Judging by the callers this evening on 610 WIP, the citizens of our fair city are not a group of happy campers this evening. Generally, the phans seem to realize they are over reacting a bit to today's brutal 5-3 extra inning loss to the Braves, but it is clear that their angst is coming from the fact that they so desperately want the Phils to win and get off to a good start so they get behind a winner. However, due all too familiar mistakes, the Phils once again disappointed the phans. Nobody (and boy, do I mean nobody) knows how to rain on a parade on a parade like our Phils.
The thing that is most maddening to me is that the Phils have the phans in the palms of their hands. How can they not realize that the average Philadelphia Sports Phan is ripe for the taking. If they really want to regain a top spot in the sporting fabric of this city, they MUST take advantage of this opportunity. The Flyers and Sixers aren't going to steal any of their luster this April as their seasons will mercifully end in the next week or two, and the Birds aren't making any spotlight stealing off season maneuvers. This is their time, but the Phils have to stop making the same mistakes that have haunted them on their way to slow starts the last five years.
As for the headline of this blog, it was a comment from a caller this evening to 610. It makes so much sense. How many times have we seen Phils' teams blow late leads, fail to score a runner from third with less than 2 outs, look inept in clutch at bats and totally overmatched in the bullpen??? We've seen all of these happen far too many times since the Phils commenced this era of Above Average Mediocrity. Fortunately - or unfortunately - for us, we saw all of these catastrophic events today. I think that's why the phan base is so up in arms tonight. To make matters worse, we have to wait an extra day before the Phils get back on the field to right the wrongs of today's opener.
Well, at least today, me - and apparently a whole of other people - realized that they are ready for some big time baseball to be played in this city. If the Phils can just keep me interested until Eagles Training Camp, I'll be a happy man. That's all I ask.
The thing that is most maddening to me is that the Phils have the phans in the palms of their hands. How can they not realize that the average Philadelphia Sports Phan is ripe for the taking. If they really want to regain a top spot in the sporting fabric of this city, they MUST take advantage of this opportunity. The Flyers and Sixers aren't going to steal any of their luster this April as their seasons will mercifully end in the next week or two, and the Birds aren't making any spotlight stealing off season maneuvers. This is their time, but the Phils have to stop making the same mistakes that have haunted them on their way to slow starts the last five years.
As for the headline of this blog, it was a comment from a caller this evening to 610. It makes so much sense. How many times have we seen Phils' teams blow late leads, fail to score a runner from third with less than 2 outs, look inept in clutch at bats and totally overmatched in the bullpen??? We've seen all of these happen far too many times since the Phils commenced this era of Above Average Mediocrity. Fortunately - or unfortunately - for us, we saw all of these catastrophic events today. I think that's why the phan base is so up in arms tonight. To make matters worse, we have to wait an extra day before the Phils get back on the field to right the wrongs of today's opener.
Well, at least today, me - and apparently a whole of other people - realized that they are ready for some big time baseball to be played in this city. If the Phils can just keep me interested until Eagles Training Camp, I'll be a happy man. That's all I ask.
5 comments:
WTF?
Here we go again. When are they going to stop allowing Madsen to throw that puss?
TF
One game out of 162. Ease up there Tony D. Here is a little saying we have in sales.... Never get to high on the highs or too low on the lows. Sit back and enjoy the season, when it's all said and done, you boys will be in the post season.
Aran F.
we dont enjoy any season....actually tw and i dont enjoy much....there is a reason we are known as gloom and doom...madsen is a heartless pussy and burrell can go F#?K himself...ahh, i feel so much better now.....optimism blows...dont bring it around here...ruins the atmosphere
True, Gold...Very true...Actually, every now and again, I do enjoy some good soft porn with a little bit of plot.
Too many strikeouts. Too many runners left on base. Poor bullpen. Same crap we have seen since the Bowa era. I am tired of it.
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