11-17-2014, 09:24 PM
The Phillies won 81, 73, and 73 games in the last three seasons. They signed their mega deal in January of 2014. Signed that deal despite "steep declines" in TV ratings over the last few years after having insanely good ratings while they were winning. This is the last i'll comment on this.
Edit: I'd like to add that this deal came on top of the knowledge that the Phillies will probably be bad for quite some time.
Edit: I'd like to add that this deal came on top of the knowledge that the Phillies will probably be bad for quite some time.
Quote:The 2014 Phillies aren't the worst team in franchise history. Not even close. But, for reasons both athletic and aesthetic, they might well be the least interesting.
Except for the August surge of Ben Revere and the back end of their bullpen, these Phils have been exactly what their record and the steep declines in attendance and TV ratings suggest: virtually unwatchable.