Phillies Offseason Thread

[rjs246]

Oh so he's going to field now? The surgery really must have been something special.

Baseball.

[phattymatty]

what a joke.

Remember how the Nationals launched an initiative to keep Phillies fans from taking over their ballpark during Nats-Phillies series?  How they won't sell tickets to people not from D.C., Virginia or Maryland?

I think that's kind of pointless and silly because (a) it's not like the secondary ticket market doesn't exist; and (b) money is money and last I checked the Nats weren't filling their park with locals anyway.  If they want Phillies fans to be drowned out, win ballgames and sell more season tickets. But whatever, it's their show, and if they want to say no to someone when they go to buy a ticket, it's their choice.

But it's another thing altogether, it seems to me, to renege on tickets they already agreed to sell to Philly people before the policy was put in place. And that appears to be what they have done.

Seems that in December a Philly company called Integrated Project Services, Inc. contacted the Nationals for a group outing, put in order and paid a deposit which guaranteed the tickets.  They were supposed to get final confirmation of where their seats were and stuff in January. Then:

It was almost the end of January, and neither Kate or Chuck had heard a thing from the Nationals about their tickets. "we had tried to contact the Nationals because we thought by the end of January we were suppoesd to know," McCorriston said. "So we called and emailed and called and called and emailed and called, this had been going on for two and a half weeks, and they finally just notified us and said 'well sorry, we have to take back our park, you know, you can't have the tickets, there aren't any tickets left, and we'll refund your deposit. That was it."

Just an idiotic business decision to address a problem — too many Phillies fans in the park — that, while slightly embarrassing, is not exactly the sort of thing that a sophisticated business should really care about.  And it's the sort of thing that could lead to a lawsuit, so that's great too.

Win some baseball games, Nationals. That's how you take back your ballpark.

[Rome]

Lawsuit.

[ice grillin you]

it would definitely be worth paying thousand of dollars in legal fees to get into a baseball game that you can pay 20 bucks for on the secondary market

[MDS]

or $10 a month from now when the nationals open single game tickets for everyone

[Sgt PSN]

it would definitely be worth paying thousand of dollars in legal fees to get into a baseball game that you can pay 20 bucks for on the secondary market

It ain't about the money, it's about the principality, smokey.

[Don Ho]

Per Bleacher Report:

Raul Ibanez was one of the classiest players to play for the Phillies, right up until the end. Even on his way out the door, he agreed to not accept arbitration, so that the Phillies could get compensation for losing him to another team. Who else has done that for the Phillies?

this sucks:

Have you ever noticed that Laynce Nix's best season is worse than Ibanez's worst season.

[ice grillin you]

it would definitely be worth paying thousand of dollars in legal fees to get into a baseball game that you can pay 20 bucks for on the secondary market

It ain't about the money, it's about the principality, smokey.

waaaah get over it...id be all for the phillies farging over some red sock or met fans

[Rome]

So you'd be fine with it if the Phillies decided not to sell to people in say, Maryland?

[ice grillin you]

100% fine

but not sure why you would do that to keep met or red sock fans away

[Sgt PSN]

I'm fine with the Nats wanting to give local fans an opportunity to buy tix before outsiders. But that group initiated the purchase before the policy was established and the Nats should have completed the sale.

[ice grillin you]

i cant care because if it had happened to mets fans i would be laughing my ass off

[phattymatty]

i could not care less either...but it's a horrible business decision. not only are you basically calling your own fans out for being Hoydas, you're giving away guaranteed money which they should probably take since it's a publicly funded $611 MILLION DOLLAR stadium. 

also, there is no doubt in mind mind that that series is going to reach all-time highs for ridiculous philly fan behavior bc of this.

[ice grillin you]

its gonna be interesting to see how many tickets are left for the phillies games when they go to public sale

thats when youll find out if this campaign worked and how well

[ice grillin you]

gotta love braindead...

I'm willing to give up free agency. A lot of guys won't. In the game of baseball, free agency is what every major league player dreams of. You want to maximize your value, and of course I do, too. But what's important to me is, I want to be here. I love playing here. My family loves the city. I love the city.