Phil Nevin = 500 career runs

[HollywoodLeo]

Today when Phil Nevin trotted home on Brian Giles' 3 run shot he touched home plate for the 500th time in his career. Congratulations to the Padres HR/RBI leader and everybody's favorite whipping boy!

11 more HRs and Phil Nevin is the Padres all time home run leader....one more and he ties Winfield for 2nd

Anyways, Congrats to Phil Nevin on 500 career runs!!!

Click on the picture to listen to Nevin's enterence music Megadeath - Symphany Of Destruction.

[Steak]

Congrats to him.

He has come a long way after several rough few years. It's a testament to him that he worked hard to be in this position. He was supposed to be a can't miss player for the Astros, but he never panned himself out there. He made a name of himself with the Padres though.

[Mr. D™]

took him long enough :p jk

[padrefanforever]

Yup......just too bad he refuses to put the work in and become a good fielder.......then he'd have more than two tools in what is supposed to be a 5 tool shed. But hats off to "the whipping boy" for what he has done I guess..... I just see the potential that Phil has overall and get mad when the lack of effort produces what I view as half assed player......he could be so much more.........but his bigtime attitude, which is what got him traded around in the past, also hampers him at times.

[HollywoodLeo]

Phil plays the position where poor defense hurts the least, which is why a lot of poor defenders play there. As much as it bothers me when he bobbles a play he's payed for his bat, so as long as he makes up for it with his bat, which he's been doing, i'm fine with it.

[padrefanforever]

true.....which is why he's there NOW.......the majority of his career in San Diego he's played somewhere else......and it was because of his horrible defense that he was finally moved to 1b as we all know....... if ever there was a guy born to be a DH it's Nevin......

[777rak]

congrats to him