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Phillies Celebrate Annual Tradition of Being Already Considered World Series Contenders

Fans bask in glory of team’s future success It was a tight race to the 2013 playoffs, but we can all breathe a sigh of relief knowing that the Phillies have made it.  With the expanded playoffs,…Read More

Former Phillie File: World Series Edition

The Giants don’t win pretty, but they find a way to get it done as they took a 2-0 series lead last night against Detroit. The same could be said of Game 2 hero, and former Phillie, Hunter Pence.…Read More

Series 5-Pack: Red on Red

By now, you’ve heard:  The Phillies are terrible. Which is what will make it so weird when all the media outlets are calling this series a “World Series Preview!!” So either a terrible…Read More

Seattle Police Crack the Case of the Missing Kyle Kendrick’s Stuff

The relentless bog of the Pacific Northwest is usually reserved for long form narrative television shows about murdered young girls.  If you look at the soggy, slate gray landscape long enough, you’ll…Read More

Phil-Literature: “Clearing the Bases”

Clearing the Bases: Juiced Players, Monster Salaries, Sham Records, and a Hall of Famer’s Search for the Soul of Baseball by Mike Schmidt Did anybody notice when I didn’t do one of these last…Read More

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MLB’s 50 Greatest Games Include Phillies a Couple Times

Apparently, MLB organized a list of it’s “50 “greatest games.”  The following…Read More

Cliff Lee Forced to Probably Sign with Team that is Not Phillies

With Jayson Werth’s faith being slowly sealed like an overcapacity ziplock bag, and the final Phillies…Read More

Pat Gillick is Possible Hall of Famer for Torturing; Elating Phils Fans

I had the luxury of being a child in 1993.  It was handy because, when all that Joe Carter happened,…Read More

Ironpigs Still Squealing for a Manager

There’s the youth, with diamond dreams, untested moxy, and just-about-Major-league-ready talent,…Read More

Some World Series Tips for Giants Fans

Now is not the time for civility, though that was probably more than clear if you read any of the “sports…Read More

And Then It Happened: The 2010 All-Star Game

They said it would be a pitcher’s duel.  But, instead of two aces at the tops of their game;…Read More

Upcoming “World Series Preview” Not A Great Time to Remind Phillies of World Series

If you’re like me, you spend a copious chunk of your concerned about Alex Rodriguez.  How is he?…Read More

Cole Hamels: As the Ice Cubes Melt

I understand why the girls in Philly all have “Utley” on their jerseys.  The cute face…Read More

Philly Weekly’s Jacob Lambert Jumps off the Bandwagon Because He’s Bored

Stop the Phillies bandwagon, please.  Jacob Lambert would like to get off. Being a fan, at its core,…Read More

West Philly Woman Not Quite A Prostitute, Courts Say

Like a lot of greasy sex stories, this one started on Craigslist. “What we have here is a unique…Read More

MLB.com: Joe Torre Doesn’t Win WS, But Remembers When He Did

This recent MLB.com fluff piece opens with this white knuckle intro of a paragraph that just reeks of…Read More

“Third base, bullpen, bench.”

In a move that surprised no one, Ruben Amaro announced yesterday the focal points of the Phillies offseason…Read More

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Phillies trimmed some fat today. Brett Myers’ tenure in a Phillies uniform has come coughing…Read More

Tooth and Nail

Phillies 8, Yankees 6 (NYY leads series 3-2) Have you ever left your house with an adamantly unshakable feeling…Read More

It’s Constantly Raining in Philadelphia

Did I really see Ryan Howard strike out four times? (And on a funnier note, A-Rod three?) Saw a lot of…Read More