you guys see this? fans dies at rangers game reaching for ball thrown by josh hamilton. and the guy was a firefighter. dangerous job like that and dies at a baseball game. horrible and his 6 year son witnessed it. i'd probably have a hard time dealing with that if i was hamilton. very sad.
you guys see this? fans dies at rangers game reaching for ball thrown by josh hamilton. and the guy was a firefighter. dangerous job like that and dies at a baseball game. horrible and his 6 year son witnessed it. i'd probably have a hard time dealing with that if i was hamilton. very sad.
I can't stop thinking about this. So terrible and upsetting.
Next time you're at a game, just remember, it's just a fucking baseball. You can go buy one for your son.
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you guys see this? fans dies at rangers game reaching for ball thrown by josh hamilton. and the guy was a firefighter. dangerous job like that and dies at a baseball game. horrible and his 6 year son witnessed it. i'd probably have a hard time dealing with that if i was hamilton. very sad.
you guys see this? fans dies at rangers game reaching for ball thrown by josh hamilton. and the guy was a firefighter. dangerous job like that and dies at a baseball game. horrible and his 6 year son witnessed it. i'd probably have a hard time dealing with that if i was hamilton. very sad.
Dude just isn't worth close to 25 mill per season.
Agreed. I think everyone agrees, actually. But he is still the key to this lineup. Even when he's slumping you see managers pitching around him. Other teams in the division stock up on LOOGY's to get him out, probably costing them the chance at having more durable middle relievers. I just don't think it's the same team without him.
See I don't agree with any of this. You see managers walking guys intentionally so they CAN pitch to howard. He's not the player he was during his MVP season (which was the single best phillies season I have personally witnessed). He's OK. Put half the first baseman in the NL in his spot and they match or outperform him offensively...and easily best his defense (or lackthereof)
the Braves bullpen is tailor made to beat the phillies. Ironically, their worst option out of the pen vs the phils is probably their closer
you guys see this? fans dies at rangers game reaching for ball thrown by josh hamilton. and the guy was a firefighter. dangerous job like that and dies at a baseball game. horrible and his 6 year son witnessed it. i'd probably have a hard time dealing with that if i was hamilton. very sad.
Dude just isn't worth close to 25 mill per season.
Agreed. I think everyone agrees, actually. But he is still the key to this lineup. Even when he's slumping you see managers pitching around him. Other teams in the division stock up on LOOGY's to get him out, probably costing them the chance at having more durable middle relievers. I just don't think it's the same team without him.
See I don't agree with any of this. You see managers walking guys intentionally so they CAN pitch to howard. He's not the player he was during his MVP season (which was the single best phillies season I have personally witnessed). He's OK. Put half the first baseman in the NL in his spot and they match or outperform him offensively...and easily best his defense (or lackthereof)
the Braves bullpen is tailor made to beat the phillies. Ironically, their worst option out of the pen vs the phils is probably their closer
please provide evidence of Utley or anyone else batting 3rd being walked intentionally to pitch to howard at any point this season. you are delusional.
please provide evidence of Utley or anyone else batting 3rd being walked intentionally to pitch to howard at any point this season. you are delusional.
Watch the games dummy. It's happened a few times. Just last weekend in fact. And howard proceeded to strike out on 3 or 4 pitches
please provide evidence of Utley or anyone else batting 3rd being walked intentionally to pitch to howard at any point this season. you are delusional.
Watch the games dummy. It's happened a few times
i've watched 80% of every inning this year and i don't recall it happening. again please provide evidence, facts not the rantings of a delusional so-called fan.
please provide evidence of Utley or anyone else batting 3rd being walked intentionally to pitch to howard at any point this season. you are delusional.
Watch the games dummy. It's happened a few times
i've watched 80% of every inning this year and i don't recall it happening. again please provide evidence, facts not the rantings of a delusional so-called fan.
