Writer: Frank Klose
Posted by Frank Klose According to Howard Eskin, Ryan Howard has indeed torn his achillies and will be out until at least May or June. So, what can the Phillies do until then? 1) Play John Mayberry Jr. at first base and pick up another outfielder. John Mayberry mostly played first base in college. However, […]
Posted by Frank Klose What an awful loss, and what an awful injury to Ryan Howard. An achilles tear could knock Howard out for much of the 2012 season. At last night's game, Ryan Howard stepped to the plate in the 7th inning (the infamous 3-0 swing at-bat). His choice of music of "I'm […]
"PHILLIES RALLY SQUIRREL"~@AntsinIN "Dude, that squirrel was unbelievable"~Shane Victorino "I thought it was hilarious. They were treating it like it was a streaker"~Ryan Howard "Cardinals batters are 1-for-1 with a squirrel on the field. #NLDS #factoids"~Phil Sheridan "In Philly, we would've thrown batteries at that squirrel."~@OfficialReview "Shoulda tazed it"~BobEv5900 Here is the video: Incidentally, this […]
Posted by Frank Klose Allen Craig triples off of Shane Victorino's glove in the 7th inning. Last night's productive first inning against the St. Louis Cardinals, characterized by high-pitch counts, walks, and an overall inconsistent Chris Carpenter was shut down, partially due to the impatience of one Shane Victorino. Jimmy Rollins doubled on the third […]
Heading into the game 161 of the 1997 season, Randy Johnson sat at 19-4 for the first place Seattle Mariners, and he was not scheduled to start again before the playoffs. What a shame, it seemed, that Johnson could end the season down one victory from the magic number of 20. Omar Olivares started that […]
Posted by Frank Klose Uhh…what? I previously heard that the colors could change, but what the heck is this? It would even look like a bad MegaMan logo. Maury Brown posted the above logo on his website, Business of Sports Network . Check out the site. Thanks to @Seth_Everett for pointing out the site and the […]
They are in some stores ready to be released at a clincher's notice. What do you think? I like them better than last year's.
Posted by Frank Klose I remember back in 2008 wrapping up the night courses I was teaching at Holy Family University. Class ended just after 9p.m., and there was one thing I did every time I was there: I raced to nearby Whitman Tavern to watch the end of the night's baseball games on their […]
Posted by Frank Klose I know that Midre Cummings and Rod Barajas were two of the best Phillies of the modern era, but I had no idea they were central to the Arizona Diamondbacks' World Series Championship of 2001. Seriously? Curt Schilling? Randy Johnson? Luis Gonzalez? Hell, even Junior Spivey would have made more sense […]
Posted by Frank Klose Well, the pitch to the head caused Chase Utley to suffer a "mild concussion" in the words of Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. This ESPN report says that Utley will miss two games, and did not fly to Milwaukee with the rest of the Phillies for this week's series against […]
