2013 Philadelphia Phillies: AARP Edition (big shout out to Morbius #1 fan)

time to put doc in a shoebox and bury him in the backyard eh?

It's sad to see someone so great fall apart like this.

losing it worse than lincecum at this point. his K rate remains ok, batting average against wasn't really that bad going into today (.240), walk rate up slightly. but man, he's given up only one less homer this year than he did in all of '11 and he's already halfway to last year's total.

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i love that halladay says he's been dealing w/shoulder discomfort since april 24 but they trotted him out there for two more starts. wtg phils, what a terrible organization.

yeah, maybe

welcome to philadelphia, carlos zambrano

"We got positive feedback from everybody who has interacted with him recently,'' Proefrock said. "We did our due diligence. It's just good business.

"We got a feel for his desire to come back and his sincerity about that, and what kind of condition he's put himself in. It's a minor league deal. We're not signing him to a $90 million deal like the Cubs did, but you still want to get a guy who's committed and is going to conduct himself appropriately. As far as we're concerned, that was satisfied."

they sound super confident

coley 1-6, awwwwwwwwww

lol hamels (1-8)

I haven't gone through Hamels' game log, but when I looked at his overall stats yesterday, 1-8 didn't seem right--they weren't that bad.

http://mlb.si.com/2013/05/27/cole-hamels-record-philadelphia-phillies/?sct=uk_wr_a2

7-3 seems overly optimistic--his ERA is almost 4.50, and you're bound to lose some quality starts. Maybe 6-4 or 6-5 would be more in line with everything else?

dom brown huh

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cheaper than Ryan Howard, eh?

yeah, let's maybe not sign him to a $125M extension

grand slam walk-off hr for mayberry in the 11th!!!1

Wow, first player EVER to hit two homers in extra innings!

I think under old rules, you only got credit for a single if you hit one out w/ the winning run on third. (at least in deadball times)

damn dom brown is having a season - another HR

woo! .500!

(pedantry alert)

Mayberry was not the first player to hit two homers in extra innings:

Mayberry-- who did not start the game-- also homered in the bottom of the 10th to re-tie the game after Miami took the lead in the top half. No player in the majors had hit two extra-inning homers in the same game since Baltimore's Mike Young did so against the Angels on May 28, 1987. And Elias confirms he was just the sixth player ever to do that.

Mayberry also didn't start the game. Since RBI became official in 1920, no player had ever come off the bench to record 5+ RBI, with all of them coming in extra innings.

uh oh, Manuel has figured out his most expensive player

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/7/1/4484544/ryan-howard-phillies-platooned-charlie-manuel-manager

Hamels threw one bad pitch and ~~~lost~~~.

cool

veteran leadership from paps: ". . . if I'm going to have to put up with this year after year, then no, I don't want to be here. Why would you? Why would anybody?"

as long as he still looks the way he does i don't expect him to act like any more of a veteran than his dugout persona

i always find it funny when relievers go full bridezilla. it's like - you can't even pitch more than one inning, dude.

lol

We should do a poll: who is the biggest douche in MLB? Papelbon would be a strong contender imo

Phillies, Chase Utley talking about a 2-3 year extension

never change, ruben

so I will see Cliff Lee pitch Friday

...No I won't. Stiff neck.

So I heard Phils CEO Dave Montgomery this morning, here's what he said:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=21414

And late pinch-hitting speaker at the banquet (which I didn't buy a ticket for) tomorrow, LARRY BOWA! Hoping to sneak in just for the speech, to hear some profanity.

ask Bowa how he feels about talking mad shit about Matt Kemp back in 2007

Good job by critical, outspoken closer.

lol hamels

eight scoreless, drives in the only philly run personally, no decision

only thus far, at any rate

I saw the last 3 outs in hotel bar, hilarious

what a moment, seriously

sadpapelbone.mp3

Second to only James Russell in BLSVs.

Pre-game "Wall of Fame" ceremony for Curt Schilling! Bringing some dough to invest in his next company.

omg, ex-Senator Jiim Bunning showed up. Schmidt and Carlton too, mercifully. Kruk did a nice Jackie Gleason take when it was his turn to speak.

love this fucking team's free fall

Let's get younger through the manager!

Musta been that gif of Charlie's dentures slipping that did it.

CM says he did not resign. Amaro didn't want him to "go through" the last 6 weeks, that Sandberg was going to manage next year was an open secret.

I'm glad I saw Charlie get tossed in the ninth 2 weeks ago at CBP, and got to yell "Sit down and shut up" one last time.

The team informed Manuel that it would not renew his contract and a decision was made to part ways now rather than finish the season. Manuel made it clear that he didn't resign.

in the visitors dugout at pawtucket's mccoy stadium, jim riggleman smiles grimly

I wonder what the avg timespan is for a World Series-winning manager to get canned? Obv Billy Martin was quick after '78, but that was a psychotic unique situation. Johnny Keane and Dick Williams both quit right after winning the WS.

he stuck around longer w/ the Phils than Johnson did w/ the Mets ... so ixnay on the smug gloating.

cito gaston fired more quickly also (and he won two)

Mayo Smith won in '68 with the Tigers, got fired after the '70 season...to make room for Billy Martin. Much faster than Manuel, Johnson, or Gaston.

Colin: The only thing with Hoskins that is really out of whack is his HR/FB, which currently stands at 40%. It’s not unreasonable to think he’ll be close to 20% given his power and the park he plays in. That’s still like 50 HR. Pretty good, I say!

Dave Cameron: Well, yeah, no one can really keep hitting 85% of their XBH as HRs. Every well struck ball he’s hit has left the yard, basically. That’s not going to last.

damn, Hoskins

up to 18 HR (and 26 walks!) in 34 games

in 115 triple-a games this year he had 75 K and 64 BB

presumably the league will figure him out as it did judge, but he's for real

Ryan Howard's total bWAR over the ten-year period following his MVP award: 6.3

Hoskins' this year (before today): 2.2

Rhys Lightning

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