Phillies Nation

I am a die hard phillies fan, have been since i was about 8 years old and I am from upstate NY. Spent most of my summer is Ocean City NJ and thats how i became a Phillies fan. But now all the harassing I have received on college campus and in highschool about being a Phillies Fan is sooooo worth it. I would love to be in Philly right now, my true friends that I have never even met. I would love to be dancing in the streets after they knocked off the brew crew and the dodgers. But I am holding it down up here on the UAlbany Campus. One thing I do know is if the Phillies win that World Series ring, I will definitely be down there in Philly for that parade, and I will be dancing in the streets. LETS GO PHILLIES!!!

Most if not all of us on here have been there for not just this whole year but many many years….Yes its annoying all these Johnny-come-lately types jumping on but we know we’ve been here forever. Let them have their fun.

This is why we are fans for this chance to watch our team reach the ultimate goal. We are 4 wins from the prize. Let’s not get distracted by the so called experts who undoubtedly will be all over the AL champ. Let’s enjoy this for what it is.

As a 33 year old fan of this city’s sports teams I still feel Joe Carter, the Tampa Game at the Vet, the Lakers, and so many more but this time it feels different. Not sure if its because I’m a baseball guy first or that this team just seems to have “it”.

I can’t wait for Wednesday! I’m ready I know the team and the town are ready. Let’s Go!!!!

Does it feel different to anyone else this time? I hope its not just me!

I leave LA this evening. Strangely enough, when I booked this trip two months ago I had no idea that the Phillies would be entering the World Series after having just dismantled the Dodgers — and that I would be there to see it. As irony would have it, on my list of appointments today is with the company that produces the NLCS, ALCS and World Series DVDs for MLB. The meeting is unrelated to that but I’ve had some email chatter with them these past few days leading up telling them that I’m a Phillies fan and just giving them insight in our team from a fan’s perspective. I couldn’t stress enough that if the Phillies won this series, it would change the entire make-up of the city. The local economy, the tourism sector, everything would change if this team could just pull this out. I don’t think they quite understood.

I’m on my way back east tonight. I’ve never wanted to be home more in my life.

Remembering Carters HR when I was in 10th grade is how I can get emotional. I dont mind all the new fans I just wish they wouldn’t get the World Series tickets and go as an expensive social gathering while I watch at home.

Joe Carter made it difficult when I was 9. I just couldn’t understand why he’d be “so mean.”

Don said that you’d want at least one of the Philly teams. I’ve said the same before myself, however, baseball is my number one that I root for, more specifically the Phils. I love the Phils.

Eagles come in second, Flyers in third, Sixers in dead last since I don’t like basketball.

But what I would give to see the Phils win the World Series. That would make it all ok.

I love wearing my Phillies hoodie all over the place. I have 4 Phillies hats, 2 jerseys (blank pinstripe and red batting), tons of t-shirts, etc. I love wearing it up in North Jersey.

“Ya Gotta Believe” is a Mets thing however it was coined by Tugger when he was with the Mets so we can still use it.

I feel differently this year, all of the other years recently I have been happy the team got there, and at the beginning of the Post Season this year I thought I would just be happy if they got to the WS. As soon as Ruiz caught the ball all I could think of was “4 more wins” vice just thinking I am glad they got here.

Don M. While I agree that the price of tickets is very expensive. And after paying 300 bucks for NLDS AND NLCS Tickets, It was very well worth it. The feeling that you get of attending a playoff game is spectacular. After going this year, both Phillies wins, the crowd is just so much different than any regular season game. I was there when they clinched it and the crowd had nothing compared to a playoff crowd. The chants of BEAT LA was so loud the stadium was shaking and after the game you soak in the euphoric moment of high fiving phillies chants. It was awesome. I feel that the system to get the tickets is flawed since anybody can buy them. IF you look at ebay and stubhub, these guys just signed up for the tickets cause they wanted to sell them for 3X and 4X thier worth. If they sold them at the stadium first come first serve then it would be fairer in my opinion.

Needless to say if anyone has tickets i would be willing to pay 300 per ticket! lol

I can’t afford that much for tickets. Unless I got them officially through the lottery drawing, I can’t afford them. Don’t make nearly that much to do so.

People can charge it because there are people who will pay it.

I wonder if Gillick is following all the trade talks going on now. Mets are going after fuentes first and are talking to cubs about trading beltan .for cubs center fielder and lee and not picking up degado contract and braves are heavy into peavy talks, interesting.

I have stood by the phillies forever, but this group has a different feel. Hopefully, a WS feel, but I was one that argued decisions and situations throughout the year that I felt had not been done properly. Never jumping off the wagon for a second, but at times just frustration that we were wasting the talents of this core team. But I have to say Don M., you were a calming influence, one that always stood up and said be happy to have competitiveness, if we don’t win, we don’t win atleast we have a decent product out there. I think that is a good way to look at it. Now, I can’t say I truly feel like that, but I see what you were saying then, I understand your viewpoint. But now we are in the big dance and maybe we need some of the fair weather fans to be behind this team to push them over the line, so let’s do this everyone!!

