***Official 2007 Philadelphia Phillies Thread***
 

There was a lot of Phillies discussion in the other thread, so I figure we can get enough contributors here to warrant our own thread.

I think we have a good chance at the NL East, and possibly even the World Series. We have the second best lineup in the NL, and a top 5 rotation with 6 solid starters. Yes, I know they've been predicted to do well for the past few years, but they've been coming very close, and I believe this is our best team to date.

Lineup:
Rollins SS
Victorino RF
Utley 2B
Howard 1B
Burrell LF
Rowand CF
Helms 3B
Barahas C

Bench:
Carlos Ruiz C
Jayson Werth OF
Michael Bourn OF
Abraham Nunez IF
Greg Dobbs IF



Rotation:
Myers R
Hamels L
Garcia R
Moyer L
Eaton R

Bullpen:
Lieber R
Gordon R CL
Alfonseca R
Madson R
Geary R
Smith L
Condrey R

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Bullpen has looked shaky this spring. I liked Smith alot last year, but he is throwing BP out there right now. Gordon has looked solid.

The starters will be good, plus I love Moyer in Hammels's ear. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

The line-up is still one of the best and if Burrell starts hitting... Sorry got to optimisic there for a minute. In all reality I just hope Burrell can get hot when Howard is in one of his cold streaks. Right now Howard looks uncomfortable at the plate. But you still have to figure nobody will pitch to him to start the year.

Lot of people seem to be off the Phillies bandwagon this year (4th biten twice shy?) I'm just hoping that means it's their year. I think 91 wins this year. See where that drops them. I'm sure one game out of the wildcard. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I agree with Alex that it's our best team of the last couple years. Howard can't match his second half numbers, but he should be able to improve on his first half numbers. If he puts together two solid halves, his overall numbers shoulden't drop that much. I love our rotation, but obviously our pen sucks and we have absolutely no depth whatsoever. I'm hoping Lieber sticks around, because I think he can help our pen and you know a starter will get hurt somewhere along the line.

90 wins and hopefully the wild card.

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I actually think the bullpen is a little underrated (which isn't saying much). Gordon, Alfonseca, Madson and Geary are all decent. If Lieber can stay happy pitching out of the pen for a while, that's not an awful group.

I do think it'll be very important for our hitters to stay healthy, because as PF said, our bench blows. I wouldn't be comfortable with any of those guys starting for an extended period of time. Manuel also likes to liberally use his subs late in games for defense and pinch-running, which occasionally ends up costing us if the game goes to extras. He'll have ease up on that this year.

Btw, I have no idea why I only listed first names for the bench guys.

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Of course being the Phillies they are suposed to start the season with 6 starting pitchers and 2 of them will start the year on the DL.

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I do think it'll be very important for our hitters to stay healthy, because as PF said, our bench blows. I wouldn't be comfortable with any of those guys starting for an extended period of time.


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Don't agree entirely - I'd rather start Ruiz than Barajas, for example. I also think Werth could fill in for a bit in RF in Rowand goes down again without a huge dropoff.

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Id rather start Coste ahead of Ruiz and Barajas. I dont get why he isnt taken seriously considering how good he was last year.

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I don't like Barajas. I wish they would have gone with a Coste/Ruiz combo.

I think this team can win 95.

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i agree. i am quite bullish on the phillies this year. i see them as being > the braves, and a toss up with the mets. hopefully burrell starts off the year hot, and the pen holds up

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1 O'clock baby!!

Opening Day!!

Brett Myers taking the hill against the Braves. I'll be watching on MLB.TV. Should be a good series.

We gotta come out hot.

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Game is on TBS today.

State College finally added Comcast, so I get to watch Phillies games for the first time in four years. Awesome. GOGOGOGO Phillies.

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Game is on TBS today.


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F*ck that. I wanna hear Harry Kallas. MLB.TV, ftw

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Wow, what's the deal with Chase batting cleanup?

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God I hate being a Philadelphia sports fan

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WHO THROWS AN 0-2 FASTBALL RIGHT DOWN THE COCKSHOT FOR RENTERIA TO BLAST OVER THE CENTERFIELD FENCE?!?!??!

F*CK!!!!!

3 HRs given up today. Un-f*cking-believable

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F*ck that. I wanna hear Harry Kallas. MLB.TV, ftw

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Of course [censored] Comcast [censored] me over again, blacking out TBS even though the Phillies broadcast is not available to me. Does anybody know if the MLB.TV will work in a home market or will I still be blacked out?

As for the game, I liked the situations that batting Utley behind Howard gave the Phils late in the game. Sure it didn't work out, but there will be a lot of times when it will. Myers pitched a good game. Most of the time that effort is going to get him a win. Smoltz pitched well.

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Good News: Myers and Hamels are nasty.

Bad News: So are Smoltz and Hudson.

1-0 through 8.5. Come on bullpen, one time...

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Come on bullpen, one time...

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0/2 and counting...yay!

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Holy [censored], I hate not watching.

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2 guys thrown out, then we give up 2 runs. Sweet.

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So when does the Eagles season start?

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So when does the Eagles season start?

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LOL. Did Frenchy gun someone out at the plate or something or was it a relay? I can't wait for highlights.

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Harry K is losing it.

I thought Wonderboy had done it for a second there.

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Perfect example of Manuel overmanaging, bringing in Bourne to run for Burrell. Now Bourne has to lead off the bottom of the ninth. [censored] you Manuel, stop using pinch runners for no reason.

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Madson, gogogogogo!

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I'll consider this the game thread: How the [censored] can we not get runners over!?!?

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Oh, nm there was 1 out, gg stat thingy.

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RYAN "MAD DOG" MADSEN

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Now, who has the bullpen problems?

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Now, who has the bullpen problems?

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Pretty sure every Philly fan already knew there were pen issues before the season started. Not sure what you're getting at.

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I'm glad we're on game three and Manuel is already playing spin the line-up.

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Now, who has the bullpen problems?

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Pretty sure every Philly fan already knew there were pen issues before the season started. Not sure what you're getting at.

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Sorry, I should of rephrased. Now who has the worse bullpen problems? I'm just rubbing salt in the wound mostly [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Pretty [censored] move by Philly "fans" booing Howard after K'ing in the 7th.

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We boo everyone. If you're not from Philly you don't understand. Get over it.

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NL ROY
NL MVP

BOOOOOOOOO

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Pretty [censored] move by Philly "fans" booing Howard after K'ing in the 7th.

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It's not hard to understand the frustration when a season with high expectations starts out 0-3. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Pretty [censored] move by Philly "fans" booing Howard after K'ing in the 7th.

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It's not hard to understand the frustration when a season with high expectations starts out 0-3. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Hey at least the NFL draft is coming up soon.

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mmmbt0ne,

don't be such a [censored].

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Pretty [censored] move by Philly "fans" booing Howard after K'ing in the 7th.

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It's not hard to understand the frustration when a season with high expectations starts out 0-3. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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New season, same old sorry ass Phillies.

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Pretty [censored] move by Philly "fans" booing Howard after K'ing in the 7th.

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It's not hard to understand the frustration when a season with high expectations starts out 0-3. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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New season, same old sorry ass Phillies.

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What team do you follow?