OT: Philadelphia Phillies: The Road To .500

[BringBackHakstol]

Looks like I'm gonna be diving back into baseball hardcore and nerding out over prospects and free agents again. Thanks for the time Chuckles.

I gave up nerding on Phillies prospects. Feels like forever since any turned out to be much of anything

 

[Embiid]

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[Chinatown88]

I gave up nerding on Phillies prospects. Feels like forever since any turned out to be much of anything

I member when I borrowed my friend's iPhone in highschool to find out who we gave up in the Doc trade. I was kind of upset that it includes Drabek. Man those were the times. Drabek and Dom Brown.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Ranger and the Bullpen (sans Alvarado) were probably the only players worth a damn this series.

Harper was meh. Schwarber for the bunt attempt gets near Hoskins/Castellanos level.

 

[trostol]

sports are stupid

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I recommend we close this thread a don't make a new one for a few months. f*** this stupid shit.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

#1!!!!

 

[wankstifier]

And the crowd goes mild! The players just looked relieved to me

 

[trostol]

move on from Hopkins..Jean..get some average hitting guys in and go again

 

[Cody Webster]

#1!!!!

Is the MLS a professional sports league?

 

[trostol]

i hate Elias Sports lol

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Ranger and the Bullpen (sans Alvarado) were probably the only players worth a damn this series.

Harper was meh. Schwarber for the bunt attempt gets near Hoskins/Castellanos level.

Ranger is so lovable

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

And the crowd goes mild! The players just looked relieved to me

True. No walk off home runs where the player has to yell at the teammates to not rip his jersey off because he has a tattoo he’s embarrassed about.

*wink*wink*

 

[Magua]

I haven't seen Phils playoff baseball in an eternity, and I got competitive baseball until November 5th. It's just hard for me to be too upset about a team way overachieving and giving me actual hope. It could be decades before they're back here, you never know. It would be nice to see a playoff streak start though.

 

[Halladay]

A bunch of the Phillies are watching from the dugout.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Is the MLS a professional sports league?

It’s >>>>>> Premier League so yes.

 

[Cody Webster]

It’s >>>>>> Premier League so yes.

It's not 2026 yet

 

[Chinatown88]

I haven't seen Phils playoff baseball in an eternity, and I got competitive baseball until November 5th. It's just hard for me to be too upset about a team way overachieving and giving me actual hope. It could be decades before they're back here, you never know. It would be nice to see a playoff streak start though.

You should start beating the table for Mike Trout to Philly back issues and all.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

#1!!!!

I'm not sure the MLS should count, despite the 'M' being "Major".

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Pretty sure their past is still their present but it’s whatever.

Between this and Heyman’s article these assholes are going to let the players off in fifteen years and induct them to the Hall of Fame after self righteously bitching and moaning about PED users for years, aren’t they?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I'm not sure the MLS should count, despite the 'M' being "Major".

Wow, you can’t even let us have this L. That’s how down we are right now.

 

[Svechhammer]

It was a fun run. We get to raise another blue pennant in CBP next year, which is a hell of a lot better than any of us thought even a month ago.

But.... Sigh. Houston is a very good team, but we got exposed a lot this week. There are some big gaps that need to be shorn up this winter, and shockingly, bullpen seems to be the least of the worries.

We're not far off from being elite, but we aren't there yet. Very much punched above our weight class to get to the WS. Need more consistent bats, need more patient bats and probably need another starter to help reduce season long workload for Nola and Wheeler.

 

[Chinatown88]

Is there an OverTheCap equivalent for baseball? I'm sick of using Spotrac.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Obviously they found a new way to cheat.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

It was a fun run. We get to raise another blue pennant in CBP next year, which is a hell of a lot better than any of us thought even a month ago.

But.... Sigh. Houston is a very good team, but we got exposed a lot this week. There are some big gaps that need to be shorn up this winter, and shockingly, bullpen seems to be the least of the worries.

We're not far off from being elite, but we aren't there yet. Very much punched above our weight class to get to the WS. Need more consistent bats, need more patient bats and probably need another starter to help reduce season long workload for Nola and Wheeler.

It’s already raised. I was surprised.