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Everyone Has My Permission To Panic About Vance Worley

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:07:00 +0000

Daniel Shirey-US PRESSWIRE

Someone better get Roy Oswalt’s agent on the phone! Vance Worley has obviously begun to regress at the inception of his 2012 campaign. I know that people will say things like “he was working on a new pitch,” or “hey asshole, these games don’t count,” but they count to me. Me and my paralyzing fear that everything will not go the Phillies’ way.

I would feel a lot better if the Phillies could beat Houston. This extends far beyond meaningless games to games that occur in the regular season. For some inexplicable reason, the Houston Astros give the Phllies a really tough time. (more…)

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

Justin Klugh — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:34:29 +0000

Jack Cust left Seattle with the rest of his life ahead of him. A week after being rejected by one of the weaker sports franchises in the Pacific Northwest, Jack was nestled into a comfortable new life arranged by Ruben Amaro. He had a team to play with, the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs, he had a strong Major League affiliate to sneak onto, he hit from the side of the plate where the Phillies were weakest off the bench.

It was assumed that when they needed a left-handed bat for the playoffs, Jack would be that left hand with a professional baseball player attached to it. His family lived nearby in Jersey and after years of what could have only been weak communication efforts from the Pacific Northwest, he was finally able to repair the horrible rift that had torn open between them. (more…)

Ruben Amaro Finally Tracks Down, Signs Jack Cust

Justin Klugh — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:19:26 +0000

You remember Jack Cust, don’t you? He’s one of those guys–the other being Justin Smoak–with a name that sounds like he walks into old-timey bars and finds a reason to kick the ass of each individual person. Somehow, each of the reasons is a pretty good one, even for the children.

He played for the Mariners and then the A’s, possibly in the reverse order of what I just said, but in either case, he’s been an AL West floater for the past few years, and even clawed his way into some league leader categories a few times. The categories were walks (once) and strikeouts (three times). (more…)