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great joe p. article

a lot we already know, but still.

It's ON!

Photo slide show recapping game five of the World Series. Naturally it is set to music from the Rocky series and includes audio snippets of Scott Franske making the big calls.

All game slide shows can be found at Macho Row.

2 days ago kevinmc 0 comments 0 recs

Vicente Padilla treated for minor gunshot wound

From the LA Times. Apparently it was a hunting accident in Nicaragua where his right leg was grazed. It's somewhat contradictory - it's said the wound was self-inflicted, but it's also reported that his "escort" was attempting to fix his gun when the bullet was fired.

2 days ago The Dark 0 comments 0 recs

Philadelphia fans according to the New York Times

The article from the Sunday New York Times featured this graphic, as well as one of the best ledes ever about Philadelphia sports fans. McNabb always seems to get a pass in the NY press, probably because he tortures the Giants so.

3 days ago Wet Luzinski 5 comments 0 recs

Online Sports Show

I do a college sports show. Theres the link. We talk a ton about the Phillies and other Philly sports

3 days ago Doug Pederson MVP 0 comments 0 recs

"Understand something. Sabathia is a left-hander, maybe the most overpowering lefty in baseball, and he surrendered three home runs all regular season to lefties. And he has surrendered three home runs in two games to Utley."

Chase Utley is talented

4 days ago ajay 0 comments 0 recs

Hey - at leat utley is the sexiest.

Chase Utley currently leads this poll on people magazine - those who aren't insecure in their sexualities should vote.

4 days ago jemagee 0 comments 0 recs

If there was one glaring lesson from last night's game, it was how quickly a dominating pitcher can get humbled. Joba Chamberlain looked like he was at the top of his game, blowing away Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez with 97 MPH fastballs. After getting ahead of Pedro Feliz with two swinging strikes, Phillies hitters had missed on the six of seven swings they had taken against Chamberlain that inning. And then Feliz hit one out of the park to tie the game.

Fast forward to the ninth inning, and Lidge had no problems dispatching Hideki Matsui and Derek Jeter. All three strikes to The Captain were of the swing-and-miss variety, as Lidge showed the stuff that caused Manuel to still believe in his closer. And then, after getting to within one pitch of ending the inning, he allowed the next four guys to reach base and lost the game.

Forget hindsight - at the moment of their failure, both Chamberlain and Lidge looked great. There was nothing to suggest that a problem was lurking. They were throwing the hell out of the ball, and then they got hit. Trying to predict the future is really hard.

Dave Cameron, from the Hardball Times

4 days ago Jay 0 comments 2 recs