Comments on: World Series Preview: Phillies Infield

By: MarcV

MarcV — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:46:33 +0000

Saw Baseball tonight last night (I know my first mistake)but Peter Gammons did it again! in the position by position comparison he picks Ruiz over Posada! He even prefaced the pick by saying “I know Ruiz is no Posda but….”. It must really kill him that his Sox and Pedroia are no longer playing

By: leokitty

leokitty — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:32:27 +0000

Ibanez had good #s against lefties last year but I wonder if that’s something that needs more analysis. What pitches does he hit from LHP/etc?

It sounds like a fun project someone who has more time that me should do

By: leokitty

leokitty — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:30:55 +0000

The way it goes is the best OBP is the top, #9 hitter is high OBP guy with not a lot of power (Jeter to the core).

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:17:52 +0000

yup, probably in all 3 spots:
ibanez > damon, victorino > melky, werth > swisher

though none by a wide margin if swisher can get himself going

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:08:48 +0000

The infield is quite comparable…I really don’t want to see the Outfield comparisons though lol. While it’s not THAT bad…I’d much rather have theirs I think…

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:04:39 +0000

Is Howard’s defense really that good? To the point where Teixeira’s isn’t really a factor in the comparison?

By: Tank the Frank

Tank the Frank — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:48:55 +0000

Dude, the Phillies fans and their team (which is more surprising) have been begging to play the Yankees all along. Rollins reminds me too much of Torii Hunter; a whole lotta talk, not much going on on the field. Torii wouldn’t shut up the entire ALCS. He still wouldn’t shut up after he got sent home. He would start off with the cliche at first: They’re the better team and they deserve it blah blah blah, but then would be sure to inject some crybaby remark at the end: We just couldn’t beat their payroll.

Anyway, my point is that even though the Yankees are the favorites, I think the Phillies are coming into the series way, way overconfident.

By: Tank the Frank

Tank the Frank — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:43:45 +0000

Did he really extract a response from the great and powerful Mo?

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:41:05 +0000

yeah, his OBP is best on the team by a decent margin while his slugging lags a bit behind tex and posada, and is only a tad better than damon, cano, and swisher. that’s why they have him batting leadoff.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:36:54 +0000

Looks like beating up your commonlaw wife…. (puts on sunglasses) is all the rage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948 (safe)