View from the Left Coast
For the
first time in a lot of years, Opening Day is not grabbing me by the throat and
demanding my absolute attention. I mean really, who the fuck wants to watch the
Rangers and Astros? The Astros, whose combined salary is $4MIL less than what
Aroid makes. That certainly denotes a wealth of talent right? MLB must be
smokin crack to start a season like that. Instills the faith of baseball fans
worldwide... NOT. But you're interested in other things like moi, so here we
go.
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| You excited now NetFather? |
First, one
word describes the entire Phils' season... HEALTH. It appears they have it (knock
on my head). I'll take my chances with Howard, Utley, Rollins, and Young just
the way they are. Frandsen and Galvis can help cover any spot in the infield
without losing much in short stints. Howard and Utley appear to be themselves
again, but for how long is anyone's guess.
So we got
Brown, Revere
I can live
with Kratz for 25 games, just hope the starters can and don't miss Chooch too
much. Once again who the hell is Quintero? I really wanted to see what Tommy
Joseph could do but I can't fly to Reading or Allentown
Starting
pitching looks ok, just worried about Doc. I wonder if he may have pneumonia or
some shit for losing weight and being tired? Hope not, that takes a long time
to shake. Cole is poised for a breakout year if he can keep his balance on the
mound carrying around that butt ugly caterpillar everywhere. He looks like Dirk
Diggler's gay brother, but that could work to his advantage if there are enough
homophobes in the NL. Cliff Lee is poised for his 3 year cycle 3rd year to kick
in and be ace like. I freakin hope so we need every inning a starter can give.
Doc... there's that health word again. Wish I lived closer to really know WTF
is going on with him. I hope we can depend on Kendrick and Lannan, both have
been up and down this spring.
The bullpen
only gets one sentence, with one adjective... OMGWTFLOL. Seriously.
So now it
comes down to one last thing. Unca Chollie and Dube have to have the best years
of their careers this year. No ifs, ands, or buts. No guessing and letting the
talent take over like in ‘08 that just won't cut it. That said, I wish I was
more religious than I am. We'll see.
Last thing,
I'm thankful for the best preseason pickup they've made in 5 years... Wally
Joyner. At last, a real hitting coach who actually hit for average and power in
the bigs. Too bad he's not 10 years younger. And thankfully Samuel isn't
coaching 3rd base.
So there you
have it. After all that I think we can win 87-89 games and possibly slide into
a wild card. Right now we can't ask for more than that, at least I can't. So
let's get Bunted and hope the last Elite 8 game runs concurrently with the
Rangers/Astros game so I'll have something to watch.
Bill S /aka
netfather
Agreed on Opening Day/Night. I liked it much better when it was an all day affair on ESPN.
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