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December - 2006

Presenting... The Good Phight's All-Time Phillies Tournament
We are proud to present...
Top Stories of 2006 -- Cole Hamels Debuts
Top Stories of 2006 -- Rowand the Headfirst Baseball Runner
Some Not-So-Random Thoughts for the Day
Manuel Reappraised: Are the Phils Smartening Up?
Top Stories of 2006 -- Madson and Floyd, aka Crash and Burn
Top Stories of 2006 -- Jimmy Rollins hit streak ends
Phils add 3 thru Rule 5
Freddy got fingered
Good rumors, for a change
The Calm Before the Storm?

November - 2006

Phils Sign P Adam Eaton; Dellucci to Cleveland
So long, Randy
Another One Bites the Dust
A Phillies Thanksgiving
Congratulations Ryan Howard - 2006 MVP
Pitchers our biggest problem?
The Flip-Flop: Sign Soriano!
Grass is always greener...
Phils sign 3b Wes Helms
Scott Graham Not Returning as Phils' Broadcaster
Phils place bid for Japanese 3B Iwamura?
The Phillies and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Soriano: the $80 million (at least) question
Overheard in a Northern California Home

October - 2006

Elias Rankings (free-agent compensation)
Those Crazy Park Factors
2006 Season Grades: Starting Pitchers
Phillies sign LHP Moyer to two-year extension
2006 Season Grades: Starting Position Players
Convenient for whom?
Dealing the stars
Howe, Lopes, Williams added to coaching staff
Give Me the Keys: a Plan for the 2007 Phillies, Pt. 2
New left fielder
Give Me the Keys: a Plan for the 2007 Phillies, Pt. 1
Gillick's Guys: Year-End Edition
Hit or Myth: Too Many Runners Left On
Five Reasons for Pessimism
Bombard, Dancy, Varsho fired
THEY OWE ME!
Five Reasons for Optimism

September - 2006

The Season's Over
Pray for Sweeps
The Last Week
Four Reasons We're Playoff-Bound
Four Reasons Why the Phillies Won't Win the Wild Card
Just Say No to Rowand
Double Standards
Double Standards Aplenty
Home Wreckers?
A Hello to Arms
Is this fun?
Howard's Season: The Derby Changed Everything
Bourn, Carrasco win Owens Awards
The Downfall of Pat Burrell?
Ryan Howard's Spring: Andruw Jones or Abraham Nunez?
Ryan Howard vs. Chuck Klein
A Plea to the Statheads
Utley's Jekyll and Hyde Season
Here Come the Call-Ups
Gillick's Guys: Through August

August - 2006

Chicks Dig the Long Ball but Commentators Love the Small Ball
Minors Notes: Lakewood clinches title, AAA affiliate finalized
Phils acquire Jeff Conine
It's Time, Chase
In Praise of Cholly
Phils Acquire Another Weak-Hitting Utility Infielder
Rowand breaks ankle; Gordon to DL
Magnificant Seven? Phils Announce AFL Cohort
Mathieson's staying--no, check that, he's going
Phuture Phillies Bingo!! UPDATE: Moyer added
Phillies Acquire LHP Jamie Moyer
Another take on the 5th starter question
Misconceptions
The Reason
A.B.A.
The Howitzer and the Hammer
Trade Flash?
Ryan Franklin Dealt to Reds
Is Mike Lieberthal the greatest catcher in Phils history?
Stark Truths
Rheal Redux: Revisiting the Reality of Reliever Roles

July - 2006

Culture Club
Cormier traded to Cincinnati
Underappreciated Bobby: Blame the Media and Front Office
Thank you Bobby Abreu
Abreu and Lidle traded for garbage
TEARING OUT MY HAIR
Rumor du Jour
Bell's Knell: 3b traded to Milwaukee
Cory Lidle: Second-Half Stopper
Hamels: Dizzying Highs, Terrifying Lows
So Long, Sal
Top 10 Prospects Watch (Pt. 2)
Abreu for Milledge?
Putting on Gillick's shoes...
The Curse of Ed Wade
Top 10 Prospects Watch (Pt. 1)
Quick Quiz
Look, it's Baseball: Phillies at Giants, July 14-16, 2006
Gillick's Guys: At the Break
Money, Money, Money...
Power Drought: Abreu and the Home Run Derby
Hard Choices, pt. 2: Should They Stay or Should They Go?
Hope, Hype, and Hamels: Thoughts at the Break
It's a Wonderful Life
Since When Are "Talent" and "Production" Four-Letter Words?
Isolation Drills: Padres at Phillies, July 4-6, 2006
Utley, Gordon, Howard are All-Stars

June - 2006

A Sort of Homecoming: Phillies at Blue Jays, June 30-July 2
Universal Truths and Cycles: Phillies at Orioles, June 28-29, 2006
When It Rains . . .
Gillick's Guys: Midyear
The Phillies 2006 Draft: An Obsessed Outsider's View
Do the Collapse: Phillies at Red Sox, June 23-25, 2006
Brett Myers arrested and charged with domestic assault
The Value of On Base Percentage and Bobby Abreu
The Young and the Restless
Hard Choices: Looking Ahead to 2007, pt. 1
Yankees at the Phillies
Phils v. Devil Rays
The Aftermath of The Catch
Mathieson to Debut Saturday
Now, Later, or Never: Mets at Phillies, June 13-15, 2006
Baseball Radio Commercial Nonsense
Off-Day Theatre: Projections, Anomalies, and More
Lieberthal back to DL; Sanches recalled
Bye-bye Brito
Resurgent Nationalism?: Phillies at Nationals, June 8-11
If Only: Rollins, OBP, and Runs
By the Time Cole Gets to Arizona: Phillies at Diamondbacks, June 5-7, 2006
Phillies 2006 Draft Selections
Gillick's Guys: Two Months In
Travelin' Men: Phillies at Dodgers, June 1-4
Floyd, Meet Void

