I have been Blue Jay fan since the opening day in ’77. Having seen all the great ones we’ve had over the years, I can only say that Doc is arguably the greatest ever.

I’m not sure you truly realize what you have here, but as the season goes by,
you will have the great pleasure of watching what I consider the best pitcher in baseball.

I can only hope he gets his wish and the Phillies win the world series, he deserves it as much as anyone and more than most.

Good baseball IQ.. played under Tony gywnn in college I think?

Aardsma came on the scene last year. If its a keeper league, don’t keep a closer, because guys always takeover those jobs midseason and you can pick one up and get 20 saves from him

if its just a general question.. i would favor Aardsma because Lidge should be better.. and I kinda think that Baez gets a chance to close since Madson has shown inability in that role so far in his career

Getting hit from a Zito fastball must feel more like foreplay than baseball.

Wonder what the future in Philly holds for Quintin Berry, probs a Danny Sandoval thing watching everyone get called up but him. Kind of sucks to be in your mid twenties not even in AAA with more rabbits in the system than an alternative X-Mas dinner.

So Barry Zito drilled him with a pitch yesterday..

I now love Barry Zito!

Dom Brown – 2/4 with 2 RBI’s… Gillies 2/2 with 2 RBI and 2 R… Polanco 2/3… Berry 1/2 with an RBI and 2 R… Gload 2/4, 1 RBI and 2 R

The only player that did not fare well was Howard (already mentioned). This too shall pass…

HAL-LA-DAY

Boy its good to have live baseball back.

which is why he can be an effective reliver.. completely mess up the timing that hitters had to that point in the game.. and mess it up for whatever hard throwing pitcher they’ll face later..

Moyer in the 6th.. and then a guy faces Madson is the 8th …. Madson’s fastball would look like its coming at 105 mph

Gillies looks a lot bigger than I expected him to be…

Now, Ramirez and Vogelsong…those guys did get owned! Especially Ramirez, who walked 3, got 4 earned runs in 1.1 innings!

The real story of the day, though, is MOYER… 3 innings, 0 runs, 3 Ks… I don’t know who played for those B teams but that was a solid performance. I think he still has some gas left in the tank.. and I’ve been saying that before Spring Training began.. Ideally, I’d love to see Moyer starting in April and May, then Kendrick taking over the rotation spot…

This is the first real baseball these guys have played in 3+ months . . .lets give him more than 5 at-bats before we start be true-haters

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you can’t cross anyone off of anything.. or reward anyone a position based on their first few appearances in Spring Training ..

Otherwise, Chan Ho Park would’ve been a dominant Starting Pitcher last year.. John Mayberry Jr, and Eric Bruntlett would’ve been counted on as OFFENSIVE POWERHOUSES last year

let them get stretched out, game ready.. and at the end, you look at the big picture and see who did the best..

Same thing goes with Aumont.. and now Kyle Drabek ….

and The Dipsy too.. we’ll see if he improves by the end of Spring Training

Gillies its getting me excited, the kids only 20 and I know his numbers were in a hitters friendly league but for a light hitting outfielder to have an OPS over .860… He’s not Taylor sure but boy this kids on the rise

As for Howard, going 0-3, 2 Ks, 5LOB… it’s bad but don’t worry about it… last year he was AMAZING during spring training (I think he hit 10 or more HRS) and then went semi-cold when the season started, only hitting 4 in April.