Other Sports: Philadelphia Phillies: The Road To .500 (2024 Edition)

[zizbuka]

Are the expectations in Philly that anything short of a WS this year is a failure?

With the Phillies roster being fairly oldish (Late 20's/early 30's for majority of key players) is there a view in Philly of there being a certain window of contention with club?

As a White Sox fan things like expectations, joy, happiness, etc with regard to baseball are foreign concepts to me

Yes, WS is expected, but Philly sports seems forever under "if we had the right coach.........."

 

[FLYguy3911]

Where are all of the people that were screaming for Jordan Montgomery all offseason?

 

[DancingPanther]

Where are all of the people that were screaming for Jordan Montgomery all offseason?

On 10/25/23 I made it known I wanted Reynaldo Lopez. Instead I got Whit Merrifield, I guess?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1828162778634346793

We got at least one more Walker start to endure.

 

[Halladay]

They have an off day next Monday. They can reset their rotation then. If he isnt out of it after that, really have to question them.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1828162778634346793

We got at least one more Walker start to endure.

The fact that Walker is so easily considered to start should immediately have Thompson on a short leash. In a time when we need more wins than ever, he puts out an automatic loss.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

The fact that Walker is so easily considered to start should immediately have Thompson on a short leash. In a time when we need more wins than ever, he puts out an automatic loss.

The Randy Lerch of this rotation. At least Lerch could hit.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

The fact that Walker is so easily considered to start should immediately have Thompson on a short leash. In a time when we need more wins than ever, he puts out an automatic loss.

To be fair it might be just as much as Dombrowski if not more at this point. He’s the one that has to go break it to Middleton the guy he signed to a $72Mx4 deal. That they’re gonna possibly have to just completely eat the final two remaining years worth of salary after this one.

 

[DancingPanther]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1828162778634346793

We got at least one more Walker start to endure.

Hope he gets torched.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Hope he gets torched.

Oof.

 

[Danko]

Man, I really like Thomson, if he wins a world series nothing matters...we are headed into September - team has to start getting a rhythm together

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

what an awful way for the kids from Taipei to lose

I liked when the announcers would occasionally slip up & call them Taiwan. I’m sure the suits at ESPN/Disney loved that.

 

[Rebels57]

Still trying to figure out why they had Hays practically in CF with a righty up. Cost them 2 runs on what would have been an out in a traditional alignment.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

If they don’t bring a run in fold the franchise.

 

[Adam Warlock]

Okay Topper...move the runner and knock him in. No need to f*** around.

 

[Rebels57]

Outstanding Defense by the Phils in the 10th

Schwarber as ghost runner is a choice

 

[Rebels57]

BRYCE WALKS IT OFF!!

 

[Halladay]

Amazing win.

 

[DancingPanther]

There goes that man again. Also, Strahm is nails

 

[Rebels57]

Amazing win.

One of the best wins of the season. Bullpen was PHENOMENAL.

 

[ponder719]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1828162778634346793

We got at least one more Walker start to endure.

I swear, I will be using a walker before this team puts together an entire rotation where we don't have to "endure" at least 1/5 of it.

 

[DancingPanther]

5 hits for Merrifield tonight. We all know how it's going to end this year

 

[Jack Straw]

IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!Alex Cora,
@RedSox manager, has announced that on Monday, Danny Jansen will substitute in for Reese McGuire at catcher (who is not on the current roster) for the resumption of the 6/26 game with the (@BlueJays), meaning he will not only become the first player to play for both teams in the same game in MLB history, but he will catch the at bat that he himself started and must be pinch-hit for.

Turns out this happened once in the NBA. And one of the teams involved was our very own Seventy-Sixers

 

[dragonoffrost]

Turns out this happened once in the NBA. And one of the teams involved was our very own Seventy-Sixers

Look up Joel Younglood MLB...

On August 4, 1982, Youngblood became the only player in MLB history to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day.[5] Youngblood started the day as the starting centerfielder for the New York Mets on the road in Chicago against the Cubs, who played all their home games in the afternoon at that time due to Wrigley Field having yet to install lights. In the third inning, hitting off future Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins, Youngblood drove in two runs with a single.[6] He was on deck in the next inning when he was called back to the dugout, where he was informed he had been traded to the Montreal Expos. Not only had he been traded, but the Expos had requested Youngblood make himself available for their game later that evening in Philadelphia as they were particularly short handed on players. After saying goodbye to his Mets teammates, checking out of his hotel room in Chicago, and then having to return to Wrigley Field to retrieve his fielding glove, Youngblood boarded a 6:05 PM flight from O’Hare International Airport and landed in Philadelphia approximately ninety minutes later. He reached Veterans Stadium, where the Expos were playing the Phillies, during the sixth inning; Expos manager Jim Fanning called on Youngblood to pinch hit shortly after his arrival. Facing another future Hall of Famer in Steve Carlton, Youngblood reached on an infield single when Manny Trillo could not field the ball cleanly. No one has accomplished this feat since.[7]

 

[Jack Straw]

Look up Joel Younglood MLB...

Apparently two other guys did it in the NBA but Money is the only one who scored for both teams:

Eric Money - Wikipedia