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

The Juggler

also jimmy's shot made me think of this last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oBp8rJjI44

JK_Livin

The Juggler wrote:

also jimmy's shot made me think of this last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oBp8rJjI44

Thanks for that. I just got chills. A buddy of mine called me earlier that day and said he had an extra ticket. That was an unforgetable moment. It was also the 1st time I ever went #2 at CBP because I was off work that day and had authentic mexican for lunch. Jimmy's hit came after my release

Johnny Abruzzo

JK_Livin wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

also jimmy's shot made me think of this last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oBp8rJjI44

Thanks for that. I just got chills. A buddy of mine called me earlier that day and said he had an extra ticket. That was an unforgetable moment. It was also the 1st time I ever went #2 at CBP because I was off work that day and had authentic mexican for lunch. Jimmy's hit came after my release

That's disgusting.

Huge win last night - really needed to take that series.

neilybabes86

cliff lee has 0 wins??????????????? :shock:


i haven't followed baseball for 10 minutes this season



was he hurt?

Johnny Abruzzo

neilybabes86 wrote:

cliff lee has 0 wins??????????????? :shock:

i haven't followed baseball for 10 minutes this season

was he hurt?

I think he missed a start or two. It's mostly luck/run support. One game he pitched 10 shutout innings. His ERA is under 3 I think.

neilybabes86

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

cliff lee has 0 wins??????????????? :shock:

i haven't followed baseball for 10 minutes this season

was he hurt?

I think he missed a start or two. It's mostly luck/run support. One game he pitched 10 shutout innings. His ERA is under 3 I think.

wow that would have been some bet in vegas :fp:

The Juggler

JK_Livin wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

also jimmy's shot made me think of this last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oBp8rJjI44

Thanks for that. I just got chills. A buddy of mine called me earlier that day and said he had an extra ticket. That was an unforgetable moment. It was also the 1st time I ever went #2 at CBP because I was off work that day and had authentic mexican for lunch. Jimmy's hit came after my release

what's up shit break?

every big late inning hit he gets, i immediately think of this video. one of the best things ever uploaded to youtube.



would be great to take 2 out of 3 this weekend with lee vs kershaw on deck monday night...

Cliffy6745

The iPhone Philly beer week app is sweet

eeriepadave

The Juggler wrote:

also jimmy's shot made me think of this last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oBp8rJjI44

ahh yes, i was actually at a concert that night though at the electric factory and missed it :oops: (either Them Crooked Vultures or Arctic Monkeys)

The Fixer

The Juggler wrote:

your neighborhood juggler doesn't normally bet on baseball, but when he does, he normally wins. all over the money line last night. couldn't imagine young clifton going into june withou a win. maybe next time. still that was a big w last night.

i say screw the people who have bailed on the phils so quickly. screw the people who have written them off. embrace this underdog role people! for all the negative shit that has gone down this year, they are not dead yet. 13-7 since the mets debacle a few weeks ago and they've quietly scored the 2nd most runs in the month of may. :shh: :shh:

tough road yet to hoe in the next few weeks...but this stretch of games against teams with .500 or better record has started off pretty well.

GO. PHILS.


one more thing--contreras' 8th inning will be overlooked but was encouraging

the cheerleader is back!! same guy that said we had nothing to worry about vs STL last year after game 4 is once again doling out reassurances

seriously, why are you so optimistic about this team? what are your expectations? how are they going to reach those expectations?

Johnny Abruzzo

eeriepadave wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

also jimmy's shot made me think of this last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oBp8rJjI44

ahh yes, i was actually at a concert that night though at the electric factory and missed it :oops: (either Them Crooked Vultures or Arctic Monkeys)

Nothing embarrassing about seeing Them Crooked Vultures - wish I was there!

I saw Arctic Monkeys with Black Keys this year - still don't really get the hype.

pjhawks

The Fixer wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

your neighborhood juggler doesn't normally bet on baseball, but when he does, he normally wins. all over the money line last night. couldn't imagine young clifton going into june withou a win. maybe next time. still that was a big w last night.

i say screw the people who have bailed on the phils so quickly. screw the people who have written them off. embrace this underdog role people! for all the negative shit that has gone down this year, they are not dead yet. 13-7 since the mets debacle a few weeks ago and they've quietly scored the 2nd most runs in the month of may. :shh: :shh:

tough road yet to hoe in the next few weeks...but this stretch of games against teams with .500 or better record has started off pretty well.

