***The Official Philadelphia Phillies 2012 Thread***

FenwayFaithful wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

you realize two chicks are calling the providence/depaul game tonight right? two of them.

Oh goodness. I had no idea. I gave up on my beloved Friars when they dropped the first 9 games in Big East play. Great job, Keno! Way to rebuild the program! But I digress, as this is the Philadelphia Phillies baseball thread.

i believe this is the first time 2 women will call a men's sporting event without a male member of the broadcast team....

still pissed about that providence game :x

The Fixer wrote:

I love everything about this dude

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phi ... nchez.html

even his 7 errors and defensive mis-plays in the last 2 playoff runs? hopefully ryne sandberg can help him with that - seriously i imagine if he can stay healthy he will be more than fine. just hope he isn't aging too quickly because of how hard he plays.

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

I love everything about this dude

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phi ... nchez.html

even his 7 errors and defensive mis-plays in the last 2 playoff runs? hopefully ryne sandberg can help him with that - seriously i imagine if he can stay healthy he will be more than fine. just hope he isn't aging too quickly because of how hard he plays.

You're an idiot.

why by pointing out facts? go back and rewiew or try and remember, chase has absolutely sucked defensively in the playoffs. and his body breaking down premarturely has to be a concern. frankly i don't think he has recovered from the hip problems. i might be a ahole, but i'm not an idiot.

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Nope. You bring it up for the dumbest reasons, mainly because you feel the incessant need to defend Ryan Howard because the dude who posted the article rides #6 all the time. So, you feel the need to do so to the dude he slurps. Dude's money. And you're still an idiot. There's no one that has less relevancy here, and whom I ignore the most, than you, son.

when and where did i bring up ryan howard? Fixer says he loves everything about Chase Utley, everything, so i asked if he loved the shitty playoff defense. it's a legitimate question and has absolutely nothing to do with the 1st baseman.

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Welcome to Twenty-Eleven. :roll:

"no matter how cold the winter there's a springtime ahead"

apparantly it's against the rules to offer any constructive and legitimate criticism towards chase utley in here. :roll:

pjhawks wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Welcome to Twenty-Eleven. :roll:

"no matter how cold the winter there's a springtime ahead"

apparantly it's against the rules to offer any constructive and legitimate criticism towards chase utley in here. :roll:

Seriously - how long can you droan on about a few playoff errors when the guy plays spectacular defense all the freakin' time. I just hope he gets some of his power back.

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Welcome to Twenty-Eleven. :roll:

"no matter how cold the winter there's a springtime ahead"

apparantly it's against the rules to offer any constructive and legitimate criticism towards chase utley in here. :roll:

Seriously - how long can you droan on about a few playoff errors when the guy plays spectacular defense all the freakin' time. I just hope he gets some of his power back.

did you read the thread and see how the topic came up? Fixer says he loves 'everything' about Chase Utley and i asked if he loved the shitty playoff defense - that is all. and spectacular defense, really...wow. guess you missed the Manny Trillo era of defense. spectacular, wow and im an idiot :roll: :roll: :roll: slightly above average is more like it

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Did anyone here see the Real Sports on Friday about Deadspin? I don't have HBO anymore and am curious how it was.

that show is just phenomenal. wish they had more frequent episodes.i saw it. i'm not a big deadspin guy. i thought that aj came off very scumbaggy. i'm baised, but i think i would feel the same way even if i was a fan of the site......it is interesting that bissenger feels so differently about them now.

they mentioned the sean salisbury thing. that was pretty funny though. salisbury is such an idiot.

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Did anyone here see the Real Sports on Friday about Deadspin? I don't have HBO anymore and am curious how it was.

that show is just phenomenal. wish they had more frequent episodes.i saw it. i'm not a big deadspin guy. i thought that aj came off very scumbaggy. i'm baised, but i think i would feel the same way even if i was a fan of the site......it is interesting that bissenger feels so differently about them now.

they mentioned the sean salisbury thing. that was pretty funny though. salisbury is such an idiot.

Yeah, I don't have HBO either anymore. God damnit. Anyway, I read an article in the paper with Daulerio. I think the guy just knows how to get viewers. I just don't like how he's turned sports into TMZ.

I am a long long time deadspin guy. I have read the site since 2006 right after it started. I will say, I am not nearly as interested in it as I used to be but still read almost everything. Will Leitch was an outstanding editor but AJ is a bit different, although I do think a lot of that comes from Denton. It's definitely about page views to Denton and I think that trickled down. The commenters at deadspin used to be the best part of the site, some of the funniest stuff you will find on the internet was there, not the same anymore.

It has definitely turned more TMZ'ish in the past few years, but some of it is credible.

The whole Bissinger thing is interesting. I had some conversations through email with him after that incident (he responded to everyone who emailed him yelling at him) and it seems like he just kind of got to know Will a bit better after and realized what they were doing is not all bad. Although,he definitely still has problems with a lot of it. The Salisbury shit was hilarious, especially when he threatned to sue him from email on his iphone. Great stuff.

Aj is a huge Pearl Jam fan so he has that going for him. I definitely need to check this out though.

Jeags, what was Gumbels conclusion on it? Did he have one?

The Juggler wrote:

gumbel was more or less wondering, since all of deadspin are basically young guys, if their views on what they do will change when they get older and have kids and stuff...

yeah bissenger even said he considered writing for them before opting for the daily beast. his interview was kind of weird though. he said he had no problems with them paying for stories...but had a big issue with people not knowing if they are on the record or not (if i remember correctly).

bissenger also has a good article on businessinsider.com, of all places, today talking about why the nba is losing popularity.

Thats interesting. yeah, I would imagine it would change a bit but aj does not really seem to be the kind of guy to reflect on thing.

That is strange, I think the whole paying for stories thing is so blown up. I think they have only paid for 2 stories ever. The on-off the record thing is interesting. I am pretty sure AJ says, unless you specifically say it is off the record, its fair game but I am not positive. I know it has come up from time to time. I didn't know what about Bissinger possibly writing for them, that would have been hilarious.

I will have check that out.

Are you familiar with Brian Hickey from this area? He did some writing for a few places locally. He was a hit and run victim a few years back and almost died. Well, he is now writing for Deadspin. He's great too. You should check it out.

Edit: Here is a link to an article about his hit and run

http://citypaper.net/articles/2008/12/04/the-accident