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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    This has nothing to do with anything, but this is fucking awesome and actually makes me proud to be American.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AG0ddWf ... r_embedded

    not to turn this into a political debate, but I will never understand how someone can be blindly loyal to one party. I agree with platforms on the right and left.

    Good stuff...that guy is definitely a NYer

    Yeah, not trying to turn this into one, but that's my point. Do what's right no matter what. There's no counter argument to that.

    Couldn't say it better. I agree with issues on one side more than the other so that is how I typically identify myself and it has changed quite a bit in the past few years.
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    And did anybody catch the girl crying after she got a hold of Raul's homer? Now THAT is what baseball is all about.


    I made a 50 dollar bet with someone back in June that Raul would be hitting .270 by the end of the season. :shh:
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    And did anybody catch the girl crying after she got a hold of Raul's homer? Now THAT is what baseball is all about.


    I made a 50 dollar bet with someone back in June that Raul would be hitting .270 by the end of the season. :shh:

    fixer bet me his car howard won't at .300 by the end of the season...
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    FEED THE BEASThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/tom_verducci/07/29/oswalt.trade/index.html

    Oswalt trade proves that for Phillies, now is all that matters Story Highlights
    The Phillies got Roy Oswalt from the Houston Astros in a trade Thursday
    The Phillies large fan base and massive payroll demand constant success
    Philadelphia has won the past three NL East titles and the last two NL pennants

    The Beast requires constant feeding, and that is why Roy Oswalt is a Phillie today. Another organization sitting 2 1/2 games out of the wild card and 3 1/2 games out of first place could have passed on the expense, in dollars and prospects, that it took to add a pitcher about to turn 33 years old. But Philadelphia proved it is one of the three organizations in baseball that must feed The Beast. Only the Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies operate with this mandate: World Series or bust.

    Making the playoffs? That's fine for 27 other franchises. But the Yankees took on The Beast in 2000 and the Red Sox in 2008, and now Philadelphia has it.

    Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. didn't fully want to acknowledge the mandate last winter when he foolishly dealt pitcher Cliff Lee in order to do something The Beast cares nothing about: "restock our farm system." It may have been smart baseball for 27 other teams, but not The Big Three. Winning today, not tomorrow, is all that counts. When Boston GM Theo Epstein, for instance, talked about a "bridge" season this year as the Sox waited for young players to develop, the fanatics of Red Sox Nation were ready to heave him off said bridge.

    Seven months after trading Lee, Amaro got it. He traded pitcher J.A. Happ and two prospects for Oswalt, who will pitch only about 12 games for Philadelphia this year and is signed for next season. But Oswalt is about October, too, because Amaro knows Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and Oswalt can get him back to the World Series -- not just into the National League Division Series or Championship Series -- if the Phillies get into the tournament.

    To understand the transformation of Phillies baseball, you need only go back four seasons, to 2006. That year Philadelphia drew 2.7 million fans, ranking seventh among the 16 National League teams. They spent $88 million on payroll. And in their organization were pitchers Hamels, Happ, Brett Myers, Randy Wolf, Gavin Floyd, Gio Gonzalez, Kyle Kendrick, Carlos Carrasco, Matt Maloney, Josh Outman and Carlos Monasterios.

    This year the Phillies rank first in the league in attendance, on pace to draw more than 3.6 million. Their payroll is $141 million. And Happ, Myers, Wolf, Floyd, Gonzalez, Carrasco, Maloney, Outman and Monasterios all are pitching elsewhere.

    The Phillies fill Citizens Bank Park every night. Their local TV ratings, which are up 16.5 percent this year, are higher than every team except the Cardinals and Twins, who are regional draws. If you go by the average number of households watching the local team, the Phillies have more eyeballs on them than every team except the Mets and Yankees. Think Red Sox Nation is big? The Phillies' viewing audience is 41 percent bigger than the Red Sox's audience and 60 percent bigger than the Cubs' audience.

    In just the past 12 months, the Phillies have traded for Halladay, Lee and Oswalt, traded Lee and handed Ryan Howard and Halladay contract extensions worth $185 million that will pay them huge money through their mid-30s.

    Go to Citizens Bank Park and the fans are decked out in Phillies gear of all kinds. The team sells Charlie Manuel jerseys, for goodness sake.

