Pence is now a Philly

[BigDan]

Last I looked the Giants were looking up at the Phillies.

really? last i checked sf had the rings and are 1st in their div, reg season record didnt mean a whole lot last year did it?

[BigDan]

it will be really between giants and philly on NL now

not really either brewers or Cards are more than capable of upsetting either one of these teams...not saying that phils/sf are not obviously the favs but once in the playoffs the hot team wins just as much as the team that played the best ball throughout the season.

[Hat McCulloch]

I might be the only person who doesn't love Pence. It's good they have a right handed bat and a better fielder, Dom Brown is like Dimitri Patterson out there but I don't know if he's gonna be clutch in October

[azn624]

It's an okay trade, but this will mess with brown's at bats and he may even go back to the minors, that or they bench raul.

[face]

this year is a lot like last year. phillies, giants, rangers all going to the playoffs. astros, mariners, royals sucking ass. yankees probably not quite good enough. mets losing the wild card race to the braves like usual.

[antifoil]

only once in the last 15 years has the team with the best record won the world series. at least that is what they said on the baseball today podcast.

[Glitch]

hp is one of my favorite young players, phillies are my second favorite team. i like it.

[Sdotbold]

Great day to be a Philadelphian

Yes it is!!

[hey buddy]

It's an okay trade, but this will mess with brown's at bats and he may even go back to the minors, that or they bench raul.

Brown will probably go back to AAA. He has some work to do with that swing and his defense. He'll be back up Sept. 1

[broadway6]

and people complain about the yankees buying up talent. Red Sox and Phillies are just as bad...

[Louisvillekid1]

this year is a lot like last year. phillies, giants, rangers all going to the playoffs. astros, mariners, royals sucking ass. yankees probably not quite good enough. mets losing the wild card race to the braves like usual.

lol, the mets were never in the wild card race

[rthoughton]

Phillies-Red Sox

Can't picture any other World Series right now, barring injuries.

lifetime philly fan, just moved to the Boston area. Would love this.

[Hall2Collie]

philly #1 sports city right now... greatness approaches....

Err Boston?

In the last 10 years

Pats have won 3, Bruins won one, Red Sox won two, Celtics won one.

Phillies won one, Flyers nothing, 76ers nothing, Eagles nothing.

Hell Pittsburgh is ahead of Philly with the Steelers and Pens.

[Glitch]

+240 at 5dimes to win the whole thing.....

[Hall2Collie]

+240 at 5dimes to win the whole thing.....

Rather have the Giants and/or Braves personally

[BRAVES1985]

lol funny that ppl are saying philly is #1 sports town .... nothing even comes close to boston and their 7 titles in the last decade and also making it to the finals a couple times

[iceminers26]

Philadelphia is the best sports city in the world, its not even a close second worldwide.

Boston and Pittsburgh are both better sports cities just in the US.

[JosephPavs]

Astros now officially have no reason to market for their games.....

[Duby]

Like they need him. Lol

I don't see any team beating them this year

[doylfish]

lol funny that ppl are saying philly is #1 sports town .... nothing even comes close to boston and their 7 titles in the last decade and also making it to the finals a couple times

there is one thing philly can lay claim to as #1 for 2011..philly has the worst fans of any city according to GQ

http://www.gq.com/sports/lists/201104/worst-sports-fans-in-america#slide=1

(well minus those total dbags in LA that beat that dad to near death cause he was a giants fan at dodger stadium)

no homerism involved, i see Boston up there at #6 coming in before yankees even which i don't particularly care for, but i know there are some douchey boston fans too..the bandwagoners get me to no end and the friggin pink hats..i'll be glad when dice-k is gone too so we can lose some of the involved crap from him at the park too..sushi has no place in a baseball stadium, and i love sushi, but not at the ballpark.

[HoulihansTX]

Philly = worst fans in America

[dlunc3]

what qualifies the at the worst? most knowledgable and passionate? if so, then yes = worst fans in America

[gryfyn1]

pence was a much better acquisition than beltran...phillies win the national league easily now

Perhaps next year but as of now beltran is better than pence

[nobodyukno]

and people complain about the yankees buying up talent. Red Sox and Phillies are just as bad...

Trading for players is not buying players. Ruben amaro is a boss

[broadway6]

Trading for players is not buying players. Ruben amaro is a boss

yes true. phillies gave up a lot of talent for this guy...no issues. but look at 70% of their roster

[dlunc3]

70%? the only player they really bought was Lee... and they didnt really even buy him, he chose to go there for less money... rollins howard utley victorino hamels ect.... all home grown... most of the others were through trades.. like nobodyukno said, AMARO IS A BOSS

[doylfish]

yes true. phillies gave up a lot of talent for this guy...no issues. but look at 70% of their roster

i don't really feel like philly gave up anything..i feel like houston got the shaft in that deal..cosart has a bad injury history, and no one knows with singleton, it's not like he plays a position where it's hard to acquire an elite player. in the end they're both single A guys and you never know what's going to happen, earliest projection to the majors is at the very least 2 and probably 3 or 4 years away. that's a tough call, they're prospects for a reason, houston should have held out for brown +1 of those two prospects, it would've happened the more anxious philly got by the deadline tomorrow

[broadway6]

70%? the only player they really bought was Lee... and they didnt really even buy him, he chose to go there for less money... rollins howard utley victorino hamels ect.... all home grown... most of the others were through trades.. like nobodyukno said, AMARO IS A BOSS

ok, maybe i'm way off on the 70%..

[dom75]

Here was Pence reaction yesterday the 4 prospects reaction

[dom75]

the 4 prospects reaction

[RibbedTrojan]

Philly rolls through National Leauge easy!

[doylfish]

Philly rolls through National Leauge easy!

depends what atlanta does tomorrow..they're still tough

cleveland just made themselves a bigger player in the AL though with getting ubaldo. overall i think they're going to be too young still this year, depends how choo comes back for them among other things. i don't know why white sox seem to so eager to deal out quentin and thornton et al, they're right in it too, central is a crap division.

[gamemastere]

hunters actual response to being traded:

HunterPence9 Hunter Pence



My time in Houston was Great. I'm extremely lucky to have the time I did, and now because of you I get to chase every players dream

[dynamite140]

this lineup is not that good

[pinchylarue]

phillies win the world series game over go home everyone else