Phillies Spring Training Talk

[PhillyGirl]

Kalas was always 1-3 and 7-9 and the rest on the radio. What is the difference?

And a whole farging game of Wheeler blows goats.

[BigEd76]

For home games, 1-3 and 7-9 were Harry/LA to keep Harry and Wheels away from each other, then the only time they worked together was 7-9 for road games.  Under this new scenario, those 2 would be working together for 6 innings every game, plus LA (who I like 10x better as an announcer than Wheeler) would be off TV...

[Sgt PSN]

Resurrect Richie Ashburn.  Then GET HIM!

[PhillyGirl]

LA being off would suck.

More innings of Wheeler would suck.

Looks like I'll be keeping my headphones nearby while watching.

[Wingspan]

hell, just have kalas by himself and then run some generic old sound clips of ashburn.

[Geowhizzer]

hell, just have kalas by himself and then run some generic old sound clips of ashburn.

You could rotate them:

"Hard to believe, Harry."
"He looks runnerish."
"I can't believe it, Harry."
"He looks hitterish."

I'm sure there are dozens more we can come up with.

[PhillyGirl]

hell, just have kalas by himself and then run some generic old sound clips of ashburn.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Just when I begin to think that David Montgomery's bitchass has a clue (firing Wade, fixing the LF wall) he goes and pulls some BS like this.

You DO NOT take LA off of TV.
You DO NOT give us more of that stupid sonofabitch Chris Wheeler.
You DO NOT try to push Harry Kalas out of the door.

David Montgomery and the other clueless douchebags in management need to be put in a cell with that sledgehammering Florida dude.

[MDS]

It worked with Wade, now we gotta send more barrages of emails to Palmer and Shenk and the brass suits at the Phillies threatning to boycott watching the games if they give us 9 innings of Chris Wheeler.

[Rome]

Wheeler has to have naked pictures of Dave Montgomery farging a dog or a girl scout.

That's the only way to explain his continued employment there.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Here is the newest memeber of the Axis of Stupidity in the Phillies management.

spalmer@phillies.com

Please e-mail Scott Palmer and voice your opinions. Tell him how much you hate Wheels and how letting Harry go would be stupid.

If bitching about that loser Ed Wade made the dumbass Monty open his eyes, maybe this will too.

[MDS]

Why so mean to Wheels? His subjective baseball anyalsis is what keeps me tuned into the daily Phillies broadcasts. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Mr. Palmer,

I am writing you today to voice my displeasure about the recent announcement that there will be a shake-up in the Phils broadcasting line-up. I must say that the news about Larry Andersen moving completely out of the TV booth as well as pairing Chris Wheeler with a legend like Harry Kalas despite the well known friction between the two is incredibly baffling to myself and a lot of other die-hard fans of the Phillies. Why would the decision makers even consider this move? Other than wanting to drive a legend right out of town. Because, honestly, that is what it looks like to the fans. The same fans who have to listen to the broadcasts.

I am only 26 years old but Harry Kalas is Phillies baseball to me. I lived outside of the area for some time in my teenage years and I can remember when I would return here on summer vacations...the first thing I wanted to do was hear Harry call a Phillies game. On some clear nights in Kansas I could actually pick up the 1210 signal on my radio. Granted I would have to use a ton of tinfoil and set the radio on my windown ledge but I could get a little piece of home by listening to Harry and Whitey call a game. I now live back in Chester County and I remember what it was like in 2003 to be able to get to hear Harry the entire season. Pure joy. No matter how poorly the team is doing we still have good ol' Harry.

So it is with a sense of confusion and concern that I write this today. I am pleading with you to please voice the fans displeasure with this move to the upper management. To put it bluntly, Phillies fans do not like Chris Wheeler. Nothing personal, but he is not well liked. And if you should doubt that perhaps you could check out the message boards around the internet or listen to WIP or WPEN and you'll see that this decision is NOT welcomed with open arms.

I love the LA-Kalas team. So to completely remove LA from TV and to put Chris Wheeler in the TV booth with Harry is a terrible decision in my opinion. And if it does indeed push Harry out of the door it will be a BIG mistake. Last years set-up was about as perfect as it could be. So why mess with a good thing? Is it because Chris Wheeler is viewed as the heir apparent to Harry? I sure hope not. And even if it is then why push out a legend like this? Nothing good will come of this, Mr. Palmer. At least to the fans. Maybe it is a cause for celebration amongst the upper managemnet people but the fans do not like this at all, sir.

So I ask you to please pass along my anger over this move to those in the decision making positions. And I know I am not alone in feeling this way.

This is not meant to rip on the Phils either. I LOVE this team. And I was extremely happy that Mr. Montgomery chose to fire Ed Wade and chose to move the LF fence back. But after doing those two very important things then we have to hear about this. Harry Kalas deserves better. He deserves to be our guy for as long as he wants the job. How well did it gor for the Detroit Tigers when they forced Ernie Harwell out several years ago? So well that they had to bring him back! There are legends all around this great game of baseball and if Mr. Montgomery takes OUR legend away from us then it will be a crime.

Thank you for your time, sir.

[Wingspan]

if we can get enough fans to email about it, do you thnk we could get the phillies to get some hottie cheerleaders?

[PhillyPhreak54]

And another:

lshenk@phillies.com