What are your expectations for the 2016 Philadelphia Phillies?

“I hope we do much better than last year. Baseball is a game of strategy, so I think the older players will help them with their wisdom. I hope the young guys mature, too. ”

Catherine Brady

“They’re the home team, so you have to support them and hope that they do their best. You have to have wishful thinking in these things.”

Jeff Redel,

Vineland, New Jersey

“I would like to see them reach the playoffs. I think they’ll finish a little over the .500 mark. I want the pitching staff to develop because those guys were a bit twisted last year. If they work on their chemistry, they’ll be good in two or three years.”

Noel Rivera,

Ninth and Jackson streets

“I hope we do much better than last year. Baseball is a game of strategy, so I think the older players will help them with their wisdom. I hope the young guys mature, too. ”

Catherine Brady,

Fifth and Mifflin streets

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“I would like to see them reach the playoffs. I think they’ll finish a little over the .500 mark. I want the pitching staff to develop because those guys were a bit twisted last year. If they work on their chemistry, they’ll be good in two or three years.”

Noel Rivera
“They’re the home team, so you have to support them and hope that they do their best. You have to have wishful thinking in these things.”

Jeff Redel