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

[Sgt PSN]

Oswalt has left the team for personal reasons according to the beat writers - no word on what exactly the personal reasons are and when he will return.

wow...karma is a mother farger and was one of my biggest fears entering the season...you just knew when they assembled the best staff of all time that it wouldnt go as planned and most likely would not end well

Slow your roll homie.  It's April and Oswalt's taking some personal time.  He just started yesterday, so as long as it's nothing serious, he'll hopefully be back in time to make his next start.  Either way, it's way too early in the season to say that it isn't going to end well. 

That said, the big 4 haven't gotten off to the blazing start that we had hoped for.  But they'll be fine.  Will it be enough in Oct?  No idea, but I'd still take that rotation in a 7 game series over the most high powered offense every time.  The problem is that they could all go out and pitch complete games, giving up a run or 2 and still lose. 

[PhillyGirl]

Tornado in Oswalt's hometown, he left for that.

[charlie]

Tornado in Oswalt's hometown, he left for that.

Well.. did he stop it?

[Rome]

Oswalt needed a breath of fresh air.

[SunMo]

lol...personal reasons typically mean a death or illness in the family that he has to tend to. The whole city is all crazed over this news...I'm reading posts like, "He's probably addicted to painkillers" or "He needs major surgery". When was the last time a player "left or was excused for personal reasons" and it was injury-related?

actually nobody is crazed over the news or saying anything like you are speculating

[PhillyGirl]

lol...personal reasons typically mean a death or illness in the family that he has to tend to. The whole city is all crazed over this news...I'm reading posts like, "He's probably addicted to painkillers" or "He needs major surgery". When was the last time a player "left or was excused for personal reasons" and it was injury-related?

actually nobody is crazed over the news or saying anything like you are speculating

I made the mistake of reading a few blogs. So yes, they are.

[SunMo]

lol at a few blogs = "the whole city"

calm down

[Sgt PSN]

Tornado in Oswalt's hometown, he left for that.

Strained his back.  Got hit hard last night.  Now this. 

It's really been a whirlwind week for him. 

[rjs246]

Plus his wife is pregnant with someone else's huge baby according to city-wide blogging sources I just made up.

[SunMo]

two guys in the breakroom were saying they weren't really worried, i'm going to extrapolate that to mean the entire southeast region of Pennsylvania isn't worried

[rjs246]

I'm worried. But I'm more central Virginia than SEPA, so I guess you're still ok there.

[charlie]

It's extremely selfish of him to leave the team just to go watch a tornado.

One pitcher maybe missing a start or 2 was one of my biggest fears, and could spell the end of the season.

[PhillyGirl]

Tornado in Oswalt's hometown, he left for that.

Strained his back.  Got hit hard last night.  Now this. 

It's really been a whirlwind week for him. 

I laughed.

[Sgt PSN]

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Tornado in Oswalt's hometown, he left for that.

Strained his back.  Got hit hard last night.  Now this. 

It's really been a whirlwind week for him. 

I laughed.

All of southern NJ thinks I'm funny. 

[ice grillin you]

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Tornado in Oswalt's hometown, he left for that.

Strained his back.  Got hit hard last night.  Now this.  

It's really been a whirlwind week for him.  

I laughed.

All of southern NJ thinks I'm funny.  

also women (friends, how i met your mother ) and old men (three stooges, honeymooners, laurel and hardy)...i dont think your comedy has to exactly be game tight for that audience to laugh it up