2011 Philadelphia Phillies Season Thread (choking awful pos team, DIAF)

[BigEd76]

The Indians got the waiver claim on Thome but Rosenthal says his preference is to come back here instead.  So we have the Indians and Phillies competing for Thome's services, and the Marlins are in town during a hurricane.  Ah memories...

[MDS]

the only way he can come back is for him to be given his unconditional release...correct? which means the twins get nothing for him.

and i remember that hurricane game, 2003 i believe. thome with the 8th inning shot and rheal cormier with the save. remember when we all thought they could make the playoffs with rheal cormier as the closer? that actually happened.

[BigEd76]

Yup, and he can block a move to any team, but if he does, he forfeits his salary for the rest of the year (about $500K).  Also you'd have to deal with the rest of the teams getting pissed off and complaining to Bud.  As for the Twins getting nothing, the Phils could probably work out some separate deal.  Give em Kendrick for $1 or something after the season ends...


btw Sunday's game was moved to Saturday 1PM, so it'll be a day-night DH with Halladay and Lee.  Eat it Marlins

[Munson]

What right do other teams have to be pissed off? Thome has a no-trade clause, and he knows where he wants to go. It's not as if the Phillies are tampering. It's all on Thome and he's playing by the rules to do whatever the farg he wants

[MDS]

Yup, and he can block a move to any team, but if he does, he forfeits his salary for the rest of the year (about $500K).  Also you'd have to deal with the rest of the teams getting pissed off and complaining to Bud.  As for the Twins getting nothing, the Phils could probably work out some separate deal.  Give em Kendrick for $1 or something after the season ends...


btw Sunday's game was moved to Saturday 1PM, so it'll be a day-night DH with Halladay and Lee.  Eat it Marlins

like rube cares about that. only nugget is this needs to be done by sept 1 deadline.

[charlie]

Yup, and he can block a move to any team, but if he does, he forfeits his salary for the rest of the year (about $500K).  Also you'd have to deal with the rest of the teams getting pissed off and complaining to Bud.  As for the Twins getting nothing, the Phils could probably work out some separate deal.  Give em Kendrick for $1 or something after the season ends...


btw Sunday's game was moved to Saturday 1PM, so it'll be a day-night DH with Halladay and Lee.  Eat it Marlins

so let MLB change the rules and amaro will still get whoever the farg he wants.

[MDS]

well hes going back to cleveland

so whos next on the list

[PhillyPhreak54]

More trouble for Lenny Dykstra -- this time the troubled baseball great has been charged with indecent exposure for allegedly whipping out his dong for women he met on Craigslist.

According to the L.A. City Attorney, Lenny allegedly went to Craigslist and posted ads for a personal assistant or housekeeping services ... but when the women arrived, Dykstra would "inform the women that the job also required them to give a massage and would expose himself to them."

Officials say Dykstra pulled the XXX bait and switch at least 6 times.

If convicted, Dykstra -- who's already in custody in L.A. on a MYRIAD of federal and state charges for allegedly doing all sorts of other bad stuff -- could face even more jail time.

An arraignment is scheduled for September 7.

[Geowhizzer]

well hes going back to cleveland

so whos next on the list

I haven't seen anything that says it is a done deal. 

[SD]

More trouble for Lenny Dykstra

What a trainwreck.

[MDS]

ya happy now ya bitch

Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
Jim Thome has accepted a deal to the Indians.

[MDS]

oh dear god

[Don Ho]

Wow.  That is a disturbing image just before bed.

[PhillyPhreak54]

oh dear god

Wowow...wait until igy gets a hold of this one

[Rome]

Whoa.  "Slap Shot" much?