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Normally, this wouldn't be significant enough to post, but I had to share this:

"But the area where the Phillies most significantly upgraded themselves was left field, replacing inconsistent Pat Burrell with the very consistent Raul Ibanez, who has more RBI over the past three seasons than Manny Ramirez."

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At best, Ibanez is a lateral move for the Phillies, though it’s entirely possible that he’ll be worse than Burrell next year. To call him the Phillies’ most “significant” upgrade tells me that Bill Madden is either ignorant or just plain stupid.

by Eric Simon on Apr 2, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Probably a little of both.

I won’t discriminate.

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Apr 2, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And it makes them more righty heavy

But at least he’s clearly better than Manny. Look Ma, stats!

by Mount17 on Apr 2, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

more precisely,

Look ma! I cherry-picked stats that fit my opinion, and I’m going to call people “nerds” if they use any others!

by JoshNY on Apr 3, 2009 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

To be fair, though, he IS their most significant acquisition.

This is why I can’t see the Phillies winning this year: They didn’t improve themselves in any area. None whatsoever. The Mets, just by improving their bullpen mightily, did much more to make themselves better.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Apr 3, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

meanwhile

by virtue of how insanely good their bullpen was last year, there’s nothing for them to do but regress. I mean, you don’t really think Lidge is going to go a whole season without a single blown save AGAIN, do you?

by JoshNY on Apr 3, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is the cue to stop reading:

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Apr 3, 2009 12:27 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

"By Bill Madden"

That was my cue to stop reading.

by James Kannengieser on Apr 3, 2009 6:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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