Phillies Offseason Thread 12-13

[ice grillin you]

forget the nats for a minute...even if they were to fall off that much then you gotta think the braves or even the phillies win the division and do it with more than 90's wins....i cant see the the nl east winner in the 80's

[Rome]

I actually think the Nats are gonna win it all this year.  They have too much talent in the lineup and their pitching is retarded.

That said, anything can happen in baseball.  One guy could get hurt and then another and another.  shtein happens.  Plus, it's not usually the best team that wins the ring. 

Seriously, when was the last time the best regular season team won the World Series?  The 2009 Yankees?  And then before that - who?

It's usually a team that gets shtein hot in the last few weeks of the season and carries it through the playoffs.  The Nats might be that team, but it's a huge if right now.  Until they prove they know how to win when the pot in the middle of the table is full I'm not giving them anything.  Plus they're from Washington so farg those iceholes.

[BigEd76]

Seriously, when was the last time the best regular season team won the World Series?  The 2009 Yankees?  And then before that - who?

In the last 30 years, the 2007 Red Sox, 1998 Yankees, 1989 Athletics, 1986 Mets and 1984 Tigers, the 1985 Cardinals should've won the WS that year if it wasn't for a blown call, and a couple of teams were 1 or 2 wins away from the best record overall when they won.  It's pretty much whoever gets hot in September/October.

[Rome]

It's usually a team that gets shtein hot in the last few weeks of the season and carries it through the playoffs. 

[Sgt PSN]

I don't know what the farg you guys are talking about.  The team that wins the last game of the WS is usually the team that wins the WS. 

[ice grillin you]

anyone trying to go to chicago labor day weekend for phils cubs?

[Sgt PSN]

September series with 2 teams that might both be 10+ games back?  Sounds exciting. 

[ice grillin you]

standings are definitely what road trips are all about especially the home club....who wants to watch a bad cubs team

also now that i think about it going to wrigley and hanging out in an awesome city while seeing your favorite team sounds awful

OUT

[Sgt PSN]

lol.

I'd be all about it if I had any reason to believe that the Phils would at least be decent.  Maybe by the break, if the Phils are even respectable, I might look into it.  Chi town is a city worth visiting on it's own.  I don't need to be lured there by the prospect of seeing crappy baseball. 

[Rome]

I already scratched that trip off my bucket list (went there in 1997 during the Sammy Sosa craze).   It was an incredible trip and not just because of the baseball.  Chicago is off the charts amazing.

[ice grillin you]

no matter how awesome the city i dont think i could ever visit it if it wasnt centered around a philly sporting event

id rather go to tampa to see the eagles than chicago all by itself

also temple is at notre dame that saturday....i wanna take a piss and draw devil horns on touchdown jesus

[Sgt PSN]

I thought there was another Philly team playing in the area at the same time, couldn't remember who though.  And it's definitely better if you can tie in a Philly sporting event while visiting a city....I'd just prefer to see a good Philly team if I'm travelling.  I'll drive into Philly every day of the week to watch a bad Phillies, Eagles or Sixers team.  But if I'm travelling, I'd really prefer it if they didn't suck. 

[ice grillin you]

im the opposite....of course id rather all the teams be great all the time but the w/l record means less to me on the road than at home....on the road i just love the comradery of being with philly fans and taking over the stadium....and of course seeing a different city is awesome

when i see a game in philly its 100% about getting the win

like im not going to take an eagle road trip next year cause they suck....in fact i would like to do denver and tampa

[Sgt PSN]

I feel ya, I guess I just put a little more stock in the actual game during a roadie than you do.  And I put football roadies in a completely different category than baseball.  1 football game is as important as like 20 baseball games which makes the game more interesting all by itself.  And even if the Eagles suck, if they're playing in a city I'm interested in visiting, then I'll go no matter how good or bad they are because it could be 5+ years before the Eagles visit that town again. 

I don't have to worry about that with baseball except for interleague play.  If I don't catch the Phils in Chicago this year, I get a couple cracks at it every year.  Granted, in Chi town over Labor Day with Temple playing @ ND is pretty farging rare and makes for an awesome sports weekend, but college FB (especially Temple) is barely on my radar so the motivation isn't quite the same for me. 

However, the thought of buying 2 tickets for the Temple/ND game just so I can wear a t-shirt that says "I'm with Manti's g/f" with an arrow pointing at the empty seat does make it more intriguing.   



 

[MDS]

plus you can say you were at the start of the matt rhoule era which will wind up mirroring the nick saban era, just with big east titles instead of national titles

p.s. right now im looking into phils vs. san diego/la trip in late june. never seen petco. never seen tijuana hooker. hello.