    Amaro had a choice when it came to what he provides these people: he could put 36 of his team's final 61 games in the hands of Happ, Kendrick and Joe Blanton, and hope not only that it was good enough to make up the deficit in the standings but also good enough to pitch the Phillies through two rounds of the playoffs. Or he could feed The Beast and go get Oswalt to team with Halladay and Hamels in what could be the best October rotation since the mid-90s Braves with Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. Really, there was no choice at all.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    The Jeagler wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    And did anybody catch the girl crying after she got a hold of Raul's homer? Now THAT is what baseball is all about.


    I made a 50 dollar bet with someone back in June that Raul would be hitting .270 by the end of the season. :shh:

    fixer bet me his car howard won't at .300 by the end of the season...

    that I did. we never decided what I get when I win. A night of beers on the Jeagler will suffice
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    That's funny. I've been interested in this topic from a business and numbers stand-point for a while now. I wish there was more out there to analyze. I'm just still bewildered by the fact that it took this long for anyone - especially the fucking organization - to acknowledge it. Though I'm curious how the long term numbers will look when the core of this team has passed.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    The Jeagler wrote:
    FEED THE BEASThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/tom_verducci/07/29/oswalt.trade/index.html

    The Phillies' viewing audience is 41 percent bigger than the Red Sox's audience and 60 percent bigger than the Cubs' audience.

    further proof that red sox fans are poseurs. god I hate them
  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    http://gothamist.com/2010/07/30/puking_phillies_fan_gets_jail_must.php
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    The Champ wrote:
    http://gothamist.com/2010/07/30/puking_phillies_fan_gets_jail_must.php

    Late to the party, bud. But, yes, sweet.
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    This has nothing to do with anything, but this is fucking awesome and actually makes me proud to be American.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AG0ddWf ... r_embedded

    dont fuck wit a brooklyn peep when dey have da floor

    idiot shouter learned dat da hard way
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    BIG HOME GAME ON THE ROAD TONIGHT, BOYS!
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    BIG HOME GAME ON THE ROAD TONIGHT, BOYS!

    yeah, I'm really looking forward to watching the game tonight. gotta get 2 of 3 this weekend...and let's go reds
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    The Fixer wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    BIG HOME GAME ON THE ROAD TONIGHT, BOYS!

    yeah, I'm really looking forward to watching the game tonight. gotta get 2 of 3 this weekend...and let's go reds

    Maybe Dunn is out of the lineup and we sweep these dudes. And, yes, GO CINCY. Might have a chance of being in 1st place by Monday!
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    Every year a trade for a pitcher since '06 - Moyer, Lohse, Blanton, Lee, Oswalt. It's like the picture of the evolution of ape to man.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Every year a trade for a pitcher since '06 - Moyer, Lohse, Blanton, Lee, Oswalt. It's like the picture of the evolution of ape to man.

    HAAAAAAAAAA
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    The Fixer wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Every year a trade for a pitcher since '06 - Moyer, Lohse, Blanton, Lee, Oswalt. It's like the picture of the evolution of ape to man.

    HAAAAAAAAAA

    If I had the time and know-how, I'd get all arts & crafts up on that shit. Who am I kidding, I definitely got the time.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Every year a trade for a pitcher since '06 - Moyer, Lohse, Blanton, Lee, Oswalt. It's like the picture of the evolution of ape to man.

    HAAAAAAAAAA

    If I had the time and know-how, I'd get all arts & crafts up on that shit. Who am I kidding, I definitely got the time.

    thanks for providing my current FB status
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    The Fixer wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    HAAAAAAAAAA

    If I had the time and know-how, I'd get all arts & crafts up on that shit. Who am I kidding, I definitely got the time.

    thanks for providing my current FB status

    I am honored.
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,529
    Alright, gentlemen - everyone have a happy Oswalt evening. Fixer, I'm actually heading to your town to watch this game.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Alright, gentlemen - everyone have a happy Oswalt evening. Fixer, I'm actually heading to your town to watch this game.

    ah, enjoy. hanging with the mrs tonight.

    bummer tonight...oswalt got tittied. hopefully the reds can pull off some back door action
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