***The Official Philadelphia Phillies 2012 Thread***

pjhawks

The Fixer wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

votto is fucking good. that was a hell of an AB

how was that at-bat in the 8th with the tying run on 3rd with a 2-0 count on our 7th best pitcher? i guess it didn't matter though since RBIs don't count

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didn't he fly out? I don't remember the result.

not sure why you are ripping him for one AB...the guy is a flat out beast. remember when you laughed at me for saying Id take votto over howard? that was funny then...hilarious now

week grounder to chase that chase almost threw away. just having a little fun since you can't seem to ever stop commenting about our 1st basemen's bad at-bats. votto has had 2 unbelievable years. when you made that comment he was one-month into his 1st great year. not matter how good votto is and/or continues to be it doesn't take away what ryan has done and continues to do for this franchise. gotta admit it's gonna be fun and exciting watching ryan for the 5th straight year in the playoffs.

The Fixer

pjhawks wrote:

just having a little fun since you can't seem to ever stop commenting about our 1st basemen's bad at-bats. .

I was complaining about his defense last night. since you mention it though, his ABs were atrocious as well. though I did get a good laugh from his AB vs bray

Ledbetterman10

The Fixer wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

.815 OPS for Howard? Saw that last night and couldn't believe it.

he's having by far the worst year of his career. good thing he signed that huge extension

at least he has a lot of RBIs :roll:

Will you just get over it already?? This is the best team the Phillies have ever put on the field and Howard's .250 average isn't hurting anybody. And lose the lame eyes-rolling smiley face over the RBIs. Would you rather him hit .250 and NOT have a lot of RBIs???

AUTOMATED RESPONSE FROM THE FIXER wrote:

No, I want him to have a lot of RBIs AND play up to the standards of his contract! And .250 is BELOW those standards.

The Fixer

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

.815 OPS for Howard? Saw that last night and couldn't believe it.

he's having by far the worst year of his career. good thing he signed that huge extension

at least he has a lot of RBIs :roll:

Will you just get over it already?? This is the best team the Phillies have ever put on the field and Howard's .250 average isn't hurting anybody. And lose the lame eyes-rolling smiley face over the RBIs. Would you rather him hit .250 and NOT have a lot of RBIs???

AUTOMATED RESPONSE FROM THE FIXER wrote:

No, I want him to have a lot of RBIs AND play up to the standards of his contract! And .250 is BELOW those standards.

haha, the quote at the end is funny. and on point

they probably could have signed pujols or fielder (better players) for less than howard got. just sayin

pjhawks

The Fixer wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

just having a little fun since you can't seem to ever stop commenting about our 1st basemen's bad at-bats. .

I was complaining about his defense last night. since you mention it though, his ABs were atrocious as well. though I did get a good laugh from his AB vs bray

the bray one was bad but i wouldn't call the other ones atrocious (and let me point out his average vs. lefties is still better than your boy chase's this year). and none came with runners in scoring position or with the tying run on 3rd with 2 outs so they were pretty meaningless at-bats. give me big hits in big spots over meaningless hits with no one on (you know like polanco...)

Ledbetterman10

The Fixer wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

he's having by far the worst year of his career. good thing he signed that huge extension

at least he has a lot of RBIs :roll:

Will you just get over it already?? This is the best team the Phillies have ever put on the field and Howard's .250 average isn't hurting anybody. And lose the lame eyes-rolling smiley face over the RBIs. Would you rather him hit .250 and NOT have a lot of RBIs???

AUTOMATED RESPONSE FROM THE FIXER wrote:

No, I want him to have a lot of RBIs AND play up to the standards of his contract! And .250 is BELOW those standards.

haha, the quote at the end is funny. and on point

they probably could have signed pujols or fielder (better players) for less than howard got. just sayin

I figured you'd like that quote. Look, I'm not gonna disagree with you that Pujols and Fielder are better all-around players. But I just can't believe any Phlllies fan could complain about anything at this point. If you told me during the Francona years that we would someday have the best team in the league but our #4 hitter wouldn't be as good as his contract says he is, I'd take that.

The Fixer

pjhawks wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

just having a little fun since you can't seem to ever stop commenting about our 1st basemen's bad at-bats. .

