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Checking in With Some Notable Prospects

Major League Baseball is taking a break this week, and when it resumes, much of the talk will be about the trade deadline and who is going where.  I feel like we, as baseball fans, spend so much time debating … Continue reading

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Quick Hits

Utley and Polanco to DL The injuries for the Phils this year have officially hit the ‘ridiculous’ point.  It looks like Utley (sprained thumb) and Polanco will only be out 15 days each, but that makes 7 Phils currently on … Continue reading

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A Moment of Appreciation

One fear of mine is that with this run, we Phillies fans will go the route of the Red Sox fans.  The one thing that I want to avoid as much as anything else is a feeling of entitlement, a … Continue reading

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Back to the Roots

The main impetus for Doogan and I to start this blog was the fact that we both found ourselves writing emails back and forth with our friends and each other about current events in the sports world and how they … Continue reading

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A Halladay Extravaganza

Wow, how can baseball–in December, no less–cause someone to experience, at least a little, of just about all emotions under the sun?  In the past 48 hours, because of this trade, I have felt joy, sadness, bitterness, exuberance, fear, arrogance, … Continue reading

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Halladay to Phils, Cliff Lee to Mariners

WOW!!!!! http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4742072

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Tuesday’s Top Twelve: Most Memorable Athletes

Two news stories broke yesterday that hit me pretty hard.  There is an outside chance that two of the most memorable Philadelphia athletes of my lifetime have each played their last professional sporting event.  So, for this week’s edition of Tuesday’s Top Twelve, I … Continue reading

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The Next Steps…

There is absolutely no shame in the Phillies season.  But, it was not a World Series championship.  That means that there is room for improvement.  Hell, there is always room for improvement.  Last year, they won the World Series and … Continue reading

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Counting Outs & Measuring Blood Pressures

Well, here we go again.  After one much-needed day off (for the fans), we are right back to the heart attacks that are involved in being a fan of either of these World Series teams tonight with Game Six.  Andy … Continue reading

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A Couple of Notes on the NLCS

All I have to say is “Wow!”  Let us all just sit back, for a second, and take in what we have been witnessing in these past two postseasons.  If it were another team, somewhere else, we might see posts … Continue reading

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