Last weekend. walked utley, howard K'd on 3 or 4 pitches. That's one time. There are others. Watch the games
please provide evidence of Utley or anyone else batting 3rd being walked intentionally to pitch to howard at any point this season. you are delusional.
Watch the games dummy. It's happened a few times
i've watched 80% of every inning this year and i don't recall it happening. again please provide evidence, facts not the rantings of a delusional so-called fan.
The Fixer knows all the negative aspects of the Phillies. If others besides Toronto have walked Utley (or whoever) to get to Howard....then The Fixer would know about it.
The Fixer knows all the negative aspects of the Phillies. If others besides Toronto have walked Utley (or whoever) to get to Howard....then The Fixer would know about it.
He obviously doesn't know the negative aspects of Pearl Jam though....evidenced by his username being the single worst Pearl Jam song ever.
I know the padres walked someone intentionally to get to howard this year as well (before utley came back). Howard ended up getting a game winning double because ryan ludwick decided to break out his greg lewis punt catching impersonation.
I chose the Fixer when the site changed, before backspacer came out. My old tag name was deleted for some reason. Happened to a lot of people here I believe.
Keep worrying about the AS game. Your contributions to this thread are tremendous
please provide evidence of Utley or anyone else batting 3rd being walked intentionally to pitch to howard at any point this season. you are delusional.
Um, last saturday 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs, Utley walked intentionally to load the bases, Howard strikes out on a check swing.
The Fixer knows all the negative aspects of the Phillies. If others besides Toronto have walked Utley (or whoever) to get to Howard....then The Fixer would know about it.
the obsession he has with howard is mind blowing. i guess to him 1 or 2% is a trend (once or twice in 84 games) and he is surely hoping the braves kick the phils ass this weekend so he can gloat as he tried to do when the flyers blew up (despite their goaltending being as good as ryan miller in the buffalo series per him).
please provide evidence of Utley or anyone else batting 3rd being walked intentionally to pitch to howard at any point this season. you are delusional.
Watch the games dummy. It's happened a few times
i've watched 80% of every inning this year and i don't recall it happening. again please provide evidence, facts not the rantings of a delusional so-called fan.
it's happend twice this year and i think once last year. i believe howard is 1-2 with a walk in this instances so it hasn't worked out too well.
and the marlins intentionally walked howard the other night though.
please provide evidence of Utley or anyone else batting 3rd being walked intentionally to pitch to howard at any point this season. you are delusional.
Um, last saturday 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs, Utley walked intentionally to load the bases, Howard strikes out on a check swing.
Funny that the non-phillies fan even knows this. Big Phillies fans in this thread
The Fixer knows all the negative aspects of the Phillies. If others besides Toronto have walked Utley (or whoever) to get to Howard....then The Fixer would know about it.
the obsession he has with howard is mind blowing. i guess to him 1 or 2% is a trend (once or twice in 84 games) and he is surely hoping the braves kick the phils ass this weekend so he can gloat as he tried to do when the flyers blew up (despite their goaltending being as good as ryan miller in the buffalo series per him).
Your posts are such nonsense.
You still think howard is better than adrian gonzalez and votto?
My issue with howard is that his contract is the worst thing in sports. He's nowhere near good enough to earn that kind of money (his WAR this year is below a league average player). Next year when that monstrosity of a contract kicks in it will prevent the phils from signing guys that they need in order to compete at their current championship level. Then again, you're the guy that defended the deal when it was signed and said that 'only this year matters'.
Agreed. I think everyone agrees, actually. But he is still the key to this lineup. Even when he's slumping you see managers pitching around him. Other teams in the division stock up on LOOGY's to get him out, probably costing them the chance at having more durable middle relievers. I just don't think it's the same team without him.
