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Late Night Michael Young Trade Rumor Climbs in Your Window, Licks Your Ear

As you snooze gently in the peaceful confines of your official Phillies iron lung–a medical necessity after the isolated lurches toward painful trades and grim, ungodly anticipation of the past few…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 corner of activity here, a conniving Marlins representative there, and dotted sporadically throughout…Read More

A Slow Descent Into Deafening Silence

We’ve had a lot of laughs here the past few days.  At least, I have; self-guffawing at my subtle brand of “making shit up,” while spewing Triscuit fragments deep, deep into the unreachable…Read More

Ruben Sneaks Out of Orlando with Dennys Reyes Under His Arm

Most of the big names are off the market–Gonzalez, Crawford, Werth, uh, Dennys Reyes–so you’re probably wondering just who in the heck Ruben plans on signing out of no where this off…Read More

Aaron Rowand Would Bring Memories, Terrible BA to Philadelphia

“Gaining Rowand would also lessen the blow of losing Werth, since Rowand was a very popular player in Philadelphia.” –MyFOX Philadelphia “Popularity,” of course, being the…Read More

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Any Interest in Jeff Francoeur is Way Too Much F*cking Interest

It was easy to ignore the rumors.  It was simple to pretend it wasn’t happening.  Sure, I saw…Read More

Phillies to Start Winter Meetings with Barely a Whisper

“Man, life without baseball is unbearable,” says you.  “I guess I’ll go drown…Read More

One Meeting Months From Now Will Fix 2010 Playoff Umpires

The stiffly-haired lady on Sports Center just told me the umpires and players are meeting this winter…Read More

Lock and Gloaded

See, this is funny because I was just talking to Michael Jong about how I empathize with him for having…Read More

The Winter Meetings Logo is Stupid; Also, Phillies News

What the hell is this?  I realize they’re in Indianapolis, but what’s with the checkered…Read More

A Sherrill Thing

Everybody’s suffering with the weight of the economy on their shoulders.  This year will probably…Read More