Phillies season 10

[MDS]

Phillies will not lose. Those are in case Bell breaks his hand or something big, and we don't have our superstar thirsbasemen

[PhillyPhreak54]

I'm praying to the baseball gods that the Astros have a huge collapse. Maybe that little farger the Billy Goat who cursed the Cubs can help em out this weekend.

Watch the Astros get swept....


And the Phils get swept too.

[mikey418]

The Astros have struggled against those Cubbies....

[Rome]

Mrs. Romey guaranteed that the Phillies will make the playoffs this morning.

We actually had a knock-down, drag-out brouhaha over it.   I even got called a negadelphian by my own wife!




My reply:  "Oh, yeah?  No sex for you tonight, bitch!" 

That'll teach her.   

[PhillyPhreak54]

By the way...

The Phills attendance was down over 500,000 this year. That is the 4th biggest drop in the second year of a new ballpark in MLB history.

They said on the radio today that in lost season ticket revenue alone it was $16 million bucks they lost.

And if you add in concessions and parking the Phils lost over $23 million bucks in 2005 versus 2004.

And they'll lose more if Wade isn't fired.

$23M is no chump change, folks. The money-lovin ghost owners have to make a change.

[PhillyGirl]

We didn't renew our season tickets this year.

[SunMo]

We didn't renew our season tickets this year.

did they ask you why? 

[PhillyGirl]

I got like 10 letters from them after the deadline passed. And 3 phone calls asking me why.

I told them that we were "getting married and needed the extra money and oh yeah....until the ownership proves to us that they care about the team, I refuse to spend my money on our tickets. Thanks for calling."

[Rome]

Nearly every one of those lost tickets can be attributed to season ticket holders.

They had 23,000 in 2004 and had 17,000 in 2005.  81 games X 6,000 lost season tickets = 486,000.

Phreak's right.  If you want a rise in season ticket holders, you're going to have do more than sign another Jon Lieber.  Wade's gotta go, Manuel's gotta go, Bell's outta here, Lieberthal's gone and possibly Thome unless he can regain his 2003 form. 

I'm thinking Abreu will go too.  I just have a hunch that he'll be used as trade bait for a starter or 3rd baseman.

[rjs246]

Trade Rollins!

[Rome]

Trade Rollins!

H8r!

[PhillyPhreak54]

Even though I might be the only Bobby Abreu fan in Philadelphia, I think that trading him might be something I would consider.

And I would consider trading Pat Burrell as well. Not both of them, but one or the other.

In order to get a good player, you've got to give up a good player.

Trade Abreu or Burrell for a starting pitcher

Attempt to trade for Torii Hunter (I love Hunter) and he'd be our CF of the future and is RH power bat would replace Burrell.

Sign a 3B & C

Re-sign Wagner (this is a MUST)

[Rome]

They have to cut down on the strikeouts somewhere.  If Thome comes back, that adds another 150 K's to the lineup and that's simply too much.

I don't want Burrell traded, though.  He's just now entering his prime whereas Abreu is what he is.  He's not going to get any better.

Trade him now while he still has some value left.

Edited - I have a feeling Wagner's gone regardless.  Too many bridges burned with management.  Unless they get a front-line manager instead of some castoff like Manuel, he's out of here and onto a place like Boston.  Boston would be able to pay him whatever he wants, he'd still be on the East Coast and he'd be on a World Series favorite, plus they'll have the dough to spend since Damon will be history. 

[BigEd76]

he'd be our CF of the future

He's a year younger than Abreu

[PhillyGirl]

Edited - I have a feeling Wagner's gone regardless.  Too many bridges burned with management. 

huh? They've been working on a deal with him this whole time. If they didn't want him to stay, there'd have been no talks.