93henfan wrote:Here are your top eight pitchers by strikeout/walk ratio in baseball for 2010 (min 200 innings):
Pitcher SO/BB 2011 Club
Cliff Lee 10.28 Phillies
Roy Halladay 7.30 Phillies
Jared Weaver 4.31 Angels
Dan Haren 4.00 Angels
Adam Wainwright 3.80 Cardinals
James Shields 3.67 Rays
Roy Oswalt 3.51 Phillies
Cole Hamels 3.46 Phillies
The Phils should be stacked in MLB 2K11.
Man, I don't think I have ever seen Joe so petty and bitter.
GannonFan wrote:Man, just getting to watch Joltin Joe implode with such bitter resentment is almost as good as Cliff Lee signing with the Phils. There's nothing better than seeing a NY fan grind his teeth and yell at walls when they can't just throw money at somebody and get them. And to think, pitchers and catchers don't report for another 2.5 months, so we get to watch Joe go through all the stages of grief during that time. Especially considering that AJ Burnett is still the Yanks 3rd pitcher!!!
The Golden Era of Phillies baseball continues!!! Couldn't happen to a better city.
I think you overestimate the significance I attach to this.
That being said, I think it is cute the way you Phillies fan are all excited because you signed Cliff Lee. It's almost like you guys haven't lost over 10,000 games.
PS -- This "Golden Era of Phillies baseball" would be a down period in Yankee history.
Man, I wish I could be like you. I mean, who wouldn't love being a fan of a team that won most of their titles before I was even born. I mean, I wasn't alive, but I'm so proud of the Phillies winning the 1915 pennant. Warms my heart everyday!!
JoltinJoe wrote:
I think you overestimate the significance I attach to this.
That being said, I think it is cute the way you Phillies fan are all excited because you signed Cliff Lee. It's almost like you guys haven't lost over 10,000 games.
PS -- This "Golden Era of Phillies baseball" would be a down period in Yankee history.
Man, I wish I could be like you. I mean, who wouldn't love being a fan of a team that won most of their titles before I was even born. I mean, I wasn't alive, but I'm so proud of the Phillies winning the 1915 pennant. Warms my heart everyday!!
19 before my lifetime ... and eight during my lifetime ...
And the Phils have won how many during your liftime?
GannonFan wrote:
Man, I wish I could be like you. I mean, who wouldn't love being a fan of a team that won most of their titles before I was even born. I mean, I wasn't alive, but I'm so proud of the Phillies winning the 1915 pennant. Warms my heart everyday!!
19 before my lifetime ... and eight during my lifetime ...
And the Phils have won how many during your liftime?
Gee, I actually thought you were older - you've seen less than one third of the titles? Hard to guess that based on your posts.
JoltinJoe wrote:
19 before my lifetime ... and eight during my lifetime ...
And the Phils have won how many during your liftime?
Gee, I actually thought you were older - you've seen less than one third of the titles? Hard to guess that based on your posts.
Yes, of course you would have so guessed. You're a Phillies fan.
But when you are a Yankees fan, it is actually possible to have been alive for eight World Series championships by your favorite team, and still be a young man.
GannonFan wrote:
Gee, I actually thought you were older - you've seen less than one third of the titles? Hard to guess that based on your posts.
Yes, of course you would have so guessed. You're a Phillies fan.
But when you are a Yankees fan, it is actually possible to have been alive for eight World Series championships by your favorite team, and still be a young man.
And it's possible to revel in the 19 titles you never saw. You've got it covered. I'm going to follow your example, see if I can't get meself a Phils 1915 pennant jacket or something.
Just watched the Cliff Lee press conference. Quick summary: He said the Yanks fans spitting/pouring beer/whatever on his wife did not influence his decision - issue was overblown. He likes Philly better than New York. Likes the area and the schools. Finds Philly to be a very interesting city. Says that once you make a certain amount of money you're set and it's more important to find the right situation than get the most money. Said the Phillies give him the best chance to win a world championship. Enjoys playing in a packed stadium every night with great fans. Says he spoke with his good buddy Jayson Werth yesterday and Werth wasn't happy at all that he's going to the Phils.
93henfan wrote:Enjoys playing in a packed stadium every night with great fans. Says he spoke with his good buddy Jayson Werth yesterday and Werth wasn't happy at all that he's going to the Phils.
Poor Jayson. He will playing to an empty stadium every night thanks to Strasburg being out all year. He's got to be bitter.
Yipee. I can't wait to follow the Braves on their quest for second place in the NL East.
And MLB wonders why a regular season NFL game gets better ratings than world series games. Baseball will always suck and be inferior to the NFL until a salary cap is put in place. ƒu*k baseball.
Pwns wrote:Baseball will... be inferior to the NFL until a salary cap is put in place.
That much I agree with, even as a fan of a team that is a top 10 payroll. If I live in Pittsburgh, KC, etc I couldn't give less of a fugg about baseball any more. They have no shot at competing.
93henfan wrote:Enjoys playing in a packed stadium every night with great fans. Says he spoke with his good buddy Jayson Werth yesterday and Werth wasn't happy at all that he's going to the Phils.
Poor Jayson. He will playing to an empty stadium every night thanks to Strasburg being out all year. He's got to be bitter.
Pwns wrote:Baseball will... be inferior to the NFL until a salary cap is put in place.
That much I agree with, even as a fan of a team that is a top 10 payroll. If I live in Pittsburgh, KC, etc I couldn't give less of a fugg about baseball any more. They have no shot at competing.
I also agree. I'm glad that the Phillies are able to spend, and therefore compete, but I'd rather see a cap in place so that all 30 teams could compete on more equal footing.
Pwns wrote:Yipee. I can't wait to follow the Braves on their quest for second place in the NL East.
And MLB wonders why a regular season NFL game gets better ratings than world series games. Baseball will always suck and be inferior to the NFL until a salary cap is put in place. ƒu*k baseball.
NFL games get high ratings because of fantasy football
I rarely watch a game that does not involve the Green Bay Packers until the playoffs, and even then it's just not as exciting as college football.
93henfan wrote:Just watched the Cliff Lee press conference. Quick summary: He said the Yanks fans spitting/pouring beer/whatever on his wife did not influence his decision - issue was overblown. He likes Philly better than New York. Likes the area and the schools. Finds Philly to be a very interesting city. Says that once you make a certain amount of money you're set and it's more important to find the right situation than get the most money. Said the Phillies give him the best chance to win a world championship. Enjoys playing in a packed stadium every night with great fans. Says he spoke with his good buddy Jayson Werth yesterday and Werth wasn't happy at all that he's going to the Phils.
I saw the press conference too. It just made me more disappointed he didn't sign with New York. He really is a class guy.
One correction: in saying that the story about what happened to his wife in NY was overblown, he actually denied the reports that anyone spit or threw beer at his wife, although apparently she did get some verbal abuse. Here's his quote:
"That was way overblown," Lee said. "No one came up to my wife and spit on her. You go to any stadium, fans start cheering. Especially in the postseason, fans are going to say something; they're going to do things like that. ... That story was way overblown; it was false and had zero to do with anything."
