Phillies Offseason Talk

ice grillin you · January 20, 2006, 09:32:22 AM

what they need to do is put a zip code block on ticket sales to mets yankees and red sox games to limit the amount of visiting fans that come in for those games...its absolutely embarrassing

PhillyGirl · January 20, 2006, 09:34:52 AM

Quote from: ice grillin you on January 20, 2006, 09:32:22 AM
what they need to do is put a zip code block on ticket sales to mets yankees and red sox games to limit the amount of visiting fans that come in for those games...its absolutely embarrassing

Do you remember how many Phillies fans were at Shea and Fenway a couple of years ago? Fenway was overtaken by Phillies fans...and Shea, when empty because of the zesty Mets, had ONLY Phillies fans there.

ice grillin you · January 20, 2006, 09:38:46 AM

i go to shea every year and was at fenway for the saturday game

phillie fans in shea for a weekend game dont come close to matching mets fans in philly for a wednesday night game...shea is a pain in the ass to get to thus it keeps fans away...

we had a good turnout in fenway but it still didnt match what boston did here last year...that was the worst ive ever seen in any sport in any city

PhillyGirl · January 20, 2006, 09:40:10 AM

We were at one of the Boston games too.

If our team won the WS after that many years, I'd travel all over the place to see them play too. If they came here again this year (Sox), there would be 1/4 the fans here to see them play.

MURP · January 20, 2006, 09:40:54 AM

trade the Phillies for Tomlinson.

ice grillin you · January 20, 2006, 09:43:17 AM

thats not entirely true...the red sox fans took over the vet as well...anyway i dont care the reason for it...you can put a big dent in it by not selling to new england zip codes

MURP · January 20, 2006, 09:47:45 AM

yeah but then they are only putting a dent in their profit. I dont believe the Phillies actually care what teams the fans are rooting for in the seats, they just care aboue selling the tickets.

ice grillin you · January 20, 2006, 09:51:22 AM

then lift the block a month before the game...phils fans would sell out a weekend red sox or yankee series...but if they didnt then open the tickets up to everyone when and if the phils fans proved they cant sell it on their own

plus youd also have philly area transplanted visting fans buying the tickets

Wingspan · January 20, 2006, 09:55:04 AM

Quote from: MURP on January 20, 2006, 09:47:45 AM
yeah but then they are only putting a dent in their profit. I dont believe the Phillies actually care what teams the fans are rooting for in the seats, they just care aboue selling the tickets.

exactly.

a shut out is a shut out. they'd play 81 games vs the red sox if they thought it would bring 81 sell outs.

it's a shtein organization that doesnt care about the fans...or worse yet, doesnt even pretend to.

MURP · January 20, 2006, 09:55:57 AM

i guess im saying they probably dont care in the first place. why even put the effort into blocking and unblocking and whatever if you dont care anyway.

ice grillin you · January 20, 2006, 09:57:22 AM

agreed with that

rjs246 · January 20, 2006, 10:16:45 AM

Quote from: MURP on January 20, 2006, 09:40:54 AM
trade the Phillies for Tomlinson.

Now we're getting somewhere.

Sgt PSN · January 20, 2006, 10:45:00 AM

Quote from: MURP on January 20, 2006, 09:40:54 AM
trade the Phillies for Tomlinson.

BRILLIANT!!!

SunMo · January 20, 2006, 05:11:39 PM

supposedly Utley is on DNL right now with a popped collar

rjs246 · January 20, 2006, 05:14:15 PM

Quote from: Sun_Mo on January 20, 2006, 05:11:39 PM
supposedly Utley is on DNL right now with a popped collar

MDS just came.