!!!@@@JUMPING THE PENCE [POST 7/30/2011]

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THIS DEAL WAS A NO BRAINER!

JON SINGLETON, JARRED COSSART AND SOME STIFF TO BE TOSSED IN LATER FOR

HUNTER PENCE OR AS I LIKE TO CALL HIM A YOUNGER JAYSON WERTH WITH SLIGHTLY LESS POWER AND A HIGHER BATTING AVERAGE!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

- OKAY WHAT DID WE LOSE?: ON PAPER THE BEST 2 PROSPECTS IN THE PHILLIES FARM SYSTEM AT THE MOMENT. YES AT THE MOMENT! THEY ARE BOTH JUST SINGLE A LEVEL PLAYERS. NOT MANY YEARS AGO DREW CARPENTER WAS A VERY HIGH PROSPECT. REMEMBER MICHAEL TAYLOR OR KYLE DRABEK? DO YOU MISS THEM? THEY WERE SENT TO TORONTO IN THE DOC DEAL.

EVEN IF SINGELTON AND/OR COSSART PAN OUT WHO REALLY CARES AT THIS POINT? THE PHILLIES ARE BUILT TO WIN WORLD SERIES TITLES NOW NOT 4 OR 5 YEARS FROM NOW. HOPEFULLY OTHERS WILL COME ALONG AND USUALLY THEY DO.

- MORE IMPORTANTLY IS WHAT DID YOU KEEP? – FACE IT, A MORE COMFORTABLE FUTURE ROSTER WILL HAVE WORLEY AND BROWN ON IT! YOU KNOW THEY CAN PLAY AT A HIGHER LEVEL! WHAT PART OF FUTURE DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?

- AND LET’S NOT FORGET HAMELS IS STILL YOUNG AS WELL AS THAT PENCE DUDE! FINALLY THE PHILLIES HAVE A FEW YOUNG BUCKS ON THE MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTER WORTH TALKING ABOUT.

LOOK MY FELLOW MANIACS I TOO AM GREEDY AND WOULD LOVE TO KEEP THIS WAVE RIDE GOING FOR DECADES TO COME BUT IT WILL CRASH AT SOME POINT. I WOULD RATHER LAND ON THE BEACH WITH MULTIPLE WORLD SERIES RINGS THAN HOPE MY TEAM MIGHT BE GOOD IN 2015!

HEY IF YOU ARE A BORDERLINE TEAM OR A TEAM THAT SUCKS YOU SAVE YOUR POTENTIAL FOR A FUTURE. AND LET’S NOT PRETEND THE PHILLIES JUST PUT A MORTGAGE ON THEIR FUTURE. 2 PROSPECTS IS NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL IN THE LONG RUN IT REALLY ISN’T.

FOR EXAMPLE I WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS FOR BELTRAN OR A 1 YEAR FIX. PENCE IS HERE AT LEAST THROUGH 2013!

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THIS MAKES TOTAL PENCE ………….. I MEAN CENTS.