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Phillies need to pickup the pieces
A trip out to the West Coast for the Phillies has brought nothing but quiet bats, losses, and Jimmy being Jimmy. Or was that Manny being Manny? Oh well, when your making $8 million this year and millions before, I guess you can say whatever you want to when your Jimmy Rollins. I think a lot of these ballplayers lose sight of who actually comes out to see them. It isn’t millionaires for the most part, they’re too busy making money to actually go out and see the team, no it’s hard working people who have to put their season tickets on credit cards and pay on time just to keep their season seats. So, are you going to support that fan, Jimmy? No, I didn’t think so. I’ve always liked Jimmy and I continue to be a fan of his but get off this subject and get out there and start getting the job done on the field!
Well, moving on, we have a swept team looking for salvation in San Diego tonight. This team needs a win, as the Mets won against Pittsburgh and look like a team turned around. The Phillies need to win every time the Mets win just to stay up with them, the minute the Phils lose when the Mets win, they start digging that winter hole that they can crawl into in October and miss the playoffs.
What happened? J Roll seems to be off on a temper tantrum, Utley curses at the fans that boo right on national tv, the whole team isn’t hitting almost like Ryan Howard’s average every game and Myers looks like he’s going to kill someone out there on the mound when he’s pitching. This is certainly going from bad to worse, they need a bit of lightening up a bit, bring a clown into the clubhouse or something, a comedian perhaps. The team needs to take a load off their mind, and just relax and play baseball.
I predict the Phils knock the seams off the ball tonight and win big in game one in San Diego!
The team did lose 6 straight already this year in June, I don’t think they break that streak. They need a win though and start taking every game seriously but relax and have fun.
Rollins and Utley: two views, do they say the same thing?
In the games against the L.A. Dodgers, Jimmy Rollins went 3-17. He
found time to talk about the fans though, somethings are better left
unsaid and that subject is one of them. There is no easy explaination
of why Philly fans take delight in booing a player when they aren’t
doing too well. The obvious thing for the fans to do in the players
benefit would be to offer encouragement to a player that needs the
extra support. ‘Angry mob’ mentality dictates that this isn’t what
happens though, and it is easier to boo than reason with why a player
is doing badly.
Schmidt tried to tackle this subject, as did
Carlton, and many other great Phillies. It’s bothered all of them. Pat
Burrell has maintained a silence on the subject for the most part,
though I know something is simmering and one day he’ll tell us all how
he feels about the subject. It’s just not easy to put a handle on it,
I’ve been to many a game though in Philly and I find that the ignorant
ones that boo are just trying to make some noise because they actually
want attention more than the fact that they are booing a player for any
given reason. The problem is there seems to be a lot of those types in
a crowd at times.
When Utley said the infamous words that he
uttered about fans that booed, he just said, “Boo? – F$$k You!” and no
one said anything. The Utley comment flew over the radar by Philly fans
and instead of J Roll trying to be philosophical about it, he should
have just said the same thing and nothing would have been said. J Roll
should have just said that very comment on the “Best Damn Sports Show
Period” and he wouldn’t be in the trouble he is in with some fans today.
Utley’s comments weren’t just directed at NY Fans, it pertained to
every fan really. I like Utley as a player, but I didn’t like what he
said when he said it on national tv at the Home Run Derby in July.
Rollins is firmly entrenched into a different realm with these comments, he directed it at the wrong time, with the Phillies doing so badly in LA and now he’ll hear it real loud on Tuesday night. He has moved into an area that Schmidt, Carlton, and all the Phillies greats have been exposed to. What a difference a year makes, he’s MVP last year and this year the tables have turned.
Rollins speaks out about Phillies fans – is he right?
photo: Philly.com
I don’t interpret Jimmy Rollins comments about the fans as a negative.
He’s just calling it as he sees it. Look at Pat Burrell for instance,
he’s endured more booing than any home team player should have during
his time here, and for what? He’s the same player, this year he is
doing very well, those boos have changed to cheers. I’ve talked at
length about the damage we can do as fans by booing your own player,
especially the ones that don’t deserve it. They are ‘your’ team. It’s
like booing your mother when she tells you it’s cold outside and to
wear a jacket, she’s your mother!
When a player on a team
does poorly most of the time he isn’t trying to do poorly, they need
support not a dismissive boo in their ear. I think this is the way
Rollins meant his comment to be taken. He may have went a little to far
saying the fans here are front runners though. Every crowd loves a
winner though, that is the nature of the beast, what do you want them
to do… want to lose? Jimmy has opened a can of worms here now, he may
face the boo birds at Citizens Bank Park, I don’t think there will be
many but when he goes 3-4 with two doubles and a homerun, they’ll cheer
him- if he strikes out a couple times he may get the boo call, nothing
personal it’s just those fans way of telling a player, “hey I spent a
days wages for my tickets, how about giving that little bit extra and
do something good!”
Don’t boo Rollins when the Phillies come home, you’ll fall right into the trap!
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