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Photo: Philliedelphia/Frank Klose In a very under-the-radar move just over two weeks ago, the Phillies signed outfielder Jason Pridie to a minor-league contract. Like many of you, I only vaguely knew of Pridie due to his time spent with the New York Mets last year. The next we heard of Pridie (if we were even […]
Well, the curse words were so loud that we could hear them during the 8th inning Phillies' 1:00 Tuesday game against the Houston Astros. The issue was, to Charlie Manuel, umpire Bob Davidson got in the way of catcher Brian Schneider on a dropped third strike. Batter Jason Castro advanced to first base. […]
We figured that a suspension was forthcoming and showed that the last two pitchers suspended for throwing at players were each suspended five games a piece. We formally learned that Cole Hamels got his own five-game suspension from MLB. We wondered if Hamels would be penalized more for admitting that he threw at Harper. […]
Ok, so Cole Hamels fessed up: I’m not going to lie and say I wasn’t trying to do it. I think they understood the messages, and they threw it right back, and I think that’s the way it is, and I respect it. And now he's probably going to get suspended. And in a very […]
Ryne Sandberg Is My Hero. Watch this: Phillies prospect Derrick Mitchell is hit by a pitch. See Sandberg sprint across to the Pirates' AAA Manager; watch Michael Schwimer take off to join the action. Ryne Sandberg is positively my kind of manager. Credit to Matt Gelb at Philly.com.
