Rowand Broke His Ankle

[goonys evil twin]

I'm not saying he will be much better..I just think he will improve his numbers about the same amount from 06 to 07 as from 05 to 06-unless he falls off significantly from his current pace, .335+ is probably his final number this year, and so expecting a .345 next year is not that unreasonable, I don't think. Having Pierre at the top of the order with a .345 is far from ideal-but it won't kill your offense either.

 

I don't think it makes a lot of sense to base the next 7+ months of production on the pace of his past 2 months. He is at .331 this year and was at .326 last year. I'd bet he'll finish in that area this year and next year, and that's bad.

[chuckywang]

The Cubs have a wonderful leadoff guy to take his place and man is he fast. Hendry is there and striking while the iron is hot would be such a great move.

 

The Phillies don't need a leadoff guy.

[soccer10k]

Do I feel bad for Rowand yes.

 

But he was out of control on that play. Utley clearly was calling him off. Rowand needs to play alot smarter on the field.

 

The Phillies could have lost the best young 2B in the game for an extended period of time.

 

I didn't see the play, but if the centerfielder can get to the ball and calls off the other defenders, the secondbaseman has to get out of the way, no matter how adamantly he is calling for it. it's not a question of who is more talented. it's a matter of protocol to prevent just such occurrences.

 

Well from what I saw...Utley was clearing making a call for the ball..I didn't even see Rowand make a call..it appeared he was even backing off..but at the split second charged in again.

 

Generally the player coming in is going to have an easier time making a play on the ball than the player coming out. IMO Utley should have backed off.