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

[PhillyPhreak54]

lol I forgot all about them...no wolf pack or duck pond

The Flotilla was the best though.

[MDS]

the original was the schill-o-meter, which was just two guys way up in the last row of the vet counting curt schilling strikeouts.

its pretty amazing how far we've come since 1997.

[PhillyPhreak54]

the original was the schill-o-meter, which was just two guys way up in the last row of the vet counting curt schilling strikeouts.

its pretty amazing how far we've come since 1997.

What a farging solid team that was!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1997.shtml

[MDS]

lol

that was the year they signed danny tartabull like 5 seconds before the season, then he tweaked his ankle a bit on opening day and i think played 2 more games before packing it in for the rest of the season. some of us, i wont say who, secretly long for a return to those days so they can have their indie band back to themselves.

just looking at the 1999 team--only 1 starter (marlon anderson) had on obp below 330. hell abreu's was .446. six guys with double digit homers and 5 with double digit steals.

then you look at the rotation: schilling, paul byrd, chad ogea, robert person and a young randy wolf.

the bullpen: wayne gomes, steve montgomery (?), thats amaury (telemaco), jim poole, yorkis perez.

farging christ that pitching was bad.

[Don Ho]

Oh dear god J, that is some bad shtein.  I thought I knew bums history but I for the life of me don't remember Midre Cummings on the 97 team.  Apparently the #1 pick in 1990 of the Twins.  That bullpen brings back some good laughs.

[ice grillin you]

the original was the schill-o-meter, which was just two guys way up in the last row of the vet counting curt schilling strikeouts.

nice info gathering from the comments section on 700 level

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU199808070.shtml

1998 - I drove down to Houston to see the Phils play. The Astros had just acquired Randy Johnson and this would be his home debut.

The Phils threw Mike farging Welch out there on the mound.

lol

[Sgt PSN]

the original was the schill-o-meter, which was just two guys way up in the last row of the vet counting curt schilling strikeouts.

nice info gathering from the comments section on 700 level

I like farging with the little guy, but this is probably the best bit of investigative journalism that he's ever done.  Let's offer a little praise instead of ridicule, eh? 

Good job, jewspaper boy. 

[BigEd76]

damn J that's a pathetic lineup and pitching staff.  No wonder Rolen didn't want to stay.  Also noticed Rube had a PH single off Johnson.  Smug

[BigEd76]

nice

[smeags]

so, is the sky still falling or what ?

[ice grillin you]

so, is the sky still falling or what ?

nope

a world series title is a mortal lock now that carlos ruiz made the sports illustrated cover

[ice grillin you]

btw when did SI go to regional covers....cause theres no way chooch makes a national cover over jeter

[MDS]

the original was the schill-o-meter, which was just two guys way up in the last row of the vet counting curt schilling strikeouts.

nice info gathering from the comments section on 700 level

I like farging with the little guy, but this is probably the best bit of investigative journalism that he's ever done.  Let's offer a little praise instead of ridicule, eh? 

Good job, jewspaper boy.

detroit what?

all that shtein is in the mds personal memory bank. my lets worship athletes they are the coolest impressionable kid zone was the mid to late 90's phillies. even i was mesmerized by bobby estellellas bulging biceps, which we know can assume werent legit.

[BigEd76]

hmmmmmm

also that sky last night was pretty cool