Phillies Season Thread 2013

[SD]

Michael Young flashing some leather there.  Wow.  It looks hot in Philly.  Like ugly hot.

It's abysmal weather. I'm not an ac guy but mines on. The humidity is kicking.

[ice grillin you]

that was a drive

[Geowhizzer]

Face it, the day John Vukovich was put on the Phillies' Wall of Fame, it essentially became meaningless.

[ice grillin you]

i think a win today wont even feel good after that loss yesterday.....you CANT lose that game

[Rome]

Face it, the day John Vukovich was put on the Phillies' Wall of Fame, it essentially became meaningless.

Lies.

[MDS]

they put tugger on the wall and he threw one pitch. sammy is in. vuke is in. krukker is in.

lower your expectations please

[Geowhizzer]

they put tugger on the wall and he threw one pitch. sammy is in. vuke is in. krukker is in.

lower your expectations please

McGraw did pitch for the Phils for a decade and save 94 games in an era where a pitcher often had to pitch more than one inning to earn one.

If I remember right, I think McGraw was top-5 or so in saves (180) when he retired.

EDIT:  Just looked it up - McGraw was 8th when he retired.  Just to show how the modern save has changed, he'd slipped to 57th.

[ice grillin you]

those guys also are all from different teams

they arent putting eight or nine guys from the same team on....thats ridiculous....at that point just put the 2008 Phillies on a plaque

[MDS]

remember they need to have 1 guy per year. at some point theyre going to get to a year where its either rich dubee or brad lidge.

[ice grillin you]

i didnt know it was one per year....that in and of itself is a joke

[Geowhizzer]

For perspective, the following are from the 1980 team:

1988 - Paul Owens (one we haven't thought of - does Gillick get added?)
1989 - Steve Carlton
1990 - Mike Schmidt
1991 - Larry Bowa
1998 - Greg Luzinski
1999 - Tug McGraw
2001 - Garry Maddox
2005 - Bob Boone
2006 - Dallas Green (what about Cholly?)
2007 - John Vukovich

Pete Rose would easily be on the Wall if he hadn't been banned.

[Rome]

Rose is a special case, though.  And LOL @ the little fella suggesting McGraw was a one pitch wonder. 

[MDS]

i didnt know it was one per year....that in and of itself is a joke

they have an alumni weekend once per season

there are years where they could snake it out by giving it to team employees like wheeler (seriously), LA, larry shenk, gillick, the dude who plays the phanatic, etc.

manuel is getting in, too, by the way.

[ice grillin you]

For perspective, the following are from the 1980 team:

1988 - Paul Owens (one we haven't thought of - does Gillick get added?)
1989 - Steve Carlton
1990 - Mike Schmidt
1991 - Larry Bowa
1998 - Greg Luzinski
1999 - Tug McGraw
2001 - Garry Maddox
2005 - Bob Boone
2006 - Dallas Green (what about Cholly?)
2007 - John Vukovich

Pete Rose would easily be on the Wall if he hadn't been banned.

those are all great phils and mostly great mlb players

you cant say the same about shane victorino brad lidge or brett myers

[Geowhizzer]

Rose is a special case, though.  And LOL @ the little fella suggesting McGraw was a one pitch wonder.

SportsWriter Todd obviously never heard of Tug's Bo Derek fastball.