Normally you won't see Cole Hamels' name along with So Taguchi's in the same sentence. They may be on the same team, but they are in completely different stratospheres.
Hamels is one of the game's five best pitchers right now. He's in that class with Johan Santana, Jake Peavy, C.C. Sabathia, and John Lackey. So Taguchi on the other hand is a bottom feeder and an absolute waste of a roster spot.
Why he's on this team is beyond me.
I said it going into this road trip and will say it again. The Phillies will lose three out of four to the Dodgers and possibly get swept. And, they'll win two out of three in San Diego only because they're not facing Jake Peavy.
I have zero confidence in this Phillies team. We're in mid-August and they don't have that ability to constantly find ways to win like they did last year. Last summer they would have found a way to win this game last night. And, they sure as hell didn't have a bum like So Taguchi with a spaghetti arm trying to throw somebody out in the ninth innings.
Right now, the Marlins are the team I'm expecting to win the division.
With yet another offensive stinker last night, Hamels ranks 51st out of 60 pitchers in run support with just over 4 runs a game in support.
Major changes should be in order in this offseason and one of them includes acquiring an offensive catcher and offensive third baseman. They shouldn't stop there though. Signing Mark Texeira as a free agent should be in order and trading Ryan Howard to an AL team for top-notch pitching would go a long ways to making this team a true contender.
Until they do these things expect more of the slop you've been seeing the past two months.
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Is he or isn't he signed?
ESPN is saying that Andre Iguodala and the Sixers are close to inking a 6-year $80 million deal, but the team is mum on it.
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Brodrick Bunkley's house gets robbed and his arsenal is stolen
Sometime between the beginning of training camp and this Saturday, the home of Eagles defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley was broken into.
Looks like he had a pretty heavy arsenal from what they're saying. Two Desert Eagle .50-caliber handguns, an Armalite rifle, a custom-made .223-caliber rifle, a .45-caliber Glock handgun and ammunition for all of the weapons were stolen.
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Shawn Andrews in hiding?
Apparently the Eagles are keeping Shawn Andrews out of the spotlight. There have been no sightings of him at Lehigh despite the team's claims that he's up there.
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Some from the team shoul bring Shawn back.
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