RUBE ALERT on DNL right now

Talking about Kendrick and how he's enigmatic
When told that Kendrick allowed 2 runs or less in 11 of his starts, but he's allowed 5+ in all the rest, Rube responded "THUS MY ENIGMATIC COMMENT..."

Now talking about Lindblom, Schwimer and Bastardo. "Frustration" and "frustrating" has been used a lot. Says they're going to address the setup role this offseason unless someone wows them over the next 40 games

Still high on Dom Brown

Says there's no room for Cloyd yet, so they haven't thought about bringing him up

Admitted he did a bad job addressing the bullpen last offseason and it'll be a top priority along with the offense

"Haven't even laid my eyes on Cloyd"

I mean I know there's a lot of stuff to do as a GM in regards to building a team, but how has he honestly not seen Tyler Cloyd in person yet?

Didn't mince words -- fixing to acquire an 8th inning guy and power

A return of Madson would be the least surprising thing to me

Jeff Francoeur loves us.

“Philly is the worst — no doubt about it,” Francoeur says. “I thought it was bad when I was with the Braves. Then it got even worse when I played for the Mets and we went there. In New York, people just yell at you. In Philly, they wear you out. Even the little kids can be rough in Philly. It’s way out of bounds.”

Can't wait to trade for Heath Bell based on Rube's comments

CFP wrote:"Haven't even laid my eyes on Cloyd"

I mean I know there's a lot of stuff to do as a GM in regards to building a team, but how has he honestly not seen Tyler Cloyd in person yet?

I don't think he meant it, um, literally

JFLNYC wrote:Phils' merch sales down 60% this year and share of MLB market down to ~9% from over 16%.

Craig Calcaterra has an article about this and is now pretending on Twitter him trolling Phillies fans is an "in-joke" as opposed to him being a Braves fan who wishes they could even compare

philliesphhan wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:Phils' merch sales down 60% this year and share of MLB market down to ~9% from over 16%.

Craig Calcaterra has an article about this and is now pretending on Twitter him trolling Phillies fans is an "in-joke" as opposed to him being a Braves fan who wishes they could even compare

I'm not reading his article, but does anyone mention how the Phils have enjoyed a unique merchandise run over the past five years? That there were major events that would cause people to buy NEW merchandise?

2007: First NL East title in 14 years
2008: WFC
2009: CLIFF LEE, 2nd straight WS
2010: Doc, Oswalt
2011: CLIFF LEE 2.0, Four Aces, Hunter Pantz, 102wins
2012: Um...

Hell, even if the 2012 Phillies were on pace for 102 wins again, their sales likely would've dropped unless there was a major midseason acquisition or a WS title.

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:Hell, even if the 2012 Phillies were on pace for 102 wins again, their sales likely would've dropped unless there was a major midseason acquisition or a WS title.

Tell that to my Jeremy Horst batting practice replica

Howard's slash line over the past 14 days:

.356/.396/.644/1.040

Past 7 days:

.455/.478/.727/1.206


Please please please let this be the beginning of the old August/September Ryan Howard. If that's the case, maybe the second WC isn't out of reach after all. We'd just need ONE of the setup guys to step up... you never know.

good to see Brown pull a ball hard last night

Frandsen back in the lineup.

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

philliesphhan wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:Phils' merch sales down 60% this year and share of MLB market down to ~9% from over 16%.

Craig Calcaterra has an article about this and is now pretending on Twitter him trolling Phillies fans is an "in-joke" as opposed to him being a Braves fan who wishes they could even compare

I'm not reading his article, but does anyone mention how the Phils have enjoyed a unique merchandise run over the past five years? That there were major events that would cause people to buy NEW merchandise?

2007: First NL East title in 14 years
2008: WFC
2009: CLIFF LEE, 2nd straight WS
2010: Doc, Oswalt
2011: CLIFF LEE 2.0, Four Aces, Hunter Pantz, 102wins
2012: Um...

Hell, even if the 2012 Phillies were on pace for 102 wins again, their sales likely would've dropped unless there was a major midseason acquisition or a WS title.

Despite the dropoff, Phils are still #2 in mlb sales (you can probably guess who's #1).

Soren wrote:good to see Brown pull a ball hard last night

Made good contact at the plate, too.

I think if his BABIP normalizes he's easily a .280/.380/.400 hitter right?

"Easily" is a word which should never be used in relationship to Dom Brown.

"Easily" is a word which should never be used in relationship to Dom Brown's performance or health.

Placido Polanco's two hits Monday moved him ahead of Jack Glasscock and into a tie for 248th place all time.



Lol