swishnicholson wrote:One of these guys is a retired Phillies pitcher, the other an active NASCAR driver.

LongDrive wrote:Tommy Greene looks like he could still play.

Woody wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:I have one extra ticket to today's game. Would anyone like it?

MattS wrote:The Phillies are in a market where they could spend like crazy if people in it cared.

Vote for Kalas wrote:?

Please explain this comment. I do not understand it.

MattS wrote:Sorry, I didn't look at the thread again since I wrote this.

I meant that if the Phillies made the playoffs, people in the Philadelphia market would actually start paying more attention to baseball than they do. That would increase the team's revenue which I believe would increase the team's spending ability. I think they could spend more like the Mets and Red Sox if they had a more passionate fan base and if people who weren't huge fans cared too. I feel like most of the city just has no idea that the Phillies are even playing above .500 for the decade.

Vote for Kalas wrote:Thanks for the response. I would be careful in assuming these owners and management group would spend more because they were making more...

I also believe even if we made the playoffs, alot of fans would still be very skeptical and resistant to supporting the team due to the current management and ownership...

What would really re-energize baseball in this town is new ownership and management who are intent on building a long term winner here, spend money wisely, understand how MLB works now and have success...see the Eagles under Jeff Lurie when he took over and hired Reid as an example...

Pittfan03 wrote:So I have tickets to all 4 Phillies games in town this weekend. However, the last 4 Phillies games I've attended in person the Phils have lost. I'm afraid of going, to jinx them. What to do?

Curses & Hexes DIY Removal Spell

Get a piece of wax paper or another kind of strong paper.

Write on it carefully what you know about the curses/hexes, like who cast them, or where they came from, and/or when this started (the date). If you don't know any details, just write "My two curses or hexes" on the paper so that we all know what this for and what it's going to do.

Place three spoonfuls of salt (rock salt, or sea salt, or just ordinary table salt) into the paper and make a bundle out of it that you can tie to a piece of string.

Wear it over your heart for three days and three nights.

The salt will draw out the curses or hexes and take them into itself.

On the morning of the fourth day, open the package, and let water wash the salt away. You can do this in a river or by an ocean shore, scatter it outside when it is raining hard, or simply in your sink if you have no access to flowing water elsewhere.

Burn the paper and the string.

Wear a rose quartz pendant or a healing or lucky charm you already own over the heart for 9 days after that, so that whatever was damaged by the presence of the curse or hex gets healed and restored, and your defense systems grow strong again.