Archive for November, 2009

I swore I wasn’t going to comment on this, because it’s just so god damn stupid, but maybe it’s the rain or something, because here I go.

And check out Joba Chamberlain’s dive off the mound. He looks like a walrus falling off the back of a truck.

As the days go by, it is less and less and less likely we’ll see him on the mound.

As the saying goes, “it’s just not Thanksgiving without some talk of Jamie Moyer’s groin.”

Juan Castro, formerly a Dodger, who will be officially the beginning of a new bench once he passes physicals to be sure he is not infected with “Bruntlett Syndrome,” in which the victim sprouts a large beard discharges poor quality baseball all over the field.

With Chone Figgins being pretty much out of the equation, the Phils are raising an eyebrow at another Halo, old Robb Quinlan, who at 32, is not actually old.

Cliff Lee went on tour through a small Colorado town to taunt a local high school baseball team about making fools out of their heroes a few weeks before.

As the Phillies begin the “Let’s watch an iceberg melt” pace of the offseason, and Ruben Amaro gears up to make some more small, but extremely critical, moves, we are given a very clear reminder of just how horrifically boring baseball can be when you’re watching the business side in action.

DeRosa hit .250 for the Cardinals in 2009, and struck out more than ever in his career (121). “This team’s already got a strikeout artist,” said Ryan Howard and his 186 SO in 2009. “And his name is me.”

And, after shoving Eric Bruntlett out of the car yesterday, the Phillies upped their roster to 30 with a couple of minor league additions.