Phillies 2010 Season Thread

[QB Eagles]

Eh, Brown tried to play hero there. As long as he knows not to pull that in a close game, what the farg. Woulda been exciting if he made the catch.

Yeah he blew a shutout for Halladay, blew Halladay's 34 inning scoreless streak at CBP, no big deal farging over your ace pitcher...

You can get away with it when you're a HOF player and it's your first game though.

[Munson]

Whatever, it was his first game in the bigs and you can tell he just wanted to be the hero. I'm sure Chuckles or someone will say something to him and that'll be that.

[PhillyGirl]

He scored 2 runs and knocked in another 2.

He hardly farged over his #1 SP tonight.

jesus.

[Rome]

Choke Dawg struck out four times in four at-bats tonight.  He farging sucks.

[SD]

Cliff Lee

[QB Eagles]

Cliff Lee

It woulda been a shutout if it was Lee

[Rome]

Of course it would.  Lee would have caught that ball easy.

[Munson]

Cliff Lee

Should be pitching tomorrow and giving the Phils another 8-9 inning 1 run game.

Go Kyle Kendrick!

[QB Eagles]

Choke Dawg struck out four times in four at-bats tonight.  He farging sucks.

Howard working his way up to that all-time golden sombrero record.

[Drunkmasterflex]

Charlie said that he was getting a bobble head tomorrow.

[PhillyGirl]

Sources: Oswalt-to-Phils talks intensify

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

The Phillies and Astros have intensified talks in the last 24 hours about a deal that would send Roy Oswalt to Philadelphia, sources said. But major financial obstacles remain that could still stand in the way of this trade being completed before Saturday's trading deadline.

Officials of multiple teams that have been speaking with the two clubs said Wednesday they believed the Phillies and Astros were close enough to agreeing on the players who would go to Houston that the players were no longer viewed as a major obstacle. The Astros would receive pitcher J.A. Happ, plus prospects. But the teams were said to be "not in total agreement" yet on the prospects.

Now that the Phillies have taken outfielder Jayson Werth off the market, they would no longer be able to clear money off their $142-million payroll to absorb the approximately $5 million that remains in Oswalt's salary for the rest of this year. So they have asked the Astros to pay a significant portion of Oswalt's money. The 32-year-old right-hander has a $16 million guarantee for next season, plus either a $2 million buyout or a $16 million option for 2012.

But there are also doubts about whether Oswalt is willing to waive his no-trade clause to approve a trade to the Phillies. Despite reports to the contrary, the Phillies have gotten no indication that the 32-year-old right-hander has dropped his request that the Phillies pick up his option for 2012. The Phillies have already balked at that demand.

Oswalt has hinted he might be willing to restructure his contract or compromise on that request. But there has been no indication that he would approve a deal without some sort of financial inducement.

A further sign that the Phillies remain the favorite -- and perhaps the only team left -- in the talks for Oswalt is that the two other clubs that had been in the bidding, the Cardinals and Dodgers, have moved on to pursue other deals.

The Cardinals have concentrated on second-tier starters and on an infield bat. The Dodgers, meanwhile, made a trade Wednesday for Royals outfielder Scott Podsednik, and were more focused on trying to trade for Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly and Pirates pitcher Paul Maholm than they were on continuing talks for Oswalt.

Nevertheless, it was also clear the Phillies weren't particularly confident that they were going to be able to trade for Oswalt themselves. They made contact with the Cubs about Lilly and with about both Jake Westbrook and Fausto Carmona. And they had a scout in Cleveland to watch Carmona's start against the Yankees.

With less than 72 hours remaining before Saturday's 4 p.m. ET deadline, Oswalt remained the Phillies' top priority, sources said. But Oswalt told MLB.com Wednesday that he wants "a little bit of time" to decide whether to approve any trade the Astros agree to.

"I'm hoping it's not going to be dropped on me an hour before the deadline," he said.

Oswalt didn't specify how much time he would need. But regardless, for the Phillies and Astros, the clock was ticking louder than ever Wednesday.

[MDS]

cliff lee aside, they have sold out 90 friggin games in a row

what possible financial restrictions could there be? is there any logistical justification for this supposed self-imposed salary cap?

[MDS]

ok now a done deal (happ and other prospects) according to some yokel tv reporter in houston. oswalt deciding whether or not to accept.

edit: http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100729&content_id=12760192&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou

mentions singleton as a guy who might go.

unless they win 8 world series ruben amaro is below ed wade on the bad gm scale. just unfathomable stupidity and incompetence.

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://brianmctaggart.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/07/oswalt-reportedly-headed-to-phillies.html

Hmmm.

[Munson]

It's on KFFL too.

Meh. I wasn't really thrilled after I heard about the back problems and the whining about the philly fans/media...hopefully the Astros are taking on a good chunk of the salary.