Wow - what a lineup
I just stumbled upon an article by Doug Glanville, the Phils former beloved center fielder, on nytimes.com. I usually just assume every sports player is exactly the same: a spoiled douchebag dumbass that will waste all of his money on boos and sluts within 10 years of ‘retirement,’ or that period where they stop working after age 36. Dougie clearly proved me wrong. He writes rather eloquently and gives pretty brilliant insight into the lives of professional athletes. His last two articles are about why people like Tiger Woods fuck 80 other women instead of the one that has their kids, and about baseball’s culture of free agency. He chronicles his dealings with Ed Wade and his negotiations during the summer where he decided to leave the Phillies for the Rangers. Like I said: it’s a good read, so check that shit out.
Check out that shitty ass lineup in the picture, btw. We fucking sucked!
Also – not sure if anyone heard, but Ruben basically said Chan Slut Park isn’t returning. I don’t know what the fuck he’s been thinking lately. The only negotiations I’ve heard out of the China-man’s camp are the ones with his attorney. He’s apparently suing some shitty old baseball player, claiming that he lent old whitey some large 6-figure amount and never had it paid back to him. It smells a little fishy (I guess I should say ’sushi’ here… just remember: he’s Chinese – hahaaa!!!) to me. This reportedly happened years ago and now Chan’s chanting at Chad Kreuter with some sort of “give me my fucking money NOW BITCH” campaign. Get yours, Chan Slut. I guess I can’t blame you.
#1 by ReadingPa at December 29th, 2009
Not that it changes anything, but for the record Chan Ho is Korean
#2 by Jurrjen4NLCY at January 10th, 2010
Chan Ho = Chan Slut!
HAHA! That’s classic
You should’ve been a writer on Arrested Development
#3 by Jurrjen4NLCY at January 10th, 2010
Why the Phillies need to watch out for Los Bravitos:
http://fewproudbrave.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/puttin-things-in-perspective/
#4 by Dickie Assburn at January 11th, 2010
I like some of the moves the Braves made. They pretty much needed to get rid of Vazquez, and the general consensus was that they needed to add offense. Francoeur sucked, and getting rid of him was a great step in the right direction. Diaz will provide a much better bat if they use him in RF.
Hate to say it, but Chipper might just be getting old. He’s one of the best and rarest hitters of all-time, but everyone knew his time was coming. Guys like Escobar and Diaz improving their production will help ease the pain of his sagging balls, but it still has to hurt. The guy is a future HOF and he’s the last remaining piece of the glory days. However, if he has a good season, I bet he signs on for another.
It will be very interesting, I’ll say that. Of all the teams in the NL East, I’m going to be watching Atlanta the closest. They added some nice bullpen pieces, got a potential 30 HR guy from the flea market on the cheap (Glaus), and could be biting at the Phil’s ass all year long.
Some comments on that website: I like their snapshot feature (whoever runs this website: get on that), and I like how they chose to omit Ryan Howard from the list of 1B-boys that can put up the type of numbers that Adam LaRoche put up last year. Do you think they just forgot about him or that they did it on purpose?
And thank you for the comment/compliment. This offseason has made my entries seem more like musings for a personal journal than additions to a blog (crickets — straight crickets.)
#5 by Jurrjen4NLCY at January 11th, 2010
Assburn,
I respect you, jackass. The reason Howard wasn’t on that list is because I forgot. And the blog may only have 23 comments between 3 people but it has 400 views since I moved it from knoble.mlblogs.com.
Have a nice day. =D
#6 by Jurrjen4NLCY at January 11th, 2010
I’m more worried about the Phillies. I think the Braves are the third best team in the NL and take will show…. Hopefully.
No matter how matter no one posts here, I’ll be sure to do it. (it’s late man)
#7 by Dickie Assburn at January 12th, 2010
Oh that’s your blog? I like the feel of it – you made some good arguments there. I’ll make sure to visit for my Braves info hahah and I believe you on the Howard comment – I just thought it was funny since it was a blog covering a division rival.