Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig Says Blue Jays – Marlins Trade is “Under Review”

We all knew that the Toronto Blue Jays annexing the Miami Marlins was morally despicable on the part of Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, but we expected it to go through.   Now, could the commissioner of Major League Baseball Bud Selig put a stop to it?   According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  15 Nov 2012
Roy Halladay Makes Tenth Straight Opening Day Start, Takes On Pirates

Philliedelphia/Frank KloseIt's been six long months. Six excruciating months filled with pessimism surrounded by injuries, optimism surrounded by new acquitations, and eagerness to get back on the field and go for it all once again. Today is Opening Day, the slate is clean, Spring Training stats don't matter, the pages have turned and the mindsets are […]

Erik Seybold  •  05 Apr 2012
Phillies’ Cole Hamels Rips the Commissioner’s Office Over All-Star Game Rule

Posted by Frank Klose Rob Neyer posted this quick blurb with this quote from Cole Hamels: I'd love to pitch. Tuesday is a bullpen day. It's usually the day I feel the best. It's one of those things where people who don't play the game make the rules. Hamels, you see, was ineligible to pitch […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  12 Jul 2011