06/07 Phillies Offseason Thread

[MDS]

Myers follows the likes of Jon Lieber, Omar Daal and Kevin Millwood in being an opening day starter for the Phillies.

Figure Hamels, Garcia, Moyer and Eaton will fill out the rotation in that order, but you never know with old Chuckles.

[Rome]

55 degrees & party cloudy = perfect Eagles weather.

[BigEd76]

another suckfest in Sarasota today

[Rome]

Not if you're a fan of the Reds.

Arroyo looks like he's in mid-season form today.   


Hey - at least on the bright side the Phillies haven't committed any errors yet today.  So there's that.

[MDS]

Eaton eats balls.

[MURP]

Not if you're a fan of the Reds.

Arroyo looks like he's in mid-season form today.   


Hey - at least on the bright side the Phillies haven't committed any errors yet today.  So there's that.

didnt Eaton have an error on fielding a bunt?

[Rome]

Not according to the official box score. 

[MURP]

heh,  i wonder what they called it.  Cause Eaton picked up the ball and threw it way over the 2nd basemans head into the outfield.

[ice grillin you]

could the preseason be more disasterous for the phils...its pretty sucked the life out me as far as excitement for the season...iceholes

[Rome]

heh,  i wonder what they called it.  Cause Eaton picked up the ball and threw it way over the 2nd basemans head into the outfield.

Fielder's choice?

[SD_Eagle5]

I don't put much stock into preseason baseball, I remember last year when Madson had something like 3 consecutive shut outs including one vs. the Yankees, they put him as the 5th starter and he blew.

[Rome]

I would normally agree with you but the same things that killed the Phillies last year (zesty pitching, zesty fielding, lack of timely hitting) are killing them again during spring training.

I think the concept of curses is farging ridiculous but if crazy shtein happens enough times, it really does begin to make a motherfarger wonder, ya know?

[ice grillin you]

i just dont understand how the phillies can think they can go into a season with the defense they have and make the playoffs...its an embarrassment...i mean half their farging defense is made up of hacks

[Rome]

TPW - have you ever heard of that?

The Phillies used to have a slogan that preached being aggressive, professional and fundamentally sound at all times back in the 1970's & early '80s and it was called "The Phillies Way."

I don't know what happened between then and now but it amazes me every time I see them miss a cut-off man, fail to get a sacrifice bunt down, or get thrown out at third base with two outs (all three happened the other day at the Red Sox game).  How the hell have they gone from expecting excellence and winning to this?

Embarrassing isn't even the word, dude.  Depressing is more like it.

[/]End old fogie rant...

[Geowhizzer]

It all started when Bill Giles and the silent partners bought the team and pushed Paul Owens out of the GM chair.