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Post by fjenkins on Mar 29, 2019 14:56:06 GMT
It took the loving fans of Phillie a partial game before they started booing Harper. 2 strike outs, oh for 3 in his first game.
Maybe they're just realizing he hit .249 last year.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 29, 2019 15:01:49 GMT
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Mar 29, 2019 15:04:47 GMT
Lol all you non-Philadelphians need to chill. That was a sarcastic jokey booing, not a “duck because here comes the d-batteries” kind of boo reserved for Sidney Crosby, Dak Prescott, Russell Westbrook, etc etc. |
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Post by klawrencio79 on Mar 29, 2019 15:18:39 GMT
It took the loving fans of Phillie a partial game before they started booing Harper. 2 strike outs, oh for 3 in his first game. Maybe they're just realizing he hit .249 last year. He also had an .889 OPS and swatted 34 homers, while knocking in 100 runs with a lineup that was banged up all year around him. A guy's batting average, by itself, is not the end-all be-all of whether he was good or not.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Mar 29, 2019 15:23:54 GMT
It took the loving fans of Phillie a partial game before they started booing Harper. 2 strike outs, oh for 3 in his first game. Maybe they're just realizing he hit .249 last year. He also had an .889 OPS and swatted 34 homers, while knocking in 100 runs with a lineup that was banged up all year around him. A guy's batting average, by itself, is not the end-all be-all of whether he was good or not. Unless you’re Chris Davis. |
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Post by klawrencio79 on Mar 29, 2019 15:30:32 GMT
He also had an .889 OPS and swatted 34 homers, while knocking in 100 runs with a lineup that was banged up all year around him. A guy's batting average, by itself, is not the end-all be-all of whether he was good or not. Unless you’re Chris Davis. Right, but the rest of his numbers are just as disgusting. You can hit .250 and have a good year. You can hit .300 and be less effective. If you hit .250 but slug .500 and get on base at almost a 40% clip, then your offensive output is worth more than, say, a guy like Jeff Keppinger who would hit .300 but barely get on base at a higher clip than that and had warning track power in Coors Field. Context, context, context.
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Post by fjenkins on Mar 29, 2019 15:52:57 GMT
It took the loving fans of Phillie a partial game before they started booing Harper. 2 strike outs, oh for 3 in his first game. Maybe they're just realizing he hit .249 last year. He also had an .889 OPS and swatted 34 homers, while knocking in 100 runs with a lineup that was banged up all year around him. A guy's batting average, by itself, is not the end-all be-all of whether he was good or not. But is he worth 35 mil a year? Not remotely.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 15:57:51 GMT
He also had an .889 OPS and swatted 34 homers, while knocking in 100 runs with a lineup that was banged up all year around him. A guy's batting average, by itself, is not the end-all be-all of whether he was good or not. But is he worth 35 mil a year? Not remotely. He’s not getting paid 35 million a year. In fact, he won’t be among the highest paid players annually for most of the rest of his career. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 16:04:08 GMT
But is he worth 35 mil a year? Not remotely. He’s not getting paid 35 million a year. In fact, he won’t be among the highest paid players annually for most of the rest of his career. Just verified the numbers. From this year on, Harper is only the 15th highest paid player annually. Six of those higher annual salaries were signed as free agents or extensions during this past off season. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Mar 29, 2019 17:07:09 GMT
It took the loving fans of Phillie a partial game before they started booing Harper. 2 strike outs, oh for 3 in his first game. Maybe they're just realizing he hit .249 last year. Hope he at least has eaten some good cheesesteaks!
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Post by fjenkins on Mar 29, 2019 20:42:57 GMT
But is he worth 35 mil a year? Not remotely. He’s not getting paid 35 million a year. In fact, he won’t be among the highest paid players annually for most of the rest of his career. You're right, he's just getting practically nothing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 20:47:27 GMT
He actually did something that is very valuable yesterday.
He drew an intentional walk to load the bases - what happened next?
