Re: 2006 Philadelphia Phillies Thread
While I applaud both of your positive outlooks, I am, in fact, giving up right now. The bullpen might be a "little off?" This is probably the worst bullpen I've seen from the Phillies in my lifetime. Hamels is great, but unfortunately he's only 20% of our rotation and unless he can pitch a complete game every time out, the atrocity of a bullpen is likely to ruin most, if not all, of his starts for him.
I think the main reason that people are giving up so early is that this is a very, very tired act for this team. Too much hacking, too much striking out, can't hit with RISP, bullpen blowing leads, a manger who has absolutely no idea how to manage a baseball team, etc etc etc. Every year the team gets off to a slow start and we're told, "It's only April, it'll all be ok once we sort things out." And then every year, when we finish a few games out of the playoffs, the team says, "Well shoot, maybe if we'd won some of those games in April...."
This year, I'm one step ahead of them. I've seen it all before and I'm not letting them fool me again. Unless immediate steps are made to fire the manager, get us some bullpen help, and teach our hitters some small shred of plate and/or game awareness, I'm done with this team. I can't watch them fail, again, the exact same way they've failed for the past 5+ years. I can't do it to myself.
While I applaud both of your positive outlooks, I am, in fact, giving up right now. The bullpen might be a "little off?" This is probably the worst bullpen I've seen from the Phillies in my lifetime. Hamels is great, but unfortunately he's only 20% of our rotation and unless he can pitch a complete game every time out, the atrocity of a bullpen is likely to ruin most, if not all, of his starts for him.
I think the main reason that people are giving up so early is that this is a very, very tired act for this team. Too much hacking, too much striking out, can't hit with RISP, bullpen blowing leads, a manger who has absolutely no idea how to manage a baseball team, etc etc etc. Every year the team gets off to a slow start and we're told, "It's only April, it'll all be ok once we sort things out." And then every year, when we finish a few games out of the playoffs, the team says, "Well shoot, maybe if we'd won some of those games in April...."
This year, I'm one step ahead of them. I've seen it all before and I'm not letting them fool me again. Unless immediate steps are made to fire the manager, get us some bullpen help, and teach our hitters some small shred of plate and/or game awareness, I'm done with this team. I can't watch them fail, again, the exact same way they've failed for the past 5+ years. I can't do it to myself.
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