2013-14 Phillies Offseason Thread

[Don Ho]

farg Smuggy and farg this team.  It is going to be a real treat watching this shtein show for the next 6 months.

so the Phillies can establish that new tone with a new shortstop

Oh good God. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Smug and Howie The Dope...farg them both

[Rome]

This is an awful lot of hand-wringing over a guy who's thisclose to being washed up for good.

[QB Eagles]

My feeling is that the Phillies are going to blow whether or not they have Jimmy, so might as well keep the vet who's been with the team for near 20 years of exemplary service.

[smeags]

with jimmy 74 wins
without 71

oh the humanity.

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.crossingbroad.com/2014/03/the-trade-jimmy-rollins-drum-has-begun-beating.html#comments

[MDS]

again i have no clue how amaro is still breathing

this is at least the 4th veteran hes thrown a bunch of money at, then has tried to trade in the middle of his contract. who owns this team? where is that fraud montgomery? jesus.

but in reality both sides are right. jimmy shouldnt have to take this shtein...this team stinks and he knows it. farg em. the phillies also want to move on and jimmy is keeping them down. they are right to start beefin.

[PhillyPhreak54]

"Jimmy Rollins is our shortstop. One of the ways we're going to be able to win is with Jimmy being Jimmy. ... We have no intention of moving Jimmy. We need Jimmy to play for us to win. It's as simple as that."

Maybe it is the percocet I just took but brace yourselves because this ain't happening again any time soon..

Bravo Ruben Amaro Jr.

Howie and Chip? Take farging notes on how to refute stupid shtein and put media fires out.

[SD]

The Jimmy Rollins story reared it's head when he was benched for 3 straight games. The media tends to notice these things. The trade speculation is a natural reaction. The Desean thing is it's own entity, nobody knows what brought it on but where there's smoke there's fire. They're not going to rid a top 10 receiver just because he bitches and moans a bit.

[QB Eagles]

The Eagles may have some problems, but I'm reluctant to list 'failing to emulate Rueben Amaro' among them. Also it's pretty easy for Rube to say that Jimmy isn't getting moved since JRoll would have to agree to it.

[ice grillin you]

how awesome was jimmy yesterday tossing his 5/10 rights directly into roobs smug piehole....jimmy will go when jimmy is ready to go and not before

"Because I can't be traded," Rollins told MLB.com on Wednesday. "It doesn't matter. I don't care which way it is tried to be twisted or said, or if it is exactly how it was said, or even if it was said, I can't be traded. It doesn't matter. If I was tradable it may have weight because that means I could be moving soon. But I am not tradable and so it doesn't matter."

[PhillyPhreak54]

Jimmy The God

[BigEd76]

Ruf strained his oblique during batting practice and will probably start the season on the DL, and MAG got a cortisone shot in his pitching shoulder

Now the good news:  Utley finally hit something other than a single or a ground ball today

[PhillyPhreak54]

Bobby A is 3-3 today and threw a dude out at the plate....he's gonna make it

Plus Ruf is out with an oblique injury

[MDS]

stark goes to the cleaners on the phillies

http://espn.go.com/blog/spring-training/post/_/id/2097/phillies-issues-go-beyond-rollins