Comments on: Stay away

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:27:24 +0000

Makes me crazy just thinking about it.

Sigh. Bad for my blood pressure.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:14:03 +0000

DM if I had any skill at picking PowerBall numbers I would have already bought the team and fired RAJ.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:59:22 +0000

And of course, the other huge thing is that we were all waiting for them to “get healthy” (code words for getting Utley and Howard back). Then everything would get better. Results on that front are not promising. In fact, the results incline one to believe that it does not matter who they get back, this team is not nor has it been (right from the start, Ruben) good enough to win.

Oh wait. Lance Nyx is getting better, one of Ruben’s two major off season acquisitions along with Wigginton. Once Nyx gets back then everything will be better.

If there is an award for “Worst Off-season By A GM”, I nominate Amaro for risking this entire season on the guys he counted on for the pen, the field, and the line-up. He is the living proof of the Law of Diminishing Returns; every year under his leadership they have accomplished less than the year before.

102 wins? I wonder who that kept warm over the longer winter than the one before.

Yeah, I am angry at Amaro for screwing this team up.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:24:40 +0000

Kinda a loss we can’t afford, especially since the games Lee starts we sorta hafta win. But that is not the Lee of the second half of 2012 either, apparently.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:34:44 +0000

Well I guess maybe the Phils are still on Break?

Come on boys, you gotta go 4-2 in these first 6 away games. Anything less and your win % aint gonna work out and losing the first one doesn’t make that any easier.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:12:09 +0000

Jim, you wouldn’t be interested in picking the numbers for Powerball for me would you?

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:41:18 +0000

Cool.. yeah, you know, I can’t help but think back to those back-to-back walk-off losses to the Pirates to start the year, and thinking luck is not on their side this year.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:27:49 +0000

Good idea. I added it at the bottom of the blue band. 41-46 so far. 72-90 if they play the rest of their games at the Pythag winning percentage they’ve played to so far.

41-46 is not good, but better than 37-50.

Honestly, I think the Phils have been a little unlucky this year. Not 13 games unlucky, but a little unlucky. They’re still bad, even if they’re a little better than their pythagorean wpct.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:16:35 +0000

Would you be interested in added current/projected Pythagorean wins to the pace in the blue bar? I keep seeing how the Phils’ WAR wins is much higher than actual results.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:40:44 +0000

If your team is built to prevent runs and you’re 14th in runs allowed in a 16-team league, you’re going to have some problems.

Things are pretty grim already, but I agree that losing Hamels would make them even grimmer.

I’d love to see the Phillies turn this around in the second half. Pretty sure we shouldn’t be counting on it, though.