GO. PHILS.


one more thing--contreras' 8th inning will be overlooked but was encouraging

the cheerleader is back!! same guy that said we had nothing to worry about vs STL last year after game 4 is once again doling out reassurances

seriously, why are you so optimistic about this team? what are your expectations? how are they going to reach those expectations?

what were your expectations for this team at this point? they are only 3 out and haven't played all that well. i still think Phils are a playoff team...and as proven once you get to the playoffs anything can happen. remember we won a title with joe blanton and jamie moyer in the rotation.

The Fixer

Draft on Monday. Would be nice if the phils had a first round pick :roll:

Here is the guy i wanted them to take last year. He was taken by boston the pick after the phils took Larry Greene, who hasn't even gotten out of extended spring training. Would be a perfect candidate to replace victorino sometime during the 2013 season.


Jackie Bradley Jr was a tremendously accomplished college player at South Carolina when the Red Sox signed him last year for $1.1 million as a supplemental first-round pick. He has solid tools across the board, all of which play up because of his tremendous baseball instincts. He's gotten off to a terrific start for Salem, where he's batting .360/.470/.539 with more walks (18) than strikeouts (16) and a crisp 10-for-11 stealing bases. Bradley leads the Carolina League in OBP and ranks seventh in the minors in that category, while his defense continues to get strong grades as well.

The Fixer

pjhawks wrote:

what were your expectations for this team at this point? they are only 3 out and haven't played all that well. i still think Phils are a playoff team...and as proven once you get to the playoffs anything can happen. remember we won a title with joe blanton and jamie moyer in the rotation.

Current expectations should be to make playoffs in some capacity (two wild cards this year). I agree that they still will because the NL is poop. After that I'm not expecting anything. I think they will have a tough time winning one series, let alone getting deep into playoffs (which should be this team's goal).

It's not 2008 anymore. That team had a dominate bullpen, incredible lineup, solid bench, and a legitimate ace. The exact formula the Cards used last year. Not a coincidence.

This team isn't going anywhere this year. They're just not a good team. The GM hasn't addressed the outstanding issues from the last two years...bullpen, lineup, bench.

Will always love the phils but they cause such ambivalence these days. I really hate amaro

Johnny Abruzzo

Bullpen is showing signs of promise. The young lefties are looking good. Papel-face is good in "save situations." :roll:

Even with Halladay out there are still two legitimate aces. Hamels is clearly better than his 2008 version. Lee is still Lee, wins or not.

Lineup is going to be inconsistent all year but had a really good May. Some of these guys, like Rollins, really can't get any worse than they've been.

Playoffs are always a crapshoot. Always have been and always will be. You're a Moneyball guy, you know that.

polaris_x

:corn:

The Fixer

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Bullpen is showing signs of promise. The young lefties are looking good. Papel-face is good in "save situations." :roll:

Even with Halladay out there are still two legitimate aces. Hamels is clearly better than his 2008 version. Lee is still Lee, wins or not.

Lineup is going to be inconsistent all year but had a really good May. Some of these guys, like Rollins, really can't get any worse than they've been.

Playoffs are always a crapshoot. Always have been and always will be. You're a Moneyball guy, you know that.

Every time I see papelbon I think about how he got the money that should have gone to hamels. then he makes one of his stupid faces and I want to punch the TV.

Lineup sucks. Look who they played in May. It's the same false sense of security 'fans' fell into last year when they beat up on shitty pitching. Spewing off stats like 'this team led the NL in runs scored after july 4th' and garbage like that. The lineup has gotten progressively worse each year since 2009. 2012 is just continuing that trend. These guys aren't magically going to revert back to their prime year production levels. The roids era is over, that shit doesn't happen anymore.

gotta hit to win games. this team has proven the last two years that come playoff time they just aren't good enough (and this year's version is even weaker than past years).

