Conlin Being Conlin

Once again, the Fat Man from Washington Township of Daily News and ESPN’s Sports Reporters fame shows why he is a Philadelphia Legend with his column today about the need to get some right handed pop in the lineup to protect Ryan Howard. Although Conlin is getting up there in age and not at the ballpark covering the Phils on a day to day basis, he continues to show that he still has his fastball with nuggets like this:

The lack of a consistent righty power bat behind him creates a huge dilemma for [Ryan] Howard, who took the Golden Sombrero on Monday night - four impatient strikeouts after a first-inning single. He needs a productive longballer with the promise Burrell exuded when the Phillies made him the first selection in the 1998 amateur draft. Pat was supposed to ease the acid reflux of the J.D. Drew fiasco the year before, but things just haven't worked out for the Midnight Mayor of Center City.

Conlin summed up my frustration with Burrell's play and lifestyle in one simple paragraph. I guess that's why he is in the Philly Sports Writer's Hall of Fame (if there is such a thing) and guy's like me are yammering away on a stupid blog.