- Thread starter
- #1
jvett77
Well-Known Member
- 24,289
- 6,235
- 533
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2013
- Location
- Within driving distance of CBP
- Hoopla Cash
- $ 836.47
- Fav. Team #1
- Fav. Team #2
- Fav. Team #3
They don't want to. This is a team that's simply missing "two" good players. Two players who can hit and hit with power. Those players are in the Phillies organization right now. They're young, talented, but must follow the MLB tireless regime of talent suppression seasoning before being called up to the big club.
I liked Bob Horner's attitude when he was drafted by ATL in 1978 out of ASU after hitting 59 homers in
college. Instead of meekly reporting to his assigned rookie league club, Horner said "fuck you, I don't play
in the minors." So, at 20, he started immediately with ATL and hit .266 with 23 HRs in 89 games, and had a brilliant though injury-shortened career.
It's amazing and embarrassing the garbage the Phillies throw out on the field. Burris, Hunter, Bourjos, etc., already proved in a half dozen years or more they can't excel at the MLB level. Meanwhile, someone in the Phillies organization found a young pitching staff that has excelled beyond expectations. The Phils have a crisp, solid, young infield. A team that goes .500 can look back at their 81-81 record and think, if we could have won 10 more of those games, we'd be 91-71!
If the Phillies would immediately release Howard in favor of Joseph, and replace Burris and Borjous with two talented outfielders now, they could contend now, this year, rather than ending up a .500 team. It doesn't matter if Asche and Altherr are in line for a job. Baseball is a game of breaks and luck. Guys must battle it out on the field. If guys like Alfaro or Williams, already with years at the lower level, prove they're not ready, they go back down energized by the experience and what they learned. Just two high OBP, hitting guys and the team wins more. Bob Horner, here's to ya for fighting the intransigent baseball bureaucracy!
I liked Bob Horner's attitude when he was drafted by ATL in 1978 out of ASU after hitting 59 homers in
college. Instead of meekly reporting to his assigned rookie league club, Horner said "fuck you, I don't play
in the minors." So, at 20, he started immediately with ATL and hit .266 with 23 HRs in 89 games, and had a brilliant though injury-shortened career.
It's amazing and embarrassing the garbage the Phillies throw out on the field. Burris, Hunter, Bourjos, etc., already proved in a half dozen years or more they can't excel at the MLB level. Meanwhile, someone in the Phillies organization found a young pitching staff that has excelled beyond expectations. The Phils have a crisp, solid, young infield. A team that goes .500 can look back at their 81-81 record and think, if we could have won 10 more of those games, we'd be 91-71!
If the Phillies would immediately release Howard in favor of Joseph, and replace Burris and Borjous with two talented outfielders now, they could contend now, this year, rather than ending up a .500 team. It doesn't matter if Asche and Altherr are in line for a job. Baseball is a game of breaks and luck. Guys must battle it out on the field. If guys like Alfaro or Williams, already with years at the lower level, prove they're not ready, they go back down energized by the experience and what they learned. Just two high OBP, hitting guys and the team wins more. Bob Horner, here's to ya for fighting the intransigent baseball bureaucracy!
The young starters will run out of steam as they progress and I'm glad they're up here to learn from it. The thing is that the Phils could be a .500 team this year with young, solid replacement parts in the outfield, and it would be easier to go forward from there. The standings do now correctly reflect the run differentials after recent losses. I think good moves will be made this year but it will take soooommmmm.....tiiiiimmmmm. 
