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Jimmy Rollins is unquestionably one of the most successful Philadelphia Phillies players of all time. Rollins is the Phillies all time leader for shortstops in runs scored, HR, SB, RBI, OPS, and SLG. He also ranks second in club history in games played. Defensively, Rollins lead all MLB shortstops from 2000-2013 in defensive runs saved according to FanGraphs'. Of course, Rollins also won the 2007 National League MVP award and was the starting shortstop for the 2008 World Series team.
Despite all the success Rollins has had in his 14 years in Philadelphia he is still one of the most controversial athletes in the city. For good or for bad Rollins has never been scared about opening his mouth. In 2008, the same year the Phillies would go on to win the World Series, Rollins came under flak for going on the Fox Sports' show "Best Damn Sports Show Period" and calling out Philadelphia fans for being "front-runners." This resulted in him being booed by the Philly faithful. Rollins has also been benched multiple times in his career for not running out groundballs and pop flies.
More recently, Rollins has been in the middle of a locker room controversy with manager Ryne Sandberg after being benched for multiple games. Coincidently, the benching occurred after Rollins was quoted in the Philadelphia Daily News as saying, "Who cares," regarding the Phillies offensive struggles thus far in spring training.
Enough, Jimmy.
Chase Utley is rightly beloved in the city of Philadelphia while Rollins is often times rightly scolded. This is despite the fact that their overall stats are comparable, and Rollins has been able to stay healthy for the majority of his career and win the MVP award. Utley has failed to do both of these things. This is because Utley plays a blue collar style of baseball. He hustles on every ground ball, has a high baseball IQ, is a team first player, respects the fans of Philadelphia, and rarely talks to the media or opens his mouth up.
It's not about comparing Utley and Rollins. Rather, Utley is an example of the type of player that appeals to a professional sports team and a city like Philadelphia. If Utley is an apple than Rollins is an orange. They are polar opposites, which is why Rollins isn't appealing to root for. Rollins doesn't hustle on every ground ball, Rollins is more worried about individual statistics than team ones, and Rollins never shuts his mouth.
The former 2007 MVP no longer has the stats to back up his play either. In 2013, Rollins had career lows in HR, RBI, SB, and SLG. Defensively, Rollins had the lowest dWAR of his career for any one season at -1.0 according to Baseball-Reference. In FanGraphs' 2013 End of Season Rankings, Rollins was ranked as only the 19th best shortstop out of 29.
It is time for Rollins to quiet his mouth and stop being a distraction to a Phillies team that had its worst season in 2013 since 2000 (Rollins' first in the league). Rollins should be more focused on being a leader and helping the Phillies once again reach the playoffs. Jimmy's act has gotten stale in Philadelphia. There was a time when his brash personality was seen as "swagger" for a MVP player on a championship team.
All that is left from that, however, is just the brash personality. No swagger, no MVPs, and no championships. It might be time for Rollins to mature and become a team player. Better yet, it might be time to see a new player standing between second and third base for the Phillies.
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Hoo boy, sure are a lot of racial dogwhistles in this article. Why can't our lazy black player be more like our gritty white player?
I'm amazed to see people take the side of the organization in this. The Phillies, between Rollins, Abreu, Drew and the whole Oregon State fiasco, has time and again shown that it is an org which works by bullying and running players' names through the mud. Sad to see some people continue to buy in to the organization's story hook, line and sinker.
Agree with this 100%. This is a completely lazy and misguided post.
+1 here. This article really sullied my view of PhilliesNation. Out of context quotes and the resulting echo chamber are the worst aspects of Philadelphia sports fandom, and this article is a perfect example of that. I hope it's not a trend for this site.
I think all this drama concerning Jimmy Rollins may simply be a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing. Remember this is spring training, not the deciding game of the World Series. It is a little unclear who said what to who and when they said it; kinda like high school, isn't it?
In my view the main issue is if this current controversy is an isolated incident, or a glimpse of things to come in the regular season. If it's' the former, then there's nothing to be concerned about; just another twist and turn in a long season. If it's the latter, then it's going to be a really long season and Jimmy Rollins' "Who cares?" will be remembered right up there with Rickey Watters', "For who? For what?"
I don't think Ricky Watters was talking about his pre-season stats. I might compare it to Iverson's "practice" quote, but that doesn't fit either. It's not that Rollins doesn't want to practice, or doesn't think it's important, only that the results of the practice games don't matter.
Props for Scottish Play quote.
Good catch; I was wondering if someone would notice.
"never shuts his mouth"
"time for Rollins to quite his mouth"
LOL – What??? Should he say "no comment" when the media asks him questions?
And we should be happy and proud that a player wants to play here, with the only franchise he has ever known, and cap off a great career by putting his name in the record book.
This article couldn't be any more wrong headed.
For those that didn't click the link, I think it's important that you see the last two lines of the piece.
"This team's problems, and there are so many of them, have absolutely nothing to do with Jimmy Rollins' alleged lack of hustle or leadership. They have everything to do with the way this team has been constructed under the leadership of Ruben Amaro, Jr.
What's going on here is a classic smoke screen at the expense of a player who should never be treated this way. Shame on you, Phillies. And just stop it."
Please top plugging a terrible phillies blog into a good one.
We get it, Jimmy has and can do no wrong. All the controversy surrounding him during his entire career was somebody else's fault. It's just Jimmy being Jimmy, right?
No one ever said he doesn't have flaws.
Despite reports from many anonymous sources Maikel Franco seems to think Jimmy Rollins is a leader per today's article on Philly.com
Franco has used his first big-league camp to pick up pointers from accomplished infielders, including Jimmy Rollins.
"He's a very good guy who just wants to help you," Franco said. "He told me you've got good talent, but you want to keep working hard on everything. Don't forget that you can still get better and better every day. So when you come in, go to the weight room and work out. Talk to somebody. Take ground balls. Tell someone you want to hit early."
What is else is Franco gonna say when he's a young kid looking to make good? "Oh, I think Jimmy's a d!ck"? Whats happening is what happens with many players: you can tolerate nonsense when the player and the team is going good but when the team and the players take a turn…sayonara (sp). Jimmy tends to go through periods where he may give less effort than other periods. Its a fact. Losing teams don't have time for that. So Jimmy either shapes up or ships out. Its up to him. AND! Its nice to think about what a player has done for you over the years but its more important to think about what he's going to to going forward.
The Dipsy
I can't speak for anyone else, but I *am* thinking about what he's going to do going forward, and I would rather see Rollins at short the next two years than any alternative.
Because it's better to be a 70 win team than a 68 win team? Because he's going to be drawing a legion of fans to each home game and boost Comcast's ratings? Because he brings back that warm fuzzy feeling of the glory days?
I'm more of the school of thought that they're not going to contend in the last two years of his contract, so there's not much to lose by seeing what Galvis is as an everyday player. He's certainly a better defender at this point.
If they are not going to contend anyway, then I don't want them ruining the end of the career of one of the best players in team history, and I would rather watch Rollins every day than Galvis.
Galvis may be an ok every day player, or maybe not. What he is not, almost certainly, is a future star who is being blocked. If that were the case, I can see trying to push Rollins out of the way. As it is, it's only despicable.
No way Freddy Galvis comes close to contributing the value that Rollins does
The Dipsy,
Are you suggesting that Franco made up those things that he claims Jimmy said to him? If not, why shouldn't we credit Jimmy for taking the time to do what everyone seems to be killing him for not doing (i.e. being a leader)? Jimmy didn't have to take the time to give Franco advice. There's nothing in it for him at this point as he'll most likely be gone before Franco provides help to this organization.
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Actually, I guess it's not prohibited, but the word prohibited certainly appears in the real disclaimer, so I made it prohibited.
