Comments on: Howard Can’t Hit Enough Homers To Top Fish

By: baseballfan

baseballfan — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:08:17 +0000

the dipsys wack

the dipsy

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:49:18 +0000

Hamels, Halladay, Peavy, Lee, Myers

that’s a sick pitching staff

By: NJ

NJ — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:46:31 +0000

Actually I am going to get into this:

Peavy, Halladay, Hamels, Bedard and hell why not start Madson since he’s pitching well… Longman in the bullpen- Roy Oswalt

By: NJ

NJ — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:43:34 +0000

Bedard and Cook or Marquis… Funny and Moyer in the bullpen… Even Funnier

You do read some funny, outlandish ideas here

By: The Dipsy

The Dipsy — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:43:26 +0000

Two years ago I knew nothing about baseball or the Phillies in general. Then the Phillies became the cities hottest ticket and I began to half-heartedly follow baseball. I have absolutely no baseball knowledge and just regurgitate what I hear on bad sports radio.

I have no life and live with my parents so after the Phillies became World Series Champions I decided to try and become a baseball fan. Now I read every article on MLB.com and try to come up with good trades for the Phillies to do along with the odds they will do them. All with hopes to one day be a GM in fantasy baseball because honestly all of my trades are retarded and are pure fantasy.

I hope one day to have any understanding of the game of baseball and realize that it is not like other sports like football with a 16 game season and you can not make brash decisions because baseball is a marathon and not a sprint.

Respectfully,

The Dipsy

PS. I make sure to list my name at the bottom of the post so you all know its me cause I mean I am an extremely important member of this board and people know me. I AM IMPORTANT!

The Dipsy

By: 4daysrest.com

4daysrest.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:41:33 +0000

Moyer and Happ are not and will not be bullpen guys in the long-run. It’s that simple.

Moyer will retire if he is sent to the bullpen.

By: The Dispy

The Dispy — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:20:54 +0000

I would love if they did that Geoff.

Hamels
Bedard
Myers
Cook/Marquis
Blanton

My heart be still. Does that then make Happ expendable? Bullpen:

Lefties

Moyer
Happ
Eyre
Romero

Righties

Lidge
Madson
Condrey
Durbin

Thats eight. One too many. Trade Eyre for a marginal prospect. You can blow out Taschner and Park.

The Dipsy

By: The Dispy

The Dispy — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:15:47 +0000

I like Cook better than you. No big deal. Over the last 4 years check him out. Overall, I agree with you. To borrow a poker analogy (which I lose at regularly), when your at the final table you gotta push your chips in. Thats where the Phils are. I wrote yesterday that I didn’t understand why teams always wanna wait for an “available pitcher”. If you see a pitcher you want sometimes SOMETIMES you gotta overpay to get him. Halladay, Meche, Duke, Webb. Of course these guys aren’t “available”. But as we all know..every man has his price.

The Dipsy

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:10:12 +0000

Im gonna side with MM on this one…Marquis and Cook – while better than Moyer at this stage of his career, are still back end guys. Joe Blanton won 16 games in 2006 and look at him now. BUT, both Cook and Marquis are sinkerballers which is what we need in CBP.

The way Moyer and Blanton have been looking. They may need more than one starter anyway. Who knows what you do with Blanton if he doesnt improve.

The first guy they get (which, I predict will be within two weeks) will be A Cook/Marquis type 4th starter sinkerballer. The second guy will be at the deadline and will be a number two like Bedard.

By: mikemike

mikemike — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:01:41 +0000

The Dipsy check out his hits per inning related that to cbp and you have Joe Blanton ,His era lifetime is not 3.95 it 4.58 and he is not a up and coming pitcher , point is we need a two and they are talking 4-5. I said last year about blanton who has similiar numbers that he wasn’t that good and got rip, this guy is the same, he isn’t that guy we need. If this is there answer or the fans on there suggestion, I would stay pat, and wait for the farm. Last year look what Brewers gave up for CC , they took the gamble , it didn’t work but they tried, If I knew this team would pay Howard and Hamels when there arb years are up. then screw getting a pitcher, and wait for drabek and brown and taylor, stutes, but they only have a small window.

By: The Dispy

The Dispy — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:41:48 +0000

MikeMike. Cook is pretty good. He’s a groundball pitcher. Won 16 games last year. Has averaged about 3.95 ERA over last 4 years in that hell hole. Get him outta Colorado and you can drop that ERA…whaddaya say .30 at least? I’d like to have him.

The Dipsy

By: mikemike

mikemike — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:32:28 +0000

Everything I read points to the phillies going after a stop gap pitcher, cook, marquis. the names out there are joe blanton types, Cook has given up almost 4.6 runs per game, and two hundred more hits per innings in his career and he is 32 I believe. marquis is about the same. What is scary is what would they give up. last year for Blanton who wasn’t that good they gave up a lefthand almost ready pitcher, a top second basemen and a power hitter outfield[ who might never hit for average] I don’t trust there evaluation of the minors talent. Right now Outman is starting for oakland, Cardenas is hitting389 at double a and spencer just got promoted to Double a and is hitting 244.

