Talk:Ray Stoviak

From BR Bullpen

The Phillies of that era had a lot of these guys: signed as amateurs, straight to the majors, busts, then their careers ended. It obviously wasn't a strategy that worked given their success, so why did they keep it up? Could they not afford acquiring the top minor league talent or building a farm system, like the Cardinals, Yankees and other top clubs of the period? - --Mischa 10:12, 27 April 2011 (EDT)

The Phillies really operated on peanuts until the end of World War II, and were playing second-fiddle to the A's for all those years. They had no money to invest in a farm sytem, so they took flyers on amateurs hoping to find the occasional gem (who they could then sell to a richer club). Because they've been well-run for decades, people forget that the Phils were really a sad-sack operation for a long time. --Philippe 10:34, 27 April 2011 (EDT)