There is just too much to talk about

For a team that has produced nothing worthy of our recognition, there is a ton of news that any blogger could talk about. And while senior year of college plus my job is killing my baseball time allotments, I will do my best to run through the issues surrounding the Phillies and give my holy opinion on each.

The Bumbling Hick vs The Stammering Dick

There are few people I hate more than Howard Eskin. He is a self-serving douchebag and is an annoyance to listen to. But I found it hard to get mad or accuse him of the fiasco that took place two nights ago. And while he instigates a ton of shit with a lot of people, there is no excuse for how pissed off Manuel got. Charlie is clearly frustrated with this team and took it out on a sleezy shithead in Eskin. I wish they both fought each other and fell off a cliff in the process.

Our Ace in the Bullpen

When I first heard this on the radio, I immediately called up my 3 biggest Phillies fanned friends (??) to confirm/ask for reasoning. I, for one, hate the move.

• Is this a demotion?
  
• Is this to get Lieber starts so we can trade him?
  
• Is this because our bullpen is THAT bad?
  
• Whose call was this?
  
• Why is it as a set-up man?
  
• Are we trying to make Brett the next Papelbon?
• ARE WE WASTING ONE OF THE TOP 20 STARTERS IN THE NL?!
  
• WHAT THE LOGIC?!
  

All I know is this is what happens when you fail to accomplish shit in the offseason, Pat Gillick. Congratulations GM, the team you assembled was SO BAD that we had to convert our ace to a 8th inning reliever. Hey Gillick, is it fun being a fucking puppet for Montgomery and the crew? Grow some balls.

I'm Jumping in on the Movement

The "Fire Manuel Movement." I've never been against the idea but never pushed for it. The homies over at WSBGMs have been calling for it for awhile and I now join their march. For my reasoning, I have three questions to ask you:

1. Is Charlie Manuel a good manager?
2. Are there better managers out there?
3. Is this team winning?

If you answered NO, YES, NO to those three questions, then a replacement should be in order. The same can be said for any manager in baseball. Manuel isn't high on the list of reasons for this deplorable 3-10 start, but he isn't innocent either. A change of pace can only be good for this team.

One Last Note

PLEASE SELL THIS TEAM TO COMPETENT OWNERS! The players are at fault but this organization is set up like a pyramid. It all starts at the top and trickles all the way down to the bat boys in the dugout to the field crew who pulls out the tarp to the guy who gets the players sunflower seeds to the guy collecting tickets to the dude with dreads in the parking lot playing "Take me out the ballgame" on the saxophone. NO ONE IS ABSOLVED!!

...You are all losers in my book