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Hamels and Polanco Lead Phils to Victory Over Fish

Every baseball team on the east coast makes a yearly pilgrimage to the warm shores of Florida to escape from the brutal winters and have spring training.  People will drive down to Florida to see their…Read More

Phils Take Series by Bludgeoning Jon Niese

Roy Halladay ended the string of poor performances by starting pitchers with his outing today.  Halladay threw seven innings of shutout ball and showed the revamped Mets lineup why he won last year’s…Read More

Roy Halladay Loses Perfect Game Bid in the Fifth

Tonight’s lead-in was going to be about a pumpkin that looked like the Phillie Phanatic. Obviously, since one o’clock this afternoon, things have changed.  Back then, there was only one post…Read More

Phillies Don’t Blow Already-Clinched Division with Loss

Mike Sweeney demanded hugs the other day, and when he did not get them, he walked around the locker room and individually questioned each Phillie as to why they weren’t currently wrapping their arms…Read More

Charlie Manuel Assures You, Ryan Howard Not Dead

“He ain’t dead.  Not by a longshot.”  –Charlie Manuel For those of you out there with massively mistaken views on what exactly a sprained ankle entails, Charlie Manuel is here…Read More

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Phils Ninth Inning Rally Sponsored by Cubs’ Defense

When I got to college for the first time to begin the sick experiment of living on my own, there was…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

Phillies Win, Despite Ejections; Nature

I walked into 30th Street Station and masses of people were clogging any and all thoroughfares.  The once…Read More

Yanks Drop Phils; Remind No One of Any World Series in Particular

BRAVES ROCK PHILLIES SUCK Says: June 15th, 2010 at 10:57 am and we take special pleasure in the misfortune…Read More

Charlie Manuel Imagines World Where Phillies Always Win

This is the shit legends are made of. Not our legend, mind you, but the legends in some other city, on…Read More

Jose Contreras Forgets, Remembers How To Pitch in Relief

In the 8th inning and a lead of three runs or less, it is a familiar sight to have the bullpen gate squeak…Read More

Phillies Televise Unedited Merciless Beatdown of Nationals

We don’t discuss politics here on TBOH, mainly because we know nothing about them.  Who are these…Read More

BLOOD IN THE WATER: TBOH’s Ass-Kicking, Gunslinging, Shark Infested 2010 Phillies Preview

PART TWO We got one new face and a lot of theories and woes about who will be around in the next few…Read More

Halladay So Dominant People Almost Don’t Notice Polanco’s Knee Explode

When Delwyn Young squeezed a pop-up off his bat yesterday, I’m sure the last thing he expected…Read More

Phils All Out of Moves?

First, a little shout out to the weather: Okay, now for some Phillies stuff. The Phillies are stretching…Read More

Walking the Polanco?!

I wanted to save that headline for a time in the 2010 season when the Phillies win in a scenario where…Read More

Placido’s in the Hot Corner

“Third base, bullpen, bench.” First Castro, then Schneider, and now Placido Polcano are quickly…Read More

Phillies Eye Slightly Better Third Baseman

The Phillies are aggressively pursuing Tigers second baseman Placido Polando like a gorilla in heat.…Read More