Writer: Frank Klose
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy of philly.com According to the Daily News' Dan Gross, Chase and Jennifer Utley are expecting their first child: "The Phillies star's animal rights advocate bride is said to be more than three months along in her pregnancy, and is showing, sources say." The couple got married in 2007. This is […]
Posted by Frank Klose Yesterday, we wrote a piece about the t-shirt behind home plate that read, "ABC STOLE SLACK'S HOAGIES LOGO" as being Slack's Hoagie Shack's owner Dennis Slack responding to the ABC Network's show "Cougar Town's" hoagie shop logo being suspiciously similiar to his. Today I caught up wtih Dennis Slack, who said […]
Posted by Frank Klose Were you squinting at the TV trying to read what the white t-shirt said in the guy behind home plate? It read, "ABC STOLE SLACK'S HOAGIE'S LOGO" What is this about, you may ask? Well, as chronicled here by the Daily News' Dan Gross, ABC's hit show "Cougar Town" features a […]
Posted by Frank Klose Philliedelphia/FrankKlose Interesting piece by Matt Gelb today about how Kenny Lofton may have saved Jimmy Rollins from significant injury. Back in 2005 when Kenny Lofton was a Phillie, Rollins asked him how he slid head first without injurying his knees. His secret? Knee pads. Looks like without his knee pads, Rollins' […]
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. […]
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 […]
