My thing is 1) the AAV isn't bad because of the years 2) pitching is super expensive, and I'd rather roll the dice on dependability & a player that I know than someone like Snell who hasn't pitched more than 130 innings.
Seems like Nola took the discount for these reasons, too. Also makes me hold out hope that they're not done.
I mean. He figured which pitch clock to look at so it’s all unicorns and rainbows now…
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Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
I mean. He figured which pitch clock to look at so it’s all unicorns and rainbows now…
I dunno...they're reducing the clock with men on base to 18 seconds. Feel a lot of Rav 4th innings incoming.
I'm surprised they don't have a sponsor for every inning.
"And that's the 3rd out in the Gilette Mach 5th"
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Just wanted to remark (again) that I really love this city. Only been here since 2012 but I feel like I fit it. Ran the marathon yesterday and there were about 20 times I thought "how cool is this"....be it running by Independence Hall, or through Manayunk, around Fairmont Park, or just people handing out shots of Jameson and beers (to folks running 26.2 miles!). This place is great. Fuck all the haters, they can stay in NY, LA, Chicago, SF, Dallas, Boston, Miami, Denver, or wherever in the heck else people want to tout for large cities to live in. Happy to raise our kid to be a dood from the area and am glad I "forced" the local teams on him and didn't let him pick the teams I root for.
Just wanted to remark (again) that I really love this city. Only been here since 2012 but I feel like I fit it. Ran the marathon yesterday and there were about 20 times I thought "how cool is this"....be it running by Independence Hall, or through Manayunk, around Fairmont Park, or just people handing out shots of Jameson and beers (to folks running 26.2 miles!). This place is great. Fuck all the haters, they can stay in NY, LA, Chicago, SF, Dallas, Boston, Miami, Denver, or wherever in the heck else people want to tout for large cities to live in. Happy to raise our kid to be a dood from the area and am glad I "forced" the local teams on him and didn't let him pick the teams I root for.
How'd you do? Nice cool day for ya.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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Just wanted to remark (again) that I really love this city. Only been here since 2012 but I feel like I fit it. Ran the marathon yesterday and there were about 20 times I thought "how cool is this"....be it running by Independence Hall, or through Manayunk, around Fairmont Park, or just people handing out shots of Jameson and beers (to folks running 26.2 miles!). This place is great. Fuck all the haters, they can stay in NY, LA, Chicago, SF, Dallas, Boston, Miami, Denver, or wherever in the heck else people want to tout for large cities to live in. Happy to raise our kid to be a dood from the area and am glad I "forced" the local teams on him and didn't let him pick the teams I root for.
How'd you do? Nice cool day for ya.
Personal best for a marathon by 23 mins but missed my overall goal for this race by quite a bit, as well. Was on target until about Manayunk and then I was on fumes the last 6-7 miles. It was beautiful out there.
Just wanted to remark (again) that I really love this city. Only been here since 2012 but I feel like I fit it. Ran the marathon yesterday and there were about 20 times I thought "how cool is this"....be it running by Independence Hall, or through Manayunk, around Fairmont Park, or just people handing out shots of Jameson and beers (to folks running 26.2 miles!). This place is great. Fuck all the haters, they can stay in NY, LA, Chicago, SF, Dallas, Boston, Miami, Denver, or wherever in the heck else people want to tout for large cities to live in. Happy to raise our kid to be a dood from the area and am glad I "forced" the local teams on him and didn't let him pick the teams I root for.
How'd you do? Nice cool day for ya.
Personal best for a marathon by 23 mins but missed my overall goal for this race by quite a bit, as well. Was on target until about Manayunk and then I was on fumes the last 6-7 miles. It was beautiful out there.
That's awesome. I hated that Main St. turnaround. Way back when in 2001 & 2004.
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Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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Just wanted to remark (again) that I really love this city. Only been here since 2012 but I feel like I fit it. Ran the marathon yesterday and there were about 20 times I thought "how cool is this"....be it running by Independence Hall, or through Manayunk, around Fairmont Park, or just people handing out shots of Jameson and beers (to folks running 26.2 miles!). This place is great. Fuck all the haters, they can stay in NY, LA, Chicago, SF, Dallas, Boston, Miami, Denver, or wherever in the heck else people want to tout for large cities to live in. Happy to raise our kid to be a dood from the area and am glad I "forced" the local teams on him and didn't let him pick the teams I root for.
How'd you do? Nice cool day for ya.
