Why Yes, Greg Dobbs And Brian Bocock Will Have No Problem Replacing Chase Utley And Placido Polanco

It's official. The Eagles can now lay claim to having the most competent Front Office in Philadelphia sports. I don't have a huge gripe with with Ruben Amaro for dumping Cliff Lee to Seattle to bring in Roy Halladay. Fine. But he traded him to Seattle for pennies on the dime and the big prize prospect from that deal, Phillippe Aumomnt, is looking like shit in the minors. And today has come his coup de gras. Let's face facts, this Phillies starting line up is pulling a 2009 Mets on us. Now the AAA Mets of 2009 floundered spectacularly, it is unknown how the Phillies are going to do, but when you are calling up the always offensively and defensively inept Greg Dobbs and SHORTSTOP BRIAN BOCOCK on the day the your 2nd baseman (Utley) and 3rd baseman (Polanco) get placed on the DL, you are displaying a huge level of ineptitude that shows everyone this Phillies team is the farthest thing possible from a playoff team.

The best thing anyone can ever say about Greg Dobbs is that 2008 was a half decent year for him. Ever since then, he has been the world's most inept pinch hitter not named Eric Bruntlett. He rarely gets on base and his defense is beyond the worst of the worst, making numerous on the field errors that leaves 10-year olds scratching their heads wondering how on earth a professional baseball player could be so dumb.

As I mentioned above, Brian Bocock is a shortstop being called up to (likely) be at least a part-time replacement for 2nd baseman Chase Utley. Not only is a shortstop, but his levels of ineptitude are just as confounding. When the Phillies signed Bocock back in January to a minor league contract, 49er16 sent me the following email about him that I hope he does not mind if I share part of.

Two years ago when Omar Vizquel was still with the Giants, he was hurt at the beginning of training camp. Without a backup SS, the Giants decided to promote Bocock to the majors once the season started. Bocock at that time, never played higher than Single A. Needless to say, he was completely lost at the plate. Of course since Bruce Bochy is an idiot, Bocock batted leadoff even though he looked scared shitless standing at the plate. After about a month, the Giants finally sent him to the minors and replaced him with Rich Aurilla. Yes he was that bad.

Think that the fact that his terrible stint with the Giants 2 years ago was just that and he is surely a better baseball player now? Think again!

His numbers in 2008 with the Giants: .143/.258/.156
His numbers in 2010 with the AAA Lehigh Valley IronPigs: .179/.239/.231

So not only is a shortstop being called up to replace a 2nd baseman, but a shortstop whose batting average in AAA is below .200! You can forget all about bringing up Cody Ransom, you know, an actual 2nd or 3rd baseman with a batting average of .233 and an OPS of .722, when you can bring in Greg Dobbs and SHORTSTOP BRIAN BOCOCK!!!!!!!!!!!..............basically guaranteeing that this Phillies team will need a miracle and a half if it wants to contend for a 2010 playoff spot.