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The Return Of Chase Utley?

Chase Utley could rejoin the Phillies any day. Or maybe not. No one knows! Baseball! Utley has been on the disabled for four weeks. During that time the Phillies got everyone’s hopes up then lost a…Read More

Ruben Amaro Super Glad He Always Believed in Dom Brown

Ruben Amaro raised a glass to the Phillies yesterday. Things are going great, guys.  I think that’s pretty obvious, if you tune in only during Dom Brown’s at-bats.  So naturally, the architect…Read More

Ruben Amaro Sees Promise in Confidence-Shattering Team

Ruben Amaro has to like the Phillies, as it is his job. Which makes all the stranger what the rest of us are doing here.  Regardless, fountain of eternal hope/hope-ruiner Amaro has taken to a microphone…Read More

Ruben Amaro Reveals Delmon Young’s Shocking Inadequacies on Defense

What the hell is this? “Obviously we want his bat, but if he can’t play defense he can’t play in the National League.” –Ruben Amaro Seriously, what the hell?  This is the…Read More

Phillies Maintain Absurd Thought Process on Walks, Production

There is a horrendous fog of ignorance over the Phillies’ organization. This goes beyond the cliche “I don’t need numbers to scout these guys, I just use my look-seein’ like my…Read More

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Michael Schwimer Surprisingly Surprised

Yesterday fringe major league reliever Michael Schwimer was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for some…Read More

Ruben Amaro Used Trademark “Devastation” Technique while Informing Vance Worley of Trade

As well saw in Moneyball, trades are executed with straight forward candor and professionalism. Ruben…Read More

Ruben Amaro Forced to Explain Himself in Front of Phillies Team

Ruben Amaro Jr. addresses the entire 2013 team in Clearwater this AM: twitter.com/Phillies/statu… —…Read More

Ruben Amaro Downgrades Post Surgery Mike Adams to ‘Laughing Matter’

If people have been doing anything at the Phillies this offseason, it’s laughing. This past week,…Read More

New Phillies Ball Girls Mistaken for Outfield Depth

The Phillies are currently on the hunt for outfield depth to supplement the four-man outfield platoon…Read More

Ruben Amaro Slips in One More Lie as Philadelphia Burns to Ground

Ruben Amaro is saying the Phillies are finished making moves, which means one of two things: The Phillies…Read More

Phillies Fail to Find Perfect, Reasonably Priced Outfielder Under Tree

The holidays have come and gone, meaning Ruben Amaro has gone from pretending to pay attention to his…Read More

You Really Should Like Ed Wade More Than You Do

If it is true that a tree is only as strong as its roots and that a building only as sturdy as its foundation,…Read More

Phillies Trap Ruben Amaro in Room with Tom McCarthy for like 20 Minutes

The Phillies told Ruben Amaro that there they had stumbled upon a nest of upper-tier prospects sleeping…Read More

Winter is Coming: The Phillies at the Winter Meetings, Part III

What a dormant hangout these meetings had been. Silent as the 2012 Phillies’ grave,  a festering…Read More

Winter is Coming: The Phillies at the Winter Meetings, Part II

Day one is in the books, and things are going about as articulately as possible: Q: Did you meet with…Read More

Winter is Coming: The Phillies at the MLB Winter Meetings, Part I

“Nothing burns like the cold.” –George R.R. Martin In the winter, we hibernate.  Burrowing…Read More

Phillies Take Rare Extra Second to Consider Center Field Options

As patient as Philadelphia has been throughout this free agent signing process, which is to say, nobody’s…Read More

Ruben Amaro Definitely Remembered Phone Charger in Bag at GM Meetings; Yes, He’s Sure of It

“It’s gotta be in one of those front compartments, yeah,” Amaro reports Welcome to…Read More

Phillies Confirm That They Will Hire Someone to Play Center Field in 2013

New player to be strategically placed somewhere between right and left fielders We have reached the…Read More