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Chooch Makes More of Himself for the World to Enjoy

I may not respect babies, but I respect the people brave enough to pledge themselves to one until its old enough to hate them for no reason.  Not that I really needed further reasons to respect Carlos…Read More

So Domonic Brown is 0-for-Spring Training

“I barely ever get frustrated with anything.” –Domonic Brown Me either! Read | Share

Matt Anderson Basically Promises to Pitch 105 MPH

Check out the balls on Anderson. The fastballs that is!  Yeah, it’s one of those posts.  Sorry. Read | Share

Divisional Recourse: The Six Strikes of Bryce Aron Harper

New York Mets Carlos Beltran is no longer in the running for the division’s best center fielder, because Carlos Beltran is no longer a center fielder.  As the story goes, Carlos decided his bat…Read More

Phanatic Makes Spring Debut

The Phillie Phanatic, the preeminent  mascot in major league baseball (go screw Mr. Met) made his debut at Bright House Field this afternoon.  Opposing fans shook with terror at the notion of being covered…Read More

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Chase Utley Making it Hard to Believe He’s Totally Fine

A citywide pressure valve gets pulled today, as Phillies baseball is witnessed in Spring Training form…Read More

Cliff Lee Strains Side; Presumed Dead

Folks, I’ve shouted “BOMB!!” in a movie theater so many times, it’s almost impossible…Read More

Phillies Press Conference is Pretty Much Ruined by Press

I was desperate to see the starting rotation together for the first time too, but the Phillies Press…Read More

What We Need More of is Negativity

Losing hurts.  It hurts you, it hurts me, it hurts the snarky paper boy in the Giants cap the following…Read More

Spring Training Officially Almost Begins

They might as well put “EQUIPMENT TRUCKS LEAVE” on the MLB off season calendar, because every…Read More

Here Come Some Nonroster Invitees Hated by Other Teams

The Phillies rounded up seven more nonroster invitees today, as you probably have already read on all…Read More

Phillies Schedule a Fight with Some College Students

The twist?  They won’t be from Temple… and they won’t even be drunk. Read | Share

Jeff Larish: Don’t Fight the Power

I’m doing that thing again where I weakly profile each of the announced non-roster invitees to Phillies…Read More

A Phillies Coach from the Future Speaks to Brandon Moss

Brandon Moss is another player the Phillies have invited to Spring Training who has former team blogs…Read More

Your 2011 Nonroster Invitees With Some Other Stuff Mixed In

Last year, I decided to do an in depth profile on each of these guys once a week.  It lasted maybe two…Read More

Human Corpse Closes For Phillies; Gives Up Walkoff Home Run

Braves 5, Phillies 4 I guess they got sick of airing “Legends of the Fall” because I recently…Read More

Phils So Happy to See Ibanez They Drop a Mayberry

The Phillies were so impressed by John Mayberry, Jr.’s peformance in Clearwater this preseason,…Read More

Jamie Moyer Wonders if Awesome Pitching Will Get Him Job as Pitcher

The Phillies continue to shake their heads and cough out ambiguity laced with positive reinforcement…Read More

Reunion with Phillies Costs Brett Myers a Groin

Phillies 8, Astros 7 Former first round pick (Say it without laughing.  No, go ahead.  I can wait.)…Read More

Mike Schmidt Finally Gets Nerve to Ask For Phillies Job

Well, that little experiment in futility is over, as TBOH was pulverized by Phillies Nation in The Phield’s…Read More