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9 Responses to “Myers Gets Opening Day Nod”

1. Ryan Hoffman Says:
   February 26th, 2008 at 8:07 pm

   My Phillies March 31- April 30 Pitching Rotation

   31 1 2 3 4 5
   Myers Day Off Hamels Kendrick Eaton Moyer
   Vs. WSH vs WSH vs WSH @ CIN @ CIN
   3:05 PM 7:05 PM 1:05 PM 7:10 PM 1:10 PM

   6 7 8 9 10 11 12
   Durbin Myers Hamels Kendrick Eaton Moyer Durbin
   @ CIN @ CIN @ NYM @ NYM @ NYM vs CHC vs CHC
   1:15 PM 12:35 PM 1:10 PM 7:10 PM 7:10 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM

   13 14 15 16 17 18 19
   Myers Day Off Hamels Kendrick Moyer Eaton Myers
   vs CHC vs HOU vs HOU vs HOU vs NYM vs NYM
   1:35 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 1:05 PM 7:05 PM 3:55 PM

   20 21 22 23 24 25 26
   Hamels Kendrick Moyer Eaton Myers Hamels Kendrick
   vs NYM @ COL @ COL @ MIL @ MIL @ PIT @ PIT
   8:05 PM 8:35 PM 8:35 PM 8:05 PM 1:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM

   27 28 29 30
   Moyer Day Off Eaton Myers
   @ PIT vs SD vs SD
   1:35 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM

2. Ryan Hoffman Says:
   February 26th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

   shit it didnt format right, well u can probably follow.

3. Fran Says:
   February 26th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

   hahaha im a little lost there but i was really shocked at this. It has to be a little bit of a blow below the belt to hamels.

4. nick Says:
   February 26th, 2008 at 10:25 pm

   I think this move was more out of respect to Myers… letting him start puts him in a good mind frame, after having to switch around from starter to closer and now back again.

5. NateB Says:
   February 27th, 2008 at 12:21 am

   the nod will definately give Myers more to look forward to as a starter (so he forgets about closing for now). i don’t think Hamels really cares. Hamels will be starting opening day for the Phils for the next 20 seasons anyway… that would be awesome.

6. Julie Says:
   February 27th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

   I like the move. We know Hamels is going to pitch well because he has the skill and the confidence. Myers has good enough skill, but he is a head case. Hopefully this promotion will instill some confidence in him and put some pressure on him to step up his game. Let’s hope this works out, at least for Kim Myers’ sake.

7. Sam Says:
   February 27th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

   Beerleaguer had a really good point…this sets up about 5 marquee pitching math-ups for hamels now, if the calendar works out right. Hamels would square off against Johan at home on april 18th. Later in the month, he would face carlos zambrano then ben sheets. Looks to me like the phillies are giving him the opportunity to win the cy young—media attention from all those wins early in the season would certainly make him the frontrunner.

8. Rob (PHILS FAN) Says:
   February 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

   Beerleaguer is right… However I dont think the Phillies thought about this. The Phillies wanted to help Brett Myers HUGE Ego. Cole is the best pitcher on this team and has the ability to be the best pitcher to ever dawn a Phight’ns Cap, make him the opening day starter. Also the phillies should sign him to a 3-4 year deal similar to Dan Haren’s contract, buy out the arbitration years

9. Tim Malcolm Says:
   February 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

   I don’t know how far down the road you can even look with pitcher matchups. If it works out that Hamels gets big opponents, then that’s good for us. But I wouldn’t take huge stock in that theory.

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