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To: chowder who wrote (16288)	7/28/2011 12:35:08 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29240

<<<Too many questions man. Your 2013 goal is very optimistic, in my opinion.>>> I like Alderson and I like his approach. He also has proven success. However, I agree 2013 is very optimistic. I think the Phillies have a dynasty in the making. They have terrific attendance and management has shown they will spend whatever it takes to continue winning ways. Alderson will not be able to contend with the Phillies without help from ownership that will do whatever it takes to win.

To: chowder who wrote (16288)	7/29/2011 6:44:52 AM
From: Rarebird	Respond to of 29240

<<It's nice to have goals.>> The only goals I have involve my acts. This is just my view <<Too many questions man.>> That's life and the reality that lies at the foundation. <<do you think the Phillies and Braves are going to fall apart? >> The Phillies are a Now team. Utley, Howard and Polanco are not getting any younger. Utley and Howard are on the downside of their careers. Halliday is still in tremendous shape. But the Phillies decimated their farm system to get him. The name of this game is pitching. The Giants just came into Citizens Bank Park and won the series with an inferior line up because they still have the best pitching staff in the majors. I'll take Linsecum and Cain over Halliday and Lee in the big game. Halliday is great but has won nothing - even though he pitched a no hitter against the Reds in the NLDS. Mind you, the Mets just went into Cincinattit and swept a 4 game series. The Mets have the no.7 pick in the 2010 draft, pitcher Mat Harvey (in AA), the no.6 pick in the 2009 draft, Zach Wheeler and another great pitching prospect Familia (in AA), projected to make the starting rotation in 2013. Yes, I know talk is cheap and seeing is believing. Some prospects make it and others don't. The key is to stock pile top prospects (especially when it comes to pitching) and take the risks. Everyone is writing the Mets off this year. Last I looked, the Mets were 6.5 games back of the Braves with nine games left against them, 6 of which are at Citifield in the first and last weekend of August. Stranger things have happened. Resilience has a way of sometimes making up for Talent. I'm headed to Washington DC to see the Mets play the Nationals this weekend. More on the Braves later.