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  • ShowTyme15
    LADetermined
    • Jan 2004
    • 11853

    #11926
    Re: MLB Off-Topic

    Originally posted by Blzer
    Was this the Jose Castillo that was on the Giants? I remember him, though not for the best of reasons. Valbuena I know all too well, though.

    This is always so tragic to hear, though I'm glad to hear someone did survive the accident. I'm also hoping this is all we hear of it from the newscycle perspective though, if you know what I mean.
    It is indeed that Jose Castillo.

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    • Godgers12
      MVP
      • Dec 2012
      • 2265

      #11927
      Re: MLB Off-Topic

      Originally posted by TheMatrix31
      Terrible awful news. Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo, a 2B from a few years back, died in a car crash.

      Every damn offseason with these car crashes. ****ing ****.
      And it always seems to be in their native Latin country too. Makes one wonder if driving over there is much more dangerous than here. Oscar Tavares and a few others have suffered the same fate.

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      • TripleCrown9
        Keep the Faith
        • May 2010
        • 23663

        #11928
        Re: MLB Off-Topic

        According to ESPN, they were leaving a stadium in Caracas after playing a game, and crashed after swerving around object, apparently placed there by highway bandits, who then robbed Valbuena and Castillo.

        Also the bandits had been arrested and found with valuables belonging to the two players.
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        • BatsareBugs
          LVP
          • Feb 2003
          • 12553

          #11929
          Re: MLB Off-Topic

          Originally posted by TripleCrown9
          According to ESPN, they were leaving a stadium in Caracas after playing a game, and crashed after swerving around object, apparently placed there by highway bandits, who then robbed Valbuena and Castillo.

          Also the bandits had been arrested and found with valuables belonging to the two players.
          Something needs to be done about this.

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          • Jr.
            Playgirl Coverboy
            • Feb 2003
            • 19171

            #11930
            Re: MLB Off-Topic

            Originally posted by BatsareBugs
            Something needs to be done about this.

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            Not playing winter ball in these countries is about all that can be done. I don't know how you convince guys of that, though.

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            • TheMatrix31
              RF
              • Jul 2002
              • 52897

              #11931
              Re: MLB Off-Topic

              It's not particularly possible to "do something" about this, especially in probably the worst country in the western hemisphere.

              It's just the way it is. Obviously car crashes can happen anywhere, but being set up.....that's just disgusting. Wish these ballplayers would stop going home. But what are you gonna do, tell them to not go back to the country they were born and raised in, particularly in the case of Castillo who probably didn't make too much money in his career? Impossible.

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              • ShowTyme15
                LADetermined
                • Jan 2004
                • 11853

                #11932
                Re: MLB Off-Topic

                Phillies new logo.

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                • PhilliesFan13
                  Banned
                  • May 2009
                  • 15651

                  #11933
                  Re: MLB Off-Topic

                  Originally posted by ShowTyme15
                  Phillies new logo.

                  I hate it. I don't see what was wrong with the diamond logo.

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                  • countryboy
                    Growing pains
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 52700

                    #11934
                    Re: MLB Off-Topic

                    Originally posted by ShowTyme15
                    Phillies new logo.





                    I didn’t have a problem with the old one but I really like this one.


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                    • SPTO
                      binging
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 68046

                      #11935
                      Re: MLB Off-Topic

                      That logo isn't bad by itself but it screams "secondary/shoulder logo" to me. Does this mean the Phils are going to make a uniform change soon too?
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                      • BigOscar
                        MVP
                        • May 2016
                        • 2971

                        #11936
                        Re: MLB Off-Topic

                        Got to be honest, it looks like someone whipped it up on Microsoft Paint

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                        • Blzer
                          Resident film pundit
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 42509

                          #11937
                          Re: MLB Off-Topic

                          I honestly don't even know what changed.

                          Yeah, I see the Liberty Bell in the background, but it's not like that's going on the front of the jersey, right? If it is then I understand people's concern.

                          But I see no difference in the lettering or color scheme outside of that. What else has changed, and where will we see those effects take place?

                          EDIT: Oooh, the other was wrapped around a baseball diamond, that's what you meant. Yeah, I like the older one much more. But again, if it's not going on the hat/front of the jersey, I guess the change's effects on me are minuscule.
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                          • Sportsforever
                            NL MVP
                            • Mar 2005
                            • 20368

                            #11938
                            Re: MLB Off-Topic

                            Phillies need to just go to these and call it a day:

                            "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby

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                            • Speedy
                              #Ace
                              • Apr 2008
                              • 16143

                              #11939
                              Re: MLB Off-Topic

                              Originally posted by PhilliesFan13
                              I hate it. I don't see what was wrong with the diamond logo.

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                              Not a fan either.

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                              Originally posted by Gibson88
                              Anyone who asked for an ETA is not being Master of their Domain.
                              It's hard though...especially when I got my neighbor playing their franchise across the street...maybe I will occupy myself with Glamore Magazine.

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                              • SPTO
                                binging
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 68046

                                #11940
                                Re: MLB Off-Topic

                                Doesn't their AAA affiliate basically wear those throwbacks?

                                I agree, go back to that and call it a day.
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