Comments on: Overmatched Again, Phils Drop Another To Mets

By: Vernon Dozier

Vernon Dozier — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:56:09 +0000

The good thing is that the Mets have their own problems to worry about. Delgado & Castillo are at the end of the line. Alou is good when he plays, but that isn’t often. The bullpen is horrible. The Braves are suffering through injury after injury. Neither of those teams is good enough to run away with it.

By: Mike W.

Mike W. — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:59:26 +0000

Question: why did the phils call up 2 complete scrubs for rollins and snelling? they are hitting 222 and 186 in AA and AAA. you gotta be kidding. why wasn’t jason donald brought up to start??? this is a joke. a complete joke.

LETS GO SIXERS!

By: Mike T.

Mike T. — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:34:23 +0000

I knew it was going to happen – why does the organization always feel the need to dumb down the severity of injuries?

This one is going to hurt big – I don’t think we win another game in April.

By: Vernon Dozier

Vernon Dozier — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:08:22 +0000

Rollins was just placed on the 15 day DL…

By: Mets Fan

Mets Fan — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:56:05 +0000

wow i cant believe that one guy doesnt agree, he is the 1% everyone is talking about

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:48:25 +0000

Prediction: Jimmy Rollins doesnt start until May. When he does he struggles for a long stretch….the Phils offense is lost without him and we never regain our footing. I hope I’m wrong…..but without a healthy Rollins the team looks like it has alot more holes than it does with him.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:27:18 +0000

I’m glad you mentioned Jenkins swinging for the fences. That’s exactly what I thought. I think he’s trying to win over the fans. He needs to put some good, controlled at bats together because nothing’s happening.

By: VonHayes

VonHayes — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:33:46 +0000

One more comment. Go read the Metsblog. Really, go read it. From what I see, they are almost surprised that the Mets pen held up the last two days. Read the running dialogue from during the game yesterday. Its was 4-1, and someone wrote ‘We almost took the first two.’ The point is, nobody is distinguishing themselves, and you just have to hang around long enough. Get ready by getting a starter and two relievers!

By: VonHayes

VonHayes — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:29:41 +0000

Trade Howard for pitching. He will hit; an AL team will give up quality to get him, even right now. Pitching, pitching, pitching. If you are jonesing for a 1B, get Texieria next year.

By: Vernon Dozier

Vernon Dozier — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:22:01 +0000

Utley signed a seven year deal and will be here through 2013. He won’t be a Met for a long time. (In fact, a lot of people look at him as the Phillies firstbaseman after Howard is dealt.) Where does this “not paying their players mantra” come from? Should they just open the checkbook and give everybody as much as they THINK they’re worth? This whole town complained when Burrell and Abreu received big deals and didn’t perform to expectations. Understand that the Red Sox, Yankees, and Mets have ownership in their cable networks which creates a huge revenue stream. Additionally, both New York teams move into new stadiums next year which will further increase their revenues. The Phillies will never have that much money coming in.