Enjoy it while you can, Philthies

msgkings322 · Sep 1, 2011

Why the Philadelphia Phillies won't be great for long - Grantland

I didn't realize how much Howard has regressed, nor how terrible his contract is. Think Rowand/Zito level.

But Philly is one of the big $$ teams now so they can eat it Yankee-style :hungry:

SF11704 · Sep 1, 2011

The real problem that the Philthies and their fans face are expectations. They are expected to win it all. Just like they were last year. We never had that hanging over our heads. We were always the underdog and every step we took was a step farther then anyone thought we would go. But like everyone here says ... once you reach the playoffs - it's a crap shoot. Our pitching can shut down any offense. The problem we have is that any pitching can shut down ours. Big money teams play for that moment in time. Bad contacts given on the hope that it will carry them to paradise. Usually it's the grave yard. NYY continually have one of the highest salary structures in baseball but money can't buy everything that a WS Champion team actually needs. I personally feel that if it wasn't for Brooks Conrad we never make it past Atlanta last year.

calsnowskier · Sep 1, 2011

SF11704 said:
The real problem that the Philthies and their fans face are expectations. They are expected to win it all. Just like they were last year. We never had that hanging over our heads. We were always the underdog and every step we took was a step farther then anyone thought we would go. But like everyone here says ... once you reach the playoffs - it's a crap shoot. Our pitching can shut down any offense. The problem we have is that any pitching can shut down ours. Big money teams play for that moment in time. Bad contacts given on the hope that it will carry them to paradise. Usually it's the grave yard. NYY continually have one of the highest salary structures in baseball but money can't buy everything that a WS Champion team actually needs. I personally feel that if it wasn't for Brooks Conrad we never make it past Atlanta last year.

Exactly the reason many of us declared a few days ago that we would be pulling for the Braves in the playoffs this year if the miracle does not exist for us.

msgkings322 · Sep 1, 2011

SF11704 said:
The real problem that the Philthies and their fans face are expectations. They are expected to win it all. Just like they were last year. We never had that hanging over our heads. We were always the underdog and every step we took was a step farther then anyone thought we would go. But like everyone here says ... once you reach the playoffs - it's a crap shoot. Our pitching can shut down any offense. The problem we have is that any pitching can shut down ours. Big money teams play for that moment in time. Bad contacts given on the hope that it will carry them to paradise. Usually it's the grave yard. NYY continually have one of the highest salary structures in baseball but money can't buy everything that a WS Champion team actually needs. I personally feel that if it wasn't for Brooks Conrad we never make it past Atlanta last year.

The thing is, when the baseball gods are smiling, there's always some unexpected hero (Renteria) or goat (Conrad) that you can look back on and say was the 'reason'. The reason we won is we fought all year to make the playoffs, then pitched great in the playoffs and got a little luck. All the winners get a little luck.

Dave Roberts in 2004, Bill Buckner in 1986, etc. There's always a small thing or two that a series ends up pivoting on...

nateistheshi · Sep 1, 2011

msgkings322 said:
The thing is, when the baseball gods are smiling, there's always some unexpected hero (Renteria) or goat (Conrad) that you can look back on and say was the 'reason'. The reason we won is we fought all year to make the playoffs, then pitched great in the playoffs and got a little luck. All the winners get a little luck.

Dave Roberts in 2004, Bill Buckner in 1986, etc. There's always a small thing or two that a series ends up pivoting on...

This. If I'm able to, then rep for you sir.

Good find by the way, I've been saying the same thing to my buddies that are Phillies fans for awhile now :happy:

msgkings322 · Sep 1, 2011

nateistheshi said:
This. If I'm able to, then rep for you sir.

Good find by the way, I've been saying the same thing to my buddies that are Phillies fans for awhile now

powerchord86 · Sep 1, 2011

gp956 · Sep 1, 2011

From the article:

the Phillies' offense isn't particularly good. After finishing first or second in the NL in runs scored every year from 2005 to 2010, the Phillies have dropped to sixth this season.

