Phillies Season Thread 2013

[ice grillin you]

yea i really dont like him at all but if you asked south jersey theyd have him as an all time great phillie

[MDS]

his legacy is getting out dueled by lincecum in game 1 of the 2010 nlcs

playoff no hitter = who cares

[ice grillin you]

his legacy is getting out dueled by lincecum in game 1 of the 2010 nlcs

playoff no hitter = who cares

but hes the quiet white type so hes john wayne to the fanbase

can you direct me to a new favorite team please?.....someone munson doesnt also root for

[MDS]

i dont mind the rangers...fun to watch. the a's are an easy team to root for, too, but you probably hate billy beane because he doesnt care about pitchers records or something.

[ice grillin you]

yeah i cant do texas or billy bean

im eyeing up seattle

[MDS]

seattle sucks...the phillies will be back before them

deeeeeee-troit?

[ice grillin you]

too easy

how bout them nats!!??

[MDS]

if they play really well they can catch atlanta...braves are hurt and will crumble

[Rome]

When Ruf hit his dinger in the eighth I literally had to mute the game because of T-Mac's idiotic squealing.   

[ice grillin you]

When Ruf hit his dinger in the eighth I literally had to mute the game because of T-Mac's idiotic squealing.

lol

it really is embarrassing

how can a classic 130 year old franchise have such a terrible announcing crew

[Rome]

The funny thing is Franzke & L.A. are really enjoyable to listen to.  Why they aren't the tv crew is beyond me.  Ah well... just another disappointing yet totally fixable aspect of this wretched franchise.

[ice grillin you]

yes

the worst part of carts is that he came from the mets...wheels is an all time bad announcer but at least hes from philly and grew up philly

[Sgt PSN]

Not trying to say I told you so, but I told you so.  Actually, it's pretty much guaranteed that my prediction (78 wins) will still be a few games over their final record.  They're 58-71 (129 games in) right now with 33 left which means they'd have to go 20-13 just to reach 78 wins.  Not gonna happen.  13-20 is much more realistic which would put them at 71-91.  The only thing worse than the Phillies were your predictions.  Even Havas had misguided optimism on this one.       

80 wins, 3rd place

78 wins. 4th place.

92 wins, wild card.

86 wins. No playoffs. 

I'll take 84.

85 wins

81 wins, they'll tease us with a nice little streak in August then fall flat on their asses.

i think they are a .500 team more or less....ill say a little more as theres legit reason to be optimistic for an offensive improvement

83 wins

91-71

Choke, Grit and Jimmy the Pimp all have good seasons

On the optimistic side, I'd say in the 86-88 range.

90 wins....WC playoff spot

[Geowhizzer]

Take my 86 and subtract the 8 addition I thought Halladay would get that he didn't, and I'd be at your 78.

Can I help it I'm a more positive person than you, Nancy Negative?


... in other words, yeah, my optimistic prediction sucked.  I thought they'd be mediocre, maybe very slightly above that if Halladay was even competent this year.  Turned out that Doc's arm exploded, and the team is descending greater depths of suckitude than even Todd's writing could reach.

[Geowhizzer]

Halladay activated and J.C. Ramirez called up from LV.  Tyler Cloyd and Luis Garcia sent down to make room.