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See I don't agree with any of this. You see managers walking guys intentionally so they CAN pitch to howard. He's not the player he was during his MVP season (which was the single best phillies season I have personally witnessed). He's OK. Put half the first baseman in the NL in his spot and they match or outperform him offensively...and easily best his defense (or lackthereof)
the Braves bullpen is tailor made to beat the phillies. Ironically, their worst option out of the pen vs the phils is probably their closer[/quote]
I truly don't understand how a Phillie fan can beat up the 2nd best hitter in this franchises history like u do. A jearlpam comment will follow(guess u can't say anything bad about howard without the police arriving,weak) He's obviously not the same guy he was in 08, 99.9% of the aren't. You make the best arguetment for Howard imo by saying this lineup isn't that good,yet he is tied for the League in RBI's. Then you'll say he's had the most chances and i'll say he dosen't get shit to hit. Followed by then why dosen't he walk more then.
His defense has been almost flawless this year 2 errors and maybe 2-3 other plays that didn't get scored cause he got an out instread of 2. This team would be shit without him in the lineup and i'm sure sadly one day it'll happen and this team will blow even with great pitching.
The Fixer knows all the negative aspects of the Phillies. If others besides Toronto have walked Utley (or whoever) to get to Howard....then The Fixer would know about it.
the obsession he has with howard is mind blowing. i guess to him 1 or 2% is a trend (once or twice in 84 games) and he is surely hoping the braves kick the phils ass this weekend so he can gloat as he tried to do when the flyers blew up (despite their goaltending being as good as ryan miller in the buffalo series per him).
Your posts are such nonsense.
You still think howard is better than adrian gonzalez and votto?
My issue with howard is that his contract is the worst thing in sports. He's nowhere near good enough to earn that kind of money (his WAR this year is below a league average player). Next year when that monstrosity of a contract kicks in it will prevent the phils from signing guys that they need in order to compete at their current championship level. Then again, you're the guy that defended the deal when it was signed and said that 'only this year matters'.
no i don't think he is better than votto or gonzalez at this point (but that's like saying $10 million is worse than $11 millon, as a bank account they would both fucking rock) - i also know that those 2 have a combined ZERO playoff wins under their belt and ryan has been a huge part of the greatest run in our franchise's history.
and i swore a week or so ago i wouldn't take the bait from you and i did again. im such a ahole. so whatever dude.
Agreed. I think everyone agrees, actually. But he is still the key to this lineup. Even when he's slumping you see managers pitching around him. Other teams in the division stock up on LOOGY's to get him out, probably costing them the chance at having more durable middle relievers. I just don't think it's the same team without him.
See I don't agree with any of this. You see managers walking guys intentionally so they CAN pitch to howard. He's not the player he was during his MVP season (which was the single best phillies season I have personally witnessed). He's OK. Put half the first baseman in the NL in his spot and they match or outperform him offensively...and easily best his defense (or lackthereof)
the Braves bullpen is tailor made to beat the phillies. Ironically, their worst option out of the pen vs the phils is probably their closer[/quote]
I truly don't understand how a Phillie fan can beat up the 2nd best hitter in this franchises history like u do. A jearlpam comment will follow(guess u can't say anything bad about howard without the police arriving,weak) He's obviously not the same guy he was in 08, 99.9% of the aren't. You make the best arguetment for Howard imo by saying this lineup isn't that good,yet he is tied for the League in RBI's. Then you'll say he's had the most chances and i'll say he dosen't get shit to hit. Followed by then why dosen't he walk more then.
His defense has been almost flawless this year 2 errors and maybe 2-3 other plays that didn't get scored cause he got an out instread of 2. This team would be shit without him in the lineup and i'm sure sadly one day it'll happen and this team will blow even with great pitching.[/quote]
he's got 3 or 4 errors. not that they are a good judge of defensive ability anyway. to call his defense 'flawless' is laughable. He's a butcher in the field with the range of a fire hydrant
The Fixer knows all the negative aspects of the Phillies. If others besides Toronto have walked Utley (or whoever) to get to Howard....then The Fixer would know about it.
He obviously doesn't know the negative aspects of Pearl Jam though....evidenced by his username being the single worst Pearl Jam song ever.