I was complaining about his defense last night. since you mention it though, his ABs were atrocious as well. though I did get a good laugh from his AB vs bray

the bray one was bad but i wouldn't call the other ones atrocious (and let me point out his average vs. lefties is still better than your boy chase's this year). and none came with runners in scoring position or with the tying run on 3rd with 2 outs so they were pretty meaningless at-bats. give me big hits in big spots over meaningless hits with no one on (you know like polanco...)

howard has a higher avg vs lefties than utley over a 3 month span...congrats. Just goes to show how much howard has struggled vs righties and lefties this season (since he's hitting 240 something overall)

anyway, I don't feel like getting into a heated thing here. howard was awful last night and it's frustrating to think that I have to watch him on a daily basis for the next 5 years after this season.

prime example of why most of the time it's dumb to extend contracts 2 years before you have to

The Fixer

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

I figured you'd like that quote. Look, I'm not gonna disagree with you that Pujols and Fielder are better all-around players. But I just can't believe any Phlllies fan could complain about anything at this point. If you told me during the Francona years that we would someday have the best team in the league but our #4 hitter wouldn't be as good as his contract says he is, I'd take that.

probably not the best mindset to have, but this season is all about the playoffs for me. anything less than a WS appearance will be a huge disappointment. a WS loss would be tough as well since they will most likely be favored.

hopefully they get/stay healthy and utley/howard both get hot going into playoffs. neither of them has been great this season (which makes it pretty amazing that they have won so many games)

Cliffy6745

Ouch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsI27Hpn ... r_embedded

jamminpearls

Yeah he sucks!!!!!!!!!!

The Juggler

jamminpearls wrote:

Yeah he sucks!!!!!!!!!!

all aboard


the reds stink

Johnny Abruzzo

I'm in KC for a meeting. How bout that Doc! 3 run double.

The Fixer

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

I'm in KC for a meeting. How bout that Doc! 3 run double.

he is unreal. nice win. hopefully kong heats up. he always seems to do well in cincy.

you guys gotta check out the youtube clip at the end of this. unbelievable how uncoordinated this guy is.

http://www.thefightins.com/meechone/dom ... gh-valley/

EDIT: The Power & Light District section of KC isnt bad

The Juggler

The Fixer wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

I'm in KC for a meeting. How bout that Doc! 3 run double.

he is unreal. nice win. hopefully kong heats up. he always seems to do well in cincy.

you guys gotta check out the youtube clip at the end of this. unbelievable how uncoordinated this guy is.

http://www.thefightins.com/meechone/dom ... gh-valley/

EDIT: The Power & Light District section of KC isnt bad

cliff posted that yesterday day too.

i dunno....i don't think a little humility is necessarily a bad thing for the guy. not giving up on him yet.

Phantom Pain

Phillies get lefty-hitting John Bowker from Pirates http://t.co/Cst1SUZ

Ledbetterman10

How did The Fixer land a gig writing for Bill Simmons?

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/691 ... a-phillies

pjhawks

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

How did The Fixer land a gig writing for Bill Simmons?

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/691 ... a-phillies

terrble article. added nothing new whatsoever. actually kind of lazy writing. the only question to be asked is can revenues stay in-line with said payroll. if so then i don't see a problem as you can always get players to come here if you are willing to pay. this team as it currently stands has at least a 3-year window still. one of only 3 teams to have a winning record 7 straight years so it's not like this is a one or two year run either.

Cliffy6745

pjhawks wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

How did The Fixer land a gig writing for Bill Simmons?

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/691 ... a-phillies

terrble article. added nothing new whatsoever. actually kind of lazy writing. the only question to be asked is can revenues stay in-line with said payroll. if so then i don't see a problem as you can always get players to come here if you are willing to pay. this team as it currently stands has at least a 3-year window still. one of only 3 teams to have a winning record 7 straight years so it's not like this is a one or two year run either.

How is that terrible? It is pretty spot on. The Phillies are the best team in baseball now but are aging fast and have a lot of money tied up. What's to argue?

pjhawks

Cliffy6745 wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

How did The Fixer land a gig writing for Bill Simmons?

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/691 ... a-phillies

terrble article. added nothing new whatsoever. actually kind of lazy writing. the only question to be asked is can revenues stay in-line with said payroll. if so then i don't see a problem as you can always get players to come here if you are willing to pay. this team as it currently stands has at least a 3-year window still. one of only 3 teams to have a winning record 7 straight years so it's not like this is a one or two year run either.

How is that terrible? It is pretty spot on. The Phillies are the best team in baseball now but are aging fast and have a lot of money tied up. What's to argue?

i didn't say the article was wrong i just said it didn't add anything new which it didn't. everyone knows the phils lineup is aging and their payroll is high. and the payroll being high is irrelevant as long as the revenues continue or get higher (which i suspect they will when next local tv contract is up). it's not like they are looking to cut payroll anytime soon. as i said above as long as they are willing to pay good to great players will want to come here and the winning will continue, like the red sox and yanks (the only other 2 teams with 7+ years of winning records).

Jearlpam0925

I can tell you right now - the Phils will not have a "new" tv contract. They are going to be sticking with Comcast. They definitely won't have their own network like the Yanks or Red Sox.