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Monday, April 28, 2008
MLB: Lieberthal to officially retire as a Phillie
And word has it that Darren Daulton will zoof in from Planet Quarloop for the ceremony!
Mike Lieberthal never wanted to leave the Phillies, and now he’s going to leave baseball as a member of the organization for which he spent most of his career.
The former catcher, who spent 13 of his 14 Major League seasons in Philadelphia and holds the franchise record for games caught, before playing his final season in 2007 with his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers, will officially retire as a Phillie on June 1.
“Philadelphia has always been a second home to me, so I’m really looking forward to this,” said Lieberthal in a statement. “I spent half my life there and still follow the team closely on television.”
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Yeah, really.
Just because the Phillies are the first MLB team to 10,000 losses doesn't mean the IronPigs have to try to equal that number as soon as possible.
I count two players on that team (Jason Jaramillo and Brandon Watson) who have a good chance at appearing in more than 30 major-league games in the future.
The offense contains a few AAAA journeymen in their thirties (Chris Woodward, Andy Tracy, Val Pascucci), and then a bunch of guys who are young but not prospects.
The pitching staff contains:
- 3 prospects in their late twenties who are getting their last chance to prove themselves, and failing to do so (J.A. Happ, J.D. Durbin, Travis Blackley)
- 7 AAAA journeymen in their thirties (Kevin Beirne, Matt Childers, John Ennis, Gary Knotts, Steve Green, Brian Mazone, Ron Chiavacci)
- 2 guys in their LATE thirties who were once good MLB relievers (Steve Kline and Vic Darensbourg)
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