Posted on 09/28/2013 1:55:05 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT
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Good move even if they can’t land Giradi, which is clearly what they want. Sveum wasn’t “the guy”, that’s for sure.
Dale Sveum.
Which makes me think that is why the Phils signed up Ryno early.
Nice theory!
Norwegian name, I think.
Epstein passed on hiring Ryno, twice.
Charlie and Dubee are looking for work, could probably get them cheap and they’ll throw in Halladay for free.
Maybe. Dude’s outta work now.
Like I said before, I think Epstein is overrated, he won with many players he inherited from Dan Duquette, especially in 2004.
Hmmm...3rd time’s the charm? Guess we’ll never know.
Poor Roy Halladay, you think he’s done?
The old regime considered him too, hired Pinella then. That was the right call at the time.
I were Theo I would have chosen him over Sveum. I think they didn’t want to be put in the position of having to fire a Cubs legend if it didn’t work out.
I guess you’re right.
Finally someone asks me. Ok, between the 2011 and the 2012 season Halladay and his buddy Chris Carpenter went fishing down in South America, Carpenter fell in the river and was getting attacked by a snake, Halladay jumper in and saved him.
Since then neither has pitched well, Carpenter was reported as having thoracic outlet syndrome, i.e nerve compression in the neck-shoulder area causing numbness and Halladay was reported as having shoulder issues but more importantly his heat exhaustion, the sweating and the weight loss.
Was he checked for parasites or mosquito-born illnesses? Did he pick up something in that tropical river. You would think that the team Doc would have checked but who knows? Otherwise did 2 highly paid multi-millionaire players nix their careers by going fishing in the offseason?
I don’t think I ever heard that story about the river, if I did I forgot. Articles I can find say Roy helped save a fisherman who’d been bitten on the behind by an anaconda. Carpenter and BJ Ryan where also there but no mention of them helping.
Whatever happened I’d wager probably has nothing to do with their poor pitching. Both of them have a history of injuries and are getting up there in age. The human arm wasn’t designed for throwing a baseball. Halladay had heat exhaustion trouble during the 2011 season, prior to the the trip.
If Halladay does have some kind of parasite that’s gone undiagnosed, that would sure be weird. Yuck, the mere thought of say intestinal worms, is very disturbing.
Maybe he can do a Jamie Moyer or Gaylord Perry but for a bull of a man he looked pretty sick his last start beyond what his arm couldn't do.
Speculating is fun but he probably just had the flu.
Anyway, Rays win. Complete game from Price.
Never saw a worse base running team than the Rangers...a manager should get fired for that.
I agree.
Blowing it in Game 6 of 2011 when they should have won, and then missing the playoffs after late collapses (the one last year was EPIC) the next 2 years, the captain of the ship should be held accountable.
ok. 2 pick-offs ... what else?
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