As Jimmy would say, who cares, although that's only the crux of the emotion here. It'll be interesting to a degree to see how it shakes out. Seems like these type issues reach this far, and the end is in sight. Kind of a shame, but most players move to someone else's beat. Have to admit that spring numbers being what they are, it's not unthinkable that Jimmy could have, maybe should have expressed a little concern about his following up a blasé year with a poor batting average even though the work is still the objective.
Honestly, not to put the cart before the horse, but I'm more interested in the assumption playing out that Cliff winds up in a post season chase, and what's left of my baseball spirit to pull for his getting a rin wherever he might be.
Wonder who the anonymous Rollins dissenter is. Dallas wouldn't subscribe to Jimmy's public image. He'll probably be outspoken even after he be dead, but who knows who Mr. Anonymous is.
I guess it's gonna be tough to get what most see as fair value.
Unless I missed the part about this being satire of sports talk radio this is very disappointing, I've come to expect better from philliesnation.com
Martin Schayder – Not sure who you are. I come on here every day and have never seen one of your other 5 articles and have never seen you comment either. Just what the eff are you trying to say, man? This piece written by you couldn't be more ridiculous and off-base. I guess you're part of that camp that just HAS to hate on Jimmy Rollins for some reason. Seriously??!! I am really getting sick of reading and hearing about crap like this.
I said this the other day and i will repeat it…. all of you who are b!tching and moaning about Jimmy Rollins right now will be longing for him once he's gone and playing for another team if that ever happens.
The descent of the team to new depths is truly saddening when we are discussing trading Jimmy Rollins two weeks before opening day. The manner in which the discussion has started, however, is down right sickening. Seriously, slandering the greatest shortstop in Phillies history with comments made by "anonymous" sources is an all-time low. I've, by and large, defended the organization's dubious moves over the last three years but this smear campaign is truly indefensible.
This whole debacle could easily be another Amaro generated smoke screen, but the timing is all wrong. If this were May and the Phils were 10 games under .500, that would be the time to divert attention. I think this is just an example of a player that's grown far too comfortable in his current skin, nothing more than a detriment to his team. Smack of racism all you'd like, Rollins is a malignant mass on a ticking time bomb. This franchise has been utterly ruined from the front office to the core players, yet fans are still expected to pack each home game at a premium price. This is, at best, a bottom-dwelling team. Why screw the fan base by charging soooo much to see this catastrophe up close? Everything needs to be sacrificed – the front office, the players, even some of the fringe "fans". What we should be left with, is a 700 level mentality, Ryne Sanberg and the Phanatic. If we are going to suck, we might as well be proud of it!
That's some seriously offensive stuff there, Jeff. I'm a grown man and I can take it, but that's incendiary commentary at it's ugliest.
"a malignant mass"? -smacks of pure racism.
If you're trying to light a fire, use a fireplace- okay?
How does the term "malignant mass" refer to racism. As a medical person a malignant mass might surprise you at the color of same.
Hi Chuck! There is no question that Jimmy is still one of the better shortstops. And I agree that since Amaro pushed all in for this season that he has to stay. Its one more year. I think that once Sandberg convinces Jimmy that he's no Charlie Manuel that he might straighten out. I don't like the not running out ground balls and I could do without his mouth. But, yeah, Jimmy deserves a little better than the trash talking he's getting.
The Dipsy
There's no way he goes anywhere without that hit record- and while Jimmy might have a poor attitude I tend to find it interesting as opposed to the cookie cutter answers almost every other player gives in interviews
Didn't any of the site editors read this crap before posting this article?
My thoughts exactly! An article like this definitely damages PN's reputation in my mind…
And what's worse is that the guy that wrote it isn't even trying to defend himself. WTF!
To be fair to the writer, I don't have any reason to believe racial dog whistles are at work here – and I say that someone who is acutely aware of the frequent use of the technique, especially omnipresent since Mr.Obama took office.
The comparison between Rollins and Utley can more fairly be looked at as a comparison between two star middle infielders who came into the league at about the same time and have managed the near impossible these days – that is, staying with one team throughout their careers.
What isn't fair is the suggestion that Rollins doesn't care or doesn't hustle. As a very vocal critic of Rollins and the hundreds of other MLB players who don't run out grounders, I wouldn't confuse that with laziness any sooner than I would accuse Howard of not caring about getting on base when he once suggested an out is an out whether he strikes out or flies out.
Obviously that was a misstatement and Ryan knew better – and just as obviously Jimmy meant poor numbers in the Grapefruit League don't count for all the obvious reasons – just as Ryne Sandberg should have known what Jimmy really meant or that Sandberg's own silly comment about experimenting with field substitutions was pretty dumb-sounding since virtually every team has been subbing for decades with high success – and 28 teams sub more than the Phillies. Or just like Ruben shouldn't have to dip his toes in the world of sabermetrics to test their already proven value or Dave Montgomery should be able to figure out that bad teams create empty seats and spending less because attendance is down is counterproductive to everyone's best interest. Hey, I always found it annoying to listen to Schmitty talk about himself in the 3rd person. In other words, silly comments transcend race, color, creed or age. But rather than concern myself with a player's communication skills (or lack thereof) my time could have been better spent appreciating Mike's amazing feats on the field. And Jimmy Rollins? His feats on the field are still pretty damned amazing, too and I wouldn't trade them for all the Galvis's in Florida. Nothing against Freddie who I do like.
Sure, I wish Jimmy would run to first more and run his mouth less – but for his own sake since nobody is benefitting from the latter. Just don't try to convince me that the greatest short stop in Philadelphia history is a bum. As Lincoln is rumored to have said when someone complained to him about Grant being a drunk, "Find out what the man is drinking and distribute it to the rest of my generals."
That's how I feel about Jimmy Rollins.
I feel the same way you do- I cannot be convinced that Jimmy is in any way harmful to the rest of the team. Jimmy is what he is, take it or leave it, I guess we'll find out what the Phils are thinking soon. Detroit needs a major league SS pretty bad, if they don't like Stephen Drew maybe they'll trade their draft pick for Jimmy- so we can give up ours for Drew-
Oh what a hoot that would be! The team and fan base turn on Jimmy, and we end up with JD Drew's brother at Short !!
It would be even more of a hoot if Stephen Drew refused to play her, too.
Anybody have Bobby Wine's phone number?
Okay I know everyone is hating this article but I have to agree with certain points. Rollins USED to be a great leader and influence but after we lost to St. Louis in the playoffs it was like he just stopped caring. His numbers showed it too. Lack of hustle and saying stupid crap to the media. I have lost respect for him as a player which is a shame because I used to admire his hustle and enthusiasm. I miss the old Jimmy. Now his motives appear selfish and he doesn't care. It really is a shame.
Other than the "who cares" comment just what "stupid crap to the media" are you talking about?
I am saddened by Sandberg's accusations regarding Rollins' leadership. I cannot help but feel that Larry Bowa has been bending this new manager's ear on Rollins. To go to the press and fight this kind of battle is counter productive. This is the kind of bullshit we would expect from the Yankees under Billy Martin and the Phillies under Larry Bowa (remember Scott Rolen?) Both bullies and overly high-strung leaders who were indeed very, very divisive.
For whoever said I haven't even come on here to defend myself…
I don't need to do. It was an opinion piece. I'm sorry more people don't agree with my point of view but I'm not backing down on it. I never said Rollins hasn't been an important part of this team's history, as I made that clear in my first sentence, and I never said he's a bum. I just said in general I think it is time to move on and I don't believe he has the best attitude towards things.
If you don't agree that is perfectly fine. Also, I'm just going to laugh off the racist comments. That's the biggest joke I've read on the internet. If you think I was comparing Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins because of a race thing then I mean there"s nothing I can say to really change your mind. That is SO far out there…
Even in an opinion piece, some defense of a position with actual facts and reasons is ALWAYS a must. Otherwise, the writer come off as a lunatic shouting "Fire" in a crowded theater when someone has merely lit a cigarette.
