Deadline's come and gone, and the Phils did nothing. Mark will be posting a retraction and apology for the Ron Mahay story as soon as Ed Wade becomes a good GM (seriously, LaTroy Hawkins?) or Exxon Mobil opens a wind farm.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The trade deadline- the Phillies do nothing.
Deadline's come and gone, and the Phils did nothing. Mark will be posting a retraction and apology for the Ron Mahay story as soon as Ed Wade becomes a good GM (seriously, LaTroy Hawkins?) or Exxon Mobil opens a wind farm.
I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with bunt...
Hearing Tom McCarthy and Sarge Matthews debate in the top of the 5th whether Jimmy Rollins, leadoff hitter and reigning NL MVP, should be given the green light to bunt with no one out, the 45-year old pitcher on first, and a man on second was enough to nearly make my TV commit seppoku. It was the 5th inning with the lineup turning over in a 1 run game against the worst team in baseball, possibly including Rookie and low-A ball. And you want to give up an out to maybe score one run. You're that scared of a double play ball? With a guy who has an OPS of 1.001 with runners on this season? Arrrrrgh.
Bunting still has it's place in baseball and in flag making. But there are too many situations where bunts are uncalled for and yet they end up being called for by the manager, fans, and announcers. Excessive bunting is a great strategy for teams that like to lose by one run. For more, here is an interesting blog post by Larry Dierker.
Bunting still has it's place in baseball and in flag making. But there are too many situations where bunts are uncalled for and yet they end up being called for by the manager, fans, and announcers. Excessive bunting is a great strategy for teams that like to lose by one run. For more, here is an interesting blog post by Larry Dierker.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Ron Mahay and Oranges
EDIT: The Phillies may not have made this trade, but I don't like to remove the Internet. So my eagerness to bash the Phillies remains!!!
Say you have a grove of orange trees. And you have this one young orange tree that has some pretty good, but not great, oranges on it and it appears that that orange tree will produce good oranges for a lot of years to come. A lot of people would love to have a young orange tree like this that will give them delicious oranges for years to come. Now while you enjoy eating oranges, you have already have two great orange trees (though one of the orange trees has a problem being on time) that you use for your personal orange supply. It is unlikely that any of the oranges from this young tree will ever end up in your kitchen. Therefore, you decide to barter the orange tree to get something else that will please your palette. Maybe you get a great tomato plant or you try to couple that orange tree with a few other trees in your grove to get the best meal of your life.
Well, the Phillies just handed that orange tree over to the Royals and got an old hot dog. Welcome to Philadelphia, Ron Mahay.
Say you have a grove of orange trees. And you have this one young orange tree that has some pretty good, but not great, oranges on it and it appears that that orange tree will produce good oranges for a lot of years to come. A lot of people would love to have a young orange tree like this that will give them delicious oranges for years to come. Now while you enjoy eating oranges, you have already have two great orange trees (though one of the orange trees has a problem being on time) that you use for your personal orange supply. It is unlikely that any of the oranges from this young tree will ever end up in your kitchen. Therefore, you decide to barter the orange tree to get something else that will please your palette. Maybe you get a great tomato plant or you try to couple that orange tree with a few other trees in your grove to get the best meal of your life.
Well, the Phillies just handed that orange tree over to the Royals and got an old hot dog. Welcome to Philadelphia, Ron Mahay.
We got a Rush brother!
And it's not JaRon! Kareem Rush signed with the Sixers yesterday. This is exciting stuff. While the Brand signing was obviously bigger than Jupiter and Saturn smashed together, these smaller, Kuiper Belt-sized object Rush and Royal Ivey signings are extremely important to the team too. Rush brings the outside shooting they need in a package that is much like Kyle Korver without his invisible leg irons attached. He's not a very good defender, but as long as he makes them 3's, it's a-okay.
The eventual rotation is looking like Andre Miller, Iggy, TYoung, Brand, and Dalembert starting, with Lou Williams, Royal Ivey, Rush, Jason Smith, and Marresssseeeee Speights backing up. That is a solid group of basketball gentlemen. And it obviously leaves 2 names out.
Willie Green and Reggie Evans are the square pegs (yes, like the old Sarah Jessica Parker show) here. With Rush and Ivey being signed to play on the perimeter, and with Lou Williams being groomed to move into a starting role eventually, it's hard to see Willie getting the 25 minutes a night he's accustomed to. And as hard as it is to admit, Willie was actually okay last year. He won't be kept around though if it means keeping him on the end of the bench. Perhaps they'll get him enough minutes at the 2, but it looks doubtful. A lot of it will depend on how much they believe Ivey can contribute. And of course if Iguodala is completely ineffective as a SG or they decide that it's worth keeping him as their SF, thus unwisely taking minutes away from Thaddeus Young, most of this analysis is worthless. Worthless analysis- always available from your Broad Street Bastards.
Reggie Evans got 23 minutes per game last year, which is about 10 minutes per game too much. He's great as a rebounder and a guy with a beard, but that is all. Perhaps they'll keep him in the rotation until Speights is ready, but his longer-term prospects with the Sixers are pretty dim.
The eventual rotation is looking like Andre Miller, Iggy, TYoung, Brand, and Dalembert starting, with Lou Williams, Royal Ivey, Rush, Jason Smith, and Marresssseeeee Speights backing up. That is a solid group of basketball gentlemen. And it obviously leaves 2 names out.
Willie Green and Reggie Evans are the square pegs (yes, like the old Sarah Jessica Parker show) here. With Rush and Ivey being signed to play on the perimeter, and with Lou Williams being groomed to move into a starting role eventually, it's hard to see Willie getting the 25 minutes a night he's accustomed to. And as hard as it is to admit, Willie was actually okay last year. He won't be kept around though if it means keeping him on the end of the bench. Perhaps they'll get him enough minutes at the 2, but it looks doubtful. A lot of it will depend on how much they believe Ivey can contribute. And of course if Iguodala is completely ineffective as a SG or they decide that it's worth keeping him as their SF, thus unwisely taking minutes away from Thaddeus Young, most of this analysis is worthless. Worthless analysis- always available from your Broad Street Bastards.
Reggie Evans got 23 minutes per game last year, which is about 10 minutes per game too much. He's great as a rebounder and a guy with a beard, but that is all. Perhaps they'll keep him in the rotation until Speights is ready, but his longer-term prospects with the Sixers are pretty dim.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Adam Eaton's Phillies Career (2007-2008)
July 28, 2008 (BSB NEWS)- IN Philadelphia, righthander Adam Eaton's Phillies career was not-so-tragically ended today when it was designated for assignment to the team's minor league affiliate in Allentown, PA. It was 1 5/8 years old. Eaton's career originated with the Phillies organization in 1996, but was interrupted by several years of mediocrity in other cities.
His career is survived by the floundering careers of Brett Myers and Joe Blanton, the knife Adam Eaton once stabbed himself with once while opening a DVD package, and 3 grandchildren, none of whom can throw a decent fastball.
His career is survived by the floundering careers of Brett Myers and Joe Blanton, the knife Adam Eaton once stabbed himself with once while opening a DVD package, and 3 grandchildren, none of whom can throw a decent fastball.
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