It's not a pleasant realization, but it's the truth. this team is built to fail

jamminpearls

The Fixer wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Bullpen is showing signs of promise. The young lefties are looking good. Papel-face is good in "save situations." :roll:

Even with Halladay out there are still two legitimate aces. Hamels is clearly better than his 2008 version. Lee is still Lee, wins or not.

Lineup is going to be inconsistent all year but had a really good May. Some of these guys, like Rollins, really can't get any worse than they've been.

Playoffs are always a crapshoot. Always have been and always will be. You're a Moneyball guy, you know that.

Every time I see papelbon I think about how he got the money that should have gone to hamels. then he makes one of his stupid faces and I want to punch the TV.

Lineup sucks. Look who they played in May. It's the same false sense of security 'fans' fell into last year when they beat up on shitty pitching. Spewing off stats like 'this team led the NL in runs scored after july 4th' and garbage like that. The lineup has gotten progressively worse each year since 2009. 2012 is just continuing that trend. These guys aren't magically going to revert back to their prime year production levels. The roids era is over, that shit doesn't happen anymore.

gotta hit to win games. this team has proven the last two years that come playoff time they just aren't good enough (and this year's version is even weaker than past years).

It's not a pleasant realization, but it's the truth. this team is built to fail

Can u ever be happy? Your the biggiest negative Nancy i've ever seen. I'm sure you'll say ur just saying the truth which is some cases ur are but WTF!!!

The Fixer

jamminpearls wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Bullpen is showing signs of promise. The young lefties are looking good. Papel-face is good in "save situations." :roll:

Even with Halladay out there are still two legitimate aces. Hamels is clearly better than his 2008 version. Lee is still Lee, wins or not.

Lineup is going to be inconsistent all year but had a really good May. Some of these guys, like Rollins, really can't get any worse than they've been.

Playoffs are always a crapshoot. Always have been and always will be. You're a Moneyball guy, you know that.

Every time I see papelbon I think about how he got the money that should have gone to hamels. then he makes one of his stupid faces and I want to punch the TV.

Lineup sucks. Look who they played in May. It's the same false sense of security 'fans' fell into last year when they beat up on shitty pitching. Spewing off stats like 'this team led the NL in runs scored after july 4th' and garbage like that. The lineup has gotten progressively worse each year since 2009. 2012 is just continuing that trend. These guys aren't magically going to revert back to their prime year production levels. The roids era is over, that shit doesn't happen anymore.

gotta hit to win games. this team has proven the last two years that come playoff time they just aren't good enough (and this year's version is even weaker than past years).

It's not a pleasant realization, but it's the truth. this team is built to fail

Can u ever be happy? Your the biggiest negative Nancy i've ever seen. I'm sure you'll say ur just saying the truth which is some cases ur are but WTF!!!

what do you want me to do? I can't pretend to be happy with shit I disagree with. which includes about 75% of amaro's moves

do you like the moves amaro has made? do you like where this team is headed? do you think they are good enough to make a legit WS run?

Amaro is in the cockpit of a lead zeppelin...it's not going to end well

jamminpearls

The teams playing decent for this 1st time this year at least relax is all. Although i wasn't a Papelbon fan after seeing Madson go down and Bell forget how to pitch i'd say besides slightly over paying he made the right move. Juan Pierre has been a big plus,Ty Wigginton has been ok as well. Resigning Brian Schneider has benn huge. Yeah i think he's made good moves and bad ones as well. KK deal i'm not a fan of the Hamels thing blows and how he's handled injuries has been down right fireable. But were hanging around without are 2 best hitters. Wheter we agree or not about the guy R6 is missed way more then YOU could have ever imagined.

Do i think we can resign Hamels in the long run yes. Will we that i'm not sure about. So the direction this team is going in all rides on the Hamels deal imo. I hate Rollins and have for years he's a lazy piece of shit and wish he left this offseason. As for the WS did u think the Cards were a legit Ws contender late in Sept? No one in the baseball world thought they'd beat us let alone win it all. All u gotta do is get in like we did in 08 my friend.