Tuesday, July 28, 2009

"Unzip your balls"

The trade deadline is looming, the Phillies are a prime contender for the crown. The Philadelphia Phillies, who since 1903 have won the World Series only twice, the storied losers of the Great Depression, the collapse of 1964, the futility of the late 70's, the flash in the pan of 1993, the afterthought of the 90's and the early part of this decade, are now World Champions. They have the opportunity to be, as Bill Swerski's superfans put it, a "dynasty in progress". Plainly, fucking get Roy Halladay. The pieces are in place, everyone is healthy as of now **knock on wood**, make it happen in 09. Look at the Mets. That could easily be anybody next year. I was talkin to my friend Lou who is NOT a Phillies fan, but obviously an astute observer of baseball. The following is our text conversation on this matter:

JI: I have a feeling zack duke will be a phillie, and im good with that
LD: thats a decent buy low deal, but i still think toronto blinks by friday
JI: I would love that, they will if they wanna sell halladay high
LD: They wont get more over the winter and especially next year than they would get now. if im the phils, i may blink too and give them drabek. Puts alot of pressure on him going forward if he is known as the halladay deal breaker. Plus if the phillies get another series from this deal no one will care how good Drabek turns out to be in 3 years. Because toronto won't win anything anyway
JI: I want halladay badly. Its managements job to put the team in position to win next 5 years not just this year
JI: Very true, he will have a ton of weight on his back if phillies don't parade again and he isn't dominant
LD: 1. Worry about signing him when the time comes. 2. if he likes it here he may not feel desire for likely a bigger offer in ny or boston 3. Why can't the phils build a dynasty? The yankees and sox dont have to be the only perennially good teams. They need to unzip their balls here. You think they're popular now? See how it looks after 3 straight pennants. That makes top free agents want to come here and brings in the cash to pay them.
JI: I totally agree. I've felt that way since the Toby Borland days. Stop being such a corporation
JI: But they love thier prospects
LD: Or they can just go back to being a pretty good likeable ballclub in a town that will always care about the eagles more
JI: You're inserting a lot of anxiety into this for me haha
LD: I just had a soapbox moment. Couldn't contain myself.
JI: Its status update worthy
LD: Obliged. And point out that I am not a phillies fan



Note: I feel Lou wants the Phillies to get Halladay and go on a dynasty run simply to spite the Eagles and steal their fire, but that works for me.

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