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

The Fixer

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

99 fucking problems

Great fuckin' night. I was an absolute lunatic.

Holy shit dude. I am just starting to get right.

PJ sunday
Springsteen monday
FF draft with high school clowns on tuesday (ended up closing the bishops collar afterwards)

I am still feeling the effects. About as close to a vegas or NO trip as one can get.

I had a blast at the festival. Still prefer a true PJ concert, but I was pleasantly surprised (except for Drake's set). Got my tix upgraded to VIP thru a connection. We were walking around scoping things out and realized that there was an upgraded vip area (apparently we just missed jay z and beyonce hanging out there for part of one of the other sets...people sitting there had all knids of pics on their phones)...they had the big statue of the guy on a horse fenced off. fence was this little ghetto temp fence so I kicked it open while security wasn't looking and we snuck into this area. Best part was there were steps, so we were elevated enough with a direct shot of the stage. Sat there for an hour and waited for PJ set to start. when it did it was fucking awesome. the rain falling during corduroy made it even better as the lights went off and crowd got going. Then security came over and kicked us back into the herd...got to see the first 5 songs up there, no reprecussions for being there, so it was well worth it.

Set wasn't my favorite but the atmosphere more than made up for it. Great time. event was really well run. I thought lines for beer (we hung out all the way to the left if facing the rocky stage...lines were never more than 3 people deep) and pissers weren't bad at all. If PJ is going to continue doing these festival gigs I would definitely go back to MIA if it's in philly again.

after 4 concerts in the last 2.5 weeks I am looking forward to getting my ass back into the gym and drying out during the month of september. at least that's the plan as of today

eeriepadave

nice comeback win tonight. 7 1/2 games out of a wild card now :corn:

The Juggler

eeriepadave wrote:

nice comeback win tonight. 7 1/2 games out of a wild card now :corn:

it's actually 7 now. that was a fun ending last night. i just want to see them climb back to .500 and finish on a high note, which i think they can do with this 13 game stretch against bad teams (been nice beating up on playoff teams these past few weeks though).



nats shutting strasburg down.

The Fixer

The Juggler wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

nice comeback win tonight. 7 1/2 games out of a wild card now :corn:

it's actually 7 now. that was a fun ending last night. i just want to see them climb back to .500 and finish on a high note, which i think they can do with this 13 game stretch against bad teams (been nice beating up on playoff teams these past few weeks though).



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wins and losses mean nothing at this point. let the young guys play.

specifically put ruff in LF, brown in RF, schierholtz (not young, but see if he can be a part timer out there next year) in CF. then as much cloyd, aumont (who looked great last night), defratus as possible

The Juggler

The Fixer wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

nice comeback win tonight. 7 1/2 games out of a wild card now :corn:

it's actually 7 now. that was a fun ending last night. i just want to see them climb back to .500 and finish on a high note, which i think they can do with this 13 game stretch against bad teams (been nice beating up on playoff teams these past few weeks though).



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wins and losses mean nothing at this point. let the young guys play.

specifically put ruff in LF, brown in RF, schierholtz (not young, but see if he can be a part timer out there next year) in CF. then as much cloyd, aumont (who looked great last night), defratus as possible

uh, well, obviously everyone wants to see these guys play (other than ruff, so far, they have been). but i'd like to see them some win games at the same time.

pretty encouraged by frenchie thus far. plus that it was in tight spot the other night. good stuff

The Fixer

The Juggler wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

it's actually 7 now. that was a fun ending last night. i just want to see them climb back to .500 and finish on a high note, which i think they can do with this 13 game stretch against bad teams (been nice beating up on playoff teams these past few weeks though).



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wins and losses mean nothing at this point. let the young guys play.

specifically put ruff in LF, brown in RF, schierholtz (not young, but see if he can be a part timer out there next year) in CF. then as much cloyd, aumont (who looked great last night), defratus as possible

uh, well, obviously everyone wants to see these guys play (other than ruff, so far, they have been). but i'd like to see them some win games at the same time.

pretty encouraged by frenchie thus far. plus that it was in tight spot the other night. good stuff

I don't understand your obsession with finishing .500. first the sixers, now the phils. makes zero sense to me

then again......

The Fixer

watching the phils/eagles is getting tough. my daughter thinks she is eddie vedder during porch circa 1992.

fun but exhausting

eeriepadave

come on phills, let's get it to 6 games out of the wild card and sweep the double header tonight. Losing right now though 4-1 in the 5th :(

The Fixer

eeriepadave wrote:

come on phills, let's get it to 6 games out of the wild card and sweep the double header tonight. Losing right now though 4-1 in the 5th :(

5 colorado errors later...another win

still don't think it's gonna happen, but stranger things have happened

jamminpearls

If this team was together all season this Oct could have been real fun. Although it's not 100% over it's still almost impossible. It's nice to see there playing good ball and that the future looks bright.