I know the padres walked someone intentionally to get to howard this year as well (before utley came back). Howard ended up getting a game winning double because ryan ludwick decided to break out his greg lewis punt catching impersonation.
I chose the Fixer when the site changed, before backspacer came out. My old tag name was deleted for some reason. Happened to a lot of people here I believe.
Keep worrying about the AS game. Your contributions to this thread are tremendous
lol, I'm not "worried" about the all-star game. I just supported Shane's bid to get in it. You're the one who whines and complains about everything despite the team having the best record in baseball. It's almost troll-like the way you post in this thread.
and i swore a week or so ago i wouldn't take the bait from you and i did again. im such a ahole. so whatever dude.
let's go phils.
so first baseman are QBs now. THey are only good if their team wins. Brilliant comparison :roll: .
the hamels article I read today made me think of the howard contract. that leads to me getting agitated. I wasn't trying to start up this stupid argument again. sorry I did
The Fixer knows all the negative aspects of the Phillies. If others besides Toronto have walked Utley (or whoever) to get to Howard....then The Fixer would know about it.
He obviously doesn't know the negative aspects of Pearl Jam though....evidenced by his username being the single worst Pearl Jam song ever.
I know the padres walked someone intentionally to get to howard this year as well (before utley came back). Howard ended up getting a game winning double because ryan ludwick decided to break out his greg lewis punt catching impersonation.
I chose the Fixer when the site changed, before backspacer came out. My old tag name was deleted for some reason. Happened to a lot of people here I believe.
Keep worrying about the AS game. Your contributions to this thread are tremendous
lol, I'm not "worried" about the all-star game. I just supported Shane's bid to get in it. You're the one who whines and complains about everything despite the team having the best record in baseball. It's almost troll-like the way you post in this thread.
no one is forcing you to read or respond to my posts. If you want to comment or debate baseball, then bring it. your comments here are pointless.
thanks for stopping by...another solid contribution to the thread
and i swore a week or so ago i wouldn't take the bait from you and i did again. im such a ahole. so whatever dude.
let's go phils.
so first baseman are QBs now. THey are only good if their team wins. Brilliant comparison :roll: .
the hamels article I read today made me think of the howard contract. that leads to me getting agitated. I wasn't trying to start up this stupid argument again. sorry I did
and you accuse others of reading comprehension issues :roll: :roll:
no one is forcing you to read or respond to my posts. If you want to comment or debate baseball, then bring it. your comments here are pointless.
Ok let's debate Baseball. I think Howard is very valuable to the team. We wouldn't have won the World Series in 2008, the Pennant in 2009, and we wouldn't be in first place now without him.
thanks for stopping by...another solid contribution to the thread
And what is this? Get a life, dude. Maybe you think you're educating people or something with your "contributions" but you're not. You're trolling. I mean, who takes a BASEBALL THREAD ON MESSAGE BOARD that seriously that they criticize the "contributions" of other posters?
the hamels article I read today made me think of the howard contract. that leads to me getting agitated.
Why does this make you agitated? Other than for the fact that you seem like an agitated person by nature? There's no salary cap. So what does it matter what he's paid?
no one is forcing you to read or respond to my posts. If you want to comment or debate baseball, then bring it. your comments here are pointless.
Ok let's debate Baseball. I think Howard is very valuable to the team. We wouldn't have won the World Series in 2008, the Pennant in 2009, and we wouldn't be in first place now without him.
thanks for stopping by...another solid contribution to the thread
And what is this? Get a life, dude. Maybe you think you're educating people or something with your "contributions" but you're not. You're trolling. I mean, who takes a BASEBALL THREAD ON MESSAGE BOARD that seriously that they criticize the "contributions" of other posters?
the hamels article I read today made me think of the howard contract. that leads to me getting agitated.
Why does this make you agitated? Other than for the fact that you seem like an agitated person by nature? There's no salary cap. So what does it matter what he's paid?
