Comments on: What’s The Biggest Need Now?

By: Georgie

Georgie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:39:24 +0000

Oh, it was definitely funny, I could wake up on the wrong side of the bed, but all I had to do was log on here and I was laughing out loud in no time!

By: Don M

Don M — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:33:40 +0000

we were pretty damn entertaining.. or annoying… it all depends on how you look at it

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:14:23 +0000

Since they won I mean, the impatient angry fan thing goes away and you can neutrally take a look at the situation…so thats helped a lot….by teh way, isnt joyce down in tampa now anyway?

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:12:35 +0000

It would be nice if the Phillies had some good relief prospects to bring up. I feel that maybe one or two of the starter prospects they have should convert to the bullpen so they can come up and pitch sooner. Theres going to be a logjam in this rotation once carrasco comes up. happ drabek savery bastardo stutes etc. some of those guys will have to be relievers to make this roster.

By: Georgie

Georgie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:12:27 +0000

Yeah, I miss Geoff’s rants,then he and Don would get into a big argument, it was quite entertaining.

BTW, I just heard something on MLBN about the Mets having a new-found interest in Lowe, they are thinking a ground ball pitcher would be a good fit in their new, smaller stadium, hhmmm….

By: NJ

NJ — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:08:44 +0000

My favourite was Gallaraga and Joyce for Myers.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:07:51 +0000

No I didnt think that even then…that was someone else. I called for them to trade shane victorino brett myers jimmy rollins and ryan howard for the entire first half of the season pretty much. I was all about trading Jimmy Rollins for prospects to “send a message” to the team.

But once they won the World Series theres no panic factor anymore, so you just sit back and play the contract game now. Jimmy is signed under market value for like 2-3 more years now so he isnt going anywhere.

By: NJ

NJ — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:07:30 +0000

But some of your suggestions early last year where more entertaining than a Mets reporter!

I wonder how badly the next crop of draft picks are going to be hit by the belt-tightning, think a lot more guys are going to be unsignable this year and play the Nancy Drew game. One area the Phillies really need to start addressing is the controllability of the bullpen, it’s not getting any cheaper.

Is it just me or does Tommy Hanson seem like the kind of pitcher who’ll shut you down and then steal your lunch money and make you cry?

By: Don M

Don M — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:02:57 +0000

So you don’t think the Giants will trade Tim Linccecum for Ryan Howard anymore??

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:58:56 +0000

I also got more into contracts and realized that in a sport with guaranteed cotracts you have to play the contract game much more.. i mean, teams just arent going to trade good young pitching thats under team control for a long time…