Comments on: Is Philadelphia Turning On Ryan Howard?

By: bernard

bernard — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:20:21 +0000

boy all of you guys are dum as hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By: Okori

Okori — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:39:28 +0000

see the discussion we’re having is probably the discussion the Phillies are having (at least i hope so.)

I don’t know what else to say except for this: .324 OBP. geezus. that makes my face hurt.

By: The Most Known Unknown

The Most Known Unknown — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:38:45 +0000

Ryan Howard will not get the respect he deserves until he leaves Philadelphia and goes some where else. It happens here all the time. Now they lost their last 2 games. Saturday was due to poor base running and pitching. Sunday started out as the Ryan Howard show as Rollins got on base in the 1st and Howard drove him in…by the 3rd inning I believe he had 2 RBI’s.

But pitching again, as Cole couldn’t hold it down.

Howard takes a lot of blame and he shouldn’t. Have any of you been to a home game? Its in South Philadelphia mind you, where its a little difficult for us to “blend” in. Aside from the snide comments and stares, its just not a comfortable place for a black man to watch a baseball game.

The last game I attended was when I saw Ken Griffey Jr play, so I wore my NY Giants Willie Mays jersey and cap, and I caught a lot of wreck for a team and player that do not play anymore. Any where else I would have been left alone or respected, but not in my own town.

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:13:09 +0000

Dude so many of his home runs are opposite field colossal.

Of course you can say it wasn’t all racial. You could say that about anything.

ANY racism is bullshit. Whites don’t have to deal with that on a mass scale.

By: Okori

Okori — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:58:57 +0000

i didn’t say it wasn’t racially motivated. i said it wasn’t ALL racial.
a .324 OBP% and a .508 SLG% is not major league-level quality for a first baseman.

and as far as the home run thing…. can we find out how many of those home runs were hit on the road as opposed to Citizens Bank Park?

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:27:36 +0000

I should have read all the comments.

623 strikeouts is amazing. I didn’t realize it was that high, but yet and still, this is a town that turns on its stars prematurely just for kicks.

He hit 58 homers in this era. I can only think of two players since Maris who’ve hit as many and haven’t been accused of juicing (Griffey).

It kills me when Whites say situations are not racially motivated.

For every Roger Clemens I can name you 25 Blacks who have been scrutinized way more over the course of time.

We’re talking about Philly here not some town where race relations have been chilllllll.