Moyer will often recite his “physical fitness” mantra to anyone listening. Besides his obvious pitching skills, he credited tireless conditioning for increasing his baseball life span. Have any of you bother to notice how Moyer has maintained his svelte physique, even at age 46. Moyer also has said he kept his endurance levels up in training every season including this year.

I know that there are some here who are STILL MYSTIFIED BY HOW MOYER GETS AWAY WITH IT. I saved a quote that often comes in handy for describing a pitcher like Moyer. This one comes from a most knowledgeable baseball fan and now managing LA Dodgers, Joe Torre. Quoting Torre, “Warren Spahn said it best,” he said of the Milwaukee Braves Hall of Fame left-hander. “He said, `Hitting is timing. The pitcher’s job is to upset the timing.” It’s really that basic for success. And did you ever see Moyer throw one down the middle? He works both sides of the plate with that pinpoint control. He always keeps it low. Unless he intends to come up high, then it is always in tight. That’s why you often see hitters being jammed.

So don’t worry Phillies fans. Moyer is doing just fine as indicated by his current success in ST.

I have also said this before… until Moyer gives me a reason to think that he “can’t,” I’m going to have to believe that he “can.” He is gunning for 300 wins… three more seasons of 16+ and a half season would do it. That means, he has to stick around until he’s 49… I think he can do it.

At this point, I don’t see either Park or Happ as pitchers that can go though a full season. So maybe this idea is not bad. And if you ask me which player I rather have starting a crucial September game, I rather see Happ (who throws hard, still has the “surprise” factor, and goes for strikeouts) pitching that Chan Ho (‘I’ll give up 2 grand slams in an inning’). That being said, Chan Ho can be really good out of the pen in August/September games. Basically, if you were to divide time for your No.5 spot between Park and Happ, who would you rather see starting during the first half of the season, and who would you rather see in the second half?

They will try and trade Jenkins but Id be happily amazed if they were actually able to move that contract…

I look forward to when Harry is back.

still don’t know who that guy was that was talking with Larry Anderson.

Coste might have more trade value than Paulino, but that battle will go until the very end

Depends-able Jamie Moyer went 5 innings, 2 R, 1 BB, 6 H (a little high)… couldn’t resist the pun there.

sometimes its good to have guys that just swing for the fences, but id rather have a guy with a better chance to get on base, or move a runner late in the game, something a little more reliable

Indians or Royals are GREAT suggestions. not sure what either team has on their bench, but I look for both of them to be good… I think the Orioles will give some teams problems this year too, but their pitching sucks so they’ll struggle to be .500 … but they’ll lose a lot of high scoring games

I’m not so sure about that, Don. At this point in his career (most people thought that he would retire after last season), I think that the first consideration for Stairs might be location… a journeyman at the end of his journey. All things considered, he might want to opt to stay in the N (preferrably, the NE). He’s probably best suited for an upstart team like the Indians or the Royals but I’m not so sure if he would be thrilled with that move (winning a championship probably felt pretty good). I think that our best bet is to trade Stairs for a middle reliever or a draft pick… just not sure where he would fit.

who is the announcer next to LA?

he’s almost Scott Graham ish