<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post1971580088048794510..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7445276692037105262</id><published>2009-11-09T20:40:31.607-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T20:40:31.607-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&amp;#39;t understand the anxiety.  The Phillies ...</title><summary type='text'>I don&amp;#39;t understand the anxiety.  The Phillies will be fine next year.  The core of the team will be intact. Look how far they got with the pitching they had. (It shows you what a good ace is worth).  They beat a Rockies team that was red hot after Jim Tracy took over and a Dodgers team that had the best record in the National League most of the year.  They&amp;#39;ll be fine.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/7445276692037105262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/7445276692037105262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html?showComment=1257817231607#c7445276692037105262' title=''/><author><name>Tom King</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14211378281642641041</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B33zvHDC_m4/SUcFrpLUEeI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jrXdJmzJcfs/S220/Tom+playing+cornet+08.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1971580088048794510' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1971580088048794510' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1642046747"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5407466933314125722</id><published>2009-11-06T17:37:48.731-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T17:37:48.731-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It was all those left bats against the yankees. ju...</title><summary type='text'>It was all those left bats against the yankees. just killed em.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/5407466933314125722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/5407466933314125722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html?showComment=1257547068731#c5407466933314125722' title=''/><author><name>Ryan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15588113083662476717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1971580088048794510' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1971580088048794510' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-264383642"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3399549194088402349</id><published>2009-11-06T16:23:46.552-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T16:23:46.552-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Heck&#xa;&#xa;I&amp;#39;m yet a Washington Senators fan..&#xa;&#xa;thi...</title><summary type='text'>Heck&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m yet a Washington Senators fan..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this new team here don&amp;#39;t count  it&amp;#39;s merely a National League team..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they don&amp;#39;t even call the them &amp;quot;Nats&amp;quot;...they just charge $60 to go to a boring game + parking  and $10 to a kid to watch that your car ain&amp;#39;t broken into!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Nats:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;first in war&lt;br /&gt;first in</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/3399549194088402349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/3399549194088402349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html?showComment=1257542626552#c3399549194088402349' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1971580088048794510' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1971580088048794510' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4218472560655601213</id><published>2009-11-06T15:05:45.680-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T15:05:45.680-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Woe. Youse don&amp;#39;t know from woe.  Being a fan i...</title><summary type='text'>Woe. Youse don&amp;#39;t know from woe.  Being a fan in the greater Cleveland area surpasses the pain of even the Cubs fan, methinks. Sabathia and Lee in the Series, oh my!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/4218472560655601213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/4218472560655601213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html?showComment=1257537945680#c4218472560655601213' title=''/><author><name>Tom Beckett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08956557701199101102</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1971580088048794510' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1971580088048794510' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1611280848"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5403469113308890822</id><published>2009-11-06T13:45:32.502-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T13:45:32.502-05:00</updated><title type='text'>who ever said did someone ever say&#xa;cyberspace is w...</title><summary type='text'>who ever said did someone ever say&lt;br /&gt;cyberspace is without empathy&lt;br /&gt;so good to know we&amp;#39;re not alone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;jh</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/5403469113308890822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/5403469113308890822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html?showComment=1257533132502#c5403469113308890822' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GGxzozVkZvg/SoNWqdZHBoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IGjF8tvmWwg/S220/sculpture_crop2%5B1%5D.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1971580088048794510' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1971580088048794510' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4116841462529486663</id><published>2009-11-06T13:32:30.946-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T13:32:30.946-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry, you receive little sympathy from me.  Since...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry, you receive little sympathy from me.  Since the Giants have last won the Series, the Phillies have won twice, including just last year.  It&amp;#39;s hard to win the Series, hard to get there even.  You should be thrilled your team made it in twice in a row, and got it all last year.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How unfortunate that your knowledge of us here in Frisco doesn&amp;#39;t lessen your pain upon the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/4116841462529486663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/4116841462529486663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html?showComment=1257532350946#c4116841462529486663' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1971580088048794510' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1971580088048794510' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5046796391483797616</id><published>2009-11-06T11:59:50.655-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T11:59:50.655-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And Faville for bench coach!&#xa;&#xa;(a Cubs fan)</title><summary type='text'>And Faville for bench coach!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(a Cubs fan)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/5046796391483797616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/5046796391483797616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html?showComment=1257526790655#c5046796391483797616' title=''/><author><name>Kent Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15233688630151467658</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1971580088048794510' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1971580088048794510' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-901447242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6165052900366303769</id><published>2009-11-06T11:57:20.491-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T11:57:20.491-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Silliman for manager in 2010!&#xa;&#xa;(a Cubs fan)</title><summary type='text'>Silliman for manager in 2010!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(a Cubs fan)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/6165052900366303769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/6165052900366303769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html?showComment=1257526640491#c6165052900366303769' title=''/><author><name>Kent Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15233688630151467658</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1971580088048794510' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1971580088048794510' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-901447242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3136886341557535532</id><published>2009-11-06T09:45:41.803-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T09:45:41.803-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Please let me share your grief. &#xa;&#xa;I am with you as...</title><summary type='text'>Please let me share your grief. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am with you as you try valiantly to  move past denial (yesterday&amp;#39;s post, &amp;quot;if only they hadn&amp;#39;t used the shift&amp;quot;) to the next stage of grief, &amp;quot;wait til next year.&amp;quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/3136886341557535532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/3136886341557535532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html?showComment=1257518741803#c3136886341557535532' title=''/><author><name>ZYZZYVA</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10198580705465008538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z9CYJgFnlhA/SS2cGBu_ivI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/dnNzwqMv5sI/S220/howard.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1971580088048794510' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1971580088048794510' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-804650042"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5139159030544851834</id><published>2009-11-06T07:47:52.704-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T07:47:52.704-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;d look for the 2010 Phillies to go into a lo...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;d look for the 2010 Phillies to go into a long, fairly slow, decline.  They&amp;#39;ll never put up those same power numbers again, and their pitching isn&amp;#39;t going to hold up--too many question-marks--though I think Lidge will return to form, albeit he may not save more than 25 next year.  For every Rivera, there are 10 Lidges, whose careers last generally 2-4 years.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This team </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/5139159030544851834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1971580088048794510/comments/default/5139159030544851834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html?showComment=1257511672704#c5139159030544851834' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-does-fact-that-what-phillies-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1971580088048794510' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1971580088048794510' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry></feed>