***The Official Philadelphia Phillies 2013 Thread***

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 said:

Han Dynasty is one of the top 10 new restaurants in New York.

CARTWRIGHT!

The Juggler

http://www.thegoodphight.com/2014/1/8/5288328/breaking-news-chris-wheeler-and-gary-mathews-out-as-phillies

wheels and sarge are out! what are the odds this happens the same day i posted the above article?

thing is, mccarthy makes wheels worse than he really is. they should both be out. and i like the unintentional comedy sarge provides.

i wonder who will be the color guy now....la?

Jearlpam0925

The Juggler said:

http://www.thegoodphight.com/2014/1/8/5288328/breaking-news-chris-wheeler-and-gary-mathews-out-as-phillies

wheels and sarge are out! what are the odds this happens the same day i posted the above article?

thing is, mccarthy makes wheels worse than he really is. they should both be out. and i like the unintentional comedy sarge provides.

i wonder who will be the color guy now....la?

Haha, was about to post this...

Well, we're 50% of the way to where we wanna go...

Here's to hoping LA and Franzke are making their way to TV. And not hoping this means they bring in some rando's...

The Juggler

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20140108_ap_cc1da3425c724e91a45bc1bc901a3bd7.html?239284481=Y&mr=1&submit=Vote&oid=1&pid=239284481&cid=8500281#poll_questions_top

Among those thought be potential replacements are former Phillies closer Brad Lidge, who was 48-for48 in save situations during the 2008 World Series championship season, Chris Coste, a backup catcher on that team, and former All-Star closer Ricky Bottalico, who currently serves as a postgame analyst.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20140108_ap_cc1da3425c724e91a45bc1bc901a3bd7.html#LbQ2Ii3df2kGpu1V.99





i was reading the franske said he and la actually prefer radio....damn it.

Ledbetterman10

I'm sure I'm in the minority on this one, but I'll actually miss Wheels. Sure there's times I've yelled "No shit Wheels!" or "Will you stop trying to cover up for these morons?" or "You cheat at Dodge Stump The Fans!" at the screen. But I'm used to him. The same way you spend Christmas with relatives that may be annoying or embarrassing at times, you spend Phillies games with Wheels...who can also be annoying or embarrassing at times....but he's family.

I'll tell ya what, I hate Bottalico and would be very angry if he became the new color guy. It'd have to do the old "mute the TV and listen to the radio broadcast" thing. Coste may be good. Wouldn't know what to expect from Lidge. If it was up to me, I'd just bump Larry Anderson up to TV.

Hats off to the Big Hurt by the way. A true slugger.

Jearlpam0925

Used to someone is no reason to keep him around. He's definitely not family. That pedophile does about everything wrong as a broadcaster, along with Tits McGhee, who is the real shame that they're not getting rid of.....

I'm with you on Ricky Bo, cause F that never-did-anything meat head. I'd much rather have Mitch, or a good one they were talking about this morning that I could see, but probably won't happen, is Doc.

The ideal thing to do is put Franzke and LA on TV, but I guess that ain't happenin.

The Juggler

how funny would it be if manual got the gig?

Jearlpam0925

The Juggler said:

how funny would it be if manual got the gig?

Ha. I would love it. The irony would be steep and rich.

The Juggler

i meant to bring this up a while ago. we went to cap grill in kop on new years eve....2nd time in a row there where i've been less than satisfied. can't quite put my finger on it, but for some reason this one just does not seem as up to par as the one in the city. anyone else been to both?

Jearlpam0925

Matt Gelb is a good (rational) writer.

Like I've been saying, Phils had little to none leverage in these negotiations. Good article -

http://mobile.philly.com/sports/phillies/?wss=/philly/sports/phillies&id=239703991

pjhawks

Jearlpam0925 said:

Matt Gelb is a good (rational) writer.

Like I've been saying, Phils had little to none leverage in these negotiations. Good article -

http://mobile.philly.com/sports/phillies/?wss=/philly/sports/phillies&id=239703991

very good article. helps explain why Comcast was the only choice and that the deal is really worth closer to $200 million per year with the Ad revenue and the revenue from CSN.

Jearlpam0925

pjhawks said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Matt Gelb is a good (rational) writer.

Like I've been saying, Phils had little to none leverage in these negotiations. Good article -

http://mobile.philly.com/sports/phillies/?wss=/philly/sports/phillies&id=239703991

very good article. helps explain why Comcast was the only choice and that the deal is really worth closer to $200 million per year with the Ad revenue and the revenue from CSN.

No one said it's worth 200 mil/yr other than Boras. The point is getting a shit load of money isn't the end-game since you can't get blood from a stone.

Cliffy6745

New Comcast building announced. Gonna be sweet.

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140116_Comcast_to_build_second__taller_Phila__skyscraper.html

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 said:

New Comcast building announced. Gonna be sweet.

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140116_Comcast_to_build_second__taller_Phila__skyscraper.html

hopefully inga saffron approves.

it does look cool....i just wish comcast was a better company and wish i could be proud of the fact they are from this town.

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

New Comcast building announced. Gonna be sweet.

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140116_Comcast_to_build_second__taller_Phila__skyscraper.html

hopefully inga saffron approves.

it does look cool....i just wish comcast was a better company and wish i could be proud of the fact they are from this town.

What's wrong with Comcast aside from everyone hating the cable company?

Jearlpam0925

Jesus.

Comcastadelphia is even closer to happening. Literally. Christ.

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

New Comcast building announced. Gonna be sweet.

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140116_Comcast_to_build_second__taller_Phila__skyscraper.html

hopefully inga saffron approves.

it does look cool....i just wish comcast was a better company and wish i could be proud of the fact they are from this town.

What's wrong with Comcast aside from everyone hating the cable company?

that's kind of the nail on the head there cliff, as they are first and foremost a cable company.

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

New Comcast building announced. Gonna be sweet.

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140116_Comcast_to_build_second__taller_Phila__skyscraper.html

hopefully inga saffron approves.

it does look cool....i just wish comcast was a better company and wish i could be proud of the fact they are from this town.

What's wrong with Comcast aside from everyone hating the cable company?

that's kind of the nail on the head there cliff, as they are first and foremost a cable company.

Ah, well all I know is that I have dealt with 2 cables companies in my life, Time Warner and Comcast and at least from where Time Warner stood 6 years ago, I would take Comcast ANY.DAY.OF.THE.WEEK over Time Warner.

Jearlpam0925

Sweet looking building, though. Just wish someone else was occupying it.

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

New Comcast building announced. Gonna be sweet.

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140116_Comcast_to_build_second__taller_Phila__skyscraper.html

hopefully inga saffron approves.

it does look cool....i just wish comcast was a better company and wish i could be proud of the fact they are from this town.

What's wrong with Comcast aside from everyone hating the cable company?

that's kind of the nail on the head there cliff, as they are first and foremost a cable company.

Ah, well all I know is that I have dealt with 2 cables companies in my life, Time Warner and Comcast and at least from where Time Warner stood 6 years ago, I would take Comcast ANY.DAY.OF.THE.WEEK over Time Warner.

I've switched back and forth between Comcast and Fios for over 10 years. Each experience is worse than the previous.