Phillies Offseason Thread

[ice grillin you]

im talking in generalizations and not directy to you or rome....romey is obviously being romey but there are many people out there that truly see madsons injury as a justification of paplebons deal...but really is it suprising to know that there are tons of dumb people around

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Clown.

[ice grillin you]

paplebon fan feelings hurt

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Bzzzzzzt. Has very little to do with Papelbon. Much more to do with you being the rodeo clown of CF. Dance for us, puppet. DANCE!

[SD]

Utley is going to a rehab specialist, no doctor. Said he will be back sooner than later this season. He said he will play a 'bulk' of the season. He said over the winter he felt no pain or anything over the winter. First few weeks of spring training his knees started hurting so he backed off.

[my opinion]The guy doesn't need camp anymore, all that's going to do is break his body down further. He's going to sit out the first few months, come back some time before the All Star break and play out the rest of the season.

[ice grillin you]

im guessing there really isnt anything a doctor can do for a degenerative condition....it kind of is what it is...you have good days but you are gonna have a lot more bad days until it get to the point where you can have any more days period (in pro baseball)...so you go to someone to manage the condition rather than someone to fix it

[SD]

Fans should get used to this every offseason until his contract is up [2013]. Last year Charlie said they'd play him sparingly once he returned but he played pretty regularly. He's never going to be 25 HR .300 BA 40 2Bs Chase again but he's still light years better than Freddy Galvis.

[ice grillin you]

if utley died tomorrow freddy galvis wouldnt be the second baseman....freddy is a bridge to utley coming back...if and when they realize utley is done they wil make a deal for 2b

[PhillyPhreak54]

"We're keeping our eyes open on middle infield depth and we might be able to do it internally, but it behooves us to know what's going on out there as far as guys who may be able to help us."

-Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. on filling Chase Utley's void in the infield.


Somewhere in East Texas, Jay's head just rage exploded.

Indeed.

This is the second goddamn off-season in a row where the Phillies didn't force Utley to have his knee(s) fixed surgically. I don't give a farg if he doesn't want to or not (I don't know if he has rejected the idea of surgery or not); when you're getting paid $85M to do a job then you do whatever it takes to get it done. And if you need surgery on your knees to get better then you farging do it.

I saw a blurb the other day where the Phils had him talk to Brandon Inge of the Tigers because he had the same procedure done that Mister Grit needs.

And then, as if that wasn't enough, we have Ruben farging Amaro not filling the void two years in a row. Don't give us the song and dance of looking for middle infield depth two weeks before the season starts. Look for it during free agency when, you know, guys who are pretty good are available.

Maybe Sir Smugly hates offense because he couldn't hit a lick himself?

[ice grillin you]

surgery cant help chrondomalicia or whatever its called....its a degenerative condition

[PhillyPhreak54]

Still doesn't excuse Mr Amaro for ignoring the offense and the fact that his 2B and one of the main supposed sources of offense is dealing with this.

[ice grillin you]

agree with that...

im riding shotgun on your smugwagon

[SD]

surgery cant help chrondomalicia or whatever its called....its a degenerative condition

yup...it's loss of cartilidge/cartilidge damage with tendinitis. Nasty combo.

[Don Ho]

Just what a MLB Second Baseman needs, two knees made of legos.

[ice grillin you]

if they were smart when and if he does come back they will put him at first base if choke isnt healed