Jayson Werth Begins Seductive Dance with Ryan Madson
The Nationals are a candidate for Madson if he leaves the Phillies; ex-Phillies teammate Jayson Werth is trying to sell Madson on the Nats. –Jon Heyman, Sports Illustrated As Crashburn Alley already…Read More
Ruben Amaro Hints at Hilarious Eight-Year Deal with Jimmy Rollins
“Everybody knows what we want to do; no secret that we’d like to bring Jimmy back. Whether it’s three, four, five, eight years, that’s up to us to decide and hopefully with the…Read More
Weight of Phillies Future Middle Infield Crushes Freddy Galvis’ Wrist
There’s been a lot of talk about the future lately. Mainly by me, on this blog. In the post I finished a few seconds ago. I’m sure you’ve read it by now. Its not my best work.…Read More
Phillies Bring Rich Dubee Back for 2012 Out of Necessity, Fear
I can’t imagine trying to fire Rich Dubee. I can’t even imagine having a conversation with him. There’d probably be a lot of flop sweating and unprovoked apologies for no reason.…Read More
Ruben Amaro Begins Offseason by Crushing Young Man’s Dreams
So often, we forget that “young” and “talented” aren’t necessarily linked. Many times, the disappointing and often confused head shakes of my little league coaches indicated…Read More
NL East Infection: The Craig Kimbrel Award for Having all the Awards
This is where a lesser bloggist would apologize for being so sporadic and thoughtless in the past few…Read More
Lenny Dykstra Completes Comeback Story of the Decade
“When a man loses everything, he is capable of anything.” That sounds like the movie poster…Read More
Phillies Announce That You Can Start Planning Your Life Around 2012 Now
Finally! Like you, I am unable to focus on anything but the failures of the previous season until the…Read More
Pete Orr’s Canadian Heritage Not Enough to Keep him on Phillies
Do you like Pete Orr? You probably do. He’s one of the few unhateable people walking the earth. But…Read More
Joe Blanton Took “Oregon Trail” Approach to Elbow Injury
Somewhere between a computer game made in the ’70s and reality, medical science took some amazing…Read More




