faba Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Say Goodbye to Elvis By Lee Russakoff Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:48:41 GMT It looks like Blue Martini just lost its best customer. Philly.com is reporting that the Phillies have agreed to a three-year, $30 million contract with left fielder Raul Ibanez. Ibanez's signing likely closes the Pat Burrell era in Philadelphia. Ibanez, 36, hit .293 with 23 home runs and 110 RBIs last season for the Seattle Mariners. He has 338 RBIs over the past three seasons, which ranks 12th in baseball. Interestingly, Ryan Howard ranks first (431) and Chase Utley ranks 20th (309), which means the Phillies have three of the top 20 RBI-men over the past three years in their lineup. Unfortunately, they're all lefties. Say what you want about Pat's inconsistency, he did provide the Phillies with a right-handed power bat (and he hit that moonshot in Game 5). An asset the '09 Phils are clearly lacking as of today. It was somewhat of a liability having two lefties in a row in the lineup last year--at least it made life easier for opposing managers late in the game. Now, the Phils may put three lefties back-to-back-to-back. And while Ibanez hit better against lefties (.305) than righties (.288) last year, I'm not sure that's a stat you want to bet your season on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Third Base is still open for the Phillies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Burrell used to yell back at fans when they heckled him. It was awesome to sit out in left field and watch him argue and make rude gestures at fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Third Base is still open for the Phillies. It has been since Rolen left town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Burrell used to yell back at fans when they heckled him. It was awesome to sit out in left field and watch him argue and make rude gestures at fans. And he deserved the heckling as I watched him from my vantage point of the 3rd base boxes play a fly ball into a double because of a slight rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Down here at Turner field he had the pleasure of being heckled by both Phillies fans and Braves fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Down here at Turner field he had the pleasure of being heckled by both Phillies fans and Braves fans. But, he also did have a fan club dubbed "Burrells" Belles" and they were not hard to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 They'll find someone else to root for... Just like Sal Fasano's "Sal's Pals" did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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