Comments on: Pat Burrell: 2000-2008

By: cburrell

cburrell — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:52:31 +0000

Lots of good and bad things said about Pat. I will miss Pat as a Philly! I will become a fan of whatever team he ends up on. Go Pat! Really wish Pat could have been a career Philly but Mr. Amaro didn’t see it that way.

By: Albert

Albert — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:39:52 +0000

But I WILL miss the right handed batting. Need more of this, please.

By: Albert

Albert — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:38:21 +0000

I liked the “leagueofnations” article. Funny. But I buried my head in my hands every time Burrell got up to bat during the post season this past year. He may be a Met killer, but at some points during the season we needed him to be a Marlin killer/ National killer/ Brave killer. And that post season… come ON. Have a good life Pat. If you love us as much as these bloggers love you, take less money and platoon the position with Ibanez. Show your loyalty and make up for that 2002 voodoo trick you pulled on us.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:05:53 +0000

Bummed…just bummed.
Pat the Bat should’ve ended his career here as a Phillie.
I guess I just don’t understand…

By: philsbabe

philsbabe — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:31:06 +0000

See this piece (by a Mets fan!) about Burrell:

http://leagueofnations.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/proper-met-homage-to-pat-burrell/

Just perfect.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:14:19 +0000

I think ita a big mistke letting him go. I have watched the phillies all my life and i know Ibanez will never be as good as pat. the phillies lost one of there best players. I know he was getting old and they had to send in other runners for him but Ibanez is older then him. All in all when they start losing the phillies will regret getting rid of him. I love the phillies dont get me wrong but i think pat should of stayed with us. We will miss you Pat.

By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:26:30 +0000

Nice article, but since 2003 I’ve been mad at Pat the bat. Contract player. Stance softened some over the years, but have a nice life. Just the memory of the 2003 season is enough for me to cheer for Ibanez.

By: clktwr

clktwr — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:33:53 +0000

First things first Brooks and Fran, I have seen too many times and from too many of the Philadelphia teams, that a former player becomes the GM and they are truly jealous of the better talent the former GM has brought here or help keep here the Bat-boy Amaro could not even make it onto the Stanford baseball team if it wasn’t for his daddy and hell the he is the only reason he even got a chance to play, so too everyone here meet the new Bobby Clarke, Rueben Amaro Jr, the man who didn’t want a new hocket hero in town probab;y shared notes with the washed up little leaguer turned batboy thanks to daddy.

Secondly, Brooks and Fran I am nuts for ever believing that this ownership had turn over a new leaf, maybe they started to believe they were more then some “small-market” Club like Kansas City, or Miami, even San Diego, in the 80’s this club was on the cuspt of becoming a dynasty and then this ownership group took over, and Dallas was fired and he turned around and basically raped our farm system of the talent, i.e. Ryne Sandberg, because he knew it, hmm when is Mike Arbuckle gonna start.

Just remember this Howard had a great half of August and Sept., but without Burrell have a great April and May the Phillies were never gonna be in first place for most of the season, he hit twenty before June 1 st along with Utley no other Phillies duo ever acheive this feat, and when the fans booed Burrell he didn’t need to go on the Best Damn Sports ever with J-Roll and cry about it, he just tried harder, and wanted to win more, so remember that when on a cool summer night and Harry the K is uttering the words “that ball is outta here Pat Burrell home run and the Phillies lose another heartbreaker….”

By: Mike W.

Mike W. — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:52:53 +0000

Very nice piece. Side note: Although he was born in the south, he moved to Cali, and is much more of a Cali boy than a southern boy.

By: Manny

Manny — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:54:54 +0000

Pat said that he never received a former offer to stay with the Phils…