Right now, “It made me happy to see Cole Hamels beat the Cubs [Saturday] night,” he said over the weekend.
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His favorite ex-Philly
“Michael’s still figured a way to get on base almost every game, and his defense has been absolutely tremendous for us,” Wade said. “We think he’ll be a catalyst for us at the top. He was the key guy for us in the trade.
“We had talked a lot about our center-field speed situation. We had kicked the tires on Torii Hunter. We talked about a number of other things, but Bourn had been on the radar screen for a while.”
“I understand [the Astros] tried to acquire him last year and couldn’t get to the finish line on it.”
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And his favorite Philly that he competed against for a job,
“In a lot of ways, he did a 180 [-degree turn] for this organization,” said Ruben Amaro, the club’s assistant general manager who worked with Wade from 1999 to 2005. “We didn’t have a Latin American program. Our scouting and player development had reached — in some ways — rock bottom. We weren’t developing any players. “
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And the dumbest question is Give me a reason to have hope for this season. — David P., River Ridge, La.
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She does not say, “stop being such a candyass Dave and grow a pair.” That’s why she’s the pro.