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Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy of Michael Schwimer's Twitter Page Last night, both Justin DeFratus and Phillippe Aumont shared the news via twitter: The Phillies are in uncharted territory: next year or soon thereafter they could have one strong, homegrown bullpen. In recent years, the Phillies have converted some of their starters into relievers with […]
What do Chris Pronger, Kimmo Timonen, and Janne Niinimaa all have in common? They were all drafted in the 1993 NHL Entry draft. How many were drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers? Only Janne Niinimaa. Pronger went second, to the Hartford Whalers, while Timonen could be considered the hidden gem of the draft going 250nd to […]
Posted by Frank Klose with contributions from Tony Galante Courtesy lehighvalleylive.com Just two days ago, Bob Brookover wrote this piece about the Phillies' Brian Gordon who went from extended spring training pitcher, to temporary Iron Pig, to one going 5-0 with an International League-best 1.14 E.R.A. Gordon's success was a big story in recent days. […]
Posted by Rich Wilkins Rookie Elih Villanueva, Courtesy milb.com Philadelphia Phillies (40-26, NL East-1) vs. Florida Marlins (32-33, NL East-3) Pitching Match-Ups: Cole Hamels (8-2, 2.58) vs. Chris Volstad (2-6, 5.51) Kyle Kendrick (3-4, 3.47) vs. Elih Villanueva (MLB debut) Roy Halladay (9-3, 2.39) vs. Anibal Sanchez (6-1, 3.06) Cliff Lee (6-5, 3.41) vs. Javier […]
Posted by Rich Wilkins In 1950, on the final day of the regular-season, the Phillies won the National League Pennant. In 2007, on the final day of the regular-season, the Phillies won the National League East. So much of what people under 65 understand baseball to be is based on the divisional era. Yankees-Red Sox. […]
Posted by Frank Klose "The best possible thing in baseball is winning the World Series. The second best thing is losing the World Series. "~Tommy Lasorda Well, Ryan Madson begs to differ. According to the Delaware County Daily Times' Ryan Lawrence via Twitter, Ryan Madson would prefer an All-Star appearance to the World Series. What? […]
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' […]