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Anonymous
This is for that faggot HKK, who's sister Ryan Howard must have raped because he hates him so much

Howard 2008 World Series Statistics:
.353 BA .421 OBP .941 SLG 6 RBI 6 H 3R 6 SO
2B, 3 HR 2 BB in 4 Games (6 for 17)

Pena + Longoria
.000 BA 15 SO .000 SLG .188 OBP (Pena walked 3 times) 0 Extra Base Hits, 2 RBI, 0 H 0 R

So as you can see Ryan Howard is clearly a platoon player and Carlos Pena is a much better 1B. I'll just leave these stats right here.

WS MVP, what do you think /sp/?
>> Anonymous
>>434069
Ronnie Brown.
>> Anonymous
Still just a platoon player at best.
>> Anonymous
>Ryan Howard's nominal slump came to an end right around the time that Joe Maddon stopped going after him aggressively with left-handers. Howard, who had a 250-points-of-OPS platoon split during 2008, was homerless in the postseason until Maddon let Matt Garza face him in the sixth inning on Saturday night. Since then, he has three bombs -- two last night, including a critical three-run job in the fourth -- and no one is asking about his struggles any longer. Howard, though, was only struggling against southpaws. When he came to bat in the sixth on Saturday he was batting .307/.419/.424 against right-handers in the postseason, and .133/.316/.133 against lefties, with many of the latter PAs in high-leverage situations. That, and the small-sample-size lack of home runs, fed the perception that there was a problem with Howard. There wasn't. He simply was seeing too many of the pitchers he doesn't hit well in tough spots. Being allowed to face Garza and Andy Sonnanstine in key ABs was a gift, and now the Rays have wrapping paper and shredded ribbon all over their nice floors.

>.133/.316/.133 against lefties

Still a platoon player at best.
>> Anonymous
>>434093
hit over .400 against lefties in the month of september. negated
>> Anonymous
>>434119
forgot to mention 3rd most homeruns off left handed pitching in the majors....negated
>> Anonymous
>>434119

SURE DIDN'T TRANSFER INTO OCTOBER.
>> Anonymous
>>434124
"Now batting fourth for your Champion Philadelphia Phillies...

Still a Platoon Player at Best...

Ryan Howard!"
>> Anonymous
>>434124
>>434119

You are a faggot. You could easily construct a pitching staff, using mostly lefties with great breaking balls, to render him completely useless at the plate.

Ryan Howard = fail when pitched correctly.
>> Anonymous
>>434132
you think you are a MLB general manager don't you?

also, 10-2
>> Anonymous
>>434146
>>434132

lol hai guyz lets make a team of all left handed pitching so we can effectively negate one player on one team in the entire mlb!!

yeah that doesn't happen cock face.
>> Anonymous
>>434132
wow dumbest thing said on here in a while way to go guy

oh and october....reference those numbers above....his total post season average is only a paltry .341 :) so maybe your right
>> Anonymous
THE POINT IS he has obvious flaws which make him not an every game player and therefore not the most valuable player in any league or series.

Ryan Howard = definition of mediocre.
>> Anonymous
Ryan Howard = Soon to be 2 time MVP winner, Rookie of the Year winner, Silver Slugger Winner, Fastest player to hit 100 HR ever, most productive player over a five year span ever, Roberto Clemente Award winner, soon to have a WS ring on his finger...

but MOST IMPORTANTLY... STILL A PLATOON PLAYER AT BEST
>> Anonymous
>>434218
Ryan Howard has flaws in his game, which according to some bandwagon Rays fan renders his prodigious strengths completely meaningless

this post = definition of butthurt
>> Anonymous
wow he strikes out a lot he still fucking rapes everyone in rbi's and homers

platoon player at best
>> Anonymous
Howard is a platoon player at best. I want Travis Lee back.
>> Anonymous
>>434225

>most productive player over a five year span ever

Barry Bonds wants to have a word with you.
>> Anonymous
>>434257

Barry Bonds has a lot less HR and RBI totals, partly because teams rarely pitched to him, and partly because those San Fran teams sucked offensively. Which is the big thing about Ryan Howard. Nobody is that scared about him, so they don't look to walk him. Ryan Howard gets pitched to, Barry Bonds wasn't pitched to.
>> Anonymous
>>434257
shit my bad... made a mistake in that one while i was rattling off amazing stats...

what i meant was, the most productive player over the last 5 years...

