Nats Park North August 24-26

[R-Zim#11]

From ESPN Rumors section:

The Philadelphia Phillies' streak of consecutive home sellouts is at 232 games and counting.

It appears likely the streak will continue through the 13 home games remaining in June, but there is no guarantee that it will last through the summer, writes Mark Kram of the Philly Daily News.

The Phillies have struggled in the standings and have been beset with a host of injuries to marquee players such as Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Roy Halladay. A Phillies executive tells Kram the club has 19 home dates in August, traditionally a time when fans are away on vacation, and some of those games have about 3,500 tickets still unsold.

If this stays, and we are still winning in August -- a take over Citizens Bank Park trip Aug 24-26 would be great!

[OldChelsea]

Current StubHub availability for those fixtures:

Friday 24th August, 19.05 - 4,694
Saturday 25th August, 19.05 - 5,774
Sunday 26th August, 13.35 - 5,856

[MarquisDeSade]

If this stays, and we are still winning in August -- a take over Citizens Bank Park trip Aug 24-26 would be great!

From the article you quoted:

A Phillies executive tells Kram the club has 19 home dates in August, traditionally a time when fans are away on vacation, and some of those games have about 3,500 tickets still unsold.

I'm sure less than 10% of the stadium rocking the Curly W would definitely signal a takeover.

[comish4lif]

From the article you quoted:

A Phillies executive tells Kram the club has 19 home dates in August, traditionally a time when fans are away on vacation, and some of those games have about 3,500 tickets still unsold.

I'm sure less than 10% of the stadium rocking the Curly W would definitely signal a takeover.

No way the drunk Philth takes that sitting down. Expect lots of fist fights. Throwing of objects, etc.

[Tyler Durden]

Probably won't happen this year, but you can see it coming - possibly as soon as next year.  Hallady injured and older, possibly no Cole Hamels, Howard and Utley question marks, etc.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Baby steps. 

From the article you quoted:

A Phillies executive tells Kram the club has 19 home dates in August, traditionally a time when fans are away on vacation, and some of those games have about 3,500 tickets still unsold.

I'm sure less than 10% of the stadium rocking the Curly W would definitely signal a takeover.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

They can probably be pretty easily incited into destroying their own stadium, maybe even the surrounding neighbourhoods.

No way the drunk Philth takes that sitting down. Expect lots of fist fights. Throwing of objects, etc.

[MarquisDeSade]

Probably won't happen this year, but you can see it coming - possibly as soon as next year.  Hallady injured and older, possibly no Cole Hamels, Howard and Utley question marks, etc.

The sellout streak ending and the team going back to an afterthought?  No doubt.  The soulless, sackless, administrivia agents of banality of the DC area traveling like the Phillies phans?  Doubtful.

[heeman82]

I'm down

[ZimW1N]

The problem here is that going to Citizen Bank Park would involve actually GOING to the place where all of those drunken, mouth-breathing philthy Philly phans hail from. Just thinking about it makes me want to take a shower.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Nice try slapnuts, but we did pretty much take over Heinz Field for a hockey game

The sellout streak ending and the team going back to an afterthought?  No doubt.  The soulless, sackless, administrivia agents of banality of the DC area traveling like the Phillies phans?  Doubtful.

[heeman82]

Citizens Bank Park is a pretty nice ballpark with an impressive beer selection.  I plan on attending that series anyway-- it will be nice to see at least a few other Curly W's

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Screw it, lets take over Wrigley.

[OldChelsea]

The problem here is that going to Citizen Bank Park would involve actually GOING to the place where all of those drunken, mouth-breathing philthy Philly phans hail from. Just thinking about it makes me want to take a shower an hour-long tub bath in hot Lysol or Pine-Sol solution.

FTFY

Never been to Citizens Bank Park but I went to an Eagles match at the Vet some thirty years ago...that was bad enough.

[MarquisDeSade]

Nice try slapnuts, but we did pretty much take over Heinz Field for a hockey game

One swallow doesn't make a summer Balzac.

[OldChelsea]

Screw it, lets take over Wrigley.

Truth be told, Nats supporters are a bit new at this...pity we aren't playing the Indians away this season because that would be good to practise with (Progressive Field currently with MLB's lowest home attendance at 17,159/fixture).

[GburgNatsFan]

I'm stealing this. It's just clean enough to get away with saying at work, and it's just suggestive enough to almost get you in trouble.

One swallow doesn't make a summer Balzac.

[Tyler Durden]

Truth be told, Nats supporters are a bit new at this...pity we aren't playing the Indians away this season because that would be good to practise with (Progressive Field currently with MLB's lowest home attendance at 17,159/fixture).

True - Give it time.  With time, hopefully the Nats continue to improve and draw more fans and the Phillies get older and worse and lose some bandwagon fans. 

[LostYudite]

They can probably be pretty easily incited into destroying their own stadium, maybe even the surrounding neighbourhoods.

There is no surrounding neighborhood.  Just a big-a$$ parking lot, with the Linc on the other side.  Even Philadelphians don't want to be near Phillie fans.

Come to think of it, if they tore down the Linc, that probably wouldn't be a bad outcome, either.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Start bonfires in the parking lot and melt the asphalt.

[Baseball is Life]

The soulless, sackless, administrivia agents of banality of the DC area

You really are a poet.

There is no way in hell I would expose myself to that philth more than I have to....

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Poet Laureate of Crystal City

[Baseball is Life]

Poet Laureate of Crystal City

Crystal City? Now that's a soulless, sackless, administrivia agent of banality...

[MarquisDeSade]

Poet Laureate of Crystal City

[BerkeleyNat]

Philly fans will crawl back under whatever rock they came out from under when the Phils start losing again. They act like they've always been rabid fans, but I can remember a time when they were not so rabid.