Daily Archives: February 21, 2008
According to the Associated Press, 1B Ryan Howard won his salary arbitration case against the Phillies when he was awarded $10 million, the highest amount given to a victorious player.
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In MVN’s Take the 7 Train, Jessica Bader lists Five Reasons I Love Being a Mets Fan.
At Hot Foot, Dan Lerner links to a fictional, yet funny, piece about Ron Swoboda.
At their blogs for the Star-Ledger and Newsday, Jeremy Cothran and David Lennon point out Billy Wagner’s new training routine, which involves throwing a football.
…ya know what, i was taught to do the same thing…also, i would throw a soaking wet softball, which would make throwing a baseball seem like tossing a feather…of course, i have to believe that was not very good for my arm…not that that mattered much in the end…
…by the way, hat’s off to cothran, who chose a screen capture of Tecmo Super Bowl for his blog post…for those too young to know, Tecmo Super Bowl is the greatest football video game ever…sorry, madden…
Lastly, at Always Amazin, Matthew Artus gets philosophical in his reaction to Nicholas Hirshon’s column in the Daily News about the dying tradition of waiting outside for tickets.
Phillies SS Jimmy Rollins arrived to camp yesterday, and was 
immediately asked to comment on Carlos Beltran’s weekend statement, which proclaimed the Mets as the team to beat in 2008, not the Phillies.
Rollins, talking with reporters from Phillies camp, said…
“Carlos is a quiet guy. It’s good that he spoke up. He needs to be a vocal leader for them. To that I have two things to say. One: There are four other teams in this division that want to make sure that doesn’t happen. And, two: Has anyone ever heard of plagiarism?…What I said last year still rings true. My mind isn’t going to change. My feelings aren’t going to change about that…There isn’t a team in the National League that’s better than us…If you can’t do it, don’t say it…We can win 100 games. I’ll say that right here. Why? Look what happened last year, with all those injuries. We lost Chase for five weeks, we lost Ryan for three weeks, we expected Lieber and Garcia to be part of our rotation and they hardly pitched for us. All those things went wrong and still we won 89 games…
“The spotlight isn’t on me anymore…The pressure is back on the Mets if you ask me. They were, on paper, the best team in the division last year. They were supposed to win and they didn’t. So now, they’re going to, of course, be out there trying to prove that what happened last year was a fluke…
“I think Omar did a great job of getting a good pitcher and not having to give up his best prospects…Santana can only pitch one game at a time…We can play with anybody. That’s the bottom line.”
For more on Rollins, who has his own customized cleats, according to Ken Davidoff in Newsday, also read the Daily News, New York Times, and SI.com.
…added to by Chris Mazzone…
…apparently, rollins has some sort of copyright on predicting division titles…he also threw in a not so subtle shot at beltran’s perceived leadership abilities, or lack thereof…these teams do not like each other and it’s going to be a fun ride…
…love him or hate him, i can appreciate that he’s helped to bring the rivalry to a whole new level…which will make victory that much sweeter…
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