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Baseball Musings
February 27, 2009
Eaton Out

The Phillies released Adam Eaton. Tim Malcolm believes Eaton's failure taught the Phillies a lesson about signing marginal pitchers.


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Nice title...

Posted by: Ryan at February 27, 2009 11:12 AM

From the outside, it appeared that Eaton never tried very hard. His doughy face and deer in headlights expression didn't help. His quotes during the slow trip to Elba on the depth chart were always a strange mix of "Why me?" and Sucessories® style pep talks.

What Gillick missed was the fact that Eaton was never a good pitcher. His one decent season with SD was just that, one season that will forever go down as a fluke. He never won more than 11 games, never had a WHIP lower than 1.27.

Good-bye Adam Eaton.

Posted by: joe in Philly at February 28, 2009 07:56 AM
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