Wether it's really your belief or not, this article makes you sound like you simply detest Rollins and think he is, indeed, a bum. I suggest you l;earn a little more about putting togethjer a TRUE opinion piece before you again post anything so scattershot, and yes, racist sounding (again, whether unintentional or not).
Readers are generally intelligent and sensitive; thats why you can't just say "This guy now stinks" and expect people to unquestioningly agree.
No, sadly that's how you chose to read it. I had a whole paragraph with stats showing how Rollins play has severely declined and he is not statistically a back end shortstop in baseball. You chose not to read that. I'm going to keep writing. You don't have to read it, sorry George.
And, no, it wasn't racist sounding at all. Just because I compared a black player to a white player it doesn't make it racist. That is silly and ridiculous.
Martin, whether intentional or not, the article came across as a baseless indictment:
"Enough, Jimmy." — In the title and prominent early in the piece, this makes it seem like Rollins has been on some kind of reckless rampage, when all he's done is to try to answer reporters' questions.
"Rollins is more worried about individual statistics than team ones." — There is no basis for saying this.
"Rollins never shuts his mouth." — So you want Rollins to pull a Steve Carlton when reporters come with questions?
"The former 2007 MVP no longer has the stats to back up his play either." — Huh? Maybe you mean the stats to back up his mouth, but either way, you're point is that he's no longer a great player. And that means he needs to go? Is there no middle ground between "great" and "must go"? Is Galvis great?
"It is time for Rollins to quiet his mouth and stop being a distraction" — You seem to have a real problem with his mouth, for some reason. And why is it Rollins who you think is the distraction, and not the rookie manager who is tripping over himself to prove he's the boss?
"Jimmy's act has gotten stale in Philadelphia." — act? What act is that?
Oh my sweet summer child, not seeing the racial overtones just makes it worse. You compare Utley's "blue collar" approach to the game and his "high IQ," while you claim that Rollins lacks these, and instead only has "swagger." Laughing off the racial critiques won't make you a better writer, in fact not addressing these (perhaps not even consciously done) issues makes you more likely to repeat them.
When you show me the part where I said Rollins doesn't have a high IQ or where I called him "stupid" is when I will start taking your comments seriously…
There is this list of things fans love about Utley:
"This is because Utley plays a blue collar style of baseball. He hustles on every ground ball, has a high baseball IQ, is a team first player, respects the fans of Philadelphia, and rarely talks to the media or opens his mouth up."
Are you saying that everything in this list is in contrast to Rollins EXCEPT for the IQ part?
You can see where the confusion might arise.
Martin – I am the the one that was saying that you didn't yet come on to defend yourself. I am the one that now has started this little debate. And what sort of attitude is it that you have when you say, in reference to defending your position, "I don't need to. It was an opinion piece." Seriously??!! Just who do you think you are? That comment alone makes you and your article look cheap and extremely amateurish.
Okay Chuck. If you say so.
I'm sorry I'm just not going to argue with people calling it a racist article when I'm the one who wrote it and I would know if there was any racism behind it. You guys have strong opinions too good for you. Keep on keeping on.
Martin, I never even said ANYTHING about it being racist. When I first read it that thought never even entered my mind. For me, it was just a poorly thought out piece with very few facts to back it up. (See schmenkman's post above at 10:49 PM for a better understanding of that – and he doesn't mention racism, either.)
The people critiquing this article seem to be ignoring the blatant truth and finding every excuse in the book to discredit this guy. First of all if you make this a racial thing it's because you yourself are racist. Nothing in this article mentioned race you CHOSE to make that something. We are comparing personalities and work ethic not skin color. Would you prefer he used Revere or even Chooch over Utley? Because they both have more hustle and care more about the team than Rollins. I said it before, Rollins was a great player and he is still not bad (despite his age) BUT he really needs to adjust his attitude. This has been going on since 2011. Whenever I would read post game wrap ups Rollins would always sound non-chalant like he didn't care about the team. I would watch him play like he didn't care and let me tell you something, I AM A PHILLIES FAN, I support a whole team, not an individual player. And when a player on my favorite team chooses to act like they don't care about that team I have no respect for them. They might as well be playing for the Braves.
"Because they both have more hustle…" — only when running to first on sure outs
" and care more about the team than Rollins." — there is zero basis for this claim
"BUT he really needs to adjust his attitude." — why?
"Rollins would always sound non-chalant like he didn't care about the team." — the interpretation that "he didn't care" is an error on the listener's part, IMO. There is no reason to think Rollins doesn't care.
Wade – Again, I never mentioned race and neither did schmenkman, I'm pretty sure. In fact, the author, Martin, didn't either. However, a few commenters in the thread (in fact, the very first one) did insinuate that, which there is no basis for.
1. If the Phillies want to trade Rollins, they'll most likely have to pay him to waive his 10-and-5 rights.
2. Rollins, like most players of his age, is declining.
3. Rollins projects to be a better player than Freddy Galvis this year.
4. The Phillies – or the media leaking what Phillies sources have supposed shared – have effectively diminished any trade value that Jimmy had by suggesting that he's selfish, not a leader and generally doesn't care (even if the only thing he's on record as not caring about is the team's hitting struggles in meaningless Spring Training games).
After reviewing all of the above, I don't get why anyone would want the team to trade Rollins now before the season even starts. If the team falters like many expect, I could see trying to trade Jimmy in an effort to build for 2015 and beyond, but it makes no sense to me why anyone would want them to do so now.
I have been reading this thread with great interest. For quite some time, I stopped coming to Phillies Nation due the immense negativity that I felt was shared throughout each thread. I love the Phillies and again can't wait for another season to begin. No matter how I feel about the assembled team, I am full of hope for a successful season. If I didn't, why would I be a fan.
I say all of this because I love the support I am reading for Rollins. Watching ESPN and other sports networks, I just see a ton of negative perceptions about a player that I feel was undeserved as well. Yes, I go crazy every time he hits a pop up…but that doesn't take away from my feeling that we are watching one of the greatest Phillies ever…not just shortstop. He probably won't make the Hall of Fame…but damn, he is not that far off. I know that his skills are diminishing, but that often happens to players at this age…but to say that he is just not trying is ridiculous. I am hopeful that as fans we don't run this guy out of town and cheapen what he has done for the city. I am hopeful for a bounce-back year but fearful that all of these distractions will continue to take away his focus of playing on the field. Galvis? Seriously?
I think you summarize my own feelings pretty well. Sometimes on this site and elsewhere there is too much negativity masquerading as critical analysis. For this season I know lot of things need to go right for the Phillies to be competitive; but I think that they can happen; that's why we're fans.
Call me overly optimistic, but I believe the current controversy is much ado about nothing and in a surprising development, common sense will prevail! Like dealing with a squabbling married couple, the Phillies and Jimmy Rollins both need each other; the just don't realize it yet! (Paging Dr. Phil) At the end of the day, Sandberg and the Phillies will realize that a happy and productive Jimmy Rollins is STILL their best option at shortstop. Jimmy Rollins will understand that it is in his best financial interest (getting his 2015 option activated) to tow the management line and be a productive player. Both sides will make adjustments to the other and in the end it's a win-win solution.
Of course all this is predicated on Jimmy Rollins being a productive player this year; if not it's going to be a long season.
There seems to be an abnormal amount of interest in this one player, a love/hate relationship. Let's go to stats. The entire group needs to improve if there is to be a chance of 500 ball. One player who gets into a bad spot doesn't make an entire Team go south.
His mouth as reported thru out has sparked some interest both positive and negative. we're the team to beat didn't make people jump up and down about his mouth. I think the past few years Rollins has let up on playing at 100% at times. That doesn't take away his gold glove for fielding.
Reasonably, I think we have to look at the clubhouse as a whole and observe the lack of cohesion in the ranks. A young player could easily feel the situation in a flash and probably wonder why he struggled to get here anyway.