The Fixer

jamminpearls wrote:

If this team was together all season this Oct could have been real fun. Although it's not 100% over it's still almost impossible. It's nice to see there playing good ball and that the future looks bright.

bright future is debateable. this team has a ton of holes to fill and no internal options.

nats have had just as many injuries. hasn't hurt them

jamminpearls

The Fixer wrote:

jamminpearls wrote:

If this team was together all season this Oct could have been real fun. Although it's not 100% over it's still almost impossible. It's nice to see there playing good ball and that the future looks bright.

bright future is debateable. this team has a ton of holes to fill and no internal options.

nats have had just as many injuries. hasn't hurt them

There's always 2 views,neither have to be correct. I like this team if healthy. If we can get a Cf,figure out 3b and sigh Madson cheap i think we can be back to form.

The Fixer

jamminpearls wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

jamminpearls wrote:

If this team was together all season this Oct could have been real fun. Although it's not 100% over it's still almost impossible. It's nice to see there playing good ball and that the future looks bright.

bright future is debateable. this team has a ton of holes to fill and no internal options.

nats have had just as many injuries. hasn't hurt them

There's always 2 views,neither have to be correct. I like this team if healthy. If we can get a Cf,figure out 3b and sigh Madson cheap i think we can be back to form.

I argue with my buddies about this all the time. is it realistic to say 'if healthy' with this team? they're old, they're gonna get hurt a lot.

They need pen help, a 3B, a CF, and at least one corner OF. and a new manager and GM

Nice to have semi-meaningful games for the first time since may. I'm trying not to think about the offseason until they are eliminated. I will say that I hope frandsen and kratz are kept around though

jamminpearls

Agreed Kratz deserves to be the backup and Frandsen could be a nice utilty man/part time 3rd baseman. Sounds like Wash might not make a run at Bourn after all. Grab him resign Pierre and see what some rookies can do. The pen needs help and I think Madson needs to sign a show me deal. And what better place to do it at then here.

The Fixer

jamminpearls wrote:

Agreed Kratz deserves to be the backup and Frandsen could be a nice utilty man/part time 3rd baseman. Sounds like Wash might not make a run at Bourn after all. Grab him resign Pierre and see what some rookies can do. The pen needs help and I think Madson needs to sign a show me deal. And what better place to do it at then here.

reds have an option on madson for next year. he might not hit the market

I dont know if bourn is a $15 mill a year player...esp for 5+ years. that's what it's gonna take to sign him. If you look at his numbers, they're not much different from rollins in his prime (with less power...more steals). I like bourn, but I don't think his price tag is going to justify what he's going to give you.

of course this means amaro is licking his chops to severly overpay. I'd rather sign angel pagan to play CF. My pipe dream is trade for chase headley, but he's been unreal since trade deadline, so that ship has prob sailed. I'd like a cheaper option like keppinger or scutaro to play 3B 100 games a year. grab a guy like cody ross to platoon in the OF spots (pagan, scheirholtz, ross, brown...not terrible). sign a high end setup guy. that's what I'd do...those types of moves will give them financial flexibility to tweak the roster throughout next year should guys get hurt (inevitable) or need upgrades (dom brown)

anyway...they need to win a minimum of 6 outta 7 this week. gonna be tough, they really have no margin for error...have to be near perfect

JK_Livin

Now pinch hitting "Babe Ruf"

Empty Glass

JK_Livin wrote:

Now pinch hitting "Babe Ruf"

It'd be nice if he turns out to be a decent OF and doesn't have to pinch hit for long

Johnny Abruzzo

The Fixer wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

come on phills, let's get it to 6 games out of the wild card and sweep the double header tonight. Losing right now though 4-1 in the 5th :(

5 colorado errors later...another win

still don't think it's gonna happen, but stranger things have happened

Roxx gave us that doubleheader with their idiotic 75 pitch nonsense. Both starters were dominating the Phillies. Jeff Francis. :roll: And they are gonna ruin Pomerantz. I can't believe a franchise could possibly be that stupid.

The Fixer

can't believe vedder joined springsteen on stage in chicago :evil:

EV was at the monday night springsteen show, but was in a suite. he probably saw how dead the crowd was and said fuck it

eeriepadave

Probably going to either Tuesday's game or Wed. game against the Marlins.

Also cool that they brought up Darin Ruf :thumbup: