#371549 - 10/30/0804:56 AMRe: Philadelphia Phillies: 2008 World Series Champs
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All I know is that The Rays finished 2ed up from DEAD LAST (out of ALL of the AL-NL Teams).....Now when they go back and ask the mayor for a new stadium this time.....and if he balks.....they may change their name to the Charlotte Rays (or any other town seeking, wanting and deserving a team).
#371550 - 10/30/0805:55 AMRe: Philadelphia Phillies: 2008 World Series Champs
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Any other year I would agree about the stadium. But with the economy in the shitter and little-to-no money going to municipalities from the Feds? I think you'd be hard pressed to find any Mayor who'd gamble his re-election on a bond issue to fund a new stadium.
The only other time the Phillies won was right before another dynamic change in American politics where the sitting president's inept out-of-touch party was justifiably punished by the voters at the polls.