I can identify with Rollins and his not running out ground balls, at the end of my career I was just so worn out I couldn't go the extra mile and decided it was time to go home. Maybe that is where he is at this time. If so one can only wish him the best of luck. He has a wife and young family and some of this joy of baseball, maybe diverted to that interest. Why not?
Overall, Team we are looking forward to some armchair entertainment this summer, don't let us down.
It's actually Amaro's fault with a rediculous no trade clause.The only way Jimmy would wave it if they platoon him with Galvis, his investment option for next year will not kick in.Do it!
The no trade clause is NOT part of Rollins' contract. It's in baseball's collective bargaining agreement for any player with 10 years in the league and 5 with one team.


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They may have come in last, but a pair of twin sisters in Illinois won the hearts of everyone watching the state track meet.
Chloe and Claire Gruenke, both 13, were running the 800 meters when Chloe told St. Louis TV station KTVI she felt something pull and pop in her leg.
She couldn't go on and fell to the ground.
That's when Claire put her sister on her back and carried her around the track to the finish line.
She said she did it because sportsmanship is more important than winning.
"The energy from the crowd made me stronger," Claire told KTVI.

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They haven't gotten to the point where opposing defenses are contemplating eight-man boxes to stuff the run. No one is suggesting that they can just throw anyone back there and get a 100-yard performance after that infernal 44-game streak without one. And it's hard to say whether it's been better talent carrying the football or better blocking by the guys up front that has brought on the improvement.
No, after only three games, no one is ready to say anything definitive about the Green Bay Packers' improved running game.
Other than this: So far, it has improved, just as coach Mike McCarthy so boldly promised this offseason.
"We'll be better, I promise you that," McCarthy said on June 11. "You can write that down. In big letters."
Right now, the big numbers say this: Entering Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field, the Packers have rushed 73 times for 384 yards – an average of 5.3 yards per carry (second in the NFL) and 128.0 yards per game (ninth in the NFL).
They've done it with rookie second-round pick Eddie Lacy, who carried five times for only 4 yards in the first half of the team's season-opening loss at San Francisco but had nine carries for 37 yards in the second half of that game and a 10-yard run on the play where he suffered a concussion against Washington the next week; with veteran James Starks, who took over for Lacy against the Redskins and ran for 132 yards and had 55 more yards against Cincinnati before a knee injury knocked him out of the team's pre-bye Sept. 22 loss to the Bengals; and with rookie fourth-round pick Johnathan Franklin, who after a poor preseason carried 13 times for 103 yards in relief of Starks.
"We ran the ball good, and we're going to continue to run the ball good," said Lacy, who now has been cleared for action after his concussion. "And it's going to make us two-dimensional and it will be a pretty hard offense to stop once we're clicking on both cylinders."
Entering Sunday, Franklin is averaging 7.9 yards per carry; Starks, who has been ruled out because of his knee injury, is averaging 5.5 yards per carry; and Lacy is averaging 3.4 yards per carry, although he's averaged 4.7 on his last 10 attempts after the poor start against the 49ers.
Last season, Alex Green – released at the final cutdown this summer – led the team with 135 carries for a paltry 464 yards (3.4-yard average). In 11 of the Packers' 18 games last season (including playoffs), one of their running backs carried the ball at least 15 times. Of those 11 games, only four times did that running back average 4.0 yards per carry or more: Cedric Benson did it twice (20 carries for 81 yards against Chicago on Sept. 13; 18 carries for 84 yards against New Orleans on Sept. 30, the week before his season-ending foot injury); Ryan Grant did it once (20 carries for 80 yards against Tennessee on Dec. 23); and Starks did it once (15 carries for 66 yards against Minnesota on Dec. 2, before suffering a knee injury and never playing another snap the rest of the year).
The Packers' most productive running back, in terms of yards per carry, was DuJuan Harris, who ran 34 times for 157 yards (4.6-yard average) in the final four regular-season games, including a 14-carry, 70-yard performance against the Vikings in the regular-season finale. He carried 11 times for 53 yards in the season-ending playoff loss to the 49ers. Harris suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason and is on injured reserve.
And yet, despite that improvement, the Packers coaches haven't seen any drastic change in the way defenses have played them. Although Washington played plenty of 1-high safety, the Bengals spent virtually the entire game with their safeties back in a 2-shell look.
"We've only played three games. The way teams are playing us, you go back to our first two games, I don't see any big drastic change from the defense as far as prior games, how they were going to play us," McCarthy said Wednesday. "Now, Detroit has played us differently in the past compared to the way they've played the first four weeks of the season. That's why you play the games."
The Lions have noticed, however.
"Lacy's a big, strong back. Franklin really is a breakaway guy that can do some good things. Starks had a good day rushing (against Washington); he's a big, strong back. We've seen him before," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said in a conference call with Wisconsin reporters Wednesday. "You can just tell from how they went about the draft and everything else that the Packers wanted to get that run game as part of their options.
"They've been a little bit one-dimensional over the years, and I think being able to go get a running back, drafting Lacy, getting Starks back from injury, drafting Franklin, adding that to the playmakers like (wide receivers) Jordy Nelson and (James) Jones and (Randall) Cobb … it's not just their running backs.
"We're certainly aware of those guys and we're going to have to not let them move the ball running the football, for sure."
That said, the Lions aren't about to ignore Aaron Rodgers – although the quarterback did say Wednesday that the running game is "the best that we've seen in a while" – and the passing game and suddenly go all-in against the run.
"I don't know that you can be a one-dimensional team against Green Bay. Maybe there's some teams in the league that you can pack the line of scrimmage and say, 'Hey, we dare you to throw it.' I don't know how good of a philosophy that is against Green Bay," Schwartz said. "There's some teams that you can get everybody way off and sort of a prevent, umbrella defense, and say, 'We dare you to run it.' I don't think that's Green Bay, either. You do have to play them honest."
That's exactly what the Packers are looking for, since they have in fact been a team that defenses could dare to run it. But there's a bit of a chicken-or-the-egg aspect to their improvement: Do they have superior personnel at the running back position now, or is the revamped offensive line – the guys who'll have to block Lions defensive tackles Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley on Sunday – blocking better in the run game?
"I remember back in 1993, it was in an offensive meeting and Jimmy Raye, a coach I have a great deal of respect for, we were going back and forth about running backs and Marcus Allen was part of the conversation," McCarthy recalled Wednesday, referring to his time as an assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs. "(We're talking) about this scheme and that scheme and who we were playing against and (Raye) got up and wrote on the board, 'Production of the run game is directly related to the runner.' I felt, 'Wow, that's a strong statement.' And that has a lot to do with it.
"When I look at a running, (it's) really in the same way I look at a quarterback. They're decision-makers. They have to run through the right hole and set the blocks. Good runners make a run-blocking unit better. That's a fact and I think our running back position is off to a good start and we've been more productive in the run game because of it."
Perhaps, but couldn't the multiple running backs having success be indicative of better blocking?
"We're out there to try to be productive," right guard T.J. Lang said. "We know that the more dangerous we are running the ball, that creates a lot more open lanes for our receivers and our quarterback. That's something we spent a lot of time on this year is running the ball, whether it was in practice or OTAs. It's something we really put a premium on. The last 10 quarters, we've done a nice job of being productive there.
"(But) you take it week by week. If we go out this week and lay an egg, nobody's really going to remember the last two games. We understand we have to keep building on and making sure we're consistent with before you can really say we're dominant running the ball."
Asked if it's been gratifying to see McCarthy call as many running plays as he has, Lang replied, "The one thing we've noticed up front is the trust that Coach has in us by giving us those opportunities to go out there and run the ball. That's something that probably wasn't so high in previous years. The fact that Coach keeps coming back to the plays that are successful and keep running the ball, up front that gives you a lot of confidence. We tell ourselves every week, 'If we want to run the ball, make sure when we get those calls, make them work so Coach keeps calling them.'