May - 2006

Ballot Result: Nationals at Phillies, May 29-31
Lieber to DL; Sanches Up
Anatomy of a 3-9 Stretch: Reliever Russian Roulette
RISP and Reward: Brewers at Phillies, May 26-28, 2006
Welcome Sight
Rey, Reyes... Reyest? Phillies at Mets, May 23-25, 2006
Daily Links May 23, 2006
A-Gone: Gonzalez Hangs 'Em Up
Splitsville: Red Sox at Phillies, May 19-21, 2006
Who would you bring up?
Interview with Mike Radano
The Lazy Notes Column
Splitting Headache
Daily Links - May 17th, 2006
Sympathy for the Cheeseheads: Phillies at Brewers, May 16-18, 2006
Daily Links - May 16th, 2006
Gillick's Guys: Improvement
Daily Links
Striking Gold
Phenomenology: Phillies at Reds, May 12-14, 2006
Roster Shuffle: Rowand to DL, Geary to AAA, Hamels & Roberson called up
Unprecedented: Mets at Phillies, May 9-11, 2006
Phlashback: the 1991 streak
A Look Behind the Streak
Closer Smackdown: Billy Wagner vs. Tom Gordon
Lieberthal DL'd; Ruiz called up
Cole Hamels - The Savior?
Sideshow: Giants at Phillies, May 5-7, 2006
The Miseducation of Brett Myers: Braves at Phillies, May 3-4
Clutch: What the Numbers Say
To Spite Their Face: Phillies at Marlins, May 1-2
Gillick's Guys: One Month In

April - 2006

Long Way Down: Phillies at Pirates, April 28-30, 2006
21 Game Checkpoint (Hitting)
Deconstructing Dancy
The World Turned Upside Down: Rockies at Phillies, April 24-27, 2006
Here Comes Hamels?
Fish Stories: Marlins at Phillies, April 21-23, 2006
New Pitchers: Bring 'Em On!
All Over the Road: Nationals at Phillies, April 18-20, 2006
Gillick's Guys: Problems on the Periphery (or, Here We Go Again?)
5 and 5
5 and 5
Phils bullpen puts the "fun" in fungible
Steep Air: Phillies at Rockies, April 14-16, 2006
Good Charlie, Bad Charlie
Half-Assed Marketing?
Some Reassurance
Darkness on the Edge of the Standings: Phillies at Braves, April 10-13, 2006
A Conversation With Myself
Series Preview: Dodgers at Phillies, 4/7/06 - 4/9/06
Cardinals at Phillies, Series in Review
Hagen's High Hard One
Games 2 and 3 -- Cardinals at Phillies, 4/5 and 4/6/06
Anatomy of a Hit Streak
A Pictorial: One Miserable Opening Day
4/3/06 - OPENING DAY - Cardinals at Phillies, C. Carpenter vs. J. Lieber
Phils acquire OF Dellucci
Phils Acquire Barry Zito!

March - 2006

Spring Stats Mean Nothing . . . Unless They Do
Five Reasons Why the Phillies Won't Win in 2006
Five Reasons Why the Phillies Will Win in 2006
Rotation, Rotation, Rotation
Something For Nothing
Aquilino Lopez: Is It Body Odor?
Community Projection: Cory Lidle
Who's on Third? I Wish I Didn't Know
Community Projection: Brett Myers
And Down the Stretch They Come: ST Roundup, 3/14-20
Florida postcard
Community Projection: Jon Lieber
ST Roundup, March 4-14
Community Projection: David Bell / Abraham Nunez / ???
Ryan Howard -- Big Thump or Big Thud?
Madson's starter bid: so far, so good
ST Week in Review
Phils Prospect Roundup: "Gio and Cole, and then a big hole"

February - 2006

Community Projection: Ryan Howard
Spinning their Wheels
Will Carroll on the Phillies' 2006 Health Outlook
Newest Phillies Phan
Phils in the World Baseball Classic
"The best team possible"
O Happy Day
Community Projection: Chase Utley
Community Projection: Pat Burrell
Deconstructing Gillick
Phils sign IF Gonzalez
Phils' 2006 Road Park Factors
Community Projection: Bobby Abreu
Phils in Winter Ball: Part Two

January - 2006

Minor Thoughts: Top 20 Prospects List
Road Futility? Or Road Park Factors?
Minor League assignments, 2006
Michaels for Rhodes deal done
The Black Hole at the Bottom of the Lineup
Phils in Winter Ball: Part One
The view from Atlanta: "Phils not a challenger now"
A Humble Offering
Should Madson start?
Come One, Come All: 18 NRIs in Clearwater
Greatest Misses
Phils claim OF Josh Kroeger
Myers, Lidle, Lieber, and......Ryan Franklin?
2005 Season in Review: Postscript

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