Comments on: Same old story same old act http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/25/same-old-story-same-old-act/ A fan's Philadelphia Phillies blog Sun, 19 May 2013 01:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/25/same-old-story-same-old-act/#comment-78043 egrissom Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:05:36 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7763#comment-78043 Ruben hasn’t lost anything yet. So far he’s been GM for three years. In his first the Phillies lost the World Series and in the other two they had the best record in baseball. Not looking so good for 2012 so far.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/25/same-old-story-same-old-act/#comment-78025 DaMannse Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:56:17 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7763#comment-78025 Yup. What fries me is that no one seems to be calling Amaro out. Charlie takes the wrap. Amaro rolled around basking in his kudos when things went well. But when things get hard due to his bad decisions he doesn’t have the stones to step out in public. He lets Charlie take the heat.

A man doesn’t make another guy take the heat for his failures.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/25/same-old-story-same-old-act/#comment-78019 egrissom Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:23:29 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7763#comment-78019 I agree. But I think we’ve known that for a long time. They’re going to need a bunch of other players if they’re going to get good enough. Hopefully Utley is the first and he can help soon.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/25/same-old-story-same-old-act/#comment-78017 DaMannse Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:25:49 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7763#comment-78017 My point is that the players Amaro put on the field are not good enough. This team as it is constituted has virtually no chance.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/25/same-old-story-same-old-act/#comment-78015 egrissom Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:40:32 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7763#comment-78015 I definitely think Amaro has made some major mistakes in trying to pass marginal guys off as major league players. Also agree that what those guys have done have had a lot more to do with what’s wrong with the Phillies than any decisions that Manuel has made.

But — yesterday the Phillies sent Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee to the mound in a double-header and lost both games. Yes, the loses had a lot more to do with what they players did than what Manuel did, but Manuel didn’t have a good day, especially in the 3-2 game. Pulled Hamels too early and let Thome hit when he shouldn’t have.

The Phillies could have won anyway, but they didn’t.

And if your point is that that’s because they aren’t very good, I agree.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/25/same-old-story-same-old-act/#comment-78014 DaMannse Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:24:47 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7763#comment-78014 As far as I’m concerned, David Murphey said it all in his column today in the Daily News.

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