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13 Responses to “Offense Batters Padilla, Pitching Holds On For Win”

1. Don M Says:
   June 29th, 2008 at 10:53 am

   How about that Ryan Howard looked like a complete jerkoff when he stood there and admired his home run… which, for a moment, pushed his batting average all the way past .215 …so, yea I take that back.. he had every right to stand there posing

2. chris m Says:
   June 29th, 2008 at 11:17 am

   don down here in the south we call it pimpimg it… he probly is not used to making contact so he was probaly a bit surprised…how bout howard DHing? its important to get is glove out of the infield… either dobbs or bruntlett depending on a lefty or righty

3. chris m Says:
   June 29th, 2008 at 11:19 am

   don… just a differance between new school and old school….im new school but like seeing people doing it old school…and your prob old school and that how it should be played

4. scot Says:
   June 29th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

   I gotta admit, I have no problem with the NL RBI leader admiring a mammoth home run, in a game the Phils needed to win. Given the choice of him watching admiring the ball carry over the fence, or admiring a called strike 3, I know what I’ll choose.

   Good to see the offense as a whole come through on a night Cole wasn’t at his best.

5. tom Says:
   June 29th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

   this isn’t old school new school, this is a team that’s 2-8 in their last 10 games and a hitter who has been terrible for the last two weeks, not to mention them barely squeaking through with this win. grow up ryan.

6. Bruce Says:
   June 29th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

   Let Ryan be Ryan as in “let Manny be Manny”. (chuckle) The Phillies and fans are so glad to have the NL RBI leader on the team.

7. danny Says:
   June 29th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

   who cares if he admires his homerun? welcome to planet earth, fellas.

8. danny Says:
   June 29th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

   He’s a millionaire in his 20s with more pressure on him than any of us can fathom. So he finally crushed one and stared at it- so what?! Did you guys just start watching professional sports? Do you just want pro athletes to act like you want them to?

   We’re all frustrated with his crappy average, his strikeouts, and his defense. We’re all frustrated with a losing streak (teams with a .550 winning percentage are EXTREMELY LIKELY to lose 5-10 games in a row over the course of 162 games).

   Have yourself some scotch, take a breath, and give the kid a break.

9. danny Says:
   June 29th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

   Good call scot.

10. chris m Says:
    June 29th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    nobody gave a shit when T.O. did it as a eagle

11. fred Says:
    June 29th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    t.o led the league in many categories. Howard leads the league in ribies because he hits behind rollins vic and utley. If you put anyone in that position they would drive runs home

12. danny Says:
    June 29th, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    So you have to lead the league in more than one major category to showboat?

13. David Montgomery Says:
    June 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am

    I loved when Griffey Jr used to do it… I just also like the way that Utley hits one and acts like he’s been there before… Howard SUCKS this year… if he was hitting them all the time, and just happened to crush one.. then watch it and admire it… but when your team is playing like crap, and you are hurting them more than helping them….. on that rare occasion when you hit a home run that means something, get around those bags, touch home.. and act like you’ve been there before.

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