Hoskins hit a Grand Slam.
This reminds of me of years ago with Howard / Werth (granted Howard was clean up and Werth in the 5 hole) - did you really want to intentionally walk Howard to get to Werth (who was perfect protecting Howard)? That's was rolling the dice a bit circa 2008 - even though Howard was a monster back then - Werth was no slouch and proved to be incredibly valuable (i.e. see his next contract with the Nats).
Howard got more pitches because Werth proved to be dangerous at the plate.
If the Phils can get the #1 or #2 man (or both) on base- I think that #3, #4, #5 lineup of Harper, Hoskins, Realmuto is going to cause nightmares - i.e. knock in a lot of runs.
Has Harper always hit in the #3 hole? Any Nats fans here? I was expecting him to hit cleanup - but after yesterday with what Hoskins did - I'm not complaining one bit.
And I'm sure Kappy is going to juggle these lineups at bit at times depending on pitching matchups, who's hot, who's slumping, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 21:47:06 GMT
Here's one more thing that I already like about Harper that Philly Phans will love.
He appears to be incredibly passionate about the game - always celebrating his teammates success and enthusiastic beyond belief.
i.e. see his celebrations with Hoskins and Franco after their homers yesterday and when the game ended - the outfield celebration of mccutchen, Herrera and Harper.
small stuff like that goes over huge here - I don't care about the contract - show you care, you try (you're diving for texas league bloopers when you're down 10-1 in the 9th), you're passionate about the team and fanbase, and you're not a passive aggressive whiner like McNabb and Schmidt - and eventually when the weather gets warmer i'm expecting the ball to jump off his bat.
some players are 'Philly' - others aren't. be positive, give 120%, don't throw anybody under the bus even when the chips are down, protect your team - and don't bitch and moan.
I think he's going to be fine
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Post by permutojoe on Mar 30, 2019 0:08:30 GMT
Philly fans are like Beavis and Butthead with all the swearing, throwing shit, and booing everyone including santa.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2019 0:30:13 GMT
yawn.
that's just 'lazy hatin' dude.
they weren't booing Santa.
it was the conditions - they ended up being terrible but not terrible enough to draft OJ - fans were pissed - there was snow in the stands - the 'Real' Santa had dimed out - and they picked some poor fan in the stands to put on a Santa Costume to play Santa that even with a suit on looked nothing remotely like Santa - and more like a bum trying to score some coke and hookers on Passyunk Ave at 4am on a Sunday morning before church.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2019 0:39:03 GMT
CrimeBoss is like our Philly Batman......
We'll put out the bat signal when we need backup.........
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2019 1:53:13 GMT
Harpy also wore green Phillie Phanatic shoes yesterday - this guy is all in and I love the enthusiasm - thought it took King Kong Ballz recruiting Trout here after the ink wasn't even wet
we're fine folks.
remember - it's a marathon and not a sprint - come end of May - Memorial Day - let's start to see the ball jumping off the bat when summer arrives.....
to me - this guy screams 'Leader' - and that's exactly what they need after that epic collapse last year.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Mar 30, 2019 5:01:50 GMT
to me - this guy screams 'Leader' - and that's exactly what they need after that epic collapse last year. Nationals fans lol'ing
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Post by tristramshandy on Mar 30, 2019 5:48:34 GMT
There is a subset of Philly fans that just love to be dicks. Whether it is purposefully barfing on fans, eating horseshit, throwing batteries, cheering Michael Irvin being laid out on the field, booing the draft pick of Donovan McNabb, booing the Phillies manager on day one, booing their $300+ million player on his second at bat - - that's a portion of the Philly fans.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2019 19:03:34 GMT
twothousanandonemark,
you rival the poster 'hi' and 'stew'(posts on the NBA - has no knowledge) on this board - i.e. you hang out here - but contribute absolutely '0' that is thought provoking - I mean - do you have actual opinions that are thought out even if they may be in the minority and nobody agrees with? whether they're hated or liked by the masses is not the point.
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