tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post115417828611146820..comments2024-01-31T17:51:12.213-05:00Comments on Swing and a Miss: By George S.!!Tom Goodmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816668232837298444noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1154317502967804492006-07-30T23:45:00.000-04:002006-07-30T23:45:00.000-04:00i agree 100% with rickschu's last comment. betwee...i agree 100% with rickschu's last comment. between the added payroll flexibility and the removal of a "veteran leader" who wasn't, there was more gained by the phils in this trade than the 4 minor-leaguers. i would have loved to have gotten a higher-ranker prospect but the market is what it is. abreu had to be moved, and i think gillick made the best deal he could have. it's amazing that people are already writing off gillick less than a season into his tenure. lead sme to disagree with the description i've heard of philly baseball fans as "knowledgeable."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1154308281096820312006-07-30T21:11:00.000-04:002006-07-30T21:11:00.000-04:00Allow me to be the first to disagree with that per...Allow me to be the first to disagree with that perspective. Bobby Abreu may help the Yankees get to the World Series, but he was never going to get the Phillies there. Those who focus solely on the 'value' obtained for Abreu and Lidle are misguided and looking at this just on the surface. The Yankees also agreed to inherit a significant degree of inflexibility and the Phillies received what could prove to be very valuable flexibility in return. Gillick said as much in his press conference that flexibility is everything in running a baseball team. To that end, moving Abreu was absolutely necessary. <BR/><BR/>I could not feel more differently about this trade than I felt when Schilling and Rolen were dealt. Those were truly dark days. This one feels like a light has finally appeared in the distance. I commend Gillick and the Phillies for the vision required to pull the trigger and finally move forward as an organization.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1154298186168492282006-07-30T18:23:00.000-04:002006-07-30T18:23:00.000-04:00Allow me to be the first to comment on Abreu's dep...Allow me to be the first to comment on Abreu's departure, even though this posting is David Bell related. <BR/><BR/>I have this feeling we're going torank that Abreu trade up there with the Rolen and Schilling trades, and certainly not in a good way. <BR/><BR/>When Bobby Abreu helps the Yankees get in the World Series,we're just going to have yet another story to point to in order to justify our misery.The Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573551553863558468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1154279920409357782006-07-30T13:18:00.000-04:002006-07-30T13:18:00.000-04:00All David Bell did during his time here was play l...All David Bell did during his time here was play like David Bell. I have no idea what the fans expected. If you look at his career numbers, what he did here was about what he did everywhere else. It's not his fault that Wade overpayed in years and dollars. I had no problem with Bell at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1154276306822314582006-07-30T12:18:00.000-04:002006-07-30T12:18:00.000-04:00I must say I was moved by Bell's tribute to his te...I must say I was moved by Bell's tribute to his teammates. In an age when veteran players move around continuously (long-term contracts notwithstanding), he spoke to the permanence of friendships and comraderie in his usual soft-spoken way.Tom Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816668232837298444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1154206330395235512006-07-29T16:52:00.000-04:002006-07-29T16:52:00.000-04:00I love this trade for sheer purpose of ridding the...I love this trade for sheer purpose of ridding the club of Bell. I'd love to see some idiot club take a risk on Nunez too, because no matter what some think, he's never been a productive or good MLB player. Time to reshape this squad, and the Bell move was one in the right direction.<BR/><BR/>*We should link each other's blogs.GM-Carsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06805746782773160139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1154195826071142062006-07-29T13:57:00.000-04:002006-07-29T13:57:00.000-04:00I'd be willing to bet a stick of Bazooka gum that ...I'd be willing to bet a stick of Bazooka gum that Nunez has a solid final two months as the regular third baseman. I predict his average will be at least .250 be season's end. He may not have been a good bench player, but he's not nearly as bad as he's shown.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the best thing about the Bell trade is that it finally signals that Gillick isn't going to be a dodo and try to con everyone that the Phillies are still "in it" because they're only 7 out in the wild-card, as I was beginning to fear. It means that more may be coming, and very soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1154185893681714122006-07-29T11:11:00.000-04:002006-07-29T11:11:00.000-04:00Between this move & the Padillagiveaway, I'm wonde...Between this move & the Padilla<BR/>giveaway, I'm wondering if<BR/>Stand Pat might be a double agent <BR/>working FOR the Rangers & Brewers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1154182355765604342006-07-29T10:12:00.000-04:002006-07-29T10:12:00.000-04:00Finally the David Bell era is over. Hopefully the...Finally the David Bell era is over. Hopefully the Phils call up Bobby Scales or Brennan King from Triple A to get their feet wet to see if they could fill the position in the future. Hopefully this is the first of many deadline deals.danehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672247122246151912noreply@blogger.com