1 - That's an assumption. If you go by his WAR for the past few years you will see that there are plenty of better options at his position.
also, they may have won the 09 WS and 10 NLCS if they had a more competent first baseman
2 - Pointless post...yet again
3 - no salary cap, but there is a luxury tax. I'm sure you didn't know that though, since you seem to be new to this baseball stuff
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I can't stop thinking about this. So terrible and upsetting.
Next time you're at a game, just remember, it's just a fucking baseball. You can go buy one for your son.
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Absolutely horrible
I keep thinking back when you're little how excited you were to go to a game with your Dad
I can't even imagine how that little boy feels..he can't even wrap his head around this
Hopefully Josh can deal with it without falling off the wagon
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See I don't agree with any of this. You see managers walking guys intentionally so they CAN pitch to howard. He's not the player he was during his MVP season (which was the single best phillies season I have personally witnessed). He's OK. Put half the first baseman in the NL in his spot and they match or outperform him offensively...and easily best his defense (or lackthereof)
the Braves bullpen is tailor made to beat the phillies. Ironically, their worst option out of the pen vs the phils is probably their closer
seriously. I have caught 3 baseballs at MLB games in my life. One I threw back on the field. I have no idea where the other 2 are.
please provide evidence of Utley or anyone else batting 3rd being walked intentionally to pitch to howard at any point this season. you are delusional.
Watch the games dummy. It's happened a few times. Just last weekend in fact. And howard proceeded to strike out on 3 or 4 pitches
i've watched 80% of every inning this year and i don't recall it happening. again please provide evidence, facts not the rantings of a delusional so-called fan.
Last weekend. walked utley, howard K'd on 3 or 4 pitches. That's one time. There are others. Watch the games
The Fixer knows all the negative aspects of the Phillies. If others besides Toronto have walked Utley (or whoever) to get to Howard....then The Fixer would know about it.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
I know the padres walked someone intentionally to get to howard this year as well (before utley came back). Howard ended up getting a game winning double because ryan ludwick decided to break out his greg lewis punt catching impersonation.
I chose the Fixer when the site changed, before backspacer came out. My old tag name was deleted for some reason. Happened to a lot of people here I believe.
Keep worrying about the AS game. Your contributions to this thread are tremendous
Um, last saturday 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs, Utley walked intentionally to load the bases, Howard strikes out on a check swing.
the obsession he has with howard is mind blowing. i guess to him 1 or 2% is a trend (once or twice in 84 games) and he is surely hoping the braves kick the phils ass this weekend so he can gloat as he tried to do when the flyers blew up (despite their goaltending being as good as ryan miller in the buffalo series per him).
it's happend twice this year and i think once last year. i believe howard is 1-2 with a walk in this instances so it hasn't worked out too well.
and the marlins intentionally walked howard the other night though.
johnny's point is a good one.
ok i stand corrected (didn't see last saturday's game) but 2 times in 84 games is 2.4%, hardly a trend.
Funny that the non-phillies fan even knows this. Big Phillies fans in this thread
Your posts are such nonsense.
You still think howard is better than adrian gonzalez and votto?
My issue with howard is that his contract is the worst thing in sports. He's nowhere near good enough to earn that kind of money (his WAR this year is below a league average player). Next year when that monstrosity of a contract kicks in it will prevent the phils from signing guys that they need in order to compete at their current championship level. Then again, you're the guy that defended the deal when it was signed and said that 'only this year matters'.
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See I don't agree with any of this. You see managers walking guys intentionally so they CAN pitch to howard. He's not the player he was during his MVP season (which was the single best phillies season I have personally witnessed). He's OK. Put half the first baseman in the NL in his spot and they match or outperform him offensively...and easily best his defense (or lackthereof)
the Braves bullpen is tailor made to beat the phillies. Ironically, their worst option out of the pen vs the phils is probably their closer[/quote]
I truly don't understand how a Phillie fan can beat up the 2nd best hitter in this franchises history like u do. A jearlpam comment will follow(guess u can't say anything bad about howard without the police arriving,weak) He's obviously not the same guy he was in 08, 99.9% of the aren't. You make the best arguetment for Howard imo by saying this lineup isn't that good,yet he is tied for the League in RBI's. Then you'll say he's had the most chances and i'll say he dosen't get shit to hit. Followed by then why dosen't he walk more then.
