[James282]

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Weird, I thought the Phillies were so much better after they took the boring and lazy Bobby Abreu out of the middle of the lineup.

James

[/ QUOTE ]Meh, I know your just trolling, but even having Abreu wouldn't make that big of a difference. The Phils are still scoring enough runs (4.3 a game).

If anything they tried to use the Abreu trade to help tham get some young bullpen arms that have not worked out. Also when your three best hitters are all lefthanded and bat right in a row you are very vunerable in the late innings. The problems with this team are still in the bullpen and with the managing.

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obviously the bullpen is the biggest problem but you don't trade one of the best players in the league for some prospect 'bullpen arms' when your replacement player is the flyin' hawaiian. It doesn't matter where you make up your run difference - be it from your right fielder or your bullpen - so long as you are scoring more than your opponents. The Abreu trade was laughably bad and totally inexcusable for a team that believes they can contend. They could have gotten soooooo much more and simply chose not to so they wouldn't have to pay him.

James