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Phillies Phoes of the Week Part I: Spoiler Alert

St Louis Cardinals On paper this Cardinals team is very very dangerous. In year 1 AP (After Pujols) the offense hasn’t missed a beat, leading the NL in OBP, 2nd in hitting, and third in runs scored.…Read More

Apparently God Hates Cliff Lee: Phillies Win in Extras 5-3

St. Louis calls themselves “baseball heaven.”  I was first made aware of this designation when Larry Bowa berated Scott Rolen out of town and Scott let us all know that his escape from the…Read More

Phillies Phoes of the Week: “Anything to Make Money”

Cardinals: 25-19 (5/24-5/27) This series was supposed to be a grudge match. The last time the Phillies saw the Cardinals they were celebrating all over our field with Ryan Howard lying broken and defeated…Read More

Game Day Six Pack: “Everyone Calm the F*ck Down.”

2012 has been full of its own painful memories, remembering the painful memories from 2011 are basically ground into the pavement with the rest of our guts. So as Aaron Hooks of Cards Diaspora welcomes…Read More

Fresh Off Stealing Phillies’ Playoff Dreams, Cardinals Trying to Steal Ryne Sandberg

“The St. Louis Cardinals have received permission from the Philadelphia Phillies to interview Ryne Sandberg for their vacant managerial job.” –ESPN And therein lies the problem.  We…Read More

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Hello Sadness

I wrote a game recap for every game that the Phillies played in 2011.  There were 196 posts in all;…Read More

Phillies Game Ruined by Potentially Evil Squirrel

It is human nature to be suspicious.  In fact, its only healthy to be a little suspicious all the time.…Read More

Again, I Really Do Not Like Tony LaRussa

No recap in this one.  This is more of a lamentation.  For those of you in my family that actually…Read More

Series 6-Pack: I Know How the Redbird Sings

Finally, it is time to stop harassing NL East bloggers and move onto some people who aren’t use…Read More

Jon Jay is Newest Guy Phillies Aren’t Not Pursuing

With all of the success we’ve had acquiring people, Ruben has turned us into sickening junkies,…Read More

It is Dennys Reyes’ Turn to Get Phillies’ Promiscuous Interest

Just like you, the Phillies are using Black Friday to show interest in things.  But instead of that…Read More

Cole Hamels Gives Everything; Gets Nothing as Phils Win

Cole Hamels threw a one-hit shut out, facing only on batter more than the minimum in eight innings of…Read More

Joe Blanton, a Pitcher, Surprisingly Not Offensive Dynamo

If you were standing in your living room, pacing like a caged bull being taunted by a gaggle of Main…Read More

Kyle Kendrick’s Pitching Not at All Effective Against Teams with Bats

Go ahead and listen to me blither on with Vito Chirco on Sports Talk Soup again… this time, I say…Read More

Monday Begins with Head-Exploding Ryan Howard-Albert Pujols Trade Rumor

UPDATE:  Here it is. This is where you’d see an apology for not updating over the weekend, at…Read More

Phils Dump Figgins; Court DeRosa for the Rebound

Well, you can watch as Mark DeRosa’s name replaces Chone Figgins in the Philadelphia headlines. He’s…Read More