OT: Philadelphia Phillies: We Still Have A Guy Named MacPhail In The Front Office...

[Kermit the Prog]

First baseball game I ever watched is the game when Hank went yard for #715. I remember it like it was yesterday.

 

[Phillysportsfan]

First baseball game I ever watched is the game when Hank went yard for #715. I remember it like it was yesterday.

That's awesome.

 

[Jack Straw]

First baseball game I ever watched is the game when Hank went yard for #715. I remember it like it was yesterday.

The game that made Tom House famous.

 

[swami24]

Al Dowling, gave up number 715. He was from the Philly region, Trenton NJ.

 

[swami24]

I was just reminded that they had snipers on the roof of Fulton County Stadium the night he set the record because he had gotten death threats and they were worried someone was going to try to assassinate him. Unf***ingbelievable how evil and stupid seemingly "normal" people can be.

And yet some people still got onto the field and rounded the bases with him.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

And yet some people still got onto the field and rounded the bases with him.

I know. It's crazy.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

f***ing FINALLY! Welcome home JT!

 

[Hurricane28]

Solid deal. 5 years is fine.

 

[FLYguy3911]

My JT jersey that I didn't get a chance to wear gets another chance to live on.

 

[trostol]

well that solves that issue..good keep on keeping JT..but this team still needs some work

 

[Rebels57]

JT!!!!

That is all.

 

[wankstifier]

Realmuto to Atlanta would’ve been ugly

 

[DancingPanther]

Woooo!!

 

[montreal]

glad he's back, that's a bit pricey but hopefully they can have fans at least at some point during the season.

would expect them to land a SS real soon now that JT is signed. still need to work on that pen though and hope that Howard is legit

 

[Jack Straw]

Screw the damn physical. Sign the man.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Thank the lawd.

JT signing elsewhere would've been a disaster...now you can at least justify the trade you made to get him.

Also, no cap in baseball makes me not really care about $

 

[Cody Webster]

For the first time since 2013, no one was inducted into the Hall this year.

Bonds, Schilling and Clemens have 1 year left.

 

[renberg]

For the first time since 2013, no one was inducted into the Hall this year.

Bonds, Schilling and Clemens have 1 year left.

Gas all three of them.

 

[Elvis P]

Curt Schilling has more WAR than Joe DiMaggio and Brooks Robinson.

 

[Flybynite]

For the first time since 2013, no one was inducted into the Hall this year.

Bonds, Schilling and Clemens have 1 year left.

Schilling came out with an emo bitch drama statement(or just regular Schilling stuff)

"I will not participate in the final year of voting. I am requesting to be removed from the ballot. I'll defer to the veterans committee and men whose opinions actually matter and who are in a position to actually judge a player," Schilling wrote. "I don't think I'm a hall of famer as I've often stated but if former players think I am then I'll accept that with honor."

 

[DancingPanther]

For the first time since 2013, no one was inducted into the Hall this year.

Bonds, Schilling and Clemens have 1 year left.

Bonds not in the hall is just as big a crime as Pete Rose (a bigger one in my opinion)

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Bonds not in the hall is just as big a crime as Pete Rose (a bigger one in my opinion)

I don't know how I feel about HoF credentials at the best of times - my problems with them are an offshoot of the problems I have with statistics generally - but some of the reasons you assume are keeping these guys out are so petty. Like Schilling, I don't know if his numbers get him in (though I think they do?), but to keep him out because of the stupid political shit he says is just beyond stupid. Have they had a look at the personal conduct of half of the people in there who have statues?

Bonds was a dickhead, and worse, a Pirate, but come on. His hand-eye was stupid awesome.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Bonds not in the hall is just as big a crime as Pete Rose (a bigger one in my opinion)

Meanwhile Piazza and Ivan Rodriguez are in, so is the Commissioner who refused to make testing an issue, and the one that really gets me is Tony LaRussa. Not only did LaRussa time and time again go to the mat for McGwire, he actively tried to ruin Steve Wilstein's writing career because he asked about the bottle of andro in McGwire's locker.