His defense has been almost flawless this year 2 errors and maybe 2-3 other plays that didn't get scored cause he got an out instread of 2. This team would be shit without him in the lineup and i'm sure sadly one day it'll happen and this team will blow even with great pitching.
more than that. jim riggleman was infamous for pulling that move
no it hasn't. that's why people made a big deal about it.
and again, mckeon intentionally walked howard a couple games ago. big deal. quit hating fixer
no i don't think he is better than votto or gonzalez at this point (but that's like saying $10 million is worse than $11 millon, as a bank account they would both fucking rock) - i also know that those 2 have a combined ZERO playoff wins under their belt and ryan has been a huge part of the greatest run in our franchise's history.
and i swore a week or so ago i wouldn't take the bait from you and i did again. im such a ahole. so whatever dude.
let's go phils.
See I don't agree with any of this. You see managers walking guys intentionally so they CAN pitch to howard. He's not the player he was during his MVP season (which was the single best phillies season I have personally witnessed). He's OK. Put half the first baseman in the NL in his spot and they match or outperform him offensively...and easily best his defense (or lackthereof)
the Braves bullpen is tailor made to beat the phillies. Ironically, their worst option out of the pen vs the phils is probably their closer[/quote]
I truly don't understand how a Phillie fan can beat up the 2nd best hitter in this franchises history like u do. A jearlpam comment will follow(guess u can't say anything bad about howard without the police arriving,weak) He's obviously not the same guy he was in 08, 99.9% of the aren't. You make the best arguetment for Howard imo by saying this lineup isn't that good,yet he is tied for the League in RBI's. Then you'll say he's had the most chances and i'll say he dosen't get shit to hit. Followed by then why dosen't he walk more then.
His defense has been almost flawless this year 2 errors and maybe 2-3 other plays that didn't get scored cause he got an out instread of 2. This team would be shit without him in the lineup and i'm sure sadly one day it'll happen and this team will blow even with great pitching.[/quote]
he's got 3 or 4 errors. not that they are a good judge of defensive ability anyway. to call his defense 'flawless' is laughable. He's a butcher in the field with the range of a fire hydrant
lol, I'm not "worried" about the all-star game. I just supported Shane's bid to get in it. You're the one who whines and complains about everything despite the team having the best record in baseball. It's almost troll-like the way you post in this thread.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
so first baseman are QBs now. THey are only good if their team wins. Brilliant comparison :roll: .
the hamels article I read today made me think of the howard contract. that leads to me getting agitated. I wasn't trying to start up this stupid argument again. sorry I did
no one is forcing you to read or respond to my posts. If you want to comment or debate baseball, then bring it. your comments here are pointless.
thanks for stopping by...another solid contribution to the thread
and you accuse others of reading comprehension issues :roll: :roll:
Ok let's debate Baseball. I think Howard is very valuable to the team. We wouldn't have won the World Series in 2008, the Pennant in 2009, and we wouldn't be in first place now without him.
And what is this? Get a life, dude. Maybe you think you're educating people or something with your "contributions" but you're not. You're trolling. I mean, who takes a BASEBALL THREAD ON MESSAGE BOARD that seriously that they criticize the "contributions" of other posters?
Why does this make you agitated? Other than for the fact that you seem like an agitated person by nature? There's no salary cap. So what does it matter what he's paid?
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
1 - That's an assumption. If you go by his WAR for the past few years you will see that there are plenty of better options at his position.
also, they may have won the 09 WS and 10 NLCS if they had a more competent first baseman
2 - Pointless post...yet again
3 - no salary cap, but there is a luxury tax. I'm sure you didn't know that though, since you seem to be new to this baseball stuff