While the Phillies Ponder a Rebuild, the Reigning Champs Begin One
/Last Fall, we all watched our old buddy Shane Victorino celebrate a World Series with the Boston Red Sox. This…
Read more Trade Candidate Profile- Chase Utley
/The on-deck series Chase…. So far I've profiled Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels as potential trade chips, so I've decided…
Read more Things Looking up for Lee, Clearwater
/Cliff warms up for his first spring start in 2011. So Cliff Lee did throw a baseball game last night…
Read more Trade Candidate Profile- Cliff Lee
/Yesterday I profiled Cole Hamels as a trade candidate, so naturally today I profile Cliff Lee. This seems almost unbelievable…
Read more Trade Candidate Profile- Cole Hamels
/Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. I'm going to profile some trade candidates between now and the deadline that the Phillies…
Read more Since the Phillies Stink- What to Watch for on the Pharm
/At 37-51, the Phillies are on a runaway train to nowhere, and ain't coming back. That's not promising for the…
Read more Dear Phillies- Stop Playing Coy
/If Ruben and Co. are telling the truth, get ready for a lot more bad ball. So the Oakland A's…
Read more Taking Inventory of Trade Assets
/Well, the Phillies stink. We all know that, but I continue to mention it daily so that those that are…
Read more Congratulations, Luis Garcia
The IronPigs lone All-Star this season will be Luis Garcia. Garcia is 2-0, with 15 saves and an 0.35…
Read more Monty, Brown, Revere, and a Long, Bad Run
/Wikipedia Commons Photo My friend Frank Klose makes a quite intelligent musing about David Montgomery and ticket sales: The reason…
Read more Half-Way Through, It’s Time for the Phillies to Give Up on 2014
/Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. The Phillies hit the halfway point at 36-45 on the season. That's not good. Now…
Read more I Guess Losing is Cool
/Hey guys! It's the crew- three outfielders who are all negative WAR players! And they're on a plane, after getting…
Read more Chase, Jimmy, and Rebuilding
/Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. Back in Spring Training, when people were bashing Jimmy Rollins for saying he won't allow…
Read more Despite Recent Fool’s Gold, the Phillies Should Sell
/Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. The Phillies went 5-2 in a week where they went to Atlanta and St. Louis….
Read more A Primer on Phillies Position Vacancies
/Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. Well, the Phillies are still bad, even after the joy of this weekend's Rollins' record…
Read more Jimmy Rollins as Philadelphia Icon, and the Passage of Time as a Fan
/Saturday at the ballpark, for me at least, was a great, great day. When Jimmy Rollins came up in September…
Read more The Phillies, a Third of the Way Through
/Well, the Phillies completed the first third of the season on Sunday afternoon with their 4-3 extra innings loss. The…
Read more The Phillies at Nine Weeks- Ruben Must Go
/Well, Ruben Amaro Jr. is lost, folks. First, he sent the only legitimate power threat on the bench, Darin Ruf,…
Read more The Good Bullpen vs. The Bad Bullpen
/The Phillies had a nice walk-off win yesterday. Anytime that Ryan Howard hits a walk-off homer, it's a good night…
Read more Phillies Losses, and the Future
/Losing isn't fun. I get that. Last Sunday, the Phillies had a 4-1 lead, and were about to sweep the…
Read more Why Ruben Amaro Jr. Should Actually Be Fired
/In 2008, the Phillies won the World Series, but you know that. Obviously you also know that Ryan Howard, Chase…
Read more Cesar Hernandez, and What Ruben Doesn’t Get About Benches
/Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. Freddy Galvis can't hit. He probably will get better at it, but he's not good…
Read more My Updated Top Ten Prospects
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. I felt like updating my top ten for the Phillies prospects after reading this, and…
Read more Don’t Go Getting Down on Franco Yet
/Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. Maikel Franco has struggled a bit more than Phillies fans probably would have liked to…
Read more The Phillies at Four Weeks- Could They Be…. Good?
The Phillies third week of the season was their worst week of the year. They started out by losing two…
Read more A Primer for Minor League Opening Day
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. It's Opening Day! For the Minor Leagues. The IronPigs, Fightin' Phils, Threshers, and Blue Claws…
Read more If Only For a Day…
It was just one game, I tell myself, but it was a good one. The offense hit, which only surprised…
Read more 3/26 IronPigs Roster Outlook
/A few days ago, I posted an outlook for the IronPigs roster. A lot has changed since then. Kevin Frandsen…
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