By: The Dispy

The Dispy — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:06:30 +0000

Chuck P (are you related to Chuck D. from Public Enemy?): Moyer did his job? If doing your job is keeping your team close than I guess if you leave the game in the 6th with your team ahead 9-8 you did your job. Drastic analogy. Truth be told, I’ll take that start last night every time from Jamie Moyer for the rest of the season. Which is sad. But it beats the alternative.

The Dispy

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:52:25 +0000

Im sorry guys, Im sorry if youre offended when I simply say that im tired of watching a guy go out there and basically totally suck like almost the entire season. Im fairly certain Drew Carpenter could do a better job than Moyer at this point, which is sad. Moyer is totally feeble and weak out there. Joking with Carpenter, but its gotten to the point where guys like Jason Marquis (who has a good sinker and the Phils asked about over the weekend) is a better option. Aaron Cook is a better option. Like about 80% of the starters in baseball (many of whom are bad too) are STILL better than trotting this guy out there every turn. Its very very tiresome. I mean we could get someone who sucks and makes a few hundred K as opposed to what theyre paying Moyer now.

By: Chuck P

Chuck P — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:45:43 +0000

This was a bad match-up… Volstad vs. Moyer. You go into this one hoping that Moyer can keep it close. Forget about ERA and Quality Starts and other stats for a moment… just one moment… and think about the ebb and flow of the game. Our guys come into this game knowing that they don’t have a favorable match-up… they are down on themselves from the get-go… then, when it’s surprisingly still close, they realize that they have a shot and start playing anxious. That’s where you get those baserunning errors… coaches need to recognize that anxiety and calm them down… one base at a time. Most of us would have predicted that the Phils were going to lose heading into this one. If I had told you that the Phils would be within one run in the 7th with that match-up, most of you would take that. Moyer did his job… I’ll admit that he wasn’t great but as a 5th starter, I’ll take my chances that our offense can score 5 runs (and cover his 4). Keeping the team within one run, affording them the opportunity to win the game is all that I’m asking for. His last two starts haven’t been terrible. He’s not shut-down. He’s the same guy he was last year but he’s not getting the breaks. Same goes for Lidge. Broken bat hits, missed calls… those types of things don’t happen during magical runs but this team is better. This team is more talented and built to repeat and I think that we’re on the brink of seeing just what this team is capable of.

By: Manny

Manny — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:42:18 +0000

This season, when I know Moyer is going to pitch, I get mentally prepared for a loss… could our hitters be doing that unconsciously too?

It is PAINFUL to watch Moyer pitch, the game takes forever!

By: Steve-o

Steve-o — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:16:42 +0000

Alright so I’ve figured it out. The perfect way to solve the Phils home vs road issues.

We blindfold the players. Put them on a bus, and drive them to the airport. Take them through the terminals, put them on a plane, and fly them in circles for 2 hours. Have them land back in Philly, drive them to the ballpark, and take off the blindfolds. Tell them they have a quick 3 game home stand and that they’ll be back home afterwards.

At this point, i’m desperate. This is getting ridiculous. I’m scared to buy tickets to a home game now.

By: Desi Relaford

Desi Relaford — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:03:45 +0000

I always joke around that the NHL came up with the term “scoring chance” so that kids who are terrible at video game hockey and can not get a shot off can still feel good about themselves. That is how I feel about “quality start.”

The biggest issue with the team is the horrible performances at home. They just seem to play very lazy and stupid baseball. And they always seem to follow up a good game with a real clunker. They have won back to back games at home just twice, while losing back-to-back home games 5 times. The good news is that they have yet to lose 3 in a row at home. So people with tickets for Wednesday’s game have a chance to see a win. They just seem kind of full of themselves at home. But right now they have 5 games against two of the worst teams in baseball- the Marlins are on a 10-23 run right now. The Phillies need to go 4-1 over this stretch.

Rollins and Victorino had horrible games on the base paths last night, and nobody seems to be talking about Victorino’s throw to “home” or maybe it was to 3rd. He could have had outs at home or 3rd, but he got neither.

By: Brian of CO

Brian of CO — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:55:50 +0000

awake, NOT away. :) I guess I need coffee.

By: Brian of CO

Brian of CO — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:54:52 +0000

Dipsy, Yes I missed the dripping sarcasm, but keep in mind, when I started posting it was 6:24 am in Colorado. :) Gotta love getting up early for work. LOL. So I am still barely away at 6:52 am. LOL. I get is (not). My harsh post also wasnt in reference to you, or even the majority of the posts, but was aimed at the people who can only spew hatred and retirement or minors EVERY single time the team loses regardless of the game, or things like that.