OT: Philadelphia Phillies: Pronunciation Class With Bryce Harper

[FLYguy3911]

Saved by the rain.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

IT'S HITTIN SEASON

 

[GKJ]

This is entertainment

 

[Rebels57]

"Beer could be your best friend, Tom." - John Kruk

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Phillies taking their stress out on the cards. I like it.

 

[Henry Miller]

Eflin becoming a solid starter would be a nice surprise

 

[FLYguy3911]

He's more than solid. Eflin has been a top 25-30 starter by pretty much every metric since last year.

For as much as people dump on Gabe for his handling of Eflin, Eflin had no future unless he started missing more bats and that didn't happen until Gabe was the manager.

 

[IronMarshal]

Hall of Fame umpire right there LOL!

 

[wankstifier]

Does Howard get his shot as a starter now?

 

[DancingPanther]

Matt no Moore

 

[Jack Straw]

 

[Karma]

This Nola guy is pretty good.

 

[montreal]

after struggling with his stuff last outing vs the Mets, Nola is dealing today. To bad this team is struggling with the offense to start the year.

 

[DancingPanther]

Nola with his best Tainter Jainter impression

 

[Flybynite]

jomboy recap is gold

 

[wankstifier]

Think Hamels had a lot more innings at this point in his tenure, but Nola seems to have had comparable success.

Can’t think of another team in recent history that’s developed two pitchers of such caliber with sustained high level performance over a long span. Too bad development has been abysmal in general.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Nola will be one of the more underrated stars in Philadelphia history.

 

[Henry Miller]

Nola pitched a gem of a game. Still think Wheeler’s was a bit better because he was also effective with the bat

 

[Jack Straw]

Nola will be one of the more underrated stars in Philadelphia history.

Depends. He's only 27. He could win a CYA or do what Hamels did to help win a WS.

 

[wankstifier]

Depends. He's only 27. He could win a CYA or do what Hamels did to help win a WS.

He’s in his 7th season with the Phillies—most of them forgotten years. I think he’s gotten a bit more attention recently as the team’s approached mediocrity.

Contrast with Hamels, who pitched for a competitive team for the better part of his 9.5 season stint with the Phillies, or at least half of it.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Depends. He's only 27. He could win a CYA or do what Hamels did to help win a WS.

Degrom is still gaining velocity as he ages so I think a Cy Young is out of the equation.

Hard to see a path for this team being a WS contender during his prime but who knows.

 

[Jack Straw]

He’s in his 7th season with the Phillies—most of them forgotten years. I think he’s gotten a bit more attention recently as the team’s approached mediocrity.

Contrast with Hamels, who pitched for a competitive team for the better part of his 9.5 season stint with the Phillies, or at least half of it.

Agreed, but that's along the lines of what I was getting at. If the team wins a WS and Nola wins a couple of those games he could become a bigger star in Philly pretty quickly. I mean, look at Nick Foles.

 

[Jack Straw]

Degrom is still gaining velocity as he ages so I think a Cy Young is out of the equation.

Hard to see a path for this team being a WS contender during his prime but who knows.

Agree that the Cy Young is a long shot. As is winning the WS, but the 2007 Phillies got swept in the 1st round by Colorado and didn't really look like they were a year away from winning it all, but it turned out that they were.

 

[zizbuka]

Schmidt is brutal, is he drunk? Finishes a thought 4 innings later. lol

 

[trostol]

hey..glasses McGee is still around with CSN.nbc..what ever it is