06/07 Phillies Offseason Thread

[MDS]

Remember when Cory Lidle flew a plane into a building?

[Seabiscuit36]

Remember when Cory Lidle flew a plane into a building?

Good times

[DH]

Sounded like a promotion of violence towards Mets fans at CBP.

IN

Bring it bitch.

[NGM]

Sounded like a promotion of violence towards Mets fans at CBP.

IN

Bring it bitch.

If Die-Hard punched a fellow Eagles fan, and there wasn't a picture of it on the interwebs; did it really happen?

[Diomedes]

post of the year


'cept he was punching a Giants fan...still, ha!

[Eagles_Legendz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fp01lPhO4I

[Geowhizzer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fp01lPhO4I

That's like watching a Youtube of a Munson post.

[Eagles_Legendz]

I honestly just don't get the incessant Burrell bashing.  Yes, he's unlikable.  Yes, he's probably overpaid, though I'm not even sure that is true after the lucrative contracts given out this year.  We all know he can't play a defensive LF.  Yet, he's a productive offensive player, and his .222 with RISP last year has to be considered an aberration when he hit .313 with RISP in '05.  Maybe I just don't understand the rush to jump all over a guy who has consistently the last two years produced a ~.390 OBP, 30 HR, 100 RBI season.  He's not Albert Pujols.  He's not Ryan Howard.  But he does have value for this team, at least moreso than anyone else they're throwing out there in the OF these days.

[Geowhizzer]

The only thing that truly drives me crazy about Burrell is his inconsistency.  When he gets into a funk, it seems to last forever.

[Wingspan]

I honestly just don't get the incessant Burrell bashing.  Yes, he's unlikable.  Yes, he's probably overpaid, though I'm not even sure that is true after the lucrative contracts given out this year.  We all know he can't play a defensive LF.  Yet, he's a productive offensive player, and his .222 with RISP last year has to be considered an aberration when he hit .313 with RISP in '05.  Maybe I just don't understand the rush to jump all over a guy who has consistently the last two years produced a ~.390 OBP, 30 HR, 100 RBI season.  He's not Albert Pujols.  He's not Ryan Howard.  But he does have value for this team, at least moreso than anyone else they're throwing out there in the OF these days.

How long have you been a fan of any Philadelphia team? Fans need to hate someone especially their highly paid stars. It's like their fossil fuel to keep there passion tanks filled. If the fans can not hate any one particular player on a team, you see the interest drop. Is there anyone on the flyers that fans collectively hate? No. Where is the interest level of that team? Zilch.

It's almost the same with the sixers too. The two most hated are gone (Webber and Iverson) and barely a peep is said about them other than the draft lottery.

Some fans hate the entire eagles organization, some hate Reid, some hate McNabb...some hate any combination of the three.

For the phils, people hated Schilling, gone...the they put the hate on rolen...then abreu, and leiberthal. Now the hate goes to burrell.

In five years from now...Utley, Howard or Hamels will feel the hate.

[ice grillin you]

who hated schilling?...the fans loved him when he was here and wanted him back badly when they had a shot at them and the city killed the front office for not making a move for him...fans hated wade not schilling

hatcher and rathje (when he played) got tons of hate over the last couple years

iverson was beloved in the city so i dont know what youre talking about there...he was the face of philadelphia sports for the longest time


burrell is booed when he sucks as he should be...the minute he stops playing like a little bitch people will support him...hell in the middle of his atrocious 03 slump the fans were behind him the entire season...it wasnt until last year when he had his third pathetic season and started taking strikes like pdw that he was gettin killed


horrid post dunn dunn

[Geowhizzer]

For what it's worth, Buster Olney (on Mike & Mike this morning) predicted that the Phillies would play in the World Series...



And lose...




To the Cleveland Indians.

[ice grillin you]

the indians were the sheek pick last year too

[Wingspan]

who hated schilling?...the fans loved him when he was here and wanted him back badly when they had a shot at them and the city killed the front office for not making a move for him...fans hated wade not schilling

hatcher and rathje (when he played) got tons of hate over the last couple years

iverson was beloved in the city so i dont know what youre talking about there...he was the face of philadelphia sports for the longest time


burrell is booed when he sucks as he should be...the minute he stops playing like a little bitch people will support him...hell in the middle of his atrocious 03 slump the fans were behind him the entire season...it wasnt until last year when he had his third pathetic season and started taking strikes like pdw that he was gettin killed


horrid post dunn dunn

A lot of people hated schilling, this was pre-wade.

It's only a horrid post because you say so?

Philly fans love to hate their own. I won't go so far to say as they were driven out of town, but fans turn on a player fast. Hell at the end of the Rolen timeframe here...people generally talked about Abreu and Leiberthal they way that they talk about Howard and Utley now.

It changes fast, and the list is very long of players the fans hated while they played.

[BigEd76]

The new radio pregame and postgame host is.....Jim Jackson 

He'll still do PBP for the Flyers though...