Phillies 2017 Thread

[MDS]

in 5 years, after theyve won 5 world series, we're going to look back on these 2 wins over the nationals as the reason why it happened

[smeags]

thankfully you never hyperbole on here.

[ice grillin you]

phillies mets in the little league classic next year....probably be real tough but im definitely trying to get tickets....throw back butters should be fantastic too

[smeags]

I will trying as well but if goes like this year's, the teams and local baseball organizations get first dibs and then there was a lottery for local fans I believe.

[MDS]

they were saying theres 2500 tickets and it mostly goes to llws people. gotta be a limited secondary market if one exists at all.

also last year they wore the players week jerseys for this game...the one with the nicknames on them.

[MDS]

mackanin OUT

they are keeping around as a "special assistant to the gm" so he can collect a paycheck. frankly hes been watching some bad baseball for the better part of 5 years so its well deserved.

i thought they were going to keep him in 18 and then get a real manager in 19 but this is a sign things are gonna get real.

[ice grillin you]

you knew that was happening when he said the other day out loud that he hasnt been told if hes coming back

[Rome]

Paging Dusty Wathan...

[ice grillin you]

no one will speak it but Hoskins has been pretty awful in September

this is why he has to do it for a full year to avoid being HOF hoskins

[ice grillin you]

broken record time but holy shtein are the mets announcers awesome

I swear they know more about the phils than the phils announcers

[ice grillin you]

I hate to put any emphasis on august and sept meaningless games but man has the bullpen been good for the better part of two months

[MDS]

hoskins has some interesting aug/sept splits

79 AB in both
aug - 24 h, 2 2b, 11 hr, 25 bi, 12 bb, 14 k, 304/402/747
sept - 18 h, 5 2b, 7 hr, 22 bi, 23 bb, 28 k 228/406/557

but since sept 14: 6 h, 0 hr, 2 2b, 9 bb, 15 k. on that date he had a 314/442/805 slash line which is simply absurd. this was unsustainable even for a very good player. trout is at 306/444/622 and hoskins is not better than mike trout.

theres enough there to tell me hoskins is going to be good but how good is a damn good question. good.

[ice grillin you]

he's salt of the earth white so at minimum he's going to be good

he has such a high floor because of attitude and respect for the game

[MDS]

instead of bringing pretzels to the next tailgate im going to bring you a therapist

[ice grillin you]

you didn't bring pretzels to the last tailgate and probably never intended to