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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Game 2: Phillies vs. Blue Jays

It's the home opener, and from what I here, the Phillies are going all out for the pre-game ceremony.

Here's the line-up:

  1. Jimmy Rollins SS
  2. Jason Donald 3B
  3. Raul Ibanez LF
  4. Ryan Howard DH
  5. John Mayberry RF
  6. Greg Dobbs 1B
  7. Brian Giles 2B
  8. Jason Ellison CF
  9. Carlos Ruiz C

Mayberry had an RBI in yesterday's 8-2 loss to the Pirates. So did Raul Ibanez, who drove in Rollins with a base hit in the third inning.

Posted by David Murphy @ 9:26 AM  Permalink | 24 comments
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Posted 09:47 AM, 02/26/2009
Master Dreamz
I just hope that putting Ibanez 3rd isnt the way it is going to be during the season. I am hoping that with Utley, Werth, and Victorino in the lineup, Ibanez would be batting 5th, or even better 5th. I am really looking forward to this year of baseball; maybe for the first time since the early 80's have I been this excited :)
Posted 09:47 AM, 02/26/2009
Master Dreamz
I meant, "even better" 6th
Posted 10:16 AM, 02/26/2009
jimbo712
When did we sign Marcus overweight brother Brian to play 2nd base?
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Posted 11:07 AM, 02/26/2009
93phils
Is Ibanez that much better than Garrett Anderson? Anderson career vs LHP: .291 in 2,408 AB. .299 in 5,581 AB vs RHP. Ibanez vs LHP: .268 in 1,270 AB and .293 in 3,521 AB vs RHP. Ibanez had 23 HR 110 RBI in 635 ABs last year. Anderson had 15 HR 84 RBI in 557 AB. Anderson only played 82 games in the field, but cant be worse than Ibanez. Im not seeing how Ibanez gets $11 mill per and Anderson signs for $2.5 mill
Posted 11:13 AM, 02/26/2009
jeff gross
he's there only in case Chase can't go, or to be the RH bat off the bench if he finds his stroke
Posted 11:32 AM, 02/26/2009
ktdb05
Jason Donald at 3B, nice.
Posted 11:34 AM, 02/26/2009
philsfan in the atx
93 phils i hear ya but remember Ibanez was an early signing and is the best option. Anderson was an economy left over signing so hard to say what he would have got if he signed earlier (or had the demand that Ibanez had)..
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Posted 12:05 PM, 02/26/2009
dae2217
Why are you so worried about Ibanez batting 3rd in Spring Training? Utley's not playing, so Ibanez 3rd makes the most sense right now. It's only Spring Training. Ibanez will go back to the 5th spot come regular season, Charlie is not gonna mess with our first 4 spots in the lineup...Welcome to the infield Brian Giles! haha!
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Posted 12:36 PM, 02/26/2009
Philip L
Typing in all caps is great dude, keep it up. Pay is scaled to both performance and service time, so comparing Eaton and Hamels is pointless since their service times are way different. But on the plus side we did get ourselves an "RBI MACHINE."
Posted 12:43 PM, 02/26/2009
RodeoJones
I hope Donald plays 3B all year at AAA so he can be ready for next year!
Posted 12:43 PM, 02/26/2009
bigredmachinefan
Murph, looking for a full report on how Donald looks at 3rd. And how did he look yesterday? Also any early work on Coste-Paulino? Keep it up, and don't let the haters get you down on that James Bond like banner.
Posted 12:43 PM, 02/26/2009
mick314
Release PHILLY10 and sign his l/c brother.
About David Murphy
David Murphy joined the Daily News as its Phillies beat writer in February of 2008. Born in Upper Merion and raised in the Poconos, he attended college at La Salle University before taking jobs with the Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Sun-News and the St. Petersburg ( Fla. ) Times.

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