The Closer: Going, going, gone
|  | | Schilling: Just take your 300-plus strikeout resume and go. |
Bye, Curt. Bye, Rico, See ya, Andy. Been nice to know ya, Desi. Don't forget to write from Arizona or wherever, Terry. It's over. And to think of all the high hopes that were harbored coming into the season. While Big George thinks nothing of adding several million bucks to the payroll, the Phillies opened that creaky change purse and added $17 mil to a pathetic $30 mil salary total. And they still lost. With The Closer, ESPN.com reviews a season
so bad, the team tied with the Cubs for baseball's worst mark.
New stadium proposals slowed
For nearly a year now, talk of a new football-only stadium in South Philadelphia has excited the Eagles and their fans. But progress has slowed since the Eagles deal is being coupled with the more controversial plan to build a new Phillies baseball-only ballpark in downtown Philadelphia near Chinatown. On Thursday, a self-imposed deadline passed for Philadelphia Mayor John Street to present the proposal to the city council, which then would have eight weeks before the Nov. 30 deadline to decide on his recommendations. The worried Eagles took that as a cue to hold a news conference in order to stress the urgency of the situation.
Familiar with Philly
Former players head the list of candidates to replace manager Terry Francona, who was fired on Sunday. Ruben Amaro Sr. of the Phillies' farm team system, Bob Boone of the Reds and Larry Bowa of the Mariners will be interviewed next week, the team said Thursday. Previous names on the candidates list are John Vukovich, a Phillies coach since 1988, and Darren Daulton. The Phillies have received permission from the Reds to talk to Boone and from the Mariners to talk to Bowa, a former manager of the Padres.
Willie Randolph joins candidate list
Yankees third base coach Willie
Randolph has been added to the list of potential managers for the
Phillies.
Phillies general manager Ed Wade was granted permission from the
Yankees on Friday to speak with Randolph. Wade set up an interview
with Randolph for the week of Oct. 16.
Randolph, 46, has been the third-base coach for the Yankees
since 1994.
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