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Monday, April 19 posted at 11:35 PM Billy Wagner, on hitter-friendly Citizens Bank Park: "This place ain't nothing like Houston ... Heck, I get ticked off when they just go over the wall. I want them suckers tape-measured. There ain't no use in just giving up a little dinker. Let it hang out, get it all. I can't go out there and be scared to give up a home run, because I'm going to give up a home run. I can't worry about that. Those fellas get paid, too." (Courtesy of MLB.com) John Donovan's 10-reason commentary on why "baseball is weird" mentions this: "Good teams look bad at this time of year, and bad teams look good. Doug Glanville, for crying out loud, looks like Barry Bonds in April. At least this April. For one game. Larry Bowa is sitting pretty. Everybody figured a slow start would spell doom for the Phillies' combative manager, and starting off 1-6 constitutes a slow start. But just when you think the guy's spikes are about to be held to the fire, the Phillies rip off four straight wins, Pat Burrell is hitting .350 and Glanville, of all people, smacks a walkoff home run to beat the Expos 5-4 on Sunday. If Glanville is hitting homers at Citizens Bank Park, that thing's not a hitter's park. It's a T-ball field."(Courtesy of SI.com) In an attempt to find a Florida columnist or news writer predicting the outcome of this week's series or, at the very least, talking about baseball, I came across absolutely nothing. My next search therefore took me to Baseball Blogs, where I found five Florida Marlins fans but all with nothing new said in at least a week. For these reasons alone, the Phillies should take at least 2 out of 3. 0 comments	Subscribe! Phillies Blogs Phillies Blog A Citizen's Blog Shallow Center Phillies Foul Balls Phillies Nation Phanatic Phollow Up Midway Phillies Phillies Diary We Should Be GM's Phillies Blog 2 Salute Your Phillies Voice of a Die-Hard Phillies Fan Phightin' Phils Phorum EMAIL ME to add your blog Looking for Philadelphia Phillies tickets? CTC has various baseball tickets including Yankees tickets, Red Sox tickets, Nationals tickets, Dodgers tickets, Orioles tickets and Cardinals tickets. We also have Philadelphia 76ers tickets, Eagles tickets, Penn State football tickets and Super Bowl tickets. Archives April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 March 2005 April 2005 August 2005 September 2005 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 ----------- Copy Army Copywriting Service. ------------

Monday, April 19

posted at 11:35 PM

Billy Wagner, on hitter-friendly Citizens Bank Park:

"This place ain't nothing like Houston ... Heck, I get ticked off when they just go over the wall. I want them suckers tape-measured. There ain't no use in just giving up a little dinker. Let it hang out, get it all. I can't go out there and be scared to give up a home run, because I'm going to give up a home run. I can't worry about that. Those fellas get paid, too." (Courtesy of MLB.com)

John Donovan's 10-reason commentary on why "baseball is weird" mentions this:

"Good teams look bad at this time of year, and bad teams look good. Doug Glanville, for crying out loud, looks like Barry Bonds in April. At least this April. For one game.

Larry Bowa is sitting pretty. Everybody figured a slow start would spell doom for the Phillies' combative manager, and starting off 1-6 constitutes a slow start. But just when you think the guy's spikes are about to be held to the fire, the Phillies rip off four straight wins, Pat Burrell is hitting .350 and Glanville, of all people, smacks a walkoff home run to beat the Expos 5-4 on Sunday. If Glanville is hitting homers at Citizens Bank Park, that thing's not a hitter's park. It's a T-ball field."(Courtesy of SI.com)

In an attempt to find a Florida columnist or news writer predicting the outcome of this week's series or, at the very least, talking about baseball, I came across absolutely nothing. My next search therefore took me to Baseball Blogs, where I found five Florida Marlins fans but all with nothing new said in at least a week. For these reasons alone, the Phillies should take at least 2 out of 3.

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