awesome

About to start reading now, will this give me a boner?

Napalm wrote:About to start reading now, will this give me a boner?

If you're partial to sunbathing fat guys

Is Worley going to pitch at all tonight?

Trent Steele wrote:Is Worley going to pitch at all tonight?

I haven't seen anything from Charlie or Dubee, but I'd be really surprised if he didn't.

Grotewold wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:I think this is the greatest article I've ever read about the Phillies, baseball, sports, or Philadelphia. As someone who grew up in Philadelphia, went to school in West Philly, and spent the last 15 years working downtown, this brings a little tear to my eye. Gary Smith is a rock star.

He nailed it

Was Cliff being on Adderal already known?

I can't remember

under rated joke right there

The regional cover:



fap fap fap

I think the line at the end about the city exhaling and inhaling at the same time in October was perfect.

Holy shit I'm ready for the playoffs.

excellent article

Not the guy who once copped a ride on an F-16 to prove to himself that he could handle Mach 2 without passing out or throwing up, or the first Phillie to race on and off the field every half-inning. Nice try, Pythagoras. The shortest distance between two points is Cliff Lee.

http://eye-on-baseball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/32338669

Jimmy wants 5 years or he isn't afraid to leave. I'd be nervous about 4 years...5...sure will miss ya big guy.

From Dave Cameron's chat today. What's this guy's deal?

Q: "If it wasn't for the Howard contract, would the Phillies future outlook improve dramatically?"

A: Sure - not having the worst contract in baseball would be helpful.

Q: "Even if the Phillies's payroll doesn't go up at all, it's still at 170 million (145 million even if I take the cool kids position and pretend Howard adds no value). With conservatively 15 WAR from the top 3 pitchers in the staff, and still roughly 80+ million to spend on the roster, the Phillies are in better shape going forward than any team but the Yankees."

A: Yeah, projecting +5 WAR each from three pitchers is not conservative.

Q: "I don't see how the Phillies have any more long term problems than lets say the Red Sox."

A: The Red Sox have better revenues, better management, and fewer long term contract issues.

Q: "Do you still think the Phillies are in for a "big fall" as you claimed a few weks back. They're SO much better than everyone else in that division."

A: I don't agree with your second sentence, and yes, I think they have significant long term problems.

why do you do this to me?

Trent Steele wrote:why do you do this to me?

October tradition

Trent Steele wrote:why do you do this to me?

2016 is only five years away!

Shaken by Cameron's words, Amaro bought a guitar and made a waiver claim for Omar Daal

Carbon wrote:http://eye-on-baseball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/32338669

Jimmy wants 5 years or he isn't afraid to leave. I'd be nervous about 4 years...5...sure will miss ya big guy.

I read that is Jimmy wants to stay a Phillies, but isn't going to give them a huge discount.

Man, 2014 is going to really, really suck. If only the Phillies had some talent at the A and AA levels that would be ready to play in the majors by then.

Grotewold wrote:From Dave Cameron's chat today. What's this guy's deal?

Q: "If it wasn't for the Howard contract, would the Phillies future outlook improve dramatically?"

A: Sure - not having the worst contract in baseball would be helpful.

Q: "Even if the Phillies's payroll doesn't go up at all, it's still at 170 million (145 million even if I take the cool kids position and pretend Howard adds no value). With conservatively 15 WAR from the top 3 pitchers in the staff, and still roughly 80+ million to spend on the roster, the Phillies are in better shape going forward than any team but the Yankees."

A: Yeah, projecting +5 WAR each from three pitchers is not conservative.

Q: "I don't see how the Phillies have any more long term problems than lets say the Red Sox."

A: The Red Sox have better revenues, better management, and fewer long term contract issues.

Q: "Do you still think the Phillies are in for a "big fall" as you claimed a few weks back. They're SO much better than everyone else in that division."

A: I don't agree with your second sentence, and yes, I think they have significant long term problems.

Dave Cameron is really reaching now. Especially with the 5 WAR per pitcher schtick, if things went well we might see 15 WAR from Doc and CLIFF LEE alone, only a deluded hater could fail to see 15 WAR from our big 3 is very conservative.

*edit* Doc and CLIFF LEE this season have 15 WAR between them.

If he actually believes that stuff, let him sit with his dick in his hand thinking about Justin Smoak when the Phillies are rampaging the playoffs

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:Man, 2014 is going to really, really suck. If only the Phillies had some talent at the A and AA levels that would be ready to play in the majors by then.

nope. too busy trading them for the doc's, cliff's, and ozwald's of the world