Re: *Official* Philadelphia E-A-G-L-E-S Thread (2007-2008)
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lol is this your first season watching the phillies? burrell has been getting booed for years
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The booing started in 2003, which was supposed to be his breakout year. Instead, he hit .209. When you hit .209, you get booed.
Since then, he's had four unremarkable seasons. But he's so damn streaky, every year he spends a couple months in a massive slump. When he slumps, he gets booed. When he's hot (as he has been since about July), he gets cheered every time he steps to the plate.
All in all, his streaks average out and he is an above average offensive player, a poor defensive player, which would be fine, except he makes $13M/season.
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