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George Suerius

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Articles by George Suerius (56)

Jimmy Rollins On the Bench as Phillies Close Out Series With Diamondbacks

Finally something is changing: the Phillies are sitting Jimmy Rollins today in hopes of a better offensive output.  Pete Orr, last night's hero gets Rollins' slot in the lineup but at second base as Galvis slides over to shortstop. Rollins is in a 3 for 32 skid, helping his batting average sit at .239 and […]

George Suerius  •  25 Apr 2012
Dontrelle Willis Can’t Make a Bad Team; Demands Release as if Someone Would Take Him

Well, Dontrelle Willis could not make the Phillies.   So, to increase his chances of making a major league team, he went for one of the worst possible teams: The Baltimore Orioles. But, he could not make the Baltimore Orioles after signing a minor league contract.  The Orioles assigned Willis to AAA Norfolk, but he […]

George Suerius  •  25 Apr 2012
Phillies-Diamondbacks Preview: Vance Worley Hopes Return of Hunter Pence is Offensive

Vance Worley will be taking the mound again tonight against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Arizona for the last late late game until the Phillies head to Los Angeles in July.  Do you think you can stay up for just ONE more game? The good news is, Hunter Pence is back.   The bad news is, […]

George Suerius  •  24 Apr 2012
Phillies Could Face Old Friend Mike “Bronko” Zagurski Tonight On Diamondbacks

According to Diamondbacks beat writer Nick Piecoro, Mike Zagurski could be called up to replace last night's bullpen chump Joe Patterson, who allowed five runs to the Phillies in the 9th inning last night.   Patterson was oh so bad:  37.13 ERA 11 earned runs in 2 1/3 innings 15 hits 3 walks 2 home […]

George Suerius  •  24 Apr 2012
Ryan Howard: “Chillax! It’s early” Everyone Else: !?@# %#$ @^!) #Phillies

So basically I was freakin out on the Twitter like everybody else, cursing at current Phillies and all, and I got a personal reply from Ryan Howard: Oh, silly friggin me: I should be calming down.  The Phillies dream lineup of Juan Pierre, Ty Wigginton, Placido Polanco, and Freddy Galvis is gonna get their ish […]

George Suerius  •  23 Apr 2012
Phillies’ Singles Hitters Actually Put Together Some Runs, Back Hamels and Defeat Mets

I get to write a rare recap since everyone's watching hockey or at work.  Too bad you probably are too and not reading this.  But, the Phillies did play, and avoided a sweep by the Mets. At first, it looked like the Phillies offense was taking the day in addition to the whole team wearing […]

George Suerius  •  15 Apr 2012
Ozzie Guillen-less Marlins at Citizens Bank Park Tonight: Make Signs, Phillies Fans!

Phillies fans are known for being incredibly sharp and come up with many clever things.  Now that Ozzie Guillen said some stupid things that really upset the Marlins fanbase and is suspended and won't be at Citizens Bank Park tonight.   What can Phillies fans come up with for tonight's game against the Marlins?   Here […]

George Suerius  •  11 Apr 2012
Ozzie Guillen Suspended Five Games By Marlins for Comments About “Admiring” Fidel Castro

Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended by the Marlins for five games for comments made about Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.   Here is what Guillen said about Castro over time: "He’s a bull—- dictator and everybody’s against him, and he still survives, has power.  Still has a country behind him. Everywhere he goes they roll […]

George Suerius  •  10 Apr 2012
Former Eagles Linebacker Ike Reese Does Not Like the Phillies’ Domonic Brown

Since you probably were you know, watching the game on Wednesday, you probably did not notice that former Eagles linebacker and current talk show host Ike Reese devoted not one, but two opportunities to bash Domonic Brown, who was not even playing in the game: Aside from an Utley retweet, a Halladay retweet, and a […]

George Suerius  •  07 Apr 2012
Gregg Murphy Continues Success of Sarge; John Clark & Murph Interview Wrong Guys

Part of Gregg Murphy reason the Phillies hired Gregg Murphy for their broadcasts was so that Sarge did not have to interview anyone. Yet, in the the postgame inteview, Murph threw Sarge a tribute by offering "continued success" to John Mayberry Jr. John Clark interviewed Jimmy Rollins too on the postgame.  Maybe they should've interviewed […]

George Suerius  •  05 Apr 2012