Personal best for a marathon by 23 mins but missed my overall goal for this race by quite a bit, as well. Was on target until about Manayunk and then I was on fumes the last 6-7 miles. It was beautiful out there.
That's awesome. I hated that Main St. turnaround. Way back when in 2001 & 2004.
I swear some people turned before the end. I love the way it comes in and is so loud, there, but that subtle uphill 3-4 miles pooped me out.
Just wanted to remark (again) that I really love this city. Only been here since 2012 but I feel like I fit it. Ran the marathon yesterday and there were about 20 times I thought "how cool is this"....be it running by Independence Hall, or through Manayunk, around Fairmont Park, or just people handing out shots of Jameson and beers (to folks running 26.2 miles!). This place is great. Fuck all the haters, they can stay in NY, LA, Chicago, SF, Dallas, Boston, Miami, Denver, or wherever in the heck else people want to tout for large cities to live in. Happy to raise our kid to be a dood from the area and am glad I "forced" the local teams on him and didn't let him pick the teams I root for.
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Also, I would have loved to run it as a 27 or 30 year old. That would have been awesome. I would have made a joke, at that age, about the likelihood or my ever running marathons or ultras. Never know what the future will hold, I guess!
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Just wanted to remark (again) that I really love this city. Only been here since 2012 but I feel like I fit it. Ran the marathon yesterday and there were about 20 times I thought "how cool is this"....be it running by Independence Hall, or through Manayunk, around Fairmont Park, or just people handing out shots of Jameson and beers (to folks running 26.2 miles!). This place is great. Fuck all the haters, they can stay in NY, LA, Chicago, SF, Dallas, Boston, Miami, Denver, or wherever in the heck else people want to tout for large cities to live in. Happy to raise our kid to be a dood from the area and am glad I "forced" the local teams on him and didn't let him pick the teams I root for.
Somebody maybe copy and paste that article? Didn't feel like making an account. People in the burbs constantly talking shit on the city with the same anecdotes. Doubly so when you mention Temple. The words barely change. It's exhausting.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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Went to log back in to it and it asked for a sign up....think I got one free look. It is full of positive things about Philly vs some of the other changes with US cities. I was at a family function yesterday evening and one of the guests grew up in Philly. "It is a disgrace now, it is totally unsafe. I hate Jersey (where he lives now) and I hate Philly now" He proceeded to tell me how tough he was compared to his son and their soft friends. I was kind and did not put 2 and 2 together and show him that he was the soft one. Old, scared, and white. He actually used the Italian slang for black people (you know the one) and saw my face change. I ended the conversation and went to speak with someone else. Fuck that guy - old, wimpy, bastard!
Went to log back in to it and it asked for a sign up....think I got one free look. It is full of positive things about Philly vs some of the other changes with US cities. I was at a family function yesterday evening and one of the guests grew up in Philly. "It is a disgrace now, it is totally unsafe. I hate Jersey (where he lives now) and I hate Philly now" He proceeded to tell me how tough he was compared to his son and their soft friends. I was kind and did not put 2 and 2 together and show him that he was the soft one. Old, scared, and white. He actually used the Italian slang for black people (you know the one) and saw my face change. I ended the conversation and went to speak with someone else. Fuck that guy - old, wimpy, bastard!
It's nothing but what they see on the news and Fakebook. They don't even know the first thing about the city. The dirtbikes are pretty annoying but otherwise it's pretty nice and the food is phenomenal. Oh yeah it kinda smells like weed all over - that's annoying too. Whatever.
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Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Somebody maybe copy and paste that article? Didn't feel like making an account. People in the burbs constantly talking shit on the city with the same anecdotes. Doubly so when you mention Temple. The words barely change. It's exhausting.
Tip: paste a URL into archive.org,that's what I usually do.
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Went to log back in to it and it asked for a sign up....think I got one free look. It is full of positive things about Philly vs some of the other changes with US cities. I was at a family function yesterday evening and one of the guests grew up in Philly. "It is a disgrace now, it is totally unsafe. I hate Jersey (where he lives now) and I hate Philly now" He proceeded to tell me how tough he was compared to his son and their soft friends. I was kind and did not put 2 and 2 together and show him that he was the soft one. Old, scared, and white. He actually used the Italian slang for black people (you know the one) and saw my face change. I ended the conversation and went to speak with someone else. Fuck that guy - old, wimpy, bastard!
It's nothing but what they see on the news and Fakebook. They don't even know the first thing about the city. The dirtbikes are pretty annoying but otherwise it's pretty nice and the food is phenomenal. Oh yeah it kinda smells like weed all over - that's annoying too. Whatever.
