GannonFan
January 15th, 2010, 01:08 PM
Just saw that we didn't have one started yet for the new year. Already have a thread devoted to the Mets woes, so just really rounding out the options.
Everything on track for a hopeful 4th straight NL East title. Polanco is a bat upgrade over Feliz, and not a terrible dropoff with the glove. And now we get a whole year out of an ace, Halladay, than we got with just 2 months of one last year with the departed Lee. Hopefully last year was the aberration for Hamels, who was a victim of that Verducci Effect syndrome (pitchers under 25 who see a big increase in IP from one year to the next), and hopefully a bullpen comes together. Lidge just had his knee scoped, and that might have him miss opening day, but he had knee surgery before his 2008 season and we'd be so lucky to see a repeat of that year.
All in all, we are living in the perhaps only Golden Age of Phillies baseball (well, maybe 2nd if you count the late 70's to early 80's time) - I'm just trying to breathe as much as it in as possible. xthumbsupx
Everything on track for a hopeful 4th straight NL East title. Polanco is a bat upgrade over Feliz, and not a terrible dropoff with the glove. And now we get a whole year out of an ace, Halladay, than we got with just 2 months of one last year with the departed Lee. Hopefully last year was the aberration for Hamels, who was a victim of that Verducci Effect syndrome (pitchers under 25 who see a big increase in IP from one year to the next), and hopefully a bullpen comes together. Lidge just had his knee scoped, and that might have him miss opening day, but he had knee surgery before his 2008 season and we'd be so lucky to see a repeat of that year.
All in all, we are living in the perhaps only Golden Age of Phillies baseball (well, maybe 2nd if you count the late 70's to early 80's time) - I'm just trying to breathe as much as it in as possible. xthumbsupx