I tell you why. The Phillies have a great fan base in the best city for sports in the greather north east of the USA. This fans love this team. The have a super stadium. The stadium is always full of loyal fans. The people that own this team always undermind the power of fans.
This city deserves a team to back up Howard. Howard will go away in 1 year maybe less if they do not win soon. Like all the other superstars of baseball like Schillings did. They went to teams with a superior pitching staff and sluggers from 1st to the 9th in the lineup. The Phillies go again into the regular season with a less than impresive Pitching staff. When the Marlins and Braves have a power pitching line up like always. What are the others doing right that the Phillies can learn from. Nothing, the owners want the stadium full of freaks when they do not pay for talent. If this happened in Florida or Georgia the stadium will be close in two years and the teams moved to Arizona. Owners Pay for Talent!
2007-03-12 12:04:21 · 8 answers · asked by agm2929 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The Phillies are interesting.
They dont have a great bullpen, its barely average.
Offensively they are good, but a bit thin after Burrell.
They thought the answer to pitching was to bring in Adam Eaton ( overly average) and Garcia, a guy who gives up homeruns galore.
I believe they are at the same point they were last year, nothing really helped.
2007-03-12 15:34:49 · answer #1 · answered by Shutout105 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Phillies have a GREAT pitching staff-they have a legit SIX-deep starting rotation! The pen isnt great, but its coming around, and should be OK. The Phils have a payroll of about 100 million this year. Any lineup that contains Howard, Utley, Burrell, and Rollins should be good enough(look for Helms to hit well too). The Phils will take the NL East this season.
2007-03-12 14:54:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I kind of understand your point although I'm not sure I completely agree with you. I personally think this will be a break out season for the Phillies. You're right about one thing, the fans deserve a winner. Citizens Bank Park is a beautiful ball park. I think this years team can score 900 runs for the season and that should be good enough to get them to the playoffs. Don't worry, the Phillies are not going to move.
2007-03-12 12:43:36 · answer #3 · answered by Yankee Dude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cuz the Mets are too good for the Phillies to take them out and they likely wont win wildcard because that wil likely go to the Cubs.
2007-03-12 14:45:46 · answer #4 · answered by christian m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pitching, and they suck, HOWARD needs out, along wiht UTLEY, and ROLLINS
2007-03-12 12:09:15 · answer #5 · answered by Benoit=MUDERER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they will be the wild card this year..
2007-03-12 14:09:43 · answer #6 · answered by Felix 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you got that right
2007-03-12 12:15:06 · answer #7 · answered by Canes & Bruins 09-10 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pitching...............
2007-03-12 12:07:34 · answer #8 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