PHILLY (Loosely Related to The Philadelphia Phillies)

Ledbetterman10

2nd to last-place in the ENTIRE MAJORS. Only Tampa Bay is worse. I knew things would get bad, but not this bad this quickly.

eeriepadave

season over yet?

The Juggler

JK_Livin said:

http://t.co/NYqDXsqGcT

hindsight is great and this trade is now a disaster...but we were all in favor of it at the time. it's like the one thing everyone agreed about in these last few phils threads. we were all happy the phils didnt give up d brown and worley. hahaha

also, just out of curiosity, i went back and looked at the coverage the trade got and it was all mostly favorable of the phils....even the all knowing keith law was in favor of it (he also liked the 2nd pence trade).

i don't know anyone who didn't love the trade at the time and now everyone is acting like they knew it was going to be a disaster from day 1.

Cliffy6745

Public House closing and turning into a City Tap House. Good thing Carter and Richards don't play here anymore.

Much better news for me though. City Tap House is a decent spot, just a hike. Public House blows.

The Juggler

awesome play by j roll there....only 3 hits away from michael jack

so espn has the phils as the 6th most improved farm system after the draft. here is that review and keith law's draft recap

Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies: There have been a lot of rumors about the job security of GM Ruben Amaro Jr., but it should be noted that his past two drafts were among his best. Aaron Nola was considered the safest prospect in the draft, and he has the stuff to be a member of the Phillies’ rotation as soon as next year. The Phillies also picked up top-100 talents in Matt Imhof and Chris Oliver, and Aaron Brown was one of the best two-way prospects in the class this year.

The Phillies also drafted arguably the best defensive shortstop available in Alabama State's Emmanuel Marrero, and Sacramento State first baseman Rhys Hoskins has some offensive potential as well. Few systems in baseball needed to be reinvigorated as much as Philadelphia’s, and at least on paper, the Phils appear to have done just that.

...

It was an atypical draft for the Phillies, who usually go for upside and focus on high school players, but they went for probability this year and took college players with their first seven picks. Aaron Nola (Round 1) was the highest-floor college arm in the draft, boasting 70-grade command of a 91-93 mph fastball with two legitimate secondary pitches, only raising concerns because of a funky delivery and low three-quarters slot that reminds scouts of Chris Sale's arm action.

Cal Poly lefty Matt Imhof (Round 2) is also a high-floor, low-ceiling guy, missing a lot of bats in college with his slider and changeup but likely to have just an average fastball when he's going every fifth day. Two-way player Aaron Brown (Round 3) out of Pepperdine will apparently go out as a center fielder, where he has a plus arm and some power as a left-handed hitter, but his 52-to-9 strikeout-to-walk ratio this year is a little tough to take and I'd bet on him ending up on the mound eventually.

Arkansas' Chris Oliver (Round 4) could move very quickly as a pen guy, hitting 96 as a starter with a hard slurve, but he's still pretty slight and doesn't have an effective third pitch yet. Rhys Hoskins (Round 5) of Sacramento State is limited to first base but has an intriguing power/patience skill set, with good loft in his finish. Sam McWilliams (Round 8) was their only high school pick in the top 28 rounds, which is a complete 180 from their typical draft pattern; he's a projectable 6-foot-7 right-hander from Tennessee with a rough arm action and no present breaking ball but has touched 94 and will probably find more than that as he fills out.

Austin Davis (Round 12) was a potential top three rounds pick earlier in the spring when he was hitting 95 for Cal State Bakersfield, but he couldn't hold his velocity and might go back for another year to try to get into the top five rounds.

eeriepadave

Congrats to Paps on his 300th save.

One of the few bright spots for us this year.

The Juggler

The War on Drugs...shame on me for not getting into these guys until recently. Fucking awesome band

JK_Livin

The Juggler said:

JK_Livin said:

http://t.co/NYqDXsqGcT

hindsight is great and this trade is now a disaster...but we were all in favor of it at the time. it's like the one thing everyone agreed about in these last few phils threads. we were all happy the phils didnt give up d brown and worley. hahaha

also, just out of curiosity, i went back and looked at the coverage the trade got and it was all mostly favorable of the phils....even the all knowing keith law was in favor of it (he also liked the 2nd pence trade).

i don't know anyone who didn't love the trade at the time and now everyone is acting like they knew it was going to be a disaster from day 1.

You really know how to read between the lines.

)

It is what it is. All I did was post a link.

