Amaro expected to be named GM

by **Bob Loblaw** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:13:43

Please stop posting in this thread. Let's deal with tonight, and have our parade, and be happy for once.

by **Grotewold** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:14:09

He definitely comes across corporate and douchey, but I have to say it's silly to not consider that he's had a major impact on the construction of this club, bridging the Wade and Gillick eras. Or at the very least learned a lot.

by **Woody** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:15:13

Oh wait --didn't he <strike> rip off Wade </strike> construct the Lidge deal?

by **Trent Steele** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:20:00

VoxOrion wrote:Am I the only one who really doesn't care what the Phillies do next year as long as the win the World Series this year?

No. I could care less. Amaro, Arbuckle, Joe Banner, whatever. Phils are winning the World Series. I can die happy now.

by **Trent Steele** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:20:43

seke2 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
VoxOrion wrote:Am I the only one who really doesn't care what the Phillies do next year as long as the win the World Series this year?

It doesn't work like that. You'd think it does, but then they start playing games again, and it sucks you back in.

well i for one will never again badmouth the blanton deal, even if cardenas turns out to be a hall of famer and blanton eaton's the rest of his contract

QFT

by **Woody** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:21:17

Trent Steele wrote:
VoxOrion wrote:Am I the only one who really doesn't care what the Phillies do next year as long as the win the World Series this year?

No. I could care less. Amaro, Arbuckle, Joe Banner, whatever. Phils are winning the World Series. I can die happy now.

I'm bookmarking this thread to check back in about May or so...

by **Trent Steele** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:24:01

Woody wrote:
Trent Steele wrote:
VoxOrion wrote:Am I the only one who really doesn't care what the Phillies do next year as long as the win the World Series this year?

No. I could care less. Amaro, Arbuckle, Joe Banner, whatever. Phils are winning the World Series. I can die happy now.

I'm bookmarking this thread to check back in about May or so...

Nothing but sunshine, teddy bears, and strip clubs. Book it.

by **Bob Loblaw** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:26:00

Bob Loblaw wrote:Please stop posting in this thread. Let's deal with tonight, and have our parade, and be happy for once.

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:52:57

seke2 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
VoxOrion wrote:Am I the only one who really doesn't care what the Phillies do next year as long as the win the World Series this year?

It doesn't work like that. You'd think it does, but then they start playing games again, and it sucks you back in.

well i for one will never again badmouth the blanton deal, even if cardenas turns out to be a hall of famer and blanton eaton's the rest of his contract

That's completely different than what I'm saying, and I think different from what Vox was going for.

by **seke2** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:03:02

jerseyhoya wrote:
seke2 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
VoxOrion wrote:Am I the only one who really doesn't care what the Phillies do next year as long as the win the World Series this year?

It doesn't work like that. You'd think it does, but then they start playing games again, and it sucks you back in.

well i for one will never again badmouth the blanton deal, even if cardenas turns out to be a hall of famer and blanton eaton's the rest of his contract

That's completely different than what I'm saying, and I think different from what Vox was going for.

oh i understand, i'm just saying, i really don't care what happens if the phils win the championship. and frankly, if amaro was part of building this team, i can't be that upset if they give him the top spot. yeah, he's not my ideal guy, but why would you hire someone external to change things when things have gone so well the last few years?

by **my cousin mose** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:05:20

i agree with seke. i understand why this would be considered bad news; but whatevs--i have a hard time getting upset about it if he really was the guy behind the scenes in building a world series contender, especially if gillick really was just a figurehead like we all joke about.

besides: we all knew for months that this would probably happen. no shocker

by **Wizlah** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:20:04

FTN wrote:I care. Because I dont want to hear the "fluke" word thrown around. It obviously will be.

Amen to that. all i could think cycling home today is we need a big audacious set of moves this offseason. I keep wondering what we'd get for howard if we win.

by **CFP** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:26:42

by **BIGPHILLY** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:47:15

karn wrote:DUDE

"In recent days, several team insiders have said that assistant general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. is expected to get the job, and that an announcement from Phillies president David Montgomery could come within 24 to 48 hours after the conclusion of the World Series or after Gillick's contract expires."

* If the Phillies win the World Series - they could name Hillary Clinton the GM and I wouldn't care. They can lose for the next decade and I wouldn't care.

by **Woody** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:48:08

Frankie, you are lying. Be honest with yourself

by **FTN** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:52:28

A BIGPHILLY sighting.

Oh shit

by **Woody** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:55:58

BIGPHILLY, Philly Frank, Frank120938437

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 13:00:44

VoxOrion wrote:Am I the only one who really doesn't care what the Phillies do next year as long as the win the World Series this year?

No.

To amplify--right now I don't care about next year. Next year I'll start caring about next year.

by **FTN** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 13:08:31

The last two years I've seen just how painful our winning is to Mets fans. I never want to lose that feeling.

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 13:21:44

TenuredVulture wrote:
VoxOrion wrote:Am I the only one who really doesn't care what the Phillies do next year as long as the win the World Series this year?

No.

To amplify--right now I don't care about next year. Next year I'll start caring about next year.

Right. I don't particularly give a crap if we name Amaro GM because I have no idea how that move will work. It doesn't look great, but I made fun of the Eyre trade, and that has been pretty key. A lot of people hated the Blanton trade, look where that's gotten us.

But to pretend that next July 4th or whatever, if we're tied with the Mets and 10,000 of their asshole fans invade CBP, you'd be OK with getting swept if we are able to finish this off this week, you're lying to yourself. Maybe you'd be more OK than you would be otherwise, but yeah. It'll still matter.

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