2010/11 Phillies Offseason Thread

[ice grillin you]

i think its probably more of a case of lopes steppin to amaro to get a raise and amaros ego not allowing him to listen and basically being like how dare you.....if you want new blood get rid of that pos perlozzo....either way its definitely rube

[PhillyPhreak54]

Perlozzo is a POS?

Better than Bill Dancy and Steve Smith. And he got Choke all straight, except for the throwing, at 1B.

[ice grillin you]

he old and senile and donovan is better than brad goebel but he still sucks

[PhillyPhreak54]

Oh Brad Goebel, where have you gone!?

[Sgt PSN]

And I'm back to hating the Phillies FO again.  Nickle and diming this shtein Joe Banner style.  Seriously, an extra 100k for a 1st base coach and they won't do it?  I figured that after trading for Oswalt that they were at least committed to over spending a little if it meant keeping them at the top of the NL and they weren't going to be penny pinching.  These fargers basically have a license to print money if they make sure they put the best possible team on the field and it's starting to look like they're going to be content with just competing for the playoffs rather than another WFC, a la the Eagles.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Shouldn't shock you.

Amaro is a monumental prick and this is a monumentally prickish move. Par for the course for the guy who thinks he is smarter than he really is.

[Sgt PSN]

It shouldn't, but after winning it all in 2008, the FO actually went out and spent money to try and make the team even better.  It seemed like they weren't content with 1 championship and that they were going to open up their wallets a little more to make sure that they were a team to be reckoned with for years to come.  Granted, I don't think the loss of Lopes dramatically impacts this team.  It's not like he's taking 20 wins out the door with him.  But people with a winning mentality recognize the contributions of everyone on the payroll and they compensate them accordingly.  Hate the Yankees all you want for overspending in free agency, but the other thing they do that gets very little attention is that they make sure that their own people get caked off.  They take care of their own first. 

[ice grillin you]

i really dont think this is about money.....they make over a 100k in parking receipts a game....this is about rubes ego and making a stand

[charlie]

And I'm back to hating the Phillies FO again.  Nickle and diming this shtein Joe Banner style.  Seriously, an extra 100k for a 1st base coach and they won't do it?  I figured that after trading for Oswalt that they were at least committed to over spending a little if it meant keeping them at the top of the NL and they weren't going to be penny pinching.  These fargers basically have a license to print money if they make sure they put the best possible team on the field and it's starting to look like they're going to be content with just competing for the playoffs rather than another WFC, a la the Eagles.

Yeah, totally. They are totally unwilling to spend money to win.

[PhillyPhreak54]

i really dont think this is about money.....they make over a 100k in parking receipts a game....this is about rubes ego and making a stand

Which makes it worse because the farging guy has no reason to have such a huge ego. He hasn't done shtein. ANd what exactly is he making a stand for? So others can say "oh that Amaro guy, what a tough guy, don't buck or else he'll send you packing"

Not a way to treat people.

[smeags]

wow, what a shake-up rubes.

[BigEd76]

Looking at the list of free agents, you could put together a 25-man roster of just current and ex-Phillies:

1B Sweeney
2B Cairo
SS Punto
3B Feliz
LF Burrell
CF Werth
RF Branyan
C Barajas
-----------------
1B/DH Thome
1B/3B Dobbs
IF Juan Castro
OF/DH Stairs
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SP Lee
SP Pedro Martinez
SP Millwood
SP Padilla
SP Moyer
-----------------
RP Park
RP Bruce Chen
RP Rodrigo Lopez
RP Tyler Walker
RP Durbin
RP Arthur Rhodes
RP Romero
CL Contreras

(AAA mention = Nate Robertson, Freddy Garcia)


They'd probably finish higher than the Mets

[MDS]

easy...jesus

[BigEd76]

damn right I am

[Rome]

there goes my belief system.