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Home List of Titles Lyman-alpha emission properties of simulated galaxies: interstellar medium structure and inclination effects
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/237028
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- Lyman-alpha emission properties of simulated galaxies: interstellar medium structure and inclination effects
- Author(s)
- Verhamme, A.; Dubois, Y.; Blaizot, J.; Garel, T.; Bacon, R.; Devriendt, J.; Guiderdoni, B.; Slyz, A.
- Abstract
- Aims. This paper is the first in a series investigating Lyman-alpha (hereafter Lyα) radiation transfer through hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation. Its aim is to assess the impact of interstellar medium (ISM) physics on Lyα radiation transfer and to quantify how galaxy orientation alters observational signatures with respect to the line of sight. Methods. We compare the results of Lyα radiation transfer calculations through the ISM of a couple of idealized galaxy simulations in a dark matter halo of ~1010 M⊙. In the first one, G1, this ISM is modeled using physics typical of large-scale cosmological hydrodynamics simulations of galaxy formation, where gas is prevented from radiatively cooling below 104 K. In the second one, G2, gas is allowed to radiate away more of its internal energy via metal lines and consequently fragments into dense star-forming clouds. Results. First, as expected, the small-scale structuration of the ISM plays a determinant role in shaping a galaxy's Lyα properties. The artificially warm, hence smooth, ISM of G1 yields an escape fraction of ~50% at the Lyα line center, and produces symmetrical double-peak profiles. In contrast, in G2, most young stars are embedded in thick star-forming clouds, and the result is a ~10 times lower escape fraction. G2 also displays a stronger outflowing velocity field, which favors the escape of red-shifted photons, resulting in an asymmetric Lyα line. Second, the Lyα properties of G2 strongly depend on the inclination at which it is observed: From edge-on to face-on, the line goes from a double-peak profile with an equivalent width (EW) of ~−5 Å to a 15 times more luminous, red-shifted asymmetric line with EW ~ 90 Å. Conclusions. The remarkable discrepancy in the Lyα properties we derived for two ISM models raises a fundamental question. In effect, it demonstrates that Lyα radiation transfer calculations can only lead to realistic properties in simulations where galaxies are resolved into giant molecular clouds. Such a stringent requirement translates into severe constraints both in terms of ISM physics modeling and numerical resolution, putting these calculations beyond the reach of current large-scale cosmological simulations. Finally, we find inclination effects to be much stronger for Lyα photons than for continuum radiation. This could potentially introduce severe biases in the selection function of narrow-band Lyα emitter surveys and in their interpretation, and we predict that these surveys could indeed miss a significant fraction of the high-z galaxy population.
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- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 546 (Oct 2012), article no. A111
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Dynamics; Galaxies; Hydrodynamics; Interstellar medium physics; ISM; ISM structures; Kinematics; Numerical methods; Radiative transfer
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- 0004-6361
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © ESO 2012.
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Jimmy Rollins is one of the best shortstops in Phillies history, and will undoubtedly be on the Phillies Wall of Fame one day. But will he be in Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame as well? I say that he should get in eventually, though I don't think he ever will. Our writers take a look:
Eric Seidman: Jimmy Rollins has 48.6 WAR in his career, which ranks 12th among shortstops in the expansion era (1961-now). However, he also has at least another three years left to play on his current deal. Assuming he averages the conservative estimates of 3 WAR, 140 hits, 20 SB and 13 HR per season, he would be at around 58 WAR, 2,450 hits, 470 SB and 240 HR. His WAR total would place him 8th among shortstops in the pre-defined expansion era, which when coupled with his all-star appearances, gold gloves, MVP and World Series title, seems like it should be enough.
However, he would also be right behind Alan Trammell in that WAR leaderboard, and Trammell is one of the posterchildren for players who deserve to get in but haven't. It's going to be hard to imagine voters considering Jimmy when they have mostly ignored Trammell. Rollins has had a fantastic career and he is undeniably one of the best Phillies of all-time, but he seems destined for that Trammell-territory of being deserving and getting HOF support each year but not getting in.
Donald McGettigan: I'd say no. Fair or unfair, that's how I think the baseball writers will vote when the time comes for Jimmy Rollins. Don't get me wrong, Rollins has put together a great career to this point (and is my favorite player), but I don't think he has dominated the sport the way I feel a Hall of Fame player should. Hall of Fame players should be perennial All-Star and MVP candidates, they should win 10 Gold Gloves (not just 3), they should strike fear into opposing players, and should be the no-doubt-about-it best players in the game. I don't think Rollins quite fits that billing.
I wrote in Spring Training that I think Jimmy Rollins is a sure thing Wall-of-Famer, and went a step further by saying I think the Phillies should eventually retire his #11. Barring injury, Rollins is within striking distance of becoming the Phillies all-time leader in categories like Hits and At-bats, and Top 3 all time in Games Played, Runs, Stolen Bases and Total Bases. His longevity and production with this organization should be recognized in a special way, but I don't see how he can be viewed among the greatest to ever play Major League Baseball.
Pat Gallen: Rollins might get close, based on some of the numbers Eric put forth. But using the eye test, I just don't see actual voters putting him in the hall. Even as he's put together a fairly impressive resume for a shortstop that stands maybe 5'8″ (it's hard to play the game when you're small, right?), I agree with Don in that he hasn't really dominated for more than just his MVP season.
If we're looking at some of the other shortstops who have entered the hall before him, how many of them would you take over Jimmy? His numbers actually slide right in there with some of the best, especially in the power category. He's also third among active shortstops in stolen bases. The Phillies should absolutely retie that #11, but if you're holding a gun to my head, I'm saying he's not quite a Hall of Famer – and I think the voters will vote that way, too.
Corey Seidman: No Hall of Fame for Jimmy Rollins. The last four shortstops inducted into Cooperstown were Barry Larkin, Cal Ripken, Ozzie Smith and Robin Yount.
Ripken was a tremendous hitter for his position and had a streak that will probably never be broken. Smith was the best defensive shortstop ever. Yount hit .305 during a nine-year peak and played the two hardest positions other than catcher. Larkin was a .295 career hitter who made 12 All-Star teams.
J-Roll is not on that level, counting numbers or no counting numbers.
As Eric said, Rollins will fall into the Alan Trammell category. This is the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of Very Good. You can't convince me that Jimmy Rollins is one of the best 300 players in the history of baseball. Sorry.
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One thing all of you writers missed was intangibles. Jimmy is the team leader on what might go down as a dynasty in baseball history. No other Phillie in this dynasty sans halladay who wasn't part of this entire run and maybe Utley if he can stay healthy and put up great numbers is deserving and somebody from this era has to get in. There is a shot for Hamels too I suppose. Another thing is that he is a media darling a community guy and may very well end up playing his entire career with only the Phillies. The writers eat that up. Many saber people say a player with 60 war is deserving and Rollins should get that. I'm not saying he will get in but you're all a little more pessimistic than you should be. I decided already that I'm saving my first trip to Cooperstown for his induction if he gets in. He is my favorite player of all time. What better reason to make my first trip than to be there to watch him get inducted. If he doesn't go in then I'll just go for the heck of it when I'm an older man.
If Phil Rizzuto is in the Hall, then I see no reason why Jimmy shouldn't be.
Another thing worth mentioning is that he currently is on pace to have the best fielding percentage at his position in the history of the game which many believe to be the hardest position. I know it is a stupid metric but writers will also look at that. He also missed out on many gold gloves because or Omar vizquel and writers will also look at that. If Omar vizquel gets in which he shouldn't then Jimmy should considering Jimmy will end up with the better career since Omar was a bad hitter
If Jimmy had played his entire career in NYC instead of Philly, he'd be a sure shot.
Bill – I started writing my commented before yours was posted… thank you very much for summarizing what I posted in one line.
This is a Phillies blog, right?
