2008 Philadelphia Phillies Season/Playoff Thread (Die Mets Die)

[ice grillin you]

the whole team definitely sucks im just saying the bench shouldnt be this bad and i dont know what more gillick could have done...in the end the gm i suppose deserves the blame for them sucking but at the time you couldnt hate on him forming that group of guys

the much bigger problem is not aquiring guys like harden or sabathia

[mpmcgraw]

Kyle Kendrick blows.

[ice grillin you]

yeah he isnt very good but hes far from the problem...the biggest problem regarding him is that hes their #2 or 3 starter when he should be a five

[ice grillin you]

last line in the inky game story today....

The Phillies are hitting .198 (64 for 324) in their last 10 games, and .190 (37 for 195) in the first six games of this seven-game trip.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Read it. All of you.

http://www.phillymag.com/articles/the_phantom_five/

In the Phillies boardroom, the mantra isn't "You're fired!" — it's "We'll get 'em next year, fellas." "Play it safe" has replaced "Play ball!" as the rallying cry. The Phillies' front office is a place where jobs last forever, everyone's chummy, and no one is held accountable, starting with the owners themselves, who refuse to talk to the media or to accept responsibility for failing to bring home a single championship during their 26-year reign. At best, they're cowardly. What's more, they're violating the civic pact you make when you buy a professional baseball team, and the quasi-public trust you create when you ask the city and state for $260 million in funding to build your new ballpark.

[reese125]

good article

Montgomery, his good friends in the front office and the Phantom Five are playing with some serious house money. It belongs to the tax-paying, seat-buying, jersey-wearing fans. Accountability to them is long overdue.

[ice grillin you]

it is a good piece....but that article is like a year old isnt it...everyone should subscribe to philly mag...its so farging awesome

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah, it was out in May.

But its still pretty startling to read.

[ice grillin you]

may wow...i literally thought it was like a year ago...im either losing it or getting really old or both

[mpmcgraw]

They spend the money they make, the problem is that they are utterly incompetent and continue to promote people who should be fornicated with an iron stick like Amaro.

[ice grillin you]

They spend the money they make.

lol

[mpmcgraw]

the owners made 11 million last year according to what someone on bsg posted and thats near the bottom of the league.

[ice grillin you]

i dont know who someone is or what bsg is but word to both of them

[PhillyPhreak54]

bsg = backshegoes

A Phils fan MB

[SunMo]