Phillies Links, 5/22/13: Return of the Prodigal Columnist, Date Night in D.C., and a Baseball-Fueled Soccer Abomination Unto Heaven
Tyler Cloyd got the run support that Cole Hamels didn't and the Phillies stepped over the Marlins for a dominant, Howard-heavy win.
This actually happened May 13, but it's hard to write an article about a ghost.
We imagine that you'd like to forget last night's festivities. We can make that happen!
Chase Utleys annual stint to the DL looks imminent, as he's headed for a date with an MRI tube tomorrow.
Phillies Links, 5/22/13: Return of the Prodigal Columnist, Date Night in D.C., and a Baseball-Fueled Soccer Abomination Unto Heaven
Tyler Cloyd got the run support that Cole Hamels didn't and the Phillies stepped over the Marlins for a dominant, Howard-heavy win.
This actually happened May 13, but it's hard to write an article about a ghost.
We imagine that you'd like to forget last night's festivities. We can make that happen!
Is the cutter as much of a problem for Cole Hamels as popular sports media would have it? Well, maybe and maybe not.
A few hot players and some weird lines this week.
Rob Kaminsky is a 6'0" 190 LHP with a mid 90's Fastball, a pretty advanced, for a HS Pitcher, Changeup and a Major League ready Curve. So, if we're ticking off the Phillies draft Preferences bingo...
Was Alex Sanabia throwing spit balls in last night's win against the Phillies? Video seems to indicate that yes, indeed, he was.
Alternate Title: Bullpen Without Organs.
Nostalgia is pretty low hanging fruit, and fortunately, I have no real journalistic ethics or sense of shame. This seems an appropriate segue into the management of the Marlins!
A phone call with my Dad prompts an interesting idea. Maybe the Phillies need to retool, not restock.
The Phillies are coming off a huge win and emotional high yesterday that almost wasn't. With Cliff Lee getting picked off, things didn't look good. They were followed up with Erik...
Comparing the Phils' team stats to last year and to the Marlins; Rollins looking to join exclusive company.
The Phillies eke out an improbable walkoff win over the Reds on two ninth-inning solo homers
The series is even at 1. Today, the Phillies go for the series win.
The Phillies got the shit kicked out of them by "Charles" Bronson Arroyo. Then things went downhill.
Where the only delicious odor is that of success.
On a perfect Friday night for baseball, the Phillies beat the Reds with good pitching and good hitting. Is that how baseball works?
Didn't we do this pretty recently?
A fly on the wall catches the move that ultimately saves the Phillies' 2013 season.
At the season's 1/4 mark, how are the Phils doing on key team stats compared to last year, and compared to the Reds? Phils hitters among the leaders (few and far between), and chasing milestones, including the record for consecutive solo home runs.
Jimmy Rollins has been a slow starter for much of his career. It looks like we're seeing the same pattern this year.
Another High School kid who plays a position that is historically tough to develop high schoolers from. Once again, though, he checks a lot of profile boxes the Phillies typically draft.
Trade rumors? In my second bsseman? It could be more likely than you think.