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Manchester United was formed in 1878 by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath as Newton Heath LYR Football Club. The team initially played games against other departments and rail companies, but by 1888 the club had become a founding member of The Combination, a regional football league. However, following the league dissolution after just one season, Newton Heath joined the newly formed Football Alliance, which ran for three seasons before being merged with the Football League. This resulted in the club starting the 1892 to 93 season in the First Division, by which time it had become independent of the rail company and dropped the LYR from its name. After just two seasons, the club was relegated to the Second Division. Greg Fiume Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
Sometimes during the course of a general manager's career, there are seasons where he does everything right and still can't win. He might spend his money wisely, develop good talent, and make all the right, smart, and crafty trades to get talented players for little in return. Yet somehow his team hits a streak of bad luck and misses the playoffs.
By now, it is pretty clear that Amaro probably should not have traded Cliff Lee, and it is crystal clear that he didn't get enough in return for Lee. The 25-man roster has the least depth it has had in three years, and the bullpen is in shambles. To make up for trading Lee, Amaro may have bungled the team even more by sending Happ to the Astros for Roy Oswalt.
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It might be easier to look at the list of players who haven't been injured this season:
Luckily for Amaro, Ryan Howard going on the disabled list allows Ruben Amaro to gloss over the fact that the Philadelphia Phillies are not, in fact, currently one of the most intelligently run teams in baseball.
Basically, if the Phillies miss the World Series, or even the playoffs, with a roster full of superstars but a few glaring holes that could have been filled with relative ease, it is going to be a long winter for Ruben Amaro.
It would be preposterous to think that the Phillies could have survived with all the injuries that they've suffered and made the playoffs. That injury list comprises the first four hitters in the regular everyday lineup, the complete middle-of-the-field defense, the back two-thirds of the rotation,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and the primary set-up man and closer.
A team can survive an injury to a crucial player, or even to two crucial players. But when every essential player on a team gets injured for some significant portion of the season, it becomes simply unreasonable to expect that team to pull it all together.

The good news regarding Ryan Howard's injury, at least for Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, is that if Howard hits the 15 day disabled list, Amaro will have everything he needs to convince the baseball public, both inside and outside of Philadelphia,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], that the above paragraph describes the 2010 Philadelphia Phillies season.
When an injury bug bites a team, there is nothing the GM can do but cry into his hat about what could have been.

Because even the most efficiently run teams in baseball can hit a spell of bad luck.

Asher B. Chancey lives in Philadelphia and is a co-founder of BaseballEvolution.com . Newton Heath initially played on a field on North Road, close to the railway yard. the original capacity was about 12,000, but club officials deemed the facilities inadequate for a club hoping to join The Football League. Some expansion took place in 1887, and in 1891 Newton Heath used its minimal financial reserves to purchase two grandstands, each able to hold 1,000 spectators. Although attendances were not recorded for many of the earliest matches at North Road,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the highest documented attendance was approximately 15,000 for a First Division match against Sunderland on 4 March 1893. A similar attendance was also recorded for a friendly match against Gorton Villa on fifth September 1889.

And this could be Ruben Amaro's saving grace.
Meanwhile, the outfield still has more question marks than positions with Ibanez looking over the hill,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Werth needing a new contract, Victorino's future in limbo, and Domonic Brown apparently ready to contribute right now.
But now, with Howard on the cusp of going onto the disabled list, Amaro may be able to take a pass on all of those moves. If Howard is out for any significant time,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Amaro will have carte blanche to write off the entire 2010 season as a sign that bad luck can strike even the best teams and, that some years, it just isn't your year.

Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Brad Lidge, Ryan Madson, J.A. Happ, Jamie Moyer, Joe Blanton, Shane Victorino, Ryan Howard, Placido Polanco, Carlos Ruiz.

Because make no mistake about it: The Phillies have had a run of luck that would knock out even the most articulate built teams in baseball.
But if the Phillies miss the playoffs, while suffering a significant injury to every important player on the roster,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], well, the single reason for missing the playoffs becomes bad luck.
Phillies fans don't need reminding, but if Howard does hit the DL, then the list of prominent Phillies to be sidelined for significant portions of the season by injury looks like this:

In essence, before Howard's injury, the only way Amaro was going to get a pass for the moves he's made this season was for the Phillies to at least make the World Series, if not win the thing.
Plus, on top of all that, Amaro extended Ryan Howard with one of the richest contracts of all time a year-and-a-half before his current deal was up.
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