Meanwhile Ruben Amaro has "zero concern" of this being a larger issue for Cole Hamels.
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I'm upset about a few things here. I'm upset that Cole Hamels isn't healthy. I'm upset that Ruben Amaro continues to alienate the fanbase by being smug (smugness is not a good quality). I'm upset that we gave Hamels $144 million and Ruben is taking it in stride that Hamels is going to miss April after having zero health issues last year. I'm upset every time I hear the word set-back. I'm upset whenever I hear "no timetable".
Most of all I'm upset about the lack of transparency from this organization. It's like the Phillies actively engage in dicking around their fan base. How did the news come out on the first day of Spring Training that Cole Hamels wasn't ready to go? At that point every one was shrugging it off like it was no big deal and Hamels was 8-10 days behind schedule. Two weeks later here we are. Apparently Cole feels like his arm is about to fall off after throwing just 2 innings worth of pitches in the bullpen.
How are alarms not sounding?!
We should know the Phillies don't operate like that. They've already put us through this type of saga before. Two years in a row of it actually, with a player who was just as important as Hamels.
Chase Utley didn't play his first game in 2011 until May 23rd. Nobody seemed to mind that much that year because the Phillies were a pitching juggernaught. After finishing the season fairly healthy we assumed Chase was ready to go for 2012. I wrote a piece about how he was going to have to carry the load in 2012 with Ryan Howard recovering from the torn Achillies.
Before we knew what hit us the Phillies were halfway through a disatrous season without Chase or Ryan stepping on the field. Chase had a rare degenerative knee condition known as Andrew Bynum disease. It's where your knees have very little cartilige and they don't heal or work properly. Ryan's wound from the incision on his Achillie's got infected. You know, because it wasn't that important to be monitoring that sort of thing so the Phils just let it go.
Anyway, this Hamels situation is starting to feel eerily similar to the Chase Utley situation. I can't sit here and put a ton of blame on the Phils' medical staff, but I'd start taking a long look at it and seeing if anything better can be done to protect these guys who have $100 plus million invested in them.
As for a spring training update. As Sarge would say, Oh boy.
It seems as though their upper management feels as though this big market team is recession proof. Tell you what I can't take much more of this. I'm givin them the big up yours this year what a bunch of jags. Who didn't know that Hamels being behind schedule with tendonitis meant he would be set back further? The great thing about tendonitis is if you just keep pushing through it and try expediting your recovery, the inflamation dies down and you get better faster...what what what?!? O/U 2 starts in May. Rest his arm for God's sake. No need to comment on .191 that speaks for itself. If finding clean piss is the problem, move forward and I will hook you guys up! Gotta try somethin come on man.
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I agree with my esteemed colleagues I also have reached my boiling point. What has happened to this team is an utter abomination. They have NO CHANCE this year and no chance for the foreseeable future. They're a bad team with no prospects that is difficult for a front office to achieve. Ruben Amaro continues to shovel horseshit in the fan bases direction and tell us its horsecok (sp?). If this case with Hamels turns out to show that there were signs of an arm issue and no MRI was done we should have an immediate house cleaning. This shows that not only do they have no honesty with the fan base they're also not even honest with themselves. I'm amazed at the state of disrepair we find ourselves in and I've lost all faith in the management of the flatulent phils.
DeleteHopefully the fan base will stop attending games and the front office will get the message. Many of my friends have indicated that they are cutting back or unloading their season tickets which needs to occur in order to cut through the utter disregard for the fan base. However, if folks continue to be attracted by the stadium and its appointments, it doesn't really matter what happens on the field.
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