PHILLY (Loosely Related to The Philadelphia Phillies)

Jearlpam0925 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Though I love to pile on Rube, not a bad silver lining to get in return for a 1-year pitcher so far, along with another to come:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=valent000jes&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.mlbtraderumors.com

That's weird.

I don't understand it either.

Jearlpam0925 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

"We envision this as the center of our city, the center of our neighborhoods,"

---it is directly next to city hall. there is nothing to envision. it is the center of the city. this quote speaks to all that has been wrong with philadelphia during my lifetime.

however i'm glad this eyesore is finally being redone. can't wait to see the finished product.


Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20140820_Coming_soon_to_Philly_s_Dilworth_Plaza__New_look__new_name.html#7mSircjizV7bHzR5.99

Yeah, the mockups look great. Looks like they still have a bunch to do, though probably mostly cleanup and all. Will be cool though. Like they are doing a nice cafe, think I heard Garces is running it.

The city has been doing a phenomenal job with their outdoor space these past few years, from Race St Pier, to the beer gardens, spruce st harbor park, even Made in America. Washington Ave Pier just opened up and it is pretty awesome

http://washingtonavenuegreen.com/

Fuckin' A. Only took forever for them to start to make some changes. But I'm sure some stupid fucking city council or unions will eventually fuck everything up. That's usually how this goes. It's all fun and games till someone's bitching that their hand isn't in the cookie jar.

Jearlpam0925 said:

The Fixer said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

I'd go PNC over Camden, and I think I gotta go CBP over Camden - and that's not entirely bias either.

Seattle was pretty badass, too, but definitely gotta get to San Fran.

I think the atmosphere around the stadium counts, which makes oriole park better than the solar panel farm surrounding cbp.

remember our miller park visit? that's definitely the oddest mlb park I have been to

There's nothing more overrated than K Lot. It's the Sea Isle, OD, No-Shower-Happy-Hour, flipped collared golf shirts with boat shoes, douchiest place. Though, Bar Mall is making a considerable run.

I like our setup because it's easy to get there and out without a problem, yet people act like it's soooo far from the city center. 15 minute subway ride, boom, you're there.

I know if they built the ballpark in Chinatown, or somewhere else downtown - after futher review - it would have been absolutely awful. Because people in this area, outside of the city proper, feel the need to drive to EVERYTHING. Hence, it would've been a shit show at least 81 days out of the year.

Dude next to me at work, who lives in Jersey, told me how his neighbor planned on tailgating at the Eagles practice at Franklin Field. People like this should be shot.

It seems like they have the option to open the windows and roof there in Milwaukee, but instead they keep them close and it smells like fat cheese curd sweat in there. Alls I know is beer, and green (hehe), is very very very cheap in Wisco, which I very much appreciated.

And the tailgates were bizarre - just leaving all their shit in the parking lot. Very odd.

pjhawks said:

The Fixer said:

Ryan howard shows up and and taney loses. Not a coincidence. Dude needs to get in a spaceship w amaro and montgomery and go away

they lost because that Vegas team is an offensive juggernaut. they were averaging over 10 runs a game. was a cool story though and have to say those kids handled themselves pretty damn well for all the attention.

The Juggler said:

of course the phillies didn't sign castillo. shit ton of money--but fuck it. getting into the foreign market is the quickest way for them to improve.

so i guess if hamels gets traded, the red sox are the most likely destination, eh?