Half the city has to still be like me saying that freaking bunt

He isn't wrong

Nsfw

20 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

He isn't wrong

Nsfw

Can't get past the obnoxious screaming lol

Two last things for the night:

1. I do think in this series Zach Wheeler makes a difference. I still don’t think they win this series. But if you have him going and game one and you have Sanchez in game two, it allows for luzardo to be coming out of the bullpen for game 1 and still start Wednesday in LA. So if you get into a situation like game one, you can go to luzardo and do what the Dodgers are doing with glasnow and Sheehan. It bolsters a bad bullpen. That said they’re not losing this series because Zach Wheeler isn’t here. They’re losing it because the offense doesn’t consistently hit, they chase. Thomson he is making bad decisions. And the bullpen isn’t good enough.

2. I don’t think they win on Wednesday. However, usually when I think that with baseball the baseball gods have other plans. Stupid crap like Aaron Nola who’s been bad all year somehow winds up being good and the Phillies figure a way to win a game in LA. Just to come back on Thursday when we feel good about Sanchez going and fall flat on their face. That said I still expect them to lose on Wednesday.

Jimmy should be a coach. Absolutely crushed this and explains how crap our base running is. Another thing that’s an issue with this team

Was there no one on the bench that could have run for Castellanos? The moment Nick made 2nd base it was obvious they should have pinch run for him.

22 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Jimmy should be a coach. Absolutely crushed this and explains how crap our base running is. Another thing that’s an issue with this team

He said it was a good play to bunt, no thanks he can stay on the sidelines

Man, it's been a tough week to be a Philadelphia sports fan. Eagles drop a game, and the Phils are on the verge of being swept

I have a very moderate opinion of the Phillies. They were a good, well built team full of likable guys. They got old and reached the bad section of their contracts to the point that there weren’t enough resources to fill the holes outside of creative flea market shopping. No hate. It didn’t result in a title. Had some good moments.

That said, the sooner they pull the plug the better. I will die on a hill that their top minor league prospects are nothing special and are not going to be core championship players. They may be good, but they’ll just be some pieces. They need to shed all their salary fast and buy new franchise players….just like they bought Wheeler, Harper, Turner. Can’t buy a new team until they shed the current one. That starts with not re-signing Schwarber.

Problem is…they will re sign Schwarber because there will be a rebellion if they don’t. So they’ll burn all their resources into partially running back a declining team and they are going to miss the playoffs next year in the process.

4 hours ago, JohnB said:

Man, it's been a tough week to be a Philadelphia sports fan. Eagles drop a game, and the Phils are on the verge of being swept

And its only Tuesday.

53 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Problem is…they will re sign Schwarber because there will be a rebellion if they don’t. So they’ll burn all their resources into partially running back a declining team and they are going to miss the playoffs next year in the process.

Not anymore. Only by idiots

5 hours ago, JohnB said:

Man, it's been a tough week to be a Philadelphia sports fan. Eagles drop a game, and the Phils are on the verge of being swept

Last night after the previous two seriously broke me

everything reflexes from the manager, i like rob Thompson, i just think he's too soft and you see it on the players, we need tougher, smarter coaches and manager and we need to bring in new players that will buy into that.

Just heard on 97.5 that Castellanos was complaining about the fans after the game. So done with that loser. Get him the F outta here along with Thompson, Long and anyone else needed to blow this thing up. Strap a brick to the gas pedal and drive off a cliff for all I care.

6 minutes ago, John Blutarski said:

Just heard on 97.5 that Castellanos was complaining about the fans after the game. So done with that loser. Get him the F outta here along with Thompson, Long and anyone else needed to blow this thing up. Strap a brick to the gas pedal and drive off a cliff for all I care.

Screw him. You are damn right

I'm actually pissed off they have to play again. I'm so sick after that loss I want it over. Start ripping it the hell apart

6 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

Was there no one on the bench that could have run for Castellanos? The moment Nick made 2nd base it was obvious they should have pinch run for him.

Any pitcher on the bench

That guy slept?

6 hours ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

He said it was a good play to bunt, no thanks he can stay on the sidelines

I mean he’s technically right because Castellanos is clueless running the bases it completely blew up in their face. Just because he said it was a good play to bunt on does not mean he is going to bunt like Thomson did. Those are not the same thing. Frankly jimmy probably is more inclined to let Stott swing knowing Castellanos is not a good base runner. Heck Stott last 2 months is actually hitting better vs. LH than bader. Bader since August 1 vs. LHP is .210 and Stott .262. Since September 1 Stott is .280 and bader .200

I still wouldn’t have bunted because Stott is one of your best hitters over the last two months and his numbers against lefties had improved over those two months. But if Castellanos (frankly our team base running since kapler was manager) isn’t awful with his base running, he’s at 3B. Then again I wouldn’t have been bunting also knowing that the Phillies have been god-awful with base running since Gabe Kapler has been the manager and they’ve done nothing to fix it.