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At the time, Bob Clarke's decision to send 24-year-old defenseman Dennis Seidenberg to Phoenix for the aging Petr Nedved was a questionable move. All the Flyers have left from their trade with the Coyotes on January 20, 2006 is minor leaguer Joonas Lehtivuori. Seidenberg, at the moment, is helping the Bruins try to win their first Stanley […]
Posted by Frank Klose; co-author Tony Galante Courtesy nydailynews.com The Giants' General Manager Brian Sabean is furious. How dare Marlins' extra man Scott Cousins slide into home? A couple days ago, Sabean talked about a possible rule change to Andrew Baggarly to spare catchers from being hit on plays to the plate: [Sabean] said Giants […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy zimbio.com Ross Gload is hurting. In today's Phillies Zone blog post by the Inquirer's Matt Gelb, he lays it out: This much we know: Ross Gload does not think a stint on the disabled list will help his fraying hip. It's either season-ending surgery or play through the muscle tear. […]
A player who will most likely be remembered for an infamous injury in the playoffs, Patrick Thoresen was a respectable 4th liner for the Flyers during the latter part of the 2007-2008 NHL season. In his 35 games in a Flyers' uniform, Thoresen didn't register a single goal, but did post seven assists (two in […]
Posted by Frank Klose The Baseball Hall of Fame tweeted that the hat worn by Wilson Valdez after his pitching performance in last week's 19-inning victory over the Cincinnati Reds: The hat still features the shaving creme from his post-game interview pie-in-the-face. Think the Hall of Fame will keep it? As it was widely reported, […]
Posted by Frank Klose Uggh. Again? The Phillies once again are wearing their patriotic caps, a tradition that started in 2007 or so. But, even prior to that the Phillies donned some pretty ugly caps, including ones that don't even match the uniform. Here is a rundown of the caps that the team has […]
Posted by Frank Klose Cole Hamels must have been easy to read for the New York Mets' coaching staff, because in the early going, the Mets were running all over Hamels and Carlos Ruiz. Just 2 2/3 innings in, the Mets had stolen five bases. Two of those bases were stolen by Jose Reyes, and […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy nytimes.com When the New York Mets announced they were looking for an "investor" who would kick in millions of dollars to be a minority owner of the team, I really wondered who would be willing to just kick in a whole bunch of money without having any say in team […]
Posted by Frank Klose Commonly heard at Citizens Bank Park and and Twitter many times this year: "I love Raul, but he is just too old to play anymore". Blah, blah blah. Well, let's compare some stats of a few players and see if we can put this into some perspective. 2011 Player Stats Through […]
Posted by Frank Klose I have been away for the last week, and I had a bunch of things I wanted to comment on. Here goes. Philliedelphia/Frank Klose First, a buzz has been generated by Mindy Housenick. In her blog today, a post entited, "Chase…Were You Listening?" seemed to anger many fans when she stated, […]