Ruben Amaro Explains Why Red Sox Are Best Team in Baseball
“This is the best club in baseball, I think,” he said, motioning toward the Red Sox. “Their combination of speed, power, pitching, bullpen. They’re a hell of a ball club. They don’t have…Read More
A Sharp Blast and a Sickening Thud
Watching a Ryan Howard at bat is like getting a dog to love you. When he’s in his season-opening thunder storm in April or the annual September power surge, he can be easily convinced. “Come…Read More
Some Weekend Ryan Madson Love For You
Sean Hagan, or The Red Suit, as he’s known on the masked vigilante circuit, finally got his punishment: Helping the city of Philadelphia for 80 hours. With some simple calculations (EDITOR’S…Read More
TO: Pat Burrell FROM: TBOH RE: Temper Tantrum
Dear Pat, When I was in 8th grade, my parents took me down to Clearwater for Spring Training. I spent three of my dollars on a baseball with a Phillies logo on it, for the sole purpose of wrangling some…Read More
A Text by Text Re-living of Last Night’s Real Nightmare
Some of us don’t have fancy-schmancy phones with baseball apps. Or apps at all. Actually, the most impressive feature is the picture of Ben Franklin firing a pair of uzis with the sky line of…Read More
This Was a Fantasy I Went to a Lot That Year
It is 1997. You’re sitting in your living room, confused, and angry. Whitey’s dead. The…Read More
Philly Responds to SF with Weird Cat Sale of Its Own
Look, I know yesterday was a tough one to swallow, but there’s no reason to lump it in with the…Read More
Phillies Big Game 3 Moment Arrives; Departs Without Incident
It didn’t really even occur to me that we could lose. Yeah, I saw the stats. We suck in AT&T.…Read More
What’s This About a “Perfect Lineup”?
I had plenty of time to take a peak inside Jeff Francoeur’s head this morning, so I was forced…Read More
Biggest Disappointment of NLCS Game 2: Poor Quality Taunting
There were a couple of stark contrasts between the baseball games of this series. For instance, the…Read More
Phillies Finally Lose a Playoff Game in 2010
Terrible news: the Phillies lost. If this is the first you’ve hear of the debacle, I’d…Read More
Phillies to be Aided in NLCS by Vengeful Ghost
In the final game in Polo Grounds, the New York Giants lost 9-1 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. This was…Read More
Baseball Genius Charlie Manuel Starts Roy Halladay in Game 1
Are you sick of this picture yet. I’m not putting it up here because you’ll find it literally…Read More
San Francisco Celebrates Giants with Prejudice Cat Sale
I used to live in a place where one of the biggest threats to wearing flip flops was stray hypodermic…Read More
Things You Will Learn Reading Articles About the Upcoming NLCS
Just because there’s not a lot of news doesn’t mean there won’t be a lot of news stories.
Bronson Arroyo Brings Experience, Love of ‘Staind’ to Game 2 Start
“The only way for Oswalt to top Halladay is to throw a perfect game.” –Kansas City…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,…Read More
Wilson Valdez, We Muchly Knew Ye
We’ve all been on the internet through the countless re-hashings of Jimmy Rollins’ return.…Read More



