Get used to injuries
Video: The Inquirer's Phil Sheridan discusses how injuries will be a season-long storyline for the Phillies with CineSport's Noah Coslov.
Get used to injuries
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Video: The Inquirer's Phil Sheridan discusses how injuries will be a season-long storyline for the Phillies with CineSport's Noah Coslov.
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Werth will be knocking Homers out of the park about u losers. Show you how mad is that you let him go to free agency! Then he will laugh in your face!— MRD- This proves once again that Philly sports writers on the whole are bottom feeders along with Wash. Post Sportswriters. They at least can be defended by the fact they know nothing about baseball in DC. Philly writers like Sheridan try to make themselves the news in hope that ESPN will pick up the story. The Phightins are a Monster team that the rest of the league is trembling about. Halladay, Lee, Oswalt Hamels. Are you kidding me???— Phillyexp
- Are we not about due for another Jason Werth story?— PhiEagleII
- This team will live by its pitching. If anything, this will be a bonus for the team and motivate it to play harder. Prior to this injury, everyone was just handing them the World Series. This will wake them all up and now they will have to earn it!— Fritz and Alice
- Its such a shame that the Phillies are getting all these injuries now in Spring Training, Just wait until Mid-Season when their whole team is on the DL and a high school team has to TRY and get them to the Series..........Yeah RIGHT!— MRD
- As a die hard philly fan, I have always loved being able to read the sports pages from wherever I've lived, from Stamford, CT to West Palm Beach, but for the first time, I am switching my home page away from this ongoing constant dribble - the absurd false reporting on the Eagles DC, the sky is falling predictions on the Phillies, etc. Its just absurd and a waste of my time reading about nothing disguised as reporting. I understand the need to have content, but come on...— Jeff in Langhorne
- Like the said on DNL if you panic in March get a dog. I guess everyone thinks we are the only ones with guys getting injured. PP is fine, Lidge is not done yet. Chase is the only guy with an injury that seems bad. Now when the starters start falling then I will be worried.— pattymac3
I'll never understand the pessimism that these Philadelphia writers bring to the forefront. It's always the down-side. I can't imagine them saying something positive unless it was a free meal at the Palm.— NRGjunk- With this aging team, injuries will be a daily announcement— eaglesman1
- Well, that's baseball.
I thought that one up myself.
And I agree about baseball players being somewhat soft, but it's fair to remember that the higher paid an athlete is, the more careful his or her handlers will be with injuries. Also the sheer number of games that they play creates more caution, or less willingness to have performance compromised by nagging or prolonged injury. that is, not many days of rest to recuperate between games. Hockey players are another breed altogether. Blood on the ice? No problem...— Eephus - And Utley's 5 HRs in the 2009 World Series were the stuff of legends, StoshTosh.— eman
- Conlin thinks Valdez will be fine until Utley returns and Francisco can replace Werth's power numbers. UncleStosh: I beg to differ. Utley is no Hall of Famer, but last year his numbers suffered because he hurt his band stealing a base. The Washington Post is bragging up a 2B prospect right now with these words (no lie): "In 3-4 years, this guy will be 90% of Chase Utley." And that was praise. Go read it.— eman
- The more I think about the title of this, the more I want to get deeper with Phil. Will we have more injuries than the average team? Will we have more than last year? Why will we have the injuries we will have? What is the overall cause of the injuries we will have? Will they be because of random act or some form of process? Will they be long-term or short? Will they have a theme or just individual plots? Details friend. We need details.— justacarpenter
- Maybe if Utley rests for the first two months, he has a chance to get his first extra base hit after July 4th. Most overrated player in the league. Go look at his stats for his career. And by the way, he plays mediocre defense and makes bad defensive decision on a nightly basis.— UncleStosh
- I'm so glad Phil can look into the future! Very impressive for a writer! I have always been under the impression they couldn't see what day they were in, let alone the day after tomorrow, but OK. ...If you say so. (What a joke)— justacarpenter
Comment removed.- He says we need Utley (or a decent replacement) by June First. I disagree, I think we need a replacement by May first. If it is a replacement brought in via trade, and the one being traded is Big Joe....this guy better be more than just a part-timer. My feeling is we need Valdez ready to move to almost ANY spot on the field as an emergency 'plug-in'. And we cannot afford to leave him at second base for an extended period of time.....say more than three weeks. For while I love his glove, his stick is but a wick!(Yeah, I know....but it sure does sound cool!)— TBear
- BEMiller couldn't agree more.— charliem
- Get used to hearing injury blab, because the "writers" haven't anything worth mentioning to write, and they have to write something--especially if it is into the scenario of a doomsday picture.— BEMiller
- Get used to hearing injury blab, because the "writers" haven't anything worth mentioning to write, and they have to write something--especially if it is into the scenario of a doomsday picture.— BEMiller
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Phil Sheridan has been covering pro and college sports in his hometown since 1985. He has been a columnist at the Inquirer since 2003, after a seven-year run as the paper's Eagles beat writer. Sheridan has covered eight Olympics, numerous Super Bowls and World Series, and has seen Guided By Voices and Wilco too many times to count. He lives, cooks and pursues the ultimate margarita blend in Langhorne.
Reach Phil at psheridan@phillynews.com.
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