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Shane Victorino and The Four-Ply Swat

Shane Victorino is second on Phils in HRs over the last two seasons.

12 comments

Shane Victorino and The Four-Ply Swat

POSTED: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:00 AM

With his game-winning home run Monday night, Shane Victorino has now hit more home runs for the Phillies since the beginning of the 2010 season than anyone but Ryan Howard.

Those with 10 or more:

Ryan Howard    58
Shane Victorino 33
Raul Ibanez 32
Jayson Werth 27
Chase Utley 25
Jimmy Rollins 22
John Mayberry Jr.     14
Carlos Ruiz 13
Ben Francisco 12
Placido Polanco 10
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Comments  (12)
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:52 AM, 08/30/2011
    When Vic stood there taking that 3rd strike with men on second and third I nearly lost it...but all is well
    stoky
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:38 AM, 08/30/2011
    Vic-Phillies MVP.
    Romus
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:56 AM, 08/30/2011
    Well, considering that it was wide of the strike zone, and a ball, maybe it's not surprising he didn't swing. Even the Reds' broadcast team acknowledged it was outside and their pitchtrax proved it. I'd rather Phillies' hitters not ever expand the strike zone to accommodate an ump's bad strike zone judgment.
    Phila Phans
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:00 AM, 08/30/2011
    unless of course Howard does the same then he'd be vilified. /sarcasm.
    palmyra21
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:16 AM, 08/30/2011
    John Mayberry's HR numbers stand out.
    gho_matt
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:39 AM, 08/30/2011
    Interesting, and Victorino's not considered a real power hitter also!
    gmuny2002
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:41 AM, 08/30/2011
    Who was he jawing at when he came back to the dugout? Loved to have heard what he said....
    IdahoMoose
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:23 PM, 08/30/2011
    It looks like Mayberry is a scrub again. Pence stinks too. If they only would have kept Michael Taylor.
    lonewolf1O
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:34 PM, 08/30/2011
    Pence stinks? ooooooooooooooooook then
    AEPi71
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:00 PM, 08/30/2011
    Lonewolf needs to die a horrible death by the hands of a Mets fan...
    kingofpoker
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:07 PM, 08/30/2011
    I thought a "four-ply swat" was a grand slam.
    jman
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:31 PM, 08/30/2011
    @kingofpoker. Can we ask that it be a murder-suicide? Then we're rid of lonewolf AND one less mets fan.
    AEPi71


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