All Things Baseball

Hello all, from Philadelphia. I finally managed to get onto the internet for a short while (hello Barnes and Noble), and just thought I'd post a quickie while I'm here. I still plan on returning full time to this blog on January 2nd.

While here, I've been listening to 610 WIP sports talk radio - one of my favorites. I remember back in the day when Steve Fredericks and Mike Micanelli were on together, and their show was absolutely hilarious. I think I heard Mike Micanelli again the other day, which was great - he's still funny, and Anthony Gargano is very good right now too.

While most of the talk was centered on the Eagles, there was a quick segment on the Phillies - and it seems that many people share my feelings that Ed Wade is a GM who lacks creativity. As the talk show hosts put it - Ed Wade just lacks imagination, the ability to pull off theh big deals that will allow them to actually beat Atlanta. And they made an interesting point - with a little bit of ingenuity, they could have traded Jim Thome, stayed away from Lofton, and ended up with Hudson, Beltran, Ryan Howard at first... and SAVED MONEY.

Now, I don't think Beltran would come here, unless we actually paid the 20 million a year. But I do believe that Tim Hudson could have come here (WHY do we care so much about Ryan Madson and Chase Utley), and I do believe that Ryan Howard should be traded now or played in the big leagues.

But the key point I come away with is that they could have SAVED money! Meaning, we may now be spending some money (about 95 million last year, good for 7th in the MLB), but we are definitely NOT using that money well. More on this later, after I return. But suffice it to say, we need to get rid of Ed Wade. Otherwise, there is no way we will ever contend for the World Series.