So I did some thinking on this after the discussions yesterday. And I think I’ve come up with the solution. Eliminating this site would definitely not be the way to go. I have lots of big plans still in the works. But my goal is to basically eliminate the trolling/disrespectful posts in the comments section. So for now, I have a solution. I’ve changed the commenting policy here to require you to be a registered wordpress user. Basically, going to wordpress and signing up for a free wordpress account takes like 60 seconds. You don’t have to write a blog of your own, you just need to sign up at wordpress for a wordpress account. After you do this, you’ll be able to log into wordpress and then post here in the comments sections. My thought is, if you want to participate in the discussion here and be a part of the site, you can take 60 seconds to sign up for an account. Everyone is still free to read the site, that won’t change, and I won’t ever place ads on the page. My goal is to create a better environment to discuss this stuff. The original intention of this place was just for it to resemble a website, with information. It has evolved into a great (for the most part) place for discussion as well. I guess its just time to take a hard line with this stuff and try to root out the problem before it gets any bigger. If you have any questions, send me an email.

Quick schedule update. I believe Gregg is working on season recaps for the Lehigh Valley affiliate. I’m beginning to work on the draft recap feature, which I think I’ll roll out next week. It will be quite in depth and will take up multiple posts. I’ll also work on a recap of my Top 30 and Top 100 in the next week or so, and might even go with the Top 30 recap tomorrow or Friday. Thanks again for everyone who visits daily, for the nice feedback left in the comments yesterday, and for the emails I receive almost daily.

The Phillies added the “real” prospects with this callup, bringing back Andy Tracy, Mike Cervanek, and Les Walrond. The most interesting aspect of the callups is the lack of Carrasco and Jason Jaramillo. Carrasco, who made his debut in 2004, needs to be protected on the 40 man after this season, so it was a matter of not starting his service time clock. Jaramillo is already on the 40 man roster. Gillick had this to say

In Marson, Phillies fans may well be getting a look at the catcher of the future — and that future could be next season. He hit .314 at Reading, was the starting catcher for the U.S. Team in the Futures Game in July and caught for the U.S. Olympic team in Beijing, China. Marson hit .308 in the Olympics as the U.S. earned a bronze medal.

“He might get some action, he might not,” Gillick said. “We don’t have any hesitancy of putting him into a game. He’s a good receiver, he makes good contact. I’d say he’s pretty close.

“We still like Jason (Jaramillo, the Phillies’ Triple-A catcher). He’s got a chance to catch in the big leagues. But Lou has forged ahead a little bit right now. We’re more confident at this point with Lou.”

This is interesting to me. Jaramillo is older and was already on the 40 man roster before they added Marson. Does this mean that Jaramillo gets traded this winter? Hard to see the Phillies moving Ruiz.