The Phillies haven’t lost this many games in a row since they were a bad baseball team headed by Terry Francona.  Tito is experiencing his own shit storm in Boston as the Phillies dropped both games of a doubleheader against the Mets.   (more…)

Charlie Manual’s team has wrapped up a bunch of stuff already.  The Phillies have won the division and have locked up home field advantage throughout the playoffs.  I keep writing this is every recap in order to quell the growing sense of panic that I am sure is welling up inside every Phillies fan.  In every one of us, there is an inner crotchety old man spewing vitriol and reminding us about 1964.  ”Fucking Gene Mauch pitched Chris Short and Jim Bunning every other day!  I’m sure that Charlie will find a way to fuck this up too.”  states the imaginary old man in your head, sounding remarkably like your high school gym teacher.   (more…)

Ah the doubleheader.  I think that my favorite part of the doubleheader is getting to listen to the early game on the radio.  Larry Andersen and Scott Franzke are really good/borderline great broadcasters while Chris Wheeler and Tom McCarthy show up for work on time.  I like Sarge, mostly because he is absolutely ridiculous.  It also makes me feel considerably better when my favorite team wins both games of said doubleheader as I get to run the gamut of Phillies baseball announcers.   (more…)