The Juggler

JK_Livin said:

The Juggler said:

JK_Livin said:

http://t.co/NYqDXsqGcT

hindsight is great and this trade is now a disaster...but we were all in favor of it at the time. it's like the one thing everyone agreed about in these last few phils threads. we were all happy the phils didnt give up d brown and worley. hahaha

also, just out of curiosity, i went back and looked at the coverage the trade got and it was all mostly favorable of the phils....even the all knowing keith law was in favor of it (he also liked the 2nd pence trade).

i don't know anyone who didn't love the trade at the time and now everyone is acting like they knew it was going to be a disaster from day 1.

You really know how to read between the lines.

)

It is what it is. All I did was post a link.

haha sorry....i didn't mean you specifically. i mean i hate the trade now too. it's just everyone now acts like they hated it at the time it happened, when in reality, they all thought it was the last piece the phils needed that year.

JK_Livin

The Juggler said:

JK_Livin said:

The Juggler said:

JK_Livin said:

http://t.co/NYqDXsqGcT

hindsight is great and this trade is now a disaster...but we were all in favor of it at the time. it's like the one thing everyone agreed about in these last few phils threads. we were all happy the phils didnt give up d brown and worley. hahaha

also, just out of curiosity, i went back and looked at the coverage the trade got and it was all mostly favorable of the phils....even the all knowing keith law was in favor of it (he also liked the 2nd pence trade).

i don't know anyone who didn't love the trade at the time and now everyone is acting like they knew it was going to be a disaster from day 1.

You really know how to read between the lines.

)

It is what it is. All I did was post a link.

haha sorry....i didn't mean you specifically. i mean i hate the trade now too. it's just everyone now acts like they hated it at the time it happened, when in reality, they all thought it was the last piece the phils needed that year.

Definitely. That was an infamous day. Nhamdi, Cullen Jenkins then the Pence deal, if memory serves me correct.

jamminpearls

JK_Livin said:

The Juggler said:

JK_Livin said:

The Juggler said:

JK_Livin said:

http://t.co/NYqDXsqGcT

hindsight is great and this trade is now a disaster...but we were all in favor of it at the time. it's like the one thing everyone agreed about in these last few phils threads. we were all happy the phils didnt give up d brown and worley. hahaha

also, just out of curiosity, i went back and looked at the coverage the trade got and it was all mostly favorable of the phils....even the all knowing keith law was in favor of it (he also liked the 2nd pence trade).

i don't know anyone who didn't love the trade at the time and now everyone is acting like they knew it was going to be a disaster from day 1.

You really know how to read between the lines.

)

It is what it is. All I did was post a link.

haha sorry....i didn't mean you specifically. i mean i hate the trade now too. it's just everyone now acts like they hated it at the time it happened, when in reality, they all thought it was the last piece the phils needed that year.

Definitely. That was an infamous day. Nhamdi, Cullen Jenkins then the Pence deal, if memory serves me correct.

I was going nuts that day. Man if I only had a crystal ball then.

pjhawks

was headed to the Phils game when i heard Birds signed Nhamdi, then at the Phils games got word they traded for Pence. The excitement of that day as a sports fans was fantastic alas not much came of it.

I hope Jimmy can hold off the hits for a few days. headed down Sunday and would love to see him do it then.

pjhawks

great article by Jayson Stark on some of Jimmy Rollins numbers. some impressive stuff in here.

http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-stark/post/_/id/819/jimmy-rollins-unique-hall-of-fame-case

The Juggler

Hall of famer?

Wobbie

eeriepadave said:

Congrats to Paps on his 300th save.

One of the few bright spots for us this year.

fuck that guy

eeriepadave

The Juggler said:

Hall of famer?

Phillies HOF- yes. MLB, probably not.

Nice walk off win last night.

pjhawks

The Juggler said:

Hall of famer?

he is an interesting case. Barry Larkin is in the Hall and most of Jimmy's numbers are going to surpass his. I think he will be really close but ultimately i think he will just miss getting in. I guess some of it depends on how long he keeps playing and how many hits he ultimately ends up with. if he can get to 2500 or more that could push him in. I also think if the Phils had won a 2nd title that would have helped his case.

Cliffy6745

I think he is close, simply because he is a shortstop.

eeriepadave

3 in a row!

Cliffy6745

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/PBJ-Phillies-Fans-Bandwagon-263017211.html

You know I couldn't resist