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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Hochman: Dallas Green still tells it like it is

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posted 3 days ago by Repoz to history, phillies | 14 comment(s)

New Green book looks to be a diamond Dallas page turner.

It is a good, lively book and it mirrors Green’s good, lively 6 decades in the game. He rips only three people, Bobby Valentine, Art Mahaffey and Gene Mauch.

“Valentine is a phony and that’s what I call him in the book,” Green grumbles, choosing to skip details of the possible backstabbing while Dallas managed the Mets.

He reveals that in the minors Mahaffey cared only about his numbers. “He didn’t root for other guys to win, because ...

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1. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on July 19, 2012 at 12:41 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Hey, this got buried by being posted several hours after some of the threads that are now listed as being more recent.

So, yeah. At least they didn't give up a walk-off wild pitch.

2. Srul Itza posted on July 19, 2012 at 01:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Hey, a blown Papelbon save, especially of the multi-run variety, is always worth celebrating.

3. Tripon posted on July 19, 2012 at 01:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Phillies won the previous two guys on one run scores against the Dodgers. They really shouldn't be complaining.

4. Dan posted on July 19, 2012 at 01:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It is interesting to note that the Red Sox almost never used Papelbon for 3 straight games after his shoulder injury in 2006. He's been a fantastic closer, but the Red Sox managed that kind of performance from him largely by handling him with kid gloves in every way possible.

Of course that's just all the more reason that he isn't worth $12M+ per year.

5. Textbook Editor posted on July 19, 2012 at 02:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Heh. That's the Papelbon I remember.

6. Chip posted on July 19, 2012 at 02:47 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Papelbon in one of his tired stretches doesn't get a lot of swings and misses, and leaves himself susceptible to getting dinked and dunked by the BIP gods. Pitching a third straight day can also bring on that version.

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