The important question about Julio Rodriguez is, “Will we default to calling him J-Rod?”  The nicknames for people with this last name have been somewhat limited in the past few years, so its looking pretty grim for old J-Rod.  Unless he does something truly distinct before his call-up, and earns a moniker worthy of remembering like some of the others in contemporary Philadelphia history, like “Rauuuuuuuuuuulll” and the word “Fuck” in another language. (more…)

If you thought that was disappointing, consider we had a similar series planned for the Reading Phillies, whose exit from their playoffs was so fast and silent I didn’t even realize it started, let alone that it had come to a sudden, heartbreaking end.   (more…)