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18 Responses to “Eyre Proved Most Of Us Wrong”

1. phils50+ Says:
   November 11th, 2008 at 11:03 am

   That’s too funny. I liked the guy from the first time I saw him pitch for the Phils. He was especially good being that Durbin faded late in the year. I was hoping we would resign him. Obviously from his quotes and quick resigning, he feels the same way about the city and the team. He fills the role that Dan Plesac had a few years ago. Remember him?

   I wonder how Bowa feels about Charlie having success with the Phils? Two distinctly different styles. As a manager of people, I identify with Charlie’s way much more than Bowa, Lou Piniella, or Bill Parcells in the football world.

2. Mike T. Says:
   November 11th, 2008 at 11:10 am

   hahhaha geoff. so funny.

   geoff, i still got your back.

3. mikem Says:
   November 11th, 2008 at 11:11 am

   Tim do you think the league caught up with Durbin or something else that made him get hit late in the year.

4. Mike T. Says:
   November 11th, 2008 at 11:15 am

   i just read my comments on eyre. they’re pretty bad.

5. Greg Says:
   November 11th, 2008 at 11:30 am

   HAHA, I love the calling out of poster’s outrageous claims. hilarious. I hope mine get called out soon, too.

6. Geoff Says:
   November 11th, 2008 at 11:32 am

   Thanks Mike…I think that Gillick did get the last laugh. Like a lot of Gililcks moves they looked TERRIBLE on the surface. TERRIBLE. But they somehow worked out. Eyre was very solid and is a good cheap signing. Relievers are wierd, I guess he just got lost in the mix in Chiacgo.

   Durbin was really shaky down the stretch and in teh playoffs. I wouldnt jump over myself to bring him back but if you have to its fine I guess.

   Whats funny about Eyre was that he liked Philly so much he ASKED FOR a one year deal just because he knew thats the only way theyd resign him.

7. Georgie Says:
   November 11th, 2008 at 11:33 am

   It’s so much fun to go back and read our comments from a few months ago, and I’ll admit I was right there with Geoff on alot of stuff. Honestly, the way the team looked before Sept, I didn’t give them much of a shot at the WS, glad we were wrong, and I do owe Gillick and Montgomery an apology for some of those nasty things I said.

8. Geoff Says:
   November 11th, 2008 at 11:36 am

   I was really wrong about the starting pitching. It somehow held up. I really thought they needed a stronger number 2 guy in there, but it turned out their 3 and 4 guys were good enough to get a win here and there while Cole Hamels flat out dominated the postseason. Id venture to say that Hamels was the most dominant player of any type on any team in the entire postseason AND that his run was one of the greatest playoff performances of all time by a starting pitcher. He was just mowing suckers down.

   This team was so talented and we all knew they were capable of this and it made us mad when they didnt play up to their potential, but Ifeel that Charlie Manuel really got them to focus on their work and act like professionals again. And to me, that makes him a great manager because we all saw how bad this team was earlier in the season.

   Now, that said, Id still feel a whole lot better if they went out and traded for Jermaine Dye and signed someone like Ryan Dempster or Kenshin Kawakami.

9. Georgie Says:
   November 11th, 2008 at 11:45 am

   I almost always agree with you Geoff, it’s kinda weird, like there’s been times when I’m getting ready to post something, I’ll hit refresh, and you just posted almost the exact same thing.

   Great minds, I suppose!

10. NJ Says:
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:49 am

    I never thought Eyre would be the effective lefty we were looking for all through last year and we have to tip our hat to whoever it was in the organisation who knew Eyre enough to say all he needed was a chance to get some work in.

    Geoff- The problem with signing a guy like Dempster is it blocks our prospects and handucffs the payrolls for a guy your reaching on, I’d like to see Carrasco get more development in but Happ and Kendrick will be handcuffed. We may not be excited about Blanton but he was our pick-up and Moyers too valuable in the back-end to let walk. Would much rather see us outbid for Tawaza than handcuff ourselves to a free agent with a big knock on him.

11. Geoff Says:
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    Yeah thats wierd, it happens to me too. I have some long post written and then I look and someone else already wrote it.

    Yeah I know, I agree on Tazawa. I just dont see them outbidding anybody for a prospect. Albeit a very good one.

    I liek Happ as well, but I feel that you need Blanton and Moyer to be your 4 and 5, not yoru 3 and 4. You need to improve the roation with someone to slot in at 3 minimum. you dont need to go all out and sign an ace because cole hamels has emerged as that guy we all thought he could be. But having another solid guy in there would be nice.

    Unfortunately, I dont think theyll sign dempster. But they should trade for dye. he will be cheaper and better than burrell AND will allow taylor to develop into a full blown everyday player by buying some time.

    I dunno what 2-3 type of guys are out there to trade for are affordable both in monetary value and in prospect cost.

12. NJ Says:
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    I think we have to fall in love with the idea of Blanton as a good 3, that’s what he was in Oakland and the only reason his value dropped was he failed when being asked to spearhead the rotation. He pitched better than we gave credit for with some health issues towards the end of the year and although he may not reguarly rack up the K’s he’ll eat innings in the 3 in a way very few pitchers can giving flexibiliy in the back-end. The last thing we want to do to a championship winning team is send the message you guys were good but were going to bump you a spot because we think your going downhill.

13. Manny Says:
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    Ah! Fingerpointing! Don’t you all love it?

14. Lewisauce Says:
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    I’ve been eating my words since the Milwaukee series, though I don’t think I had anything to say about the Eyre signing.

15. Gavin Says:
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Never a doubt…….

    Dennis Cook’s long lost little brother is all growed up!!!

    LOL, Nice job Tim.

16. Gavin Says:
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    BTW, when I said he blows ass, I meant it in a good way.

17. christopher Says:
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    haha call em out tim!

    i was positive about them picking up eyre, when we got him if you looked at his stats overall they were actually pretty good, he just had a handful of terrible games bringing them down.

18. maxhole Says:
    November 12th, 2008 at 12:55 am

    toot toot!

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