OFFICIAL 2012 Phillies "Wait till October" thread

[93henfan]

Hope you have a broom with you tonight.....

Tonight I'm rooting for the Phils and Cole Hamels.

Debating if I should catch the metro down there tonight to watch Cole dominate the Natinals...

[89Hen]

Tonight I'm rooting for the Phils and Cole Hamels.

Debating if I should catch the metro down there tonight to watch Cole dominate the Natinals...

Fucking Metro. On the way down we connect to the Green Line and find ourselves in a 98 degree car with the doors shut and sitting still. On the way home we connect back to the Red and miss a train by seconds and then the next car (15 minutes) gets cancelled and we have to wait 32 minutes to get the next one. This is why I hate going to Nats games. For Caps games I can leave my house 45 minutes before the drop of the puck, get a beer and see the drop from my seat. Nats games are a whole other story.

[93henfan]

Debating if I should catch the metro down there tonight to watch Cole dominate the Natinals...

Fucking Metro. On the way down we connect to the Green Line and find ourselves in a 98 degree car with the doors shut and sitting still. On the way home we connect back to the Red and miss a train by seconds and then the next car (15 minutes) gets cancelled and we have to wait 32 minutes to get the next one. This is why I hate going to Nats games. For Caps games I can leave my house 45 minutes before the drop of the puck, get a beer and see the drop from my seat. Nats games are a whole other story.

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like I'll pick up watching Season 4 of Breaking Bad then.

How good are the scalping opportunities down around Nats Park if I do still go?

[89Hen]

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like I'll pick up watching Season 4 of Breaking Bad then.

How good are the scalping opportunities down around Nats Park if I do still go?

TONS of people selling tix.

[93henfan]

Lowers levels under $50?

Gotta love a shitty fanbase.

[bluehenbillk]

Cliff Lee went through & cleared waivers today, so much for we're not looking to trade him.....

[Ivytalk]

Debating if I should catch the metro down there tonight to watch Cole dominate the Natinals...

**** Metro. On the way down we connect to the Green Line and find ourselves in a 98 degree car with the doors shut and sitting still. On the way home we connect back to the Red and miss a train by seconds and then the next car (15 minutes) gets cancelled and we have to wait 32 minutes to get the next one. This is why I hate going to Nats games. For Caps games I can leave my house 45 minutes before the drop of the puck, get a beer and see the drop from my seat. Nats games are a whole other story.

Anacostia River...

[Ivytalk]

Hope you have a broom with you tonight.....

Tonight I'm rooting for the Phils and Cole Hamels.

Typical front-running Nats "fan."

[bluehenbillk]

We decline 89's fandom. No Phils for you, next.

[89Hen]

Lowers levels under $50?

Gotta love a shitty fanbase.

I would think so. I StubHub'd and got Row A in the 300 level inside of 3rd base for $13 ($30 face) last night.

"Shitty"? Nats are 14th in attendance. I don't think "shitty" is the word. Average would probably be better.

[89Hen]

We decline 89's fandom. No Phils for you, next.

Didn't realize you were on the Phillies fanclub BOD.

[89Hen]

Nats should have better attendance, but before you say it's really bad because they are in the hunt... not only are they middle of the pack in the MLB, they are excactly middle of the pack of teams in the hunt.

Teams in the hunt bolded:

1 Philadelphia - 44,715
2 Texas - 43,475
3 NY Yankees - 43,129
4 San Francisco - 41,722
5 St. Louis - 41,696
6 LA Dodgers - 41,192
7 Boston - 37,623
8 LA Angels - 37,525
9 Detroit - 37,267
10 Chicago Cubs - 37,218
11 Minnesota - 35,066
12 Milwaukee - 34,967
13 Colorado - 34,078
14 Washington - 30,069
15 Atlanta - 29,735
16 NY Mets - 29,731
17 Cincinnati - 28,680
18 Miami - 28,405
19 Arizona - 27,708
20 Toronto - 27,442
21 Pittsburgh - 26,557
22 Baltimore - 26,383
23 San Diego - 25,825
24 Chicago Sox- 23,815
25 Kansas City - 23,121
26 Seattle - 22,710
27 Houston - 21,902
28 Oakland - 20,991
29 Tampa Bay - 20,650
30 Cleveland - 20,486

[bluehenbillk]

We decline 89's fandom. No Phils for you, next.

