I'm sure you are dying to know another reason whil Charlie Manual is a bonehead. Here are a few hints:
**He is hitting .143 with runners on second & third
** He has committed about 25% of the Phillies errors all season
** He earns 13 times more than Chase Utley
** Grounded into 22 double plays, approaching the Philly record of 29 held by Dave Philley during the 1952 season when he was a Philadelphia Athletic but still shy of Jim Rice's record of 36 in 1985*
Yep, you guessed it ... David Bell
I understand that Ed Wade couldn't dump this bum on anyone because he was busy obtaining that great starting pitcher, err oops I mean that big bat in the lineup, err opps that's right Ed Wade was busy doing what he does at the trade deadline every year - absolutely nothing...
So Manuel has to bench a rally-killing, error-prone player - good managers have no problem doing what's best for the team. We are told that the Phillies need Bell's glove, ahhh I'm thinking Mr. Bell might first want to find his glove since he has committed 25% of all the Phillies errors.
Manuel has no problem benching Ryan Howard or Lieberthal if he thinks it will help the team but he insists on playing the one guy other than Rheal Cormier that hurts the team more... Platoon him with Tomas Perez, or give Ramon Martinez a chance. But wake up and realize that Bell is finished...
Footnotes:
1. Bell hitting Splits: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?statsId=5343&type=batting&year=2005
2. GIDP Stats: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/
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Posted by john on Aug 25
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