tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post116084969272345247..comments2024-01-31T17:51:12.213-05:00Comments on Swing and a Miss: Is That For Or Against?Tom Goodmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816668232837298444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1160863030934872592006-10-14T17:57:00.000-04:002006-10-14T17:57:00.000-04:00And yet since 1996, the Phillies have been nearly ...And yet since 1996, the Phillies have been nearly as sad-sack an organization...I'm sure you're aware of the parallel with what happened when the Carpenter family sold to Bill Giles. Baseball in Philadelphia has yet to recover. The Phillies, for a briefer period of time than the O's, were also a vaunted organization and their fall from grace has far outdated what's taken place in Bal'mer. You went from bad to...bad. Very sad in both cases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1160861126739445472006-10-14T17:25:00.000-04:002006-10-14T17:25:00.000-04:00I love watching Billy Wagner fail...that being sai...I love watching Billy Wagner fail...that being said I hate the Mets way more than the Cardinals. Therefore the Cards should go to the World Series and get swept by the Tigers. & somehow Tom Jones breaks his leg and arm...leaving him to never pitch again. Yup that's what's going to happen.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12544850341761009334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1160852884571708412006-10-14T15:08:00.000-04:002006-10-14T15:08:00.000-04:00I remained loyal to the Orioles through many pereg...I remained loyal to the Orioles through many peregrinations: college in CT, grad school in NM, residency in MA, TX, and PA, but when Peter Angelos began to destroy the franchise I loved I could not take it any longer. People today forget that the Orioles were not only one of the most successful franchises in all of baseball from roughly 1960 to 1990, they were also an admired franchise. Players loved to play there. The entire organization from the lowest minor leagues to the big club had a system everyone learned. Ownership, especially the Hoffberger era, was highly thought of. Then, along came Angelos, a meddler with no baseball experience but plenty of ego, and he started going through managers and general managers at an astonishing rate. When I decided to root for the Phillies, beginning in about 1996, I had already been living here for nearly 18 years and was still loyal to the O's, but I no longer recognized them as the franchise of my youth and no longer felt committed to them. I'm sure some of my discontent had something to do with the changing nature of the game itself, but the Orioles had changed dramatically and I simply didn't like who they had become.Tom Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816668232837298444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1160851420362571952006-10-14T14:43:00.000-04:002006-10-14T14:43:00.000-04:00If Wagner and Joner reach the World Series, we'll ...If Wagner and Joner reach the World Series, we'll be hearing about how bad Philadelphia is from both ends! "Boy, this sure is exciting. Of course, if we were in Philadelphia, they'd boo the Goodyear Blimp." "It was hard blowing that game last night. But in Philly, they'd definitely have booed louder." What is with this fixation? Let it go, guys. Maybe there were some deep-seated insecurities unearthed by the lack of acceptance in Philadelphia that some people just never get over. Oh well, at least Scott Rolen doesn't have a blog...<BR/><BR/>I love LaRussa's dark glasses, too. I also love how he takes them of for the dugout interviews between innings. I guess he thinks he's playing poker and can't show the other manager his eyes - but when TV time comes around, he has no problem unveiling that cherubic face for the masses. <BR/><BR/>How did you come to change allegiences in mid-life, Tom? I've moved around all over but I know I'm fated to always be a Phillies fan. What prompted your conversion from the Orioles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com