Didn't realize you were on the Phillies fanclub BOD.

Well next time do your research.

[eagleskins]

Phillies suck and will be in the East basement with the Marlins for the next decade. Zero young talent in that organization.

[Ivytalk]

Phillies suck and will be in the East basement with the Marlins for the next decade. Zero young talent in that organization.

And they will still outdraw the Braves. So go suck an egg.

[93henfan]

Phillies suck and will be in the East basement with the Marlins for the next decade. Zero young talent in that organization.

And they will still outdraw the Braves. So go suck an egg.

Even the Nats outdraw the Braves.

[89Hen]

And they will still outdraw the Braves. So go suck an egg.

Even the Nats outdraw the Braves.

You didn't go last night, did you?

[93henfan]

Even the Nats outdraw the Braves.

You didn't go last night, did you?

Nope. Finished up Season 4 of Breaking Bad; the best show on television. I did turn on MASN for five seconds and saw Hamels was down 3-0 early. Glad I didn't waste a night in that sharthole.

[BlueHen86]

Phillies suck and will be in the East basement with the Marlins for the next decade. Zero young talent in that organization.

Depends on how much salary they dump. If they start next season with Hamels, Halladay and Lee they might contend. The window is closing and they are trying to unload Lee so I'm not optimistic, but I'm not pulling the plug just yet either.

[GannonFan]

If they dump Lee they probably use that money and get a premier position player. They can easily contend and win next year with or without Lee. And really at this point it's finding a bridge to 2015 when they get out of their current TV contract and either start their own network or hit paydirt with an existing broadcaster. If you have money and aren't afraid to spend it you'll never be irrelevant for very long. The Red Sox are proving you can have bad years, but they're also proving many of them don't happen consecutively. The Phils aren't going back to a decade or two of mediocrity, but they may stumble for a year or two. I just don't think the stumble continues next year.

[BlueHen86]

If they dump Lee they probably use that money and get a premier position player. They can easily contend and win next year with or without Lee. And really at this point it's finding a bridge to 2015 when they get out of their current TV contract and either start their own network or hit paydirt with an existing broadcaster. If you have money and aren't afraid to spend it you'll never be irrelevant for very long. The Red Sox are proving you can have bad years, but they're also proving many of them don't happen consecutively. The Phils aren't going back to a decade or two of mediocrity, but they may stumble for a year or two. I just don't think the stumble continues next year.

You may be right, and I hope that you are. I am concerned that Utley, Rollins and possibly Howard may be in their decline. Howard should get better, I think his problems are injury related, but Utley is a real concern.

[dbackjon]

Dbacks win!

[DJH]

Phillies are done, the window is closed. Too many old players, too much money wrapped into old talent. Gonna be a Nationals/Braves divisional race for the foreseeable future.

[Seahawks08]

Phillies are done, the window is closed. Too many old players, too much money wrapped into old talent. Gonna be a Nationals/Braves divisional race for the foreseeable future.

Too many old players? The Yankees are older than the Phillies and are going to win the AL East and possibly get the 1 seed in the AL. The old player argument is way overblown.

Too much money wrapped up in old talent? Halladay and Utley are off the books after next year, so that frees up plenty of money. And even going into this offseason, the phils have enough money to spend on a top FA like Bourn for CF. The window does not close when you have 3 aces on the team and I fully expect them to bounce back next year.

[BlueHen86]

Phillies are done, the window is closed. Too many old players, too much money wrapped into old talent. Gonna be a Nationals/Braves divisional race for the foreseeable future.

That settles it, the Phils will be 2013 NL East champs.

Any other predictions? NFL? What can I expect with the Eagles and Mike Vick? Please tell me that the Giants, Redskins and Cowboys will dominate.