fix'd
>> Anonymous
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>>434257
Steroids would like to have a word with Barry Bonds' testicles.
>> Anonymous
Barry Bonds gets Hall of Fame or baseball is corrupt.
>> Anonymous
>>434283
you get the fuck out of here....

barry bonds gets a * next to his name or baseball is corrupt

pete rose gets into the hall of fame or baseball is corrupt

and most of all
Ryan Howard oughta be enshrined in the MMMMMM Hall-of-Fame
>> Anonymous
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>>434273
lol
>> Anonymous
>>434290
1. Still hasn't tested positive
2. No evidence except circumstantial.
3. Even if he did, there's that faggot piece of motherfucking shit named Giambi.
4. Anyone to have numbers like his were on something. A-rod included.
5. He's part of history whether you Phillyfags like to admit it or not.
>> Anonymous
>>434295
>>434295

yeah i think>>434273and
>>434225
is a dumbass and means over the past 4 years... because in 2004 (5 years ago) howard only had 39 at bats for the hole season....

but over the past 4 years, on the other hand:

pujols: 473 rbis
howard: 494 rbis

So yeah, go fuck yourself
>> Anonymous
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Wait, did someone say MVP?
>> Anonymous
what is a platoon player? i want a fucking platoon player if he can put up that many numbers every year. also strikeouts and batting average is overrated, when you can put up 40+ hrs 100+ rbi, year in and year out.
>> Anonymous
>>434319
>>434319

That's not K-Rod.
>> Anonymous
>>434302
because RBIs are the best stat to show how productive a player is, even though RBIs rely on people in front of you getting on base and don't show your individual batting ability.

Pujols has had a better on base percentage, batting average and slugging percentage each season.
>> Anonymous
>>434329
Pujols>Howard by so much.
>> Anonymous
>>434319
In b4 shitstorm
>> Anonymous
ITT faggots don't know what platoon player means.
>> Anonymous
Albert Pujols is the only every day player in the major leagues.

No weaknesses on the bases, in the field, or at bat. Doesn't choke in big games so you can leave him in, hits against left and right handed pitchers so you can leave him in. Doesn't go on prolonged slumps.

Ryan Howard is a platoon player, because he does go into slumps and strike out a lot and can't deal well with some types of pitchers. Thus he should be platooned with another player that makes up for his weaknesses but of course most MLB managers are too clueless to do this.
>> Anonymous
>>434340

Its not that they're clueless, its just that they don't have the balls to do it because Ryan Howard makes a ton of money, and managers can point to his big home run totals, and say, "I'm missing that if I sit him against a lefty."

But no you're not. You're not missing that at all, you're not getting that home run power because he's not going to hit lefties at all.
>> Anonymous
>>434340

gtfo pl0x
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>434069
>Howard 2008 World Series Statistics:
>.353 BA .421 OBP .941 SLG 6 RBI 6 H 3R 6 SO
>2B, 3 HR 2 BB in 4 Games (6 for 17)

In this series, what's his stats when the phillies are behind, tied, and ahead?
>> Anonymous
When are the MVP's gonna be announced? I'm tired of this shit.
>> Anonymous
>>434388

after the world series end. I think Pujols win it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Howard wins it because Baseball writers are complete idiots.
>> Anonymous
ryan howard hating thread is just pointless as football vs football threads.
>> Anonymous
>>434389
Exactly. Jeter was robbed in 2006.
>> HKK !h7MHU9L/Oo
>>434093

Did my job for me, thanks.
>> Anonymous
>>434389

Yeah. Mediots giving it to Howard would at least be consistent though: see Juan Gonzalez, Andre Dawson, etc
>> Anonymous
HKK you are the gay.
>> Anonymous
>>434397
Jeter swallows
>> Anonymous
terrible troll is terrible

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>> Anonymous
>>434350
agreed

Howard = Big Philly Cheesesteak
>> Anonymous
I hate Howard because his huge fucking nose is probably taking all my oxygen
>> Anonymous
>>434493
thank god he's a poet though
>> Anonymous
>>434493

Just when I thought racism was dead, I lol'd uncontrollably
>> Commissioner Red !5gFoSxriW2
This is the most retarded argument I've seen since before the Rahman/Lewis fight.
>> Anonymous
>>434555

What, Ryan Howard to black for you?
>> Anonymous
>>434572
Yes
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>> Anonymous
>>434340
>>434340
To bad Puhols isn't about to win the World Series.