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Originally Posted by Antitrust32
Would you rather have Brad Lidge? I miss Philly.. the place I grew up (45 mins outside Philly) sucked and I dont miss that but I could live in Philly easy. I love FL weather and FL women but I hate Ocala and will be out of here soon enough. FL has the least passionate sports fans (except for Gator fans), so that is a big knock on FL and thats why it doesnt bother me when Bigs puts down Philly fans because I know how much Tampa fans really suck.
I'd feel bad for ya if you werent playing the Phils buddy. But you have to admit that "You took steriods" is a great and fitting for your idiot star batter. Maybe thats why you guys are struggling.. you have a sissy star batter who needs a needle in his butt to hit well, and we have a real MAN (Howard) who says "Just get me to the plate, boys."
Cannon, you must admit that your opinion of Howard last year was off.. but then again you were getting on him for being fat and saying how that wouldnt last, and he wins the WS and just goes into focus hyperdrive and loses 15 pounds and is in good shape. He's so freaking clutch though, its really amazing to watch.
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No my opinion was pretty much correct last year and he is about the same hitter with major issues versus lefties. The fact that he lost weight and became a better defensive player made him a better player. And he did have a better year at the plate also but still really struggles with left handers. He hit .208 with 6 Hr and 33 rbi against lefthanders this year with 83 k's in 252 plate appearances, so he was striking out 33% of the time against them. The fact that he got Wolf for a HR is proof that he is really locked in right now not that he can hit lefties on a regular basis. Howard is a very tough out right now. When Padilla hangs one tomorrow, he'll probably hit another HR.