2010/11 Phillies Offseason Thread

[PhillyPhreak54]

I forgot he was on the team.

Now I need a drink.

[Munson]

Ricky Bo thinks the Phils are planning on giving John Mayberry Jr. a "legit shot" at winning the right fielders spot this year, especially if Brown isn't impressive during spring training.

[charlie]

I forgot he was on the team.

Now I need a drink.

Danys Baez will have little to no bearing on the outcome of this season. But drink anyway.

[ice grillin you]

everytime i see or hear his name i get so mad that its not danny

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Or Dennis

[Rome]

"I think Chuck is delusional," Levine told ESPNewYork.com. "He has been running the Rangers for a few minutes and seems to believe he's mastered what everyone else is thinking. I think he should let Cliff Lee speak for himself. I'll be impressed when he demonstrates he can keep the Rangers off welfare. What I mean is make them not be a revenue-sharing recipient for three years in a row, without taking financing from baseball or advance money from television networks. Then I'll be impressed."

Wow.  Really?  Is Randy Levine really whining about revenue sharing as the President of the billion dollar cash money homey motherfarging Yankees?

That's grotesque in a completely awesome way.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The Yankees always whine about revenue-sharing. Nothing new here.

[ice grillin you]

i dont blame them...if you dont want teams to overspend then institute a salary cap...but why should the yankees or anyone else get gouged for having the resources to spend and try to win

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

What they have is kind of a happy medium between a salary cap and an unrestricted system. Seems to be working just fine. Even the Pirates make money.

[ice grillin you]

i dont care if it works and i dont think it does work...the yankees should not have to contribute a penny to any other team...especially a team like pittsburgh who doesnt even attempt to win

contraction should be option 1 followed closely by a salary cap...revenue sharing is bullshtein

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Why are you against redistribution of wealth in baseball when you're all for it in America as a whole? The Yankees can afford to pay a huge chunk of their change a lot more than an upper-middle class family can afford to pay 50% of their income in taxes. What's the difference?

I'm all for contraction as well and think that teams should all be profitable without revenue sharing to be viable, but since it would change the whole landscape of the game and would never happen... I'll take the current system in lieu of a full-on salary cap. Especially because the Phils would be over the cap.

[ice grillin you]

Why are you against redistribution of wealth in baseball when you're all for it in America as a whole? The Yankees can afford to pay a huge chunk of their change a lot more than an upper-middle class family can afford to pay 50% of their income in taxes. What's the difference?

please tell me you are joking with this hideous analogy

the poorest pro sports owner is still richer than 99% of the population

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

What about the guy who empties trash and digs ditches at his stadium?

[Rome]

I'm fine with revenue sharing.  The problem is teams at the bottom should be required to spend a minimum in payroll and they dont.  And considering the fact that the Yankees make about 50 times more in revenue than the Rangers they shouldn't be making snide comments about them especially when they got their asses beat on the field fair & square.  It comes off as bitter & petty but that's what they are, so...

[SD]

Speaking of revenue sharing in the MLB, NFL, and politics, did anyone catch Maher's New Rules conclusion last night?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-football-sociali_b_815673.html