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Remembering Harry Kalas
Harry Kalas, long time voice of the Philadelphia Phillies, passed away this afternoon in the broadcast booth at Nationals Park during his preparation for today's ballgame. He was 73. Kala...
Curt Schilling's Best Game as a Phillie
With Curt Schilling announcing his retirement yesterday, I couldn't help but think about what had been, until this past October, my favorite memory of watching a Phillies game in person. (Game 5...
Does An MVP Candidate Need His Team To Finish In 1st Place? D-Wade Hopes Not
With all the MVP talk surrounding Dwyane Wade, one point that many ‘experts’ make is that Wade is not on a 1st place team, while LeBeon James and Kobe Bryant are. How important is ...
That Traveling Trophy
I just passed up an opportunity to see the Phillies World Series trophy. It's on campus where I teach, and a colleague asked me to join her just now. I have a class to teach in an ...
Just Say No To Kyle Kendrick
Kyle Kendrick had a great rookie year, going 10-4 with a 3.87 ERA. Even though he didn't strike out many hitters, he had a low walk rate (1.9 per 9 innings) and a low home run rate (1.19 per 9 i...
Cole Hamels' Hot Streak
On the heels of Cole Hamels' spring debut yesterday in which he pitched two innings of 2-hit, 1-walk, 0-run ball against Team Canada, it's worth re-visiting just how amazing King Cole was down the str...
Is the New York Times Implying Howard and Myers Were on Steroids?
Today's New York Times brings an article about baseball players slimming down over the off-season. Among stories of Marlon Anderson losing 22 pounds in 25 days thanks to a cleansing program and ...
The Cost of Acting First
I like charts. Sometimes they need a good amount of description to explain. Other times, they speak for themselves. (All stats are averages for the past three years.) ...
The Year After
In 2008, the Phillies went 92-70, finishing 3 games ahead of the Mets in the NL East and ultimately winning the World Series. What can we expect this year, the year after the world championship?...
10 reasons to hate the...Toronto Blue Jays
1. Having to Stand for 2 National Anthems2. Joe %&@# ing CarterWhen I was about 9 or 10 I adopted the Phillies as my favorite NL team. Maybe it was the mullets or maybe it was just metaphysics that d...
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