PHILLIES TALK

Hello…Wishing everyone a Healthy and Happy 2013. So anyways, this is my first post of the New Year and I’m gonna go a different direction. We have been talking Eagles for months and there really is not much going on in the Music World Today. So I thought we would take a break and talk some Phillies Baseball. Yeah that’s right…the team that won 4 Division Championships in a Row! Yes, last year was a bitter disappointment, but 2013 could bring another way. With a healthy Halladay, a vintage Lee, and a Homegrown Hammels, the Phillies still arguably have the best Trio of Starting Pitchers in Baseball. Last year, the Phillies dropped off dramatically on the offensive side of the ball and never got in sync. Placido Polonco has given his heart to this team, as he was traded away years ago when Utley was brought up and then resigned 3 years ago as the Phillies 3rd Baseman. He is not the same player that he was with Detroit, Phillies, and Cardinals. Polonco when he is on his game is one of the toughest players in the league. However, his back has been a sore spot every year and continues to plague him. Going into the offseason, the Phillies knew that they had to address the 3rd Base Position and also the Outfield. Well, they did a very decent job in the offseason by signing Jeff Young at 3rd and Ben Revere a prospect on the rise to replace Shane Victorino who is no longer with the team. They also made a few other signings including Mike Adams to Set up Papplebon. The other outfield positions will be a platoon of Domenic Brown, Lance Nix, John Mayberry, and Tyson Gillies. That is unless they make another signing. I truly believe 2013 will be another good season for the Phillies. For starters, even though Michael Young is approaching 40…he is still capable of putting up huge numbers and I could see him in the middle of Utley and Howard. Secondly, they will hopefully have a healthy Halladay and even though the win/loss category did not show it, Cliff Lee was awesome down the stretch and started to look like the Lee we are used to. And what can we say about Cole Hammels, he has improved every year and he may be this teams true Ace. The Phillies will also get back a healthy Backstop Chooch. Chooch put up huge numbers last year as the team struggled on offense. Michael Young can easily hit 30-35 HR with 100 RBI. I also believe that Chase Utley and Ryan Howard will have stellar seasons. This team needed a shakeup. Ben Revere is not a power
Hitter, but he will thrive at Citizens Bank Park this year. So the Phillies definitely have a good team that will contend for the playoffs and possibly another World Series. They have one of the better bullpens and closer in Baseball so the key will be a healthy Halladay, Lee, and Hammels. John Lannan, and Tyler Cloyd will round out the rotation. It will be good to have more lefties on the staff. This team will contend and we as Phillies fans can only hope that Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, and Jimmy Rollins can have productive seasons. One may say there are too many what ifs…but these are all definitely possible. Stay tuned its coming fast.

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