Comments on: Phillies activate Jimmy Rollins from the disabled list

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:27:20 +0000

Yeah,I really was talking about the Yankees fans who whined earlier…didn’t mean to imply either of you guys were whining. The more I think, the more I wonder whether saturn is a Yankees fan who didn’t think the Yankees fans were whining earlier when they talked about injuries to Joba, Feliciano, Hughes, Colon, Garcia and pointed to them as an excuse for how they were not going to go 162-0…or maybe he/she is not a Yankees fan an thinks I was saying you guys were whining. Dont know…dont care…like you, I am enjoying the Phillies too. So long as Doc, Lee and Cole don’t miss more than a start or two, then injuries can not be used as any type of excuse for the Phillies…unless you thought they would win 120 games or something!!

By: delawarephilliesfan

delawarephilliesfan — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:02:12 +0000

@chris Well wait a second, re-read my post. I wasn’t whining, I was saying I doubt a lot of people would have predcited the best record in baseball with the injuries they had. That’s all.

No whining here, lovin’ every minute of it!

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:40:07 +0000

@saturn111; who did I reply to?

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:19:17 +0000

Funny it’s September but the Phillies Roster at least hasn’t expanded all that much.

By: saturn1111

saturn1111 — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:32:15 +0000

@fiorentino; who’s whining?

By: seanmk

seanmk — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:50:50 +0000

i guess but at the same time, it’s september so with expanded rosters it’s not like you are taking a guy away by activating him and not playing him. plus he can pinch hit at the very least

By: delawarephilliesfan

delawarephilliesfan — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:31:21 +0000

Chris, I agree to a point. My first comment when Utley was to start the season on the DL was “His name isn’t Hamels, Halladay, Lee or Oswalt? Moving right along….”

But still, the Phillies have had a rough patch with injuries, especailly the closer role. So that they have the best record – that says a lot about there bench, and it says lot about Worley, Sutes, Bastardo and Mayberry

By: icelovinbrotha215

icelovinbrotha215 — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:27:24 +0000

Don’t rush him back please. We need Jimmy, and Chase, for the Red October run.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:01:17 +0000

Sorry, but just as I chastised the Yankees fans who whined about injuries “depleting” their team, I have to say the same for my fellow Phillies fans. So long as the Names Halladay, Lee and Hamels were not missing significant amounts of time, then I had no doubts whatsoever that the team would win over 100 games. No amount of offensive struggles or injuries were going to stop this team from dominating the regular season. Come playoff time, it’s a different story, but for the regular season, I said you could put the AAA team lineup behind these pitchers and win 100 games.

By: drmonkeyarmy

drmonkeyarmy — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:33:11 +0000

I think when a team pushes up a timetable for a return in response to another injury it can be classified as rushing back.

By: seanmk

seanmk — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:29:56 +0000

how do you know they are “rushing rollins” back exactly?

By: delawarephilliesfan

delawarephilliesfan — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:10:48 +0000

Exactly.

Turnback the clock to March and ask people “Rollins and Utley will play together less then half the season, significant DL time for Polanco, the closer role will be a patchwork of Conterares, Madson and Bastardo, Oswalt will miss a ton of starts, and the 2nd half will rely heavily on Vance Worley. How do you think the Phillies will do?”

I don’t think anyone would say best record in Baseball

By: drmonkeyarmy

drmonkeyarmy — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:04:04 +0000

I sincerely hope they don’t plan on starting Rollins since they are apparently rushing him back. Just go with some combination of Valdez, Martinez, and Orr. I know they all kind of suck but whatever. No sense in getting Rollins hurt at this point.

By: The Baseball Gods

The Baseball Gods — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:59:47 +0000

“Utley and Rollins have been in the same lineup together just 67 times in 139 games.”

Yet they have the best record in baseball and are 43 games over .500.