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The Phillies just announced they hired Bart Braun as Special Assistant to the GM. Braun is best known as a scout for the Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa Bay has been the gold standard of good scouting ever since their run to the 2008 World Series. It's tough to argue bringing someone on board who has […]
Tried to make it sound as exciting as possible. B.J. Rosenberg is the first out of the gate to take on a hungover Nationals in a tune up game as the Phillies seek to finish with a winning season. I suppose there could be worse scenarios considering the circumstances. While Rosenberg certainly had a brutal […]
When you break down all the positives and negatives for this season, Cole Hamels stands out most to me. He entered the season in the final act of a contract. He was expected to test free agency and with the Phils on their way out of the playoff race at the deadline, he was on […]
It has more to do with the bad cold I've been fighting all week than the quality of baseball (I'll watch anyone play the sport, no matter how brutal) but I've shut every game off early this week with an idea how they'd all end. What can you say? They made it interesting but when […]
Well we're in territory we haven't been in lately. Unless the Phillies win out and a bunch of people lose, the smart money is on the notion that they are playing the final 9 games. Sharing that idea could possibly be Charlie Manuel as he calls on Darin Ruf to make his first major league […]
The Cardinals shook their recent slump and are hot right now. They get Chris Carpenter back tomorrow. It almost seems at this point that if the Phillies win out, they'll fall short. That's the hole that series in Houston helped dig. I credit them for making it interesting. We all burried the team at one […]
As one season winds down, another one winds up in Arizona. This year the Phillies farmhands report to the Peoria Javelinas. Pitchers Jay Johnson, Colby Shreve, and Kyle Simon join catcher Tommy Joseph, third baseman Cody Asche, and outfielder Zach Collier. Kyle Simon was acquired in the Jim Thome trade (remember the Phillies had Jim […]
The veteran pitchers all took Labor Day off yesterday as the youth movement of Tyler Cloyd, Justin De Fratus, and Phillippe Aumont fought off the Reds in a 4-2 win. It was kind of nice seeing some of the hyped up pitchers getting thrown into the pool to sink or swim, especially Aumont who […]
I remember them trying this when Chase Utley came up and it wasn't all that successful. Then again, his glove in general was rather mediocre. In all honesty I think it's way too early to tell if this is a possibility for 2013 but it's worth exploring. The number one reason being I hate that […]
First off, I have to give more than a golf clap to Kyle Kendrick as of late. For the fist time in my life, I found myself comfortable with him on the mound in a 1-0 game. He's in some kind of groove right now and looks more confident than ever. Quite a place to […]