2012 - Philadelphia Phillies, At Least Cole is Staying

[Don Ho]

.500!

WE DID IT!!

[BigEd76]

They fired Sam Perlozzo already.  Addressing the issues!

[Don Ho]

Boy that'll show everyone they mean business.  I always said it was Perlozzo's fault.  Juanny next.  I'd like to see the towel attendant go after that.

[MDS]

now mackdaddy mackcannon and gg are gone, too

obviously sandberg will take one spot but other than that what the farg does this do

yea im sure they were 82-82 because the bench coach was zesty

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah because Sam Perlozzo and Mack Daddy were problems.

Greg Gross stunk so getting rid of him was ok

[SD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l3a7lsEgFM

[Don Ho]

Any reference to Lee Majors is good. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

The team's ratings on local TV dropped 39 percent, according to Sports Business Journal's annual survey, marking the largest decline in baseball. The Phillies went from the best local ratings in 2011 to seventh in 2012.

[ice grillin you]

burlington/camden county ratings drop had to have been astronomical

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/phillies-talk/Rollins-jabs-Nationals-as-Phillies-head-?blockID=783543&feedID=4382&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

Yeah Jimmy...take a jab at those bitches.

[SD]

Phils were still the #1 team in the league in overall attendance.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance

[Don Ho]

How in the farg are the Dodgers #5?  That place is rarely near full!

[MDS]

Phils were still the #1 team in the league in overall attendance.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance

tickets bought before the season ftw

[MDS]

The product on the field Wednesday embodied an entire season of disappointment. Its poster boy is Cliff Lee, who made the wrong kind of history. He finished 2012 with a 3.16 ERA in 211 innings with 207 strikeouts and 28 walks. His astronomical strikeout-to-walk ratio of 7.39 was best in baseball; Joe Blanton's 4.88 was next closest.

But Lee's record shows only six wins. He became the first pitcher in baseball history to win fewer than eight games when posting an ERA lower than 3.20 and striking out more than 200 batters.

Inexplicably, the Phillies were 12-18 in games started by Lee. They were 10-11 when he allowed three or fewer runs.

The Phillies drastically failed to support him. His teammates scored 75 runs of support in his 211 innings while Lee permitted 79. It also provided another example against the fallacy of judging a pitcher's season based upon his win-loss record.

wins!

[Don Ho]

Todd wins!  Wow, that is some amazing stuff.  10-11 when he allowed three or fewer wins?  Unfarging believable.  12-18 overall when he pitches!  Disgusting.