remember me?  =)

we are about a third of the way through this 2009 baseball season.

i remember comin to this site during the series and (inevitably) got into some heated debates with some of you guys.  first, i can tell already that tampa is becoming one of the better baseball towns in all of the MLB.  you guys are committed with passion, but more importantly, knowledge.  it seems as though u guys educated yourselves quickly, or simply flew under the radar as a fanbase.  either way, kudos to all of you for changing the landscape of baseball fans across the country. 

now to the brass tacks...

i remember (but am unable to find the exact article(s)) that most of our 'debates' revolved around two players.  

raul ibanez & pat burrell...

uhh, i told u so?  jk!!!  (i actually agreed w/all of u and was incredibly skeptical of ibanez heading into this season, lets just say i'm very pleasantly surprised...)

in this early season i think it's safe to say that ibanez was the better offseason pickup...  he leads the NL in homers w/15... and also RBI's with 40...

burrell is currently on the DL, and is performing w/a .250 average, 1 hr and 17 ribbies...

we all know that you guys will turn your record around and contend for the playoffs... although the phils are currently above .500, 7 of those wins are against the lowly nationals, so i think they are really playing like a .500 team.  we'll see how they fare against the yanks tonight...