Let’s go Phillllssss!!! 4 More!!4 More!!!

Gillick doesn’t have to worry about that stuff right now, they can only talk amongst themselves for now, they are not allowed to talk to anyone or teams until after the Series. Right?

Don M , I’m getting NOTHING done at work right now because of this site. Thanks a lot, Tim. See what you have done!!

crap I just broke my rule and talked about next year.

Richie I don’t know but I saw it on espn about peavy and the braves. maybe you are right and I Misread it but it sounded like they wanted to get him done in the next couple of weeks. and not drag it on like minnesota did with Santana and get less than good value. if they do it now there is no competition from free agents. until free agency opens you don’t know what Sheets or C.C. or Lowe want. Peavy is sign for 4 more years

You forgot Andy Reid’s watch breaking, which must have led to that awful clock management in that Super Bowl….

Richie,

I think, as others have said, that the majority of fans on this site are true die-hard fans!!… and I said earlier in the year, that only VERY recently have I stopped taking all Philadelphia sports so personally… T.O. wanting more money, etc.. Why the hell should we care, or hate players for stuff like that? The guy played hard when he was here..(thats for another blog though)

My whole point was that I’ve been a fan for long-enough that anything over .500 ball was considered a GOOD season.. and I’ve read enough stuff about the “business” side of sports now to know that its much easier for us to yell about they should increase the payroll, even if it means they lose money (when no business owner will or should be expected to do that..)

I got really pissed half-way through the season when people would bitch and complain about trying to build-for-the future, and their next post would be about how you have to win a World Series right now.. and trade Howard and Rollins if we didn’t win it this year, and release Madson and Ruiz because they suck, etc..

But I know that people just vent their frustrations different ways, and so I got over that… but I did have to listen to people calling me A METS FAN.. and telling me that I LOVE PAT GILLICK.. and that I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BASEBALL… all because I thought our team was pretty damn good. and before the Brewers came into CBP and people were saying that this team was officially DONE.. I said “WHAT IF WE SWEEP THE BREWERS, ARE WE STILL DONE?”

All because you just never know what will happen… when the playoffs started I told everyone that we can easily beat any of the teams in the NL, but that we could also easily lose to any of the teams in the NL…. and I feel the same way about the Rays and RedSox.. I think we have as good a chance as ever to get the job done this year… an inexperienced Rays team, a banged-up RedSox… no Yankees, Angels, etc.. to deal with

Everything is lined up for us to have a great chance to get this done.. and unless they are eliminated, I expect them to win from here on out!!

“You Gotta Have Phaith!”

yea but lots of those seats are the corporations that can afford the 81-games of a full-season ticket package.. they get first dibs at post-season and you have people going to games that couldn’t tell you a single thing about any players besides

Howard, Utley, Hamels… and now Victorino…. that is the kinda stuff that pisses me off, but its part of sports everywhere.. that is why they have this nice new stadium, and can afford to be around the top-10 in payroll and stuff.

so you take the good with the bad

Thanks, RK, I’ll search around. I’m in Newtown.

Nice story about the tickets, MP. I was at that Aug 26 game and should have done the same thing.

Eb, i’ll be at game 5 in section 306 (obstruction capitol of CBP) but if you do go, i’ll buy you a beer!

EB how did you buy 3 SRO for game 5, did you win the ticket Lottery

Well put Don.

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/13672/sox_fans_missed_a_great_ballgame_last_night

Yeah, Victorino’s a special player and I saw that early on as well. Really glad he has gotten his shot. Werth’s another one that I really like and always have. These guys are a real upgrage over Rowand in my opinion.

What’s everybody’s opinion of Pat the Bat for next season. If he’s not resigned, which is unlikely, how about Dobbs in right and moving Werth to left? I like Jenkins but Dobbs has proven that he’s more of an everyday player.

The more Dobbs hits, the less effective he is… He’s got the right approach as a pinch-hitter… very aggressive, but not overly aggressive.. so I think you leave him as your top pinch hitter and thats it.

I think Pat wants to stay.. and the Phillies would like to have him back.. BUT the reality of the situation is that in another 2-3 years, he will be almost unplayable in the OF just because his range will deminish that much more .. depending on what they do with Howard, they might feel that moving Burrell to 1st base in 2 years, and trading the Big Guy is the way to go.. so they need to be thinking a few years down the line this offseason.

If they can get Burrell for 3 years, and $36 M… they’ll probably do it.. if somebody offers him 5 and $50 in the American League, you can’t blame him for taking it, or the Phillies for letting him walk.

If it was a 4 year, $40 or so.. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Pat give a little bit of a hometown discount.. but if its a $10-15 M difference, I expect him to walk.