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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #50: October 04, 2012, 07:31:54 AM »
Hardball talk via bleacher report

Why are Philly Media and players such a bunch of whiners?

Some blogger or sportscaster complains that our broadcasters are unprofessional for cheering our team.

Wow. Yeah, Bob and FP can get pumped up, but the Phillies announcers are the worst. They are the biggest homers I've ever heard, especially Tom McCarthy. He even makes snide remarks about other teams and their players.
I work with a couple Phils fans who can't stand him because he is such a homer.

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #51: October 04, 2012, 07:57:58 AM »
Yep. He and Leo Mazzone grew up in the same town in western MD.

Yep, that would be my home town as well, Cumberland.

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #52: October 04, 2012, 01:32:16 PM »
Am the only one to whom his statement doesn't even make sense?

It's quoted in today's paper too.

Rollins is saying that if the Phillies were "healthy" this year, they would have won the NL East.

But he's obviously a pr*ck.

How about ... "They had a great year.  Congratulations.  Good luck in the playoffs.  I'm looking forward to competing again next year."

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #53: October 04, 2012, 01:36:59 PM »
b/c we were so healthy this year...


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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #55: October 04, 2012, 02:18:47 PM »
Matt Gelb ‏@magelb
Jimmy Rollins on Nats: "That’s great for them. But with us being healthy, you know, they’re still second place. But we weren't."
 Retweeted by James Wagner

Jealousy.

Yeah, well if my Aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #56: October 04, 2012, 02:28:33 PM »
So if the Fillies get old and break down, they fire half of the coaches to encourage the other coaches to coach harder???

When Steinbrenner fired most of Joe Torre's coaches, it was Von Steingrabber's attempt to get Torre to resign...and to avoid paying Torre for the remaining years on his contract.

How many years does Charlie Manuel have left?

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #59: October 05, 2012, 09:07:35 AM »
I would like to wish the Phillies luck in their playoff game today.

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #60: October 05, 2012, 10:21:16 AM »
minty, good  point.  If playoff seasons were based on a 5 year average, then we could include the prime of Utley, Rollins, Victorino, Werth / Pence. 

We can even give this sort of playoff determination method a name - call it a Rollins Average.

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #61: October 05, 2012, 11:40:53 AM »
minty, good  point.  If playoff seasons were based on a 5 year average, then we could include the prime of Utley, Rollins, Victorino, Werth / Pence. 

We can even give this sort of playoff determination method a name - call it a Rollins Average.

But the Nats would be able to devastate opponents with the prime of Lastings Milledge!

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #62: October 05, 2012, 12:43:18 PM »
I would like to wish the Phillies luck in their playoff game today.

In the meantime, the Red Sox have a bye all the way to the World Series.

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #63: October 05, 2012, 01:19:12 PM »
As in "say bye to your chances the next few years?"

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #64: October 05, 2012, 01:20:24 PM »
:clap:

But then again you probably mean that towards the rest of MLB because the sawks will continue to own the game.

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Re: Fightin' Words
« Reply #65: October 05, 2012, 01:52:15 PM »
GENERAL SHERMAN PICS ARE IN ORDER FOR Baseball and football this weekend!