OT: 2018 Phillies Thread Part 2

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I really just meant because the sour taste he left in our mouths by not even bothering trying to pitch by getting surgery and just collecting a paycheck.

Oh. I bought you a Cliff Lee blouse for your birthday and was just holding it until I found out when your birthday is. I wonder if they do returns.

 

[Rebels57]

I want Cole Hamels back. Gimme that 2008 juju.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Oh. I bought you a Cliff Lee blouse for your birthday and was just holding it until I found out when your birthday is. I wonder if they do returns.

Cliff Lee was great, he just left something to be desired at the end.

 

[Rebels57]

Cliff Lee was great, he just left something to be desired at the end.

We never should have traded him prior to the 2010 season after acquiring Halladay. Should have found a way to keep both. Might have been the difference in that NLCS. He was unhittable in 2009. Had Hamels not shit the bed we win the 2009 WS.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I'll be honest I thought they were done after the 1st inning. Good win.

 

[Rebels57]

I'll be honest I thought they were done after the 1st inning. Good win.

Turning into a very resilient bunch.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

We never should have traded him prior to the 2010 season after acquiring Halladay. Should have found a way to keep both. Might have been the difference in that NLCS. He was unhittable in 2009. Had Hamels not **** the bed we win the 2009 WS.

That is 100% correct.

 

[Hiesenberg]

We never should have traded him prior to the 2010 season after acquiring Halladay. Should have found a way to keep both. Might have been the difference in that NLCS. He was unhittable in 2009. Had Hamels not **** the bed we win the 2009 WS.

The excuse Ruben used was payroll I think, and then he went out and signed him a couple of years later for a shit ton of money.

I still don't understand why he traded him, unless it was mostly to recover the assets spent to obtain Halladay, which failed.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

John Middleton wasn’t the majority owner through most of Amaro’s tenure. He was building up his control/stake in the organization through that time period. He was the main guy willing to spend & modernize the way they do things. While the other owners were on the cheaper & archaic side. They treated it more like a business while Middleton treats it more like a hobby.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Adonis Medina next start after almost getting traded:

7 IP
2 H
0 ER
0 BB
12 K

 

[FLYguy3911]

Need to figure out these 1st innings. Maybe an Opener would help.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Need to figure out these 1st innings. Maybe an Opener would help.

For Pivetta? Yea, he's trash in the 1st inning.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Franco showing off his range today. 3 RBI hits in his area today.

 

[Halladay]

Wasting too many chances.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

That hook is nasty.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Ross has a horseshoe up his ass, he's been brutal today..

 

[DancingPanther]

Frustrating game. Pivetta hanging 2 horrible 2 strike, 2 out curveballs leading to 3 runs. Phils are 0/RISP

EDIT: Then that happens

 

[Halladay]

This team is terrible defensively.

 

[Adam Warlock]

This game is showing how bad this team needed a bat like Machado. Just have no one who can get a big hit with runners on base.

 

[Hiesenberg]

This game is showing how bad this team needed a bat like Machado. Just have no one who can get a big hit with runners on base.

Valid, but it only helps if he's the one thats coming up.

Altherr should be able to hit a fastball down the middle. He had 3 and missed on all 3.

 

[DancingPanther]

Valid, but it only helps if he's the one thats coming up.

Altherr should be able to hit a fastball down the middle. He had 3 and missed on all 3.

horrible

horriblehorriblehorriblehorrible

I was screaming at the TV and this is a) baseball (love baseball but it isn't as screamable as hockey let's face it) and b) the 2nd game back after the All-Star break.

 

[Halladay]

Better win the 2nd game. Every game is a struggle.

 

[tucson83]

This game is showing how bad this team needed a bat like Machado. Just have no one who can get a big hit with runners on base.

i hear ya, if they come up empty in their star hunting trades or free agency in the off-season, the failure falls on the front office because they didnt try hard enough.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Tim ****ing McCarver is so excruciatingly painful to listen to. All I'm doing is killing time until Liverpool starts at the top of the hour, but it's impossible to leave Cards - Cubs on with his stupidity in my ear.

 

[HammerTime44]

Gotta love Cesar and his dropped popups.