Writer: Frank Klose
Courtesy brschaferphoto/Flickr That's right. Pat "The Bat" Burrell will sign a one-day contract with the team he began his career with this upcoming May. Burrell began his career with the Phillies as a first overall pick in the 1998 MLB Draft. Burrell made his debut in 2000 and ended his tenure with the Phillies after […]
Expect to hear Cole Hamels' name a lot this upcoming season. The second week of the season people are already panicking. CBS Sports' Jon Heyman writes today: "Word came yesterday that the Phillies haven't recently contacted star lefthander Cole Hamels, who's going to be a free agent after the year….The…possibility, of course, is that the […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Lindsey Crew Beautiful city, beautiful ballpark, tons of Phillies fans… lousy performance. So the Phillies are 1-2, marked with frustration, impotent offense, and good starting pitching but frustrating bullpen performances. Let's take a look at some of opening weekend both for the Phillies and around the league and see where we stand. Think […]
Well, there have been many noteworthy petitions on the website change.org, including: A petition asking Apple to stop using unfair labor practices overseas A petition asking change.org to remove the peition asking Apple to stop using unfair labor practices overseas. A petition asking Arizona State to stop hiking tution (which resulted in the school's servers […]
In this CBS Sports blog "Eye on Baseball" segment, Ozzie Guillen explained his typical postgame routine to C. Trent Rosencranz. Being highly emotional, maybe we should not be surprised: “I get drunk because I'm happy we win or I get drunk because I'm very sad and disturbed because we lose. Same routine, it never changes. […]
When the Nationals acquired both Gio Gonzalez and Edwin Jackson this winter, anyone that could count realized that the Nationals had six starting pitchers for five slots. The second-longest tenured Nationals player was John Lannan, famous in Phillies history for breaking Chase Utley's hand in 2007. Lannan and his $5 million salary was sent to […]
Posted by Frank Klose Tweeting during a game? No. Well, not an MLB game – there is nothing that says you can't have your jello while watching some other sport. But, Ozzie Guillen, be warned: MLB has issued some new rules for Facebook, Twitter, and um, My Space (yes, that's in the document), reports Biz […]
Posted by Frank Klose It was 2004, and there was great excitement in the air: Citizens Bank Park is opening! There was overwhelming demand to see the brand new park, so the Phillies set up a two-game preseason series against the Cleveland Indians, whom Jim Thome just left a couple years before. Here is who […]
Posted by Frank Klose Wikipedia commons In a surprising move, Sunday evening the Phillies announced that former Phillies catcher Mike Lieberthal will return to the organization to provide catching depth in the event of an injury to Carlos Ruiz or Brian Schneider. Lieberthal decided to hit the comeback trail, and what team would be […]
Posted by Frank Klose I apologize, Jamie, I was one of the skeptical ones. According to many sources, Jamie Moyer has made the Colorado Rockies, and will open the season in the Rockies' rotation. And, Moyer earned it. Troy Renck of the Denver Post reported that Moyer thanked manager Jim Tracy for putting him […]
