The OLD Halladay/Smug thread is HERE

by **Soren** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:16:55

I mean getting Halladay would be great, and our top 3 would be legendary but who would our 4th starter be?

by **Shore** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:29:48

Soren wrote:I mean getting Halladay would be great, and our top 3 would be legendary but who would our 4th starter be?

Who cares?

Last year, we had 55 games - about all we'll need out of our 4th and 5th - started by Jamie Moyer, Antonio Bastardo, Rodrigo Lopez, Brett Myers, Andrew Carpenter, Kyle Kendrick, and Chan Ho Park. We were 30-25 in those starts.

With our trip aces, we're going to win 100 games.

by **VFB** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:38:44

Lidge might blow 50 saves

by **Soren** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:44:03

Shore wrote:
Soren wrote:I mean getting Halladay would be great, and our top 3 would be legendary but who would our 4th starter be?

Who cares?

Last year, we had 55 games - about all we'll need out of our 4th and 5th - started by Jamie Moyer, Antonio Bastardo, Rodrigo Lopez, Brett Myers, Andrew Carpenter, Kyle Kendrick, and Chan Ho Park. We were 30-25 in those starts.

With our trip aces, we're going to win 100 games.

by **Trent Steele** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:45:20

read this and look at the awesomeness of the picture

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/w ... .phillies/

by **Trent Steele** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:47:39

The Phillies represent the biggest growth brand in the baseball industry, similar to how the Red Sox began to rise in 2003 under new ownership. Their farm system is so flush that they could trade for both Lee (who cost them four prospects) and Halladay inside of six months and still have hay in the barn. Their attendance has risen 38 percent since 2006, climbing from 2.6 million -- ninth in the league -- to 3.6 million. Their payroll in those three years jumped 49 percent, from $88 million to $131 million and is likely to approach $140 million in 2010. Local television ratings for the Phillies on CSN Philadelphia, their regional sports network, soared 24 percent last year alone -- the team's seventh consecutive season with increased viewership. The Phillies' 7.13 rating and 210,000 average homes are team records. Only the Yankees and Red Sox reach more households with their local networks -- making the Phillies the most watched team in the NL.

by **Bakestar** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:50:43

I just finished.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:52:10

Trent Steele wrote:
The Phillies represent the biggest growth brand in the baseball industry, similar to how the Red Sox began to rise in 2003 under new ownership. Their farm system is so flush that they could trade for both Lee (who cost them four prospects) and Halladay inside of six months and still have hay in the barn. Their attendance has risen 38 percent since 2006, climbing from 2.6 million -- ninth in the league -- to 3.6 million. Their payroll in those three years jumped 49 percent, from $88 million to $131 million and is likely to approach $140 million in 2010. Local television ratings for the Phillies on CSN Philadelphia, their regional sports network, soared 24 percent last year alone -- the team's seventh consecutive season with increased viewership. The Phillies' 7.13 rating and 210,000 average homes are team records. Only the Yankees and Red Sox reach more households with their local networks -- making the Phillies the most watched team in the NL.

I guess the Phillies have arrived. Which means my work is done here, I guess. Time to make the 76ers the class of the Eastern Conference.

Up, up and away!!!!!!!!

by **Mountainphan** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:52:37

Trent Steele wrote:
The Phillies represent the biggest growth brand in the baseball industry, similar to how the Red Sox began to rise in 2003 under new ownership. Their farm system is so flush that they could trade for both Lee (who cost them four prospects) and Halladay inside of six months and still have hay in the barn. Their attendance has risen 38 percent since 2006, climbing from 2.6 million -- ninth in the league -- to 3.6 million. Their payroll in those three years jumped 49 percent, from $88 million to $131 million and is likely to approach $140 million in 2010. Local television ratings for the Phillies on CSN Philadelphia, their regional sports network, soared 24 percent last year alone -- the team's seventh consecutive season with increased viewership. The Phillies' 7.13 rating and 210,000 average homes are team records. Only the Yankees and Red Sox reach more households with their local networks -- making the Phillies the most watched team in the NL.

Good stuff. I don't know why, but reading this chokes me up a little bit.

by **702** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:55:53

Trent Steele wrote:read this and look at the awesomeness of the picture

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/w ... .phillies/

So, I take that as the Jays are working with the Phills to find a package of players that work even if that includes a 3rd party?

by **Mountainphan** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:55:59

"And you would be shocked at how little they pay in revenue sharing," griped one GM.

Darn, it's good to be a gangster.

by **CFP** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:56:48

It feels good to be king.

by **jerseyhoya** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:57:58

Mountainphan wrote:Good stuff. I know why, and reading this chokes me up a little bit.

by **FTN** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:58:04

It smells like bleach in this thread

by **JFLNYC** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:58:24

"They've been very aggressive," one baseball source said about the Phillies' pursuit of Halladay. "They're putting together a package, even if they need another team. They're trying to find the players [on other teams] the Blue Jays want to get it done."

The Phillies represent the biggest growth brand in the baseball industry, similar to how the Red Sox began to rise in 2003 under new ownership. Their farm system is so flush that they could trade for both Lee (who cost them four prospects) and Halladay inside of six months and still have hay in the barn. Their attendance has risen 38 percent since 2006, climbing from 2.6 million -- ninth in the league -- to 3.6 million. Their payroll in those three years jumped 49 percent, from $88 million to $131 million and is likely to approach $140 million in 2010. Local television ratings for the Phillies on CSN Philadelphia, their regional sports network, soared 24 percent last year alone -- the team's seventh consecutive season with increased viewership. The Phillies' 7.13 rating and 210,000 average homes are team records. Only the Yankees and Red Sox reach more households with their local networks -- making the Phillies the most watched team in the NL.

"And you would be shocked at how little they pay in revenue sharing," griped one GM.

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by **Bakestar** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 23:59:23

CFP wrote:It feels good to be king.

wow that's mangled

by **cshort** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 00:01:32

and to top it all off

Two different GMs were aghast to hear the Astros are paying $15 million over three years to reliever Brandon Lyon. Both of them had to have the numbers repeated to them twice, thinking surely they had misheard what will be one of the worst contracts of the winter

by **slamjim** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 00:01:53

Oh no, what if uniform number 32 is the deal breaker??

by **cshort** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 00:02:50

slamjim wrote:Oh no, what if uniform number 32 is the deal breaker??

32A?

by **SideshowBob** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 00:04:59

slamjim wrote:Oh no, what if uniform number 32 is the deal breaker??

Give him 23 and tell him it's like a mirror image when he's looking at the jersey in the locker and if he were wearing it, it would be "correct".

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