I have to laugh at that weed comment. As someone who smoked for years back when it was illegal and I was a youngster, it is wild to smell it everywhere. Everywhere. I don't care, just not wild that they do it inside, everywhere. Dude next to us at Flyers is smoking the whole game, with my kid and his friend sitting there. Don't need to do it in your seat. All game For Christ's sake buy something strong and do it once a period. Hold it in, don't blow the whole shit out. Damn crazy kids these days!
Stuff never did anything for me. I'll take a cigar over that any time.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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I like this John Foley guy but I didn't realize he was a writer.
Oh shit. Yeah, kinda makes me want to be out on PHLY. If they're not hiring a good writer like Gelb because they're going to piece their Phils coverage together with a sports anchor wannabe soccer player, a dipshit like Jamie, and a meme/video creator on Twitter, then boooooo.
I mean, Zach isn't writing too much stuff on there. Rich Hoffman (is he the son of the old Daily News writer?) just writes the emails (which I like, but come on). The only prolific writer is Charlie, who pumps out insane amounts of Flyers material. I don't see too much Sixers stuff on there. At least do transcripts of the podcasts - you can certainly get through them faster without all those damn ads.
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Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
This is my problem tho - they've recruited a ton of really good writers to....not write? Seems like a badly managed entity right now all because Gargano knows some advertising guys (foco, hero bread, trading cards ads nonstop). Hoffman, Berman, Bodner, Wulf, Gelb (apparently not coming now) are all really good writers that are being wasted and was all I really wanted to do (read, which is apparently too hard for a lot of people). I enjoy the Eagles & Sixers pods (Phils to a lesser extent, bummed Gelb isn't coming on), but I don't need them daily.
My thing is 1) the AAV isn't bad because of the years 2) pitching is super expensive, and I'd rather roll the dice on dependability & a player that I know than someone like Snell who hasn't pitched more than 130 innings.
Seems like Nola took the discount for these reasons, too. Also makes me hold out hope that they're not done.
$172M is a discount? think of that…one hundred seventy two MILLION.
smart move….how much money can a person possibly need?….stay where you’re comfortable and don’t go to some shit team just to make some more millions you’ll never spend.
I’ve only been to philly once as an adult….PJ 2016…..loved it!
If I had known then what I know now...
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Seems like Nola took the discount for these reasons, too. Also makes me hold out hope that they're not done.
Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
"And that's the 3rd out in the Gilette Mach 5th"
Is anything going on in sports today?
Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Ran the marathon yesterday and there were about 20 times I thought "how cool is this"....be it running by Independence Hall, or through Manayunk, around Fairmont Park, or just people handing out shots of Jameson and beers (to folks running 26.2 miles!).
This place is great.
Fuck all the haters, they can stay in NY, LA, Chicago, SF, Dallas, Boston, Miami, Denver, or wherever in the heck else people want to tout for large cities to live in.
Happy to raise our kid to be a dood from the area and am glad I "forced" the local teams on him and didn't let him pick the teams I root for.
Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
It was beautiful out there.
Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
I love the way it comes in and is so loud, there, but that subtle uphill 3-4 miles pooped me out.
Reminded me of this article recently: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/philadelphia/why-philadelphia-is-the-only-american-city-that-feels-sane/
Congrats on the marathon!
Never know what the future will hold, I guess!
Some great points made, there!
Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
I was at a family function yesterday evening and one of the guests grew up in Philly. "It is a disgrace now, it is totally unsafe. I hate Jersey (where he lives now) and I hate Philly now"
He proceeded to tell me how tough he was compared to his son and their soft friends.
I was kind and did not put 2 and 2 together and show him that he was the soft one. Old, scared, and white. He actually used the Italian slang for black people (you know the one) and saw my face change. I ended the conversation and went to speak with someone else. Fuck that guy - old, wimpy, bastard!
Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Do you guys think they still go after YAMA MOTO?
Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
I don't care, just not wild that they do it inside, everywhere. Dude next to us at Flyers is smoking the whole game, with my kid and his friend sitting there.
Don't need to do it in your seat. All game
For Christ's sake buy something strong and do it once a period. Hold it in, don't blow the whole shit out.
Damn crazy kids these days!
Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
smart move….how much money can a person possibly need?….stay where you’re comfortable and don’t go to some shit team just to make some more millions you’ll never spend.
I’ve only been to philly once as an adult….PJ 2016…..loved it!
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