Phillies Offseason Talk

[hunt]

the red sox should hire bucky dent as their gm.

[MDS]

noon press conference. will be on phillies.com, maybe comcast?

[SunMo]

noon press conference. will be on phillies.com, maybe comcast?

and WIP

[MDS]

yea its on comcast

[Wingspan]

Gillick's old and past his time.  There is no way he will be as aggressive as this team needs right now.

you do realize he doesnt actually have to play, right?

[SunMo]

PC is on now...

Monty's full of hope and energy 

[Rome]

I think I'm just numb at this point.  I'm numb because the Eagles appear to be crumbling before my eyes and because yet again, the Phillies had a rare opportunity to radically change their fortunes and they blew it.

Go Flyers, I guess?

[MDS]

he started off telling these stupid stories 

[JTrotter Fan]

Alright, let's start with predictions on how many games the Phils will win this season.  I'm gonna go ahead and have to say 88. 

[Rome]

62

[SunMo]

Mr. Gillick sez:

-the challenge is to win 5 more games than last year

-Ed Wade has put together a good nucleus here

-we've got a great team here

-telling some inane story from the '93 series (great memory to bring up dummy)

-rambling on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on.....

-the Phillies are a team with holes that need to be filled

-won't make any changes to the FO or coaches

-concerned about the farm system

-won't make changes just to make changes, he will make moves he feels are good for the team

-Jim Thome/Ryan Howard situation - thinks he's blessed to have to quality players like them, it's a blessing because they can both be starters and you can trade one of them to get something you need.  Probably not a good situation to have them both here next year.

-talked to Billy Wagner this morning, top priority for them

-there is sufficient money available to make moves, but they have to be smart with it

-thinks they have to add at least one starter, ideally a #1 or #2

-the Phillies are more attractive than the Dodgers because they have a better team

-Burrell and Abreu are 2 of the better corner players in the game 

-there are no untouchables on this team

-it's part of his job to establish a better connection with the fans


WIP cut it off

[ice grillin you]

"sufficient"

hmmmmm

[MDS]

pretty much said bell is coming back. i love this cat already.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

David Bell would be fine if he never had to hit a righty.

[MDS]

someone needs to take him out. i vote rjs. itll get him back into the baseball life.