Phillies pin hopes on Domonic Brown

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Phillies pin hopes on Domonic Brown

Posted on Wed, Feb 27, 2013

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CLEARWATER, Fla. - Domonic Brown knows this is his moment. He has been blessed with great talent and cursed with great expectations, set back by injuries and set aside by a franchise in constant win-now mode.
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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:43 AM, 02/27/2013

I can't wait for the season to start. I have a feeling that one of the young players, maybe Brown, maybe Ruf, maybe a starter who gets called up, or someone else is going to have a break-out year.

— altoonaaslan

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:56 AM, 02/27/2013

Brown, ruf, revere.....play that outfield all season long and watch the phillies win!

— Fritz and Alice

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:11 AM, 02/27/2013

Dom hittin a bomb. His swing is lookin pretty sweet.

— Barry Gibb

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:17 AM, 02/27/2013

Brown can't play.

— ..Jay Grace

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:22 PM, 02/27/2013

Really? Cause he's performed exceptionally well at every level so far. His Major league career so far has been marred by injury but there's no reason to think that he won't succeed at this level as well. His spring hasn't started out too bad.

Your comment is really baseless and, quite frankly, idiotic.

— evanbaseball

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:30 AM, 02/27/2013

what a joke. trade him today if you can convince someone else he can play. who do you think you're talking to?

— goofyfooterwill

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:57 AM, 02/27/2013

Sheridan doesn't let the facts get in the way of whatever narrative he wants to make up. According to Phil, Brown's .300 average and .983 OPS was a "poor spring." He came out on fire in spring training last year too. But he wasn't in Amaro's plans so when he tweaked his neck on a bus ride, the Phillies quickly sent him down so as to not rock the boat and disrupt the progress of his stellar off season acquisitions Thome, Wiggington, and Nix.

— jtj06

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:12 AM, 02/27/2013

Blessed with great talent/cursed with great expectations...it's like the tag line to "Spider Man". I think Phil has written the same article about Dommie the past 3 springs.

— RAJ-a-holic

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:17 AM, 02/27/2013

I have a quiet muted confidence in Brown as well as Ruf. We need them to perform if the Phils will move this year. We still love the older Phils but those big contract men will not push the Phils over the top this year.

— misterpond

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:31 AM, 02/27/2013

i recall brown hit a similar monster home run 3 years ago in an actual game against an actual big league pitcher. not much was done between those two homers. i hope he can hit in the 6 spot, get 80-90 rbis and catch the ball in the outfield. i hope. we all hope.

— bobcitydoc

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:38 AM, 02/27/2013

Soon he will get ABs against major league pitchers. Then we will find out if he has the stuff. I have seen a lot of him and continue to be skeptical.

— NewMick314

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:43 AM, 02/27/2013

How many spring seasons are we going to have to read about Dom Brown as a prospective all-star? How many chances has he been given and he has failed? Just maybe it is time to move on?

— oneway