They're actually fourth in Runs/Game, right now. The Giants are sixteenth, and are not close to the fifteenth team. Giants are not just the worst offense, they're an outlier in futility. And this guy is upset with the sixth worst offence?

Stokes1931 · Sep 1, 2011

Unlike Ryan Howard, this never gets old. And this is for recon:

tzill · Sep 1, 2011

Stokes1931 said:
Unlike Ryan Howard, this never gets old. And this is for recon:

BAM!!

Post...of...the...DAY!

calsnowskier · Sep 1, 2011

At least this is posted on OUR board, and not the Philth board. I am sure if the roles were reversed, Recon would be posting a similar GIF here...

calsnowskier · Sep 1, 2011

Stokes1931 said:
Unlike Ryan Howard, this never gets old. And this is for recon:

Watch the ump on that gif...

As he punches Howard out, Howard's head goes back, as if the ump is ACTUALLY punching him out.

A thing of beauty

SFGRTB · Sep 1, 2011

Stokes1931 said:
Unlike Ryan Howard, this never gets old. And this is for recon:

Best. Pitch. EVER

I would love to see someone try to hit that in that location.

filosofy29 · Sep 1, 2011

calsnowskier said:
At least this is posted on OUR board, and not the Philth board. I am sure if the roles were reversed, Recon would be posting a similar GIF here...

Yeah guys, Recon actually is a solid citizen on the hockey board. I have no problem with us giving him some ribbing here, but we can't have it both ways. Either we poke fun at him and he's welcome to do what he's been doing on our board, or we don't call him out at all. I think it's only fair.

EDIT: Not saying we can't poke fun at other teams, but singling/calling out certain posters that we haven't agreed with when we don't want them posting here is taking it to the extreme as far as fairness is concerned (in my humble opinion of course).

msgkings322 · Sep 1, 2011

sf giants r the best said:
Best. Pitch. EVER

I would love to see someone try to hit that in that location.

You could try to go oppo with it...Panda could get a hit off it :panda:

I was out on the town that night with a big group of couples and the whole restaurant was looking at their phones with every pitch. When that one happened the whole place exploded, it was so awesome.

I made sure to confirm it was a strike and not an umpjack. It was, right on the black.

calsnowskier · Sep 1, 2011

msgkings322 said:
You could try to go oppo with it...Panda could get a hit off it :panda:

I was out on the town that night with a big group of couples and the whole restaurant was looking at their phones with every pitch. When that one happened the whole place exploded, it was so awesome.

I made sure to confirm it was a strike and not an umpjack. It was, right on the black.

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Stokes1931 · Sep 1, 2011

filosofy29 said:
Yeah guys, Recon actually is a solid citizen on the hockey board. I have no problem with us giving him some ribbing here, but we can't have it both ways. Either we poke fun at him and he's welcome to do what he's been doing on our board, or we don't call him out at all. I think it's only fair.

EDIT: Not saying we can't poke fun at other teams, but singling/calling out certain posters that we haven't agreed with when we don't want them posting here is taking it to the extreme as far as fairness is concerned (in my humble opinion of course).

My bad. I just hated him coming over here and making snarky comments and then adding the

as if he were just kidding. Won't happen again.

And no way in hell would I post something like that gif on the Philth board. Just wouldn't be sporting, nor proper. The thought had crossed my mind, but they get as many posters in a week as we do in a single GDT. Maybe they are all hockey fans. :hockeysmile:

norcaliftom · Sep 1, 2011

Before Philly fans start celebrating their WS Championship in September they should take a look at how many #1 seeds from the NL have even made it to the World Series in the last 15 years.

gp956 · Sep 1, 2011

norcaliftom said:
Before Philly fans start celebrating their WS Championship in September they should take a look at how many #1 seeds from the NL have even made it to the World Series in the last 15 years.

Welcome to SportsHoopla, Norcaliftom.

norcaliftom · Sep 2, 2011

gp956 said:
Welcome to SportsHoopla, Norcaliftom.

Thanks, man. Appreciate it.

What do you think of Brad Pill? Who knows maybe there's still some magic left in our team.

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