I cannot comprehend why a blog titled PHILLIES NATION would argue against Jimmy Rollins getting into the Hall of Fame. And that's what separates THIS CITY and THIS TEAM from the Yankees. If Jimmy Rollins spent his career in NY and put up the same numbers there that he has put up here, the media up there would make sure that there would be no question about it – his spot in Cooperstown would be marked "reserved." If Jimmy retired today, he would fall just short… but thankfully, he's not going to retire today. He's going to play at least three more seasons for the Phillies… he's going to retire as the all-time hits leader in franchise. Just let that sink in… more hits as a Phillie than anyone else in franchise history… add to that the hardware (which does play a huge role in this thing), the intangibles and his defensive prowess… if he plays three more years, he belongs on every Philadelphia ballot and eventually, he rides that momentum into Cooperstown. Compare his first thirteen seasons to Larkin's… Larkin was a better offensive player because he drew more walks and struck out less but Jimmy was a better defensive player and Jimmy's numbers are better across the board. Comparing their first thirteen seasons, Jimmy had more runs, more hits, more 2B, more 3B, more HR, more RBI, more SB…
I hope that your stance changes between now and when he retires… remember, you represent Phillies Nation (not MLB nation). It's ok to be a homer every once in a while.
Couldn't agree more. Let's be a little more optimistic on a "Phillies Nation" website.
Maybe Jimmy doesn't have the same offensive numbers as say a Barry Larkin. Maybe he doesn't have the same amount of All-Star Appearences(lets not even talk about Larkins competitetion after Ozzie Smith retired). However lets point out the things he does have.
I feel as Jimmy has the intagibles more than anyone at his position, he is the leader of a possible dynasty era, he is a clubhouse guy and not to even mention about what he does around the community.
I accept the writers view about being top 300 all time player. I would say he is a top 5 shorstop in todays game and has been for the past 10 years. That should get you consideration along with more phillies "fans" pushing for him to get him.
Maybe rethink your article and look at what Jimmy does give to the game along with rooting on eventually what will be the all-time phillies hit leader.
YES , why not?
As for Larkin's all-star appearances… in 1989, he made an all-star game while only playing 97 games (and he won the Silver Slugger award… go figure). In 1993 he played in 100 games and made the all-star team. 1997… 73 games and an all-star team. 2000… 102 games and an all-star team. 2004… 111 games and an all-star team at the age of 40. All I'm saying is that quite a few of his all-star appearances were based upon his reputation.
Rollins had over 190 hits in a season four times… Larkin, none.
Rollins has score over 100 runs in a season six times (I'm going out on a limb in saying that he'll score four more runs by the end of the season)… Larkin, twice.
Rollins has a Black Ink score of 14… Larkin never led the league in anything.
Rollins 30 SB, ten times… Larkin, five.
Should I keep going?
One thing that people overlook is the number of plate appearances that Rollins gets every season. 190 hits is great, but you better be hitting .300 not .280. Jimmy has led the national league at least 4 times in most outs made. So while he puts up some good numbers, he's using close too 700 at bats to get them.
No doubt, Rollins is not as good a hitter as Larkin. And for any hall of fame discussion you need to consider both how good the peak was and how long the career. Rollins' peak was good but not great, but if he combines that with 4-5 more years of piling up counting stats, he may get decent consideration.
BTW, is this the Mike Albrecht from Collins Ave.?
Yep that would be me
Larkin is better than.Rollins by a large margin…let's be real here
We don't get to vote, anyway, so I don't see much point in debating except to kill time.
Maybe in the future, when Rollins retires, we'll want to kill the sportswriters who actually vote, but that depends on the next several years.
Right now, I'm just wondering where all the people are who hate Rollins for his (perhaps wrongly) perceived lack of hustle and lead-off skills.
What happened to all the people a couple months ago that said he was a bad example for the young players coming up in this organization or the people that said his current contract was a mistake. Jimmy is really good when he wants to be like now. I submit to you that if he played like this all year we would be in the playoffs without a doubt. His hustleing when he wants to will and should keep him from the hall of fame.
Frank, are you seriously saying he should have willed himself out the slump he was in in April-May? If only it were that easy.
Look I think Jimmy is a very good player but I also think that it is possible that it was more than a slump. I think with all of the major injuries to this team it might have been a little overwhelming and he was not giving his all. Two months is a little long for a slump and look at the timing when he started playing better. It was when chase and Ryan came back. The truly great ones will carry a team in adversity.
I can't tell if you're willfully mis-stating things or what. I'm assuming you're just "mis-remembering".
Rollins, from May 9th until Utley returned: .291 avg, .342 OBP, .514 slugging, .856 OPS
I obviously did not remember the stats correctly. But what I do remember is all the cruel and negative comments about Jimmy on this blog when things were not going well for the phillies. How can the talk go from bad contract and bad influence on young players to the hall of fame. He is the reason we won the world series in 2008 and and he has shown that he can be a difference maker. I just wonder if he had the same passion for the past few years as he had then??? Sorry if I offended anyone.
Jimmy is playing well right now, who will fault him?
It's always what have you done for me lately, always has been and will be.
Nobody is arguing against him getting into the Hall of Fame … we're just saying we don't think he will be voted in, and the reasons why.
I'd love it if Rollins got in, that would be great .. I just don't think it will happen.
I think Corey summed it up perfectly basically calling Rollins "Very Good", but not "Great"… not something for Phillies fans to get defensive about, it's just reality
Don, I think 3 of the 4 of you ARE arguing against him getting into the Hall of Fame (if I interpreted correctly):
Eric: Should get in ("deserving"), but he Will Not get in
Don: Should Not and Will Not
Pat: Should Not and Will Not
Corey: Should Not and Will Not
I don't know that he deserves to get in, and I also agree with Eric that he won't get in as long as another worhy candidate (Trammel) is kept out.
Having said that, a lot depends on how healthy and productive he is over the next 4-5 years.
yea i guess maybe I took that "arguing" too literally . . . meaning that I think the overwhelming thought was that "THE VOTERS" will say no. I put myself in the position of how I believe the voters will respond and why …. and I dont think they'll see him as a dominant SS in this era .. for the past few years I don't even think he was "clearly better in the eyes of Baseball Writers" than Jose Reyes, a guy in his own division
again, I'd love to see Rollins get in the Hall of Fame, I just don't see it happening .. not "arguing" that he shouldn't be .. just don't think he's viewed as one of the best of the best
Jimmy Rollins is great…he would be one of the best of all time though if he was able to draw more walks in his career. He should finish his career with an ops+ in the 95 range which is very good for a short stop. A lot of his opsi based on slg and his is great for a short stop. He plays excellent defense and has superb base running abilities. He has some nice hardware and plenty of intangibles. Yeah he's a great player…not very good and has a lot of hall of fame potential.
And another thing people haven't pointed out is that he is a short stop. Short stops don't typically strike fear in opposing pitchers. For every a-rod there are 25 1b who are as good offensively. For every Jeter or ripken there are 50 outfielders who are better offensively. I'm making those numbers up but I bet I'm not off base. Short stops are typically speedy contact guys and Jimmy Rollins is just that but with a lot of pop in his bat for that position.
Jimmy was going through a lot the beginning of the season. His wife had complications with her pregnancy and regardless he still has the 3rd highest war for all short stops this year…he should have about a 5 war at the end of the year which means he had an incredible year.
If Rollins stays healthy and can be productive through age 39 ala Jeter he has a very good shot at getting in the HOF. His hit total and runs scored will be very impressive. Rollin's has the body type to last long and his game isn't totally dependant on speed. In checking Larkin's career numbers he is very borderline worthy.
I doubt that half the members of the old boy association known as the BBWAA even know what WAR is. They put compilers in the Hall. Jeter will go first ballot even though he's just a so-so fielder.
Will Jimmy compile enough?
3000 hits?
400 HR's?
3-5 championships?
Like it or not this is the way it's been done for as long as they've been voting. Can we change their ways in 10 to however many years, when he falls off the ballot? Doubtful IMO.
