BA & HRs. If you could do up a post on WAR what it means and how much you can expect a player to contribute & different ways they can produce WAR I do believe that this young man / woman is teachable.
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Dec 18, 2011 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Perhaps. If so, I hope he continues to read us. Easy for me to say in this situation, but you can’t take harsh criticism too personally around here.
That’s something I learned here very early. Some of the posters here will take stats you don’t understand or maybe never even heard of throw it at you take what you think is adequate baseball knowledge at work or with your friends and make you look silly. And my lord they are unforgiving.
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Dec 19, 2011 1:43 AM EST up reply actions
And none more so than taco pal.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 19, 2011 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, and I just noticed his OPS actually went up this year, best since 2008.
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
Jimmy Rollins was worth $17M last season. Your reply?
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He didn’t reply. Strange.
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Umm
::dismissive wanking motion::
http://www.thegoodphight.com
by WholeCamels on Dec 17, 2011 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Laffed so hard it hurt.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Dec 17, 2011 11:03 PM EST up reply actions
johnnieboy, you know with access to the internet who can actually look things up and, you know, avoid making a fool of yourself.
but I’m not quite as excited about signing a guy to 3 years and $11 million to hit .260, NOT steal bases, NOT get on base,
- Hopefully you know that 1) there is more to hitting than batting average, and 2) shortstops play a demanding position and typically hit much worse than other positions. Rollins is an above-average hitting shortstop (.736 OPS in 2011 vs. .688 average for shortstops)
- And that doesn’t include his 30 stolen bases, which were tied for 3rd among MLB shortstops.
- He also got on base more than the average shortstop (.338 vs. .314 average).
Now maybe you’re looking at him not as a shortstop but as a leadoff hitter. There aren’t many shortstops who lead off, and Rollins isn’t a great leadoff hitter, but he’s not terrible either, and in fact his stats almost exactly matched those of the average NL leadoff hitter in 2011.
Rollins .268/.338/.399 (.736 OPS) — that’s BA/OBP/SLG if you’re not familiar
NL avg .269/.331/.401 (.723 OPS)
Note that Rollins got on base MORE than the average leadoff hitter.
But regardless of who leads off, whoever replaced Rollins would have to play shortstop, and that’s who you need to compare Rollins with.
In addition, research shows that how you order your lineup makes a little, but ONLY a little, difference in how many runs a team scores (within reason — leading off with the pitcher would not be smart).
lead the league in pop-ups, and get hurt every year…
- he actually pops up at exactly the league average (13% of balls put in the air), and he pops up less than other Phillies, including Victorino (18% for his career), and Pence (14%)
- there are only 10 shortstops who have played more innings over the past 3 years
This isn’t Rollins of ‘07-’08…. Not even in the same universe….
- 2007 was a career year; almost every player has a year much better than the rest, and it should not be surprising that he’s not playing every year at his career year level; we’re not going to see that again.
- If you compare his OPS to the league average (as you may know hitting has been steadily declining across baseball for years), it’s called OPS+, where 100 means equal to the league average. Here is Rollins’ OPS+ since 2001:
92, 85, 90, 102, 97, 101, 119, 103, 87, 85, 101
119 is obviously 2007. After that there is a second tier of seasons that includes 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2011. I don’t see a lot of decline there.
The Phils biggest problem last year was an inept, punchless, sometimes clueless offense, and they have done NOTHING to change that…
From the time Utley returned on May 23, they had the highest-scoring offense in the league. Not all due to Utley of course, but replacing Valdez/Orr/MiniMart (some of the worst hitters in baseball) with Utley didn’t hurt (he wound up 3rd best hitting 2nd baseman in the NL), as well as adding Pence later.
But of course they didn’t have to score a lot to win. In low-scoring games (i.e. games in which the winning team scored 3 runs or less), the Phillies were 30-15.
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Celebrating over 50 years of slightly more Phils wins than losses: 1961-2011
by schmenkman on Dec 17, 2011 4:47 PM EST up reply actions 15 recs
Rec’d so hard.
I fear over the next three years Jimmy Rollins will travel down the Placido Polanco Path Of Under-Appreciated Phillies Infielders™, if he has not already done so.
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Bravo
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Dec 18, 2011 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
I repeated this verbatum to the hubs who thinks Jimmy’s way past his prime (even though he wanted him resigned because there were no better options out there).
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
Well shit, if you “know what you see,” then why the hell do we need instant replay?
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 19, 2011 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
Rec'd
Slow clap for the troll. Seriously. One of the best trolls ever. You with the internet, sir!
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Dec 17, 2011 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
woo hoo
I needed this information in light of the flyers debacle today. Too many dead hockey players!
And as I said before, 4 more years! 4 more years!
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
by doubleh on Dec 17, 2011 3:30 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
#Hartnelldown? I saw Couturier took a puck to the back of the head. I can’t imagine how much that hurts.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, gotta be another concussion I would imagine.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
by doubleh on Dec 17, 2011 3:46 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Yeah, we Flyers fans are very upset and sad right now. Strangely, 2 of the recent concussions were complete accidents caused by teammates.
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
I wonder if the vesting option includes first pitch pop ups? It would explain how it would be “easily vested”.
/s
If not, Imma hit you.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
I’m guessing they’ll start moving Galvis around this year.
Its all about the []_[]
#FirePaulHolmgren
To prepare him for a utility type role?
by philsandthrills on Dec 17, 2011 4:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
bring him up in 2 years and move Rollins to 3rd?
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Dec 18, 2011 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
Or as trade bait as a utility guy.
"Sometimes, the balls that fall in are jam shots"...Hunter Pence, on BABIP
by Joecatz on Dec 19, 2011 12:27 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Thank God.
Well played, Ruben.
Welcome back, Jimmy!
Very happy! Jimmy’s my fave.
Nothing has come easy, but I guess that wouldn't be the Philadelphia way if it did come easy. - Jimmy Rollins
Three Aces aside, Jimmy Rollins is my favorite Phillie. He’s under-appreciated, he’s good, and he is a very savvy person.
Editor at SB Nation's Philadelphia Union blog, The Brotherly Game. Follow me on Twitter.
by Justin F. on Dec 17, 2011 7:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Chooch.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Dec 17, 2011 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
That should totally be a meme where you can agree with stuff simply by saying, “Chooch.”
“This is good beer.”
“Chooch.”
“Jimmy, respite the negative vibes he gets from the idiot section of the fanbase, is a solid performer and has been substantially underpaid in his career vis a vis the league averages.”
“Chooch.”
“Chooch is totally the best.”
“Chooch.”
So cheesy. I love it.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Dec 17, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
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Friday, May 25, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
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Clear. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90.
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