Phil Castellini surprised that Opening Day tickets still unsold

[RedTeamGo!]

The players have eyes and ears too.

Imagine working for a company who's leadership basically says, "we make more money by not succeeding."

How would that effect your morale and effort given?


...Phil really pooped the bed on this one. And the only reason he still has a job is because he's got the Veggie Tales hookup for a last name.

Rampant nepotism destroys morale as well, so Reds ownership really is firing on all cylinders at this point. And nevermind the front office... the Reds players need to look no further than the dugout for evidence.

I honestly think this is the beginning of the end for this ownership group. The Reds are going to be horrible this year because of a poor offseason job by Krall and a metric ton of injuries early in the season. The attendance is going to be horrible.

[Sea Ray]

This team hasn’t won a game since Phil opened his mouth.


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They won on Sunday.

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I honestly think this is the beginning of the end for this ownership group. The Reds are going to be horrible this year because of a poor offseason job by Krall and a metric ton of injuries early in the season. The attendance is going to be horrible.

That's not going to end the ownership group

[LeatherPants]

I honestly think this is the beginning of the end for this ownership group. The Reds are going to be horrible this year because of a poor offseason job by Krall and a metric ton of injuries early in the season. The attendance is going to be horrible.

And they’ll still make big profits.

[jwdoc77]

They won on Sunday.

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That's not going to end the ownership group

Which correct me if I’m wrong…but was two days before the Guardians home opener when Phil shot his mouth off. Sooo…thanks.


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[JFLegal]

I honestly think this is the beginning of the end for this ownership group. The Reds are going to be horrible this year because of a poor offseason job by Krall and a metric ton of injuries early in the season. The attendance is going to be horrible.

why would they sell? as we all know, due to revenue sharing and their TV deal -- even with attendance way down -- they would still make a lot of money. no way they sell even if this terrible team loses 100 games.

[Redsfaithful]

Gas isn’t everything. Check out Kyle Hendricks between 2014-2020. In 2016 he had a 2.13 ERA. Best in baseball. Average fastball is 88 mph.

We live in a world now with better training/nutrition, ubiquitous video analysis, and access to useful analytics so it's likely given all that Soto would throw a little harder today anyway.

[Redsfaithful]

why would they sell? as we all know, due to revenue sharing and their TV deal -- even with attendance way down -- they would still make a lot of money. no way they sell even if this terrible team loses 100 games.

They would sell if it feels like more hassle than it's worth. I don't expect it, but that would be why. Decisions like that are made for non-financial reasons all the time.

[Roy Tucker]

Mario Soto would be Luis Castillo-level.

[Sea Ray]

My guess is Soto would be a closer today and a pretty good one

[Falls City Beer]

Mario Soto would be Luis Castillo-level.

I agree.

[Tony Cloninger]

Soto knew how to pitch until he fell in love with his change up too much at times. You could also back hitters off the plate. Maybe it was easier to have stamina with the 7th through 9th hitters usually being weak and the lead off hitters known more for speed then OB ability. However he would pace himself and probably at worst give you 6 maybe 7 innings most of the time.

[Redsfan6272]

After this road trip they could be 2-11!!! Yeah blame the fans right Phil?? What a joke of a ownership.

[WildcatFan]

Honestly, if you had to slot a six-game leg-pisser of a stretch somewhere, could you choose a more perfect time than right after the COO scolds the fans for not being good enough?

[NebraskaRed]

Honestly, if you had to slot a six-game leg-pisser of a stretch somewhere, could you choose a more perfect time than right after the COO scolds the fans for not being good enough?

It's like an outline for the first 10 pages of the script for Major League 4: Where You Gonna Go?

[Ron Madden]

We can see how much Castellini pissed the fans off, how do you think the players feel after hearing that idiot talk?