1 hour ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

I hope I do lol. The players are very easy to approach in that stadium. Have you ever been to a reading Phillies game? 

Yeah but a long time ago. Honestly need to get back out to Philly and go to a game out there. It’s been too long for both reading and the Phillies 

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

Yeah but a long time ago. Honestly need to get back out to Philly and go to a game out there. It’s been too long for both reading and the Phillies 

Well if you ever get out here and you go to a Reading Phil's game let me know I get free box seats to most games I'll hook you up! 

Guess we can put that "haven't played anybody" story to bed now.

Go 2-1 against the A's and go to the break 30 games above .500

Realmuto coming back as well post break.  Makes sense to send Marchan down so he continues to get lots of playing time.  Stubbs is our clubhouse guy as well so Marchan will just have to wait.

6 hours ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Now sweep the Sacramento athletics 

At least they aren't the South Jordan, UT A's. How the hell they got into the mix with like a 6k capacity stadium from what I read is beyond me.

1 hour ago, DrPhilly said:

Guess we can put that "haven't played anybody" story to bed now.

Go 2-1 against the A's and go to the break 30 games above .500

Realmuto coming back as well post break.  Makes sense to send Marchan down so he continues to get lots of playing time.  Stubbs is our clubhouse guy as well so Marchan will just have to wait.

Go 3-0 against the A's and they sit at .667 with twice as many wins as losses.  I like the symmetry of that even more than 30 games over .500.

Just now, Diehardfan said:

At least they aren't the South Jordan, UT A's. How the hell they got into the mix with like a 6k capacity stadium from what I read is beyond me.

Sacramento's stadium is a 10 minute drive for me on good traffic days and an hour drive on bad ones.  I'll be going to all three Phillies games each season.

1 minute ago, mattwill said:

Sacramento's stadium is a 10 minute drive for me on good traffic days and an hour drive on bad ones.  I'll be going to all three Phillies games each season.

That should be nice for you. That makes more sense than where the Angels AAA team is moving into.

9 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

I hope I do lol. The players are very easy to approach in that stadium. Have you ever been to a reading Phillies game? 

Wouldn’t you know it. The ONE time in my entire life that I went, we sat through about two hours of rain before the game was officially postponed. Never tried again. It’s kind of a haul to get there. Marlon Byrd was the big prospect at the time. I remember the seats being the old wooden kind. 

I live reasonably close to Trenton so I used to go to games there when Reading came in. Saw a couple of Pat Burrell games during one weekend series. You could easily tell that he was a higher class of prospect than the other players. I also saw Cole Hamels start a game when he was on a fifty pitch count. And sure enough, they took him out in the middle of an at bat. They were not going to let him throw pitch number fifty-one. 

 

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

 

 

4 hours ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Wouldn’t you know it. The ONE time in my entire life that I went, we sat through about two hours of rain before the game was officially postponed. Never tried again. It’s kind of a haul to get there. Marlon Byrd was the big prospect at the time. I remember the seats being the old wooden kind. 

I live reasonably close to Trenton so I used to go to games there when Reading came in. Saw a couple of Pat Burrell games during one weekend series. You could easily tell that he was a higher class of prospect than the other players. I also saw Cole Hamels start a game when he was on a fifty pitch count. And sure enough, they took him out in the middle of an at bat. They were not going to let him throw pitch number fifty-one. 

Man that sucks! It's a nice little ball park not a bad seat in the house. Decently priced food and drinks. I'm glad I live close to something like that ( 30 miles) . I can't blame you for never making that trip again though it isn't that nice lol. 

One time I wasn't watching where I was going turned and walked right into Dominic Brown on his way to go take a piss lol. I'm still pissed he didn't really pan out. I still blame the managers for that, messing with his damn swing all the time. 

 

 

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

 

So many rumors, these guys just throw crap against the wall

6 hours ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

I live reasonably close to Trenton so I used to go to games there when Reading came in. 

right across the river myself. used to take the family to all of reading games and get the seats right at the end of the visitors' dugout. we saw all the "homegrown" talent that came through AA during that era. my sons have quite a few baseballs signed by those guys. 

2 hours ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

So many rumors, these guys just throw crap against the wall

Jim Bowden spent almost 16 years as a GM with the Reds and Nationals. 

He's about as plugged in as it gets 

 

 

Hit or not pache is the next to go

They should’ve skipped ranger’s start. He clearly isn’t the same. Let him get 15 days off 

Losing a game to these scrubs is unacceptable 

Ranger needs some time off. He hasn't been the same since he got hit in the hand. 

 

13 minutes ago, nipples said:

Ranger needs some time off. He hasn't been the same since he got hit in the hand. 

 

Would’ve been perfect to skip his start here. Have him pitch the third game against the pirates. Would’ve been 15 days off