Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Georgia Chooch

Carlos has owned the Braves lately.

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The Georgia Chooch

POSTED: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 1:47 AM
Bob Vetrone Jr.

The Phils play a day game in Atlanta Thursday after a very tough, long Wednesday night loss, so it is a good bet that Charlie Manual will rest catcher Carlos Ruiz.

Don't do it, Charlie!

All Chooch has done in his last 32 games against the Braves his hit .366 with a .462 on-base percentage and a .545 slugging percentage. Toss in 14 runs scored and 21 RBI. And, by the way, the Phils are 22-10 in those games.

There is a day game Saturday in Washington. Rest him then. Just don't rest him today and don't rest him Sunday night, when the Phils are on ESPN and a national television audience will be able to see the club's early season MVP.

Ruiz' recent burning of Atlanta (*last 3 games of the season):

Dates      G    AB     R     H   2B   HR   RBI   BB   SO    Avg.    OBA       Slg.
2009* 3 6 0 4 2 0 2 1 1 .667 .750 1.000
2010 13 40 4 15 5 0 3 7 8 .375 .490 .500
2011 15 46 8 14 3 2 9 5 8 .304 .396 .500
2012 2 9 2 4 2 0 7 0 0 .444 .444 1.000
 Totals   32 101 14 37 12 2 21 13 17 .366 .462 .545
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:15 AM, 05/03/2012
    CHOOCHI WAN KENOBI.... YOU'RE OUR ONLY HOPE!!!!!
    — bingbangbong
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:44 AM, 05/03/2012
    Most consistent/clutch Phillies player this year so far.
    — Andrewsgvl
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:26 AM, 05/03/2012
    Hottest thing to bit Georgia since Sherman.
    — NewMick314
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Boop – who goes by Bob Vetrone Jr. when he is undercover or paying bills – has been at the Daily News since 1982, after working for five years at the Philadelphia Bulletin up to its closing. Along with helping to build the sports scoreboards most nights, he has had great input into the papers’ special sports pullouts – March Madness, Broad Street Run, Record Breakers, Greatest Moments – as well as its day-to-day, award-winning event coverage.

A 1980 graduate of North Catholic, he took some evening college courses. Those lasted right up until the first conflict with a Big 5 doubleheader.

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