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Just got back from the game. Both home runs were absolute blasts. Sounded like someone opened fire in the stadium.

David Ross hit one on the screws too...too bad Jurrjens gave up some easy ones to Ankiel (of all people).

I'll be there again tomorrow...anyone else going to be at Nationals Park?
 

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casmith07;4028180 said:
Just got back from the game. Both home runs were absolute blasts. Sounded like someone opened fire in the stadium.

David Ross hit one on the screws too...too bad Jurrjens gave up some easy ones to Ankiel (of all people).

I'll be there again tomorrow...anyone else going to be at Nationals Park?


Uggla with 2 more hrs!

No, but if you ever come to Atlanta let me know!
 

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DIAF;4025983 said:
No, but im sure there's someone else they could have claimed that spot from. At this point, Brown is the superior bat. But whatever. Send Brown down and keep playing Suckbanez in the OF, make it that much easier for the Braves to catch them!

Suckbanez goes 1 for 3 with another double and another RBI tonight.

Phils win another.

Braves lose again.

7 games back and counting.. glad Ibanez is here to make it that much easier for you guys to catch us though.

;)
 

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RoyTheHammer;4028488 said:
Suckbanez goes 1 for 3 with another double and another RBI tonight.

Phils win another.

Braves lose again.

7 games back and counting.. glad Ibanez is here to make it that much easier for you guys to catch us though.

;)

Think about that next time you see a double bounding into left field and you are left wondering why he couldn't get to it.

Philly fan and a Cowboys fan. Hah.

I'll bet you are a Lakers fan, too.
 

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DIAF;4028545 said:
Think about that next time you see a double bounding into left field and you are left wondering why he couldn't get to it.

I won't have to see him drop a routine fly ball or let a ground ball go under his glove like Dom Brown..

Philly fan and a Cowboys fan. Hah.

I'll bet you are a Lakers fan, too.


Aww.. someone's not happy. :laugh2:
 

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RoyTheHammer;4028552 said:
I won't have to see him drop a routine fly ball or let a ground ball go under his glove like Dom Brown..


You can't drop what you can't get to!
 

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DIAF;4028709 said:
You can't drop what you can't get to!

I haven't noticed balls hit to left field costing us many runs this year.. so im pretty ok with it. Fired up this morning, huh? lol
 

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Muhast;4028386 said:
Uggla with 2 more hrs!

No, but if you ever come to Atlanta let me know!

I might be down there next week. My grandma lives in Columbus and I was thinking about driving down and seeing a series if they're at home next week and seeing my grandmother one night. I'll let you know.
 

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DIAF;4025983 said:
Send Brown down and keep playing Suckbanez in the OF, make it that much easier for the Braves to catch them!


8 games back and counting.. :)
 

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RoyTheHammer;4028906 said:
I haven't noticed balls hit to left field costing us many runs this year.. so im pretty ok with it. Fired up this morning, huh? lol

You should check out some defensive statistics other than putouts and errors.
 

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DIAF;4030993 said:
You should check out some defensive statistics other than putouts and errors.

Nah.. im good bud. I watch the games. I see how Ibanez plays out there, and no one in Philly is complaining.
 

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RoyTheHammer;4031218 said:
Nah.. im good bud. I watch the games. I see how Ibanez plays out there, and no one in Philly is complaining.

^ And this is why Derek Jeter keeps winning Gold Gloves, folks. Unknowledgeable fan base that can't see past batting average, home runs, rbis, and errors.
 

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DIAF;4031304 said:
^ And this is why Derek Jeter keeps winning Gold Gloves, folks. Unknowledgeable fan base that can't see past batting average, home runs, rbis, and errors.

And Championships :rolleyes:
 

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DIAF;4031304 said:
^ And this is why Derek Jeter keeps winning Gold Gloves, folks. Unknowledgeable fan base that can't see past batting average, home runs, rbis, and errors.


As i said, 8 games back and counting.. Ibanez is really costing us, huh?

What with his consistently driving in runs and getting clutch hits.. who wants that?

:laugh2:



Unknowledgable fan base indeed.. some silly Atlanta fan thinking he knows more about the Phillies than their own personel group. I think you should be worried a little more about your own team first and why they keep losing to teams under .500 recently. Pull out your little stat book and figure it out for them.. dope. lol
 

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RoyTheHammer;4031839 said:
As i said, 8 games back and counting.. Ibanez is really costing us, huh?

What with his consistently driving in runs and getting clutch hits.. who wants that?

:laugh2:



Unknowledgable fan base indeed.. some silly Atlanta fan thinking he knows more about the Phillies than their own personel group. I think you should be worried a little more about your own team first and why they keep losing to teams under .500 recently. Pull out your little stat book and figure it out for them.. dope. lol

At least Uggla has a 24 game hitting streak going.............:lmao:
 

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CowboyDan;4032153 said:
At least Uggla has a 24 game hitting streak going.............:lmao:


Yea, right as the rest of the team is breaking down, he finally decides to hit a little bit lol.
 

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DIAF is getting killed in this thread for something that a lot of people outside of Phillies fans would agree with.

Brown vs. Ibanez on defense is really a "pick your poison" sort of thing.

Brown's UZR/150 in 2011: -22.0 (That's pretty horrible.)

Ibanez' UZR/150 in 2011: -28.2 (That's even horribler.)

Ibanez catches the balls hit at him, Brown gets to balls that Ibanez needs a Ferrari to run down. Brown takes away more XBH, Ibanez makes all the "sure" outs his pitchers expect.

Again, pick your poison. Neither of them are good defenders.

The difference is, Ibanez has an OBP under .300

Ibanez OBP in 2011: .295

Brown's OBP in 2011: .335

The number one goal in baseball is to not make an out, and Brown makes a lot less outs than Ibanez does.

You can talk about "clutch hits" and "driving in runs" as skills, but they really aren't. Not getting out is a skill. And Brown is better at that than Ibanez. Right now.
 

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I don't mean to say OBP is the be all end all in baseball.

There are other reasons to play Brown over Ibanez too. They refused to trade Brown at the deadline, so they obviously view him as part of the future. He doesn't need to learn how to hit AAA pitching. He's done that already. He has major league adjustments to make, and can't make them at AAA or playing twice a week in September.

Also, the only real advantage Ibanez has over Brown at this point is his SLG and that is slightly elevated by his high HR/FB rate. Brown also SLG'd much higher in the minors than he is right now. Again, he has major league adjustments to make.

The Phillies aren't that athletic as a team either, and Ibanez makes them worse on the basepaths too.

Not sure what they see in Ibanez anymore, outside of his current hot streak and his oversized contract.
 
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