Comments on: Gameday: Phillies (41-28) At Cardinals (40-29)

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:26:17 +0000

This is what always scares me about big scores — that the offense burns out and takes the day off in the next game.

By: scot

scot — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:56:27 +0000

no worries, chris. no offense taken. i hardly consider our discussion worth of the term debate anyway.

By: chris m

chris m — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:40:15 +0000

no he compared himself to pujols when they had the same experience… their first arbitration experiance…

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:34:51 +0000

What is Pujols’ pay day anyway? Is Howard retarded? Did he just pick the best 1B in baseball and compare himself to him? He should look at what Dunn gets paid and say, pay me that, I’d respect that at least.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:33:26 +0000

Thanks Chris. The debate on Howard’s defense after looking at the stats does rule in your favor. I honestly didn’t look at his numbers, just the fact that I’ve seen him make some good plays that I’ve never seen him make before. Anyway, at least he got a hit tonight.

By: danny

danny — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:30:53 +0000

I wish we could win every game :(

By: chris m

chris m — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:29:07 +0000

thats what he should compare himself to but with more POTENTIAL….during arbitration he said he should get paid Pujols money bc their comparable

By: chris m

chris m — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:27:40 +0000

phil i like the debate with you. scot on the other hand called me homeboy! he doesnt know what im like. but phil it was been fun throwing knowledge back and forth!but scot likes to throw stats out there that have been scrolling accross espn ALL DAY

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:25:48 +0000

And more k’s and a lower average. The Reds don’t bat him 4th for a reason. We should follow suit.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:25:02 +0000

haha Howard really compares himself to Pujols? He should compare himself to Adam Dunn with more pop in his bat.

By: chris m

chris m — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:23:22 +0000

well pujols is better but howard wants to be compared to him with the paycheck so im comparing him to the same guy his agent does!

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:21:49 +0000

I mentioned earlier his range is down. I checked it to look at his errors this year compared to last year.

By: scot

scot — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:20:52 +0000

Yeah, this was a brutal read. I remember when reading the comments here was enjoyable.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:17:47 +0000

Pujols is a way better play than Howard all around, besides natural power. That’s like comparing apples to oranges. Howard isn’t the leader of this team. He just wants money and his picture on the box of video games. It’s ashame because I don’t think he had this mentality until his dad drilled it into him.

By: chris m

chris m — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:16:17 +0000

and his range factor is down this year!so your saying how is range is getting better well its way down this year. i dont like those type of stats but thats what you guys get to be proved wrong

By: chris m

chris m — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:14:09 +0000

of course hes made some good plays…he made good plays last year and the year before… if you play everyday your gonna get some plays hit to you where you gotta dive. some you make some you dont. but its the routine plays. you dont get errors for extremely tough plays for hes gotten the errors on fairly rountine plays. and he doesnt make our infield better. pujols makes his team better. he digs balls. occasionaly hoaward will but not as much as he should.

By: chris m

chris m — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:09:28 +0000

ha your taking the advice of someone that doesnt watch them everyday but someone that gets to watch their game once a month..busch league scot…get the facts straight

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:09:04 +0000

Hm, and his range is down too. Maybe I’m not seeing it because I’ve seen him make some good plays this year.

By: chris m

chris m — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:05:36 +0000

well i know how scot likes the facts. phil now you got a partner. you got pretty lonely and you needed some help. heres the facts howard is on pace for more errors this years then last year and even the year before. facts!!! so hes underated. maybe…maybe hes not the worst in the nl by a lot but by a little… and hes obvisiously not improving. theres the facts for the two of you to chew on

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:53:05 +0000

Scot, read this whole thread. It’s me getting bashed about thinking his defense improved.