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IronPigs Adding to Phillies Affiliates’ Bottomless Uniform Pool

It’s a common lament among fans of minor league teams that there just aren’t enough uniform variations. We role up to the park with our tightly compacted cubes of dollars, banging on the doors…Read More

Monday Minors Report: The Legend of the Iron Pig

With minor league rosters weeks away from being finalized, there is little to report With some extra time on my hands, I set out to answer one question that’s been bothering since I began covering the…Read More

Phillies Assure You Those Strangers in the Dugout are On the List

You’ve probably noticed all those unfamiliar people in the dugout lately.  One of them is John Bowker.  These are the others. Read | Share

IronPigs Make Bacon Much Harder to Bring Home

Tied 1-1 in a best of three series, Ryne Sandberg put the hopes of the ‘Pigs in the hands of Dave Bush.  He gave up two runs in five innings of doing stuff, which would have been fine, had…Read More

Unlike MLB Phillies, Reading and Lehigh Valley Advance to Playoffs

The Phillies still have to play, like, 25 games in a half an hour or something before they get to the post season and have the games mean something again.  At this point we’re only playing to determine…Read More

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Ruben Amaro Jumps to Defend Dom Brown from All You Awful People

As we all are painfully aware, the best place to find introspective Phillies analysis is the comment…Read More

Phillies Fans Stare Expectantly at Dom Brown, Tap Watches

He wasn’t a legend immediately upon reaching the Major Leagues.  He wasn’t a legend in the…Read More

Phillies Dangle Family in Front of Jack Cust’s Nose, Yank it Away

Jack Cust left Seattle with the rest of his life ahead of him.  A week after being rejected by one of…Read More

Phillies Call Up Sort of Okay Pitching “Prospect”

In an effort to prove we can call up minor league player whenever we want to, the Phillies are bringing…Read More

Phanatic’s Shenangians Result in Children’s Laughter, Hospital Visit

When the Phillies are out of town, you probably assumed, as I did , that the Phanatic finds a local…Read More

Justin De Fratus Kicks Enough Ass to Receive Ass-Kicking Promotion

Late last night, when all of the Phillies were fast asleep or having their reputation soiled by vicious…Read More

Some Man You’ve Never Heard of is Suspended for Drugs

“Frandsen is off to a red-hot start for the Halos with eight multi-hit games in his first nineteen…Read More

Ryne Sandberg to Mercilessly Monitor Ironpigs

Ryne may have only played 13 games in a Phillies uniform, but we are now hoping he will manage several…Read More

Phillies Deem Brian Schlitter Better than Drew Carpenter

“C’mon, Brian, all of Our Lady of Resurrection is behind you!!” says Dr. David L. Fishman,…Read More

Hundreds Jump at the Chance to Work with ‘Pigs

The economy!  As a child, I thought it was a sandwich.  Eventually, it became the name of the class…Read More

Greg Dobbs’ Last Phillies Headline

“That’s Greg Dobbs,” I said to somebody sitting next to me on the couch one day.  I…Read More

Ironpigs Stadium Literally Wins “Best Place Ever”

You know, I’ve never heard of Gameops.com but because they are willing to award us with a first…Read More

Ryne Sandberg Now Officially Back on Phillies Payroll; Jose Contreras Not

You can’t help but feel like we’re watching baseball’s longest running joke chug along…Read More

Ryne Sandberg Will Maybe Get Triple-A Consolation Prize

I don’t want to taunt the alarmingly knowledgeable Ryne Gery, but I will say that when I first…Read More

The Legend of Gregory Dobbs

“That’s been the hardest part — the timing. I can’t afford to be out. Having that taken…Read More