Look at Don Mattingly's 5 best years, if he can't get in, Jimmy never will.
Larkin a so so hall of famer? He's easily a top 5 short stop ever…and don Mattingly isn't in because he is a 1b and just isn't as dominant for other 1b. Jimmy is at this point at least a top 25 short stop ever and Mattingly isn't for 1b.
I will add that calling Rollins "one of the best shortstops in Phillies history" is a little like calling Mike Schmidt one of the best third basemen in Phillies history.
Not quite — there's more separation between Schmidt and Rolen/Allen/Jones, but that's exaggerated because he played on the Phillies for many more years.
I am not comparing Rollins to Schmidt, by the way. Schmidt is the best at his position in history, and as good as Rollins is he's not in that conversation.
Here is the problem. The hall of fame is not the same. They are letting in anybody.
Mays, Ruth, Mantle, Michael Jack, etc = JIMMY ROLLINS
He does not hustle. Had one great year on the juice. Has a gap in the mouth and is a piece of shiit
Thank you. I was trying to be nice.
Mays, Ruth, Mantle, Schmidt.
But the players Rollins will be compared against are Hall of Fame shortstops Phil Rizzuto, Joe Tinker, Travis Jackson, Lou Boudreau, Dave Bancroft, Arky Vaughan, Pee Wee Reese, Joe Sewell.
Way. Maybe. Again, we won't have a good feel for that for a good 4-5 more years.
When Nellie Fox got into the Hall – through the back door (i.e. veterans commitee) – I was not happy. I woud prefer Jimmy over Fox or Rizzuto. Rizzuto got in in large measure for his broadcasting I think. When you look at what it takes for middle infielder to get in these days Jimmy just doesn't make it. Very good player – mostly.
The Dipsy
The fact is, if Jimmy plays 5 more years, and still posts average numbers, he'll finish with better offensive numbers than any HOF shortstop ever. He should end up with 2500 hits, 300+ HRs, 1000+ RBIs, 1400+ Rs, 500+ 2Bs, 100+ 3Bs, and 500 SBs. Do you know how many HOF shortstops have put all those numbers up? None, nada, zip. Yount's numbers don't match plus he spent half a career in CF, he never played a game at SS after 1984. Larkin? Tremendous hitter, best shortstop of his day, maybe if he could stay healthy we wouldn't have this conversation but he couldn't. A-Rod isn't in the HOF so I'm not counting him. Let's not forget his defense!
Throw in J-Roll's 5 Post Season appearance, 1 Championship, his MVP and depending on who else is on the ballot, he could be a first ballot HOFer.
If he plays 5 more years his average could end up under .260 lifetime. His on base percentage is already not that great and will continue to drop as he gets older and still won't take enough walks.
Unlikely, but what if he gets to 3000 hits?
For jimmy to get 3000 hits it would take 6 good years. I can't see that happening. His average is starting to drop and his strikeouts and pop ups are increasing. Jimmy was never much of an on base guy so when the decline starts it should be accelerated because he never met a pitch he didn't like.
I would say one year doesn't make a trend. His Ks have been dropping and his walks increasing the past few years. His pop ups have been steady at the league average, except for this year. I realize it's not likely that he'll get to 3,000, I was just wondering what you thought — if hypothetically he manages to stay healthy and productive enough to get there, what do you think of his HoF chances?
He has 93 strikeouts this year. That's 30 some more then last season. Add I in the 30 infield pop outs and it looks like his bat is getting a little slower. I know it could just be a one year thing but including this season he's only hit over .260 once in the last four years. A .250 lead off hitter that doesn't walk should be hitting 6th. I was also checking fielding stats and jimmy will end the lowest fielding percentage of his career this year. I think he's still great on the backhand plays but it seems to me he doesn't get to as many balls up the middle anymore. Btw. Nick I sent you a friend request on Facebook.
If he gets 3000 hits and hits say .265 for his career then I would look at him as a numbers accumulater more then a hall of famer. Tommy John won 288 games because he played forever, same as Jamie Moyer with 270 wins. Everything is debatable of course. Remember if the the owners hadn't got together to try to kill free agency in 1987 then Dave kingman might have hit 500 homers to go along with his .240 average. Would have made a great debate since everyone who hit 500 got in. Jim kaat said it best when asked about his own chances for election. He said the hof is for all time greats and I was an all time good. That's Rollins for me. He's only made three all star teams which I find odd. Forget the fan voting but not even as a backup player.
He's having as good a season as any shortstop in baseball. I don't do facebook but sent you a message.
Hey nick, I didn't see any message.
It's called the 'Hall of Fame' not the 'Hall of Stats'
Jimmy Rollins captured the attention of every fan and rattled the cages of the New York media on a regular basis
They ought to create a whole new statistic category for Jimmy based on guts, willpower, and swagger
I don't see how a plaque with Jimmy Rollins in the hall would diminish in anyway the specialness of it's elite membership, and hell, it would be a great reminder for us and future generations of Phillies fans to remember how our team, with it's new ballpark, became the 'team to beat'
Go Phils!
Rollins is good not great. Great players don't have the OBP that he carries unless they have monster RBIs. Good not great. Looking for HOF SS? Jeter.
Bob that is a no brainer. Jeter is a shoe in for the HOF.
As for Jimmy, he certainly is a HOF candidate. If you question his AS appearances, check the competition, those who played SS at the same time. I dont think being voted onto the AS team is something that should determine HOF candidacy or not.
Just answer this question, who would you rather have as a SS on your team? Jimmy Rollins or HOF ss Sweet Louie Aparicio? Louie complied a whopping .262 BA, less hrs, his fielding percentage was .972 compared to Jimmy's .983, Jimmy won an MVP award, has scored over 100 runs (including this season – he has 96 now) it will be 6 seasons out of 13 compared to 0 times for Louie in 18 seasons. Jimmy has played for 1 team exclusively, Louie for the White Sox, Orioles and the Red Sox.
So, what are we comparing? Jimmy clearly is a much better fit for the HOF than Louis Aparicio.
There are more SS in the HOF that have less impressive stats than Jimmy, Louie was more recently elected – other than Cal, Ozzie, Yount, Larkins
What I meant with the all star thing was I found it odd that he hasn't been named to the team more often. I know the manager used to pick the reserves and now I think the players select them. Not that it means anything but most guys in the hall usually had a decent amount of all star appearances. About Luis aparicio, I think we have to look at the era he played in. In the 50s and 60s he was the man. I think he led the american league in stolen bases his first 9 seasons. I looked him up today and the guy got 10 gold gloves, led the league in assist 7 times. He even had MVP votes in 10 different seasons. 6 times he led the league in fielding percentage, and has a higher range factor then Rollins. Shortstops are expected to hit today, in aparicios day all he had to do was catch the ball.
Rollins should score 100 runs for the 6th time this year. He will also lead the league in outs made for the 6th time this year.
Any leadoff hitter will get more at bats than others, so leading in outs is no surprise.
Maybe, but Pete rose, Lou Brock, Paul monitor, Rickey Henderson, Ty Cobb, and richie ashburn to name a few never led the league in outs made.


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A very visible demonstration was held Monday at the State Capitol against a problem anti-tobacco activists say few people are aware of, even though it is in plain sight.
Unlike cigarettes, which have to remain behind the counter, non-cigarette tobacco products can be prominently displayed. Some fear it will end up in the hands of young adults.
"Since they are in places that are accessible to youth, it's easy to get their hands on them," said Makeda Morris, an activist with anti-tobacco group REAL.
REAL is raising concerns because teens are buying these products like smokeless tobacco and flavored tobacco, which are aimed at non-traditional tobacco users.
"When you see products that are more youth-oriented with flavors like grape and that look like candy, then youth are more prone to buying them," said Morris.
