Archive for November, 2011

He’s now 35, which any misinformed person will tell you is the age when a relief pitcher enters his prime.

Maybe that Rudy theme will be played as Scott Mathieson jogs out of the bullpen just yet.

There has been a ton of sentiment that Wade’s inability to operate as an effective general manager and his loyalty to his former employer has made the Astros a farm club for the Phillies. He is pretty easy to make fun of because he doesn’t look like a baseball guy.

It is pretty much assured that the former baseball star will end up in federal prison. Unless ending up in the obituary is considered a good ending, I am pretty sure Lenny is wrong about this one.

They have to be careful not to get rid of the old, moss-covered cinder blocks that Roy Halladay carries on his back while running stairs and Chase Utley hurls wordlessly against the wall because he felt an emotion.

This current Phillies squad has enough former Phillies on it already.

Let’s all just caress the framed pictures we’ve all got of Jim Thome and pretend he’s the answer.

How the hell is the Philadelphia fan base supposed to care about a mascot when they, not only cannot compete with the Phanatic, but can’t compete with Mr. Met?

This is probably a pretty surprising development for a converted second baseman with scant offensive output to garner any attention in the MVP voting process.  Carlos Ruiz begs to differ.  With a 23rd place finish Ruiz proved that a short, offensively challenged Panamanian can parlay his ability to get really good pitchers to throw pitches into a successful baseball career. He is a cult figure in Philadelphia and now finished 2011 as the National leagues’ twenty third most valuable player. He finished just behind Yadier Molina…damn it.

Because I am something of a sadist, I often look up former Phillies that I dislike on Wikipedia to see how their awful lives have devolved.