A bill being heard at the State Capitol could force retailers to put those products behind counters. It could also prevent ads for cigarettes and tobacco products from being displayed near items bought by children and young adults.
"Everyday youth are exposed to it," said REAL Project Coordinator Nicole Sutton.
According to lawmakers, $42 million is spent by tobacco companies annually on advertisements.
Since they can't use mass marketing, like television, to get their word out, many companies rely on ads at stores where tobacco is sold.
But, the current bill could shield young people form some of that everyday exposure and reduce the temptation to try tobacco products.
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Napoleon S. JeanMarch 05,2013
Napoleon S. Jean
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BARRE Napoleon S. Nappy Jean, 82, of Barre, Vt., died on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center in Barre.
He was born Aug. 16, 1930, in Fall River, Mass., the son of Napoleon Jean and Delvina Della Rayta. In 1944, his father died from tuberculosis, and in 1947, his mother married Earl Ashley, who raised him as his own son.
Nappy served his country in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. In 1953, he married Jane Brunelle at St. Peter Catholic Church in Vergennes. He was employed for over 40 years as a truck driver at Greenhouse Groceries. He also worked for many years at Sam Mazzas Farm in Colchester.
Nappy is survived by his sister, Judy Ann Ashley, and her husband, Walt McLaughlin; his six children, Rick, Diane Hogan and her husband, Dennis, Bruce and his wife, Louanne, Mike and his wife, Michelle, Kevin and his wife, Karen, and MaryAnne and her partner, Mike Bedard; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his parents, Napoleon and Delvina Della Jean Ashley, brother Ronald, sister Dianna Lockerby and granddaughter Ligia Collins.
The family would like to thank his daughter MaryAnne and Mike Bedard for the loving care they provided him in the final years of his life. The family also appreciates the wonderful care he received at Berlin Health and Rehabilitation during his final days.
Family and friends are invited to gather at the home of Rick Jean, 24 Cottonwood Crossing/816 East Road, in Colchester, on Saturday, March 9, 2013, from 1 to 5 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Berlin Health and Rehab, 98 Hospitality Drive, Barre, VT 05641.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Brandi Craig awoke before dawn yesterday to a desperate scene as firefighters smashed their way into a duplex that was engulfed in flames across the street in her north Minneapolis neighborhood. Tenants, including a family with seven young children, shouted for help.
"They were all screaming," Craig said, her face twisting with emotion. "Once they stopped screaming, it was over."
The fire killed five people, including at least three children, and injured several others, officials said. The cause of the blaze was being investigated, though fire officials say it appeared to have started on the second floor. The names of the victims were not released.
Among those injured was Troy Lewis, according to neighbors and his landlord. Lewis was in serious condition last night at Hennepin County Medical Center. The conditions of the others who remained hospitalized were not immediately available.
Craig said Lewis' wife died in November after an illness, and he lived in the upper level with seven children, ages 1 to 9.
Craig said that just the night before, she and her fiance had stopped by to give the kids some soft drinks.
"We gave them hugs and kisses and told them we'd see them in the morning," she said.
Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel said three children died at the scene. The Hennepin County medical examiner's office later confirmed the two additional deaths but did not release any information about the victims. Fire officials said 15 people lived in the duplex.
It took firefighters about 2 1/2 hours to put out the blaze.
Fruetel said investigators were still trying yesterday to determine a cause, but it appeared the fire started on the second floor, in the center of the building. He said a space heater was found on that floor, but he didn't know if it was in use before the fire began.
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Hope in AfghanistanJune 19,2013
Twelve years have passed since the United States invaded Afghanistan in order to destroy al-Qaida and to drive out the Taliban regime that had given it safe harbor.
Now U.S. officials have announced they will begin talks with Taliban officials as a step toward the kind of reconciliation that might finally bring peace to that tormented land. Announcement of the talks coincides with the transfer of responsibility for leadership of security operations from U.S. to Afghan military forces.
The U.S.-Taliban talks will take place in Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban have opened up an office and agreed to talk. Previously, the Taliban leadership has considered the United States to be an invader and not a legitimate party to talks about Afghanistans future. Meanwhile, the Taliban have carried out a continuing campaign of bombings and killings.
And yet much has changed in 12 years. Reports from Afghanistan suggest that a significant migration to the cities has exposed a high percentage of the population to a range of modern media. Education has bloomed, particularly among women and particularly among previously oppressed minorities.
When U.S. forces arrived in Kabul in 2001, they found a hollow shell of a nation. The Taliban at the time were a primitive movement, dominated by ill-educated clerics and bearded men with guns in pick-up trucks. They had imposed a brutal, anti-modern, anti-woman regime. Government ministries had been more or less gutted, and the nation had been traumatized by more than 20 years of war. Anarchy and thuggery prevailed. The Taliban had been welcomed because they had brought order to the chaos, but their brand of order was soon revealed to be based on repression and violence.
They were able to govern because their nation lay supine at their feet.
Much has been made of the corruption of the Karzai regime and of the broader Afghan tradition of bakhsheesh and bribery. But even as the Karzais and others have prospered, skimming their millions from the inflow of foreign money, Afghan society has evolved and become more sophisticated. A wider swath of the country has a stake in the continuation of a semblance of peace. That would include the Pashtun south, which is the homeland of the Taliban movement.
For the Karzai government and the United States to talk with the Taliban is to begin a process that could knit together the disparate elements of Afghan society. Somehow the Pashtuns must find a way to live with the other ethnic groups that form Afghan society Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazaras, among others. The Taliban will not be able to sweep into Kabul and take over as easily as before, even with a preparatory assault by suicide bombers. Everyone has too much to lose, and that includes the Afghan military, in which the non-Pashtun minorities are well represented. It includes the Pashtun population as well.
The Afghan central government was never strong, and it is not likely to be strong after the U.S. leaves and after a rapprochement with the Taliban. Those whom we call warlords were previously the large landowners and village or tribal chieftains who ran the nation with only loose control from Kabul. That is how the country will be run in the future, as long as one group does not try to seize control over all the others.
The United States succeeded in decimating al-Qaida, but it was never going to succeed in rewriting Afghan history or remaking Afghan society. Failure could be the only result of seeking to do that. But by giving Afghanistan the time to get back on its feet, with the help of that fountain of U.S. money, the United States may have allowed Afghan society and the Afghan state to grow strong enough to withstand the centrifugal forces that might otherwise tear it apart. The inability of the U.S. military to pacify all parts of Afghanistan should not be seen as a failure. No one conquers Afghanistan. Instead, one hopes that the new talks between the Taliban and the Afghan and U.S. governments mean that the Afghan people will emerge as the winners.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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Singer-songwriter Paschal to perform in Winchester
WINCHESTER, Va. – The sounds of gospel music will ring loudly Friday, at the Victory Church in Winchester, Va., as Christian recording artist Janet Paschal will be featured at a musical event, which will begin at 7 p.m.
The event will also feature the Victory Church Choir.
Paschal's career has been marked by numerous honors and accolades, along with more than a dozen recordings, including her latest release, "Treasure." Her recordings have been recognized with numerous Grammy and Dove Award nominations, and she is consistently named among gospel music's favorite soloists by the genre's top trade magazines.
Paschal's radio release, "Hide Me Sweet Rock Of Ages," peaked at No. 1 on Southern Gospel Music's most recognized national radio airplay chart, published in The Singing News Magazine.
Born in Reidsville, N.C., Paschal has shared the stage with presidents and is a featured artist on the popular Gaither Homecoming Tour. After battling breast cancer in 2005, Janet resumed her touring schedule, including concerts, women's conferences and cancer awareness events. In November 2008, she released a book, "Treasures Of The Snow," which chronicles her battle with cancer and stories from three decades in gospel music. Her first literary work, "The Good Road," became a best seller.
The Victory Church is located at 2870 Middle Road in Winchester, Va. For more information, call 540-667-9400, or visit www.agwinchester.org or www.janetpaschal.com.


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