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The Detroit Tigers and their All-Star shortstop Jhonny Peralta could be pretty nervous right now and the Phillies and Jimmy Rollins could be their solution. Major League Baseball got one of the major Biogenesis scandal players to admit fault yesterday, when the Brewers' Ryan Braun confessed to wrong doing and worked out a plea deal […]
A single one-inning pitching performance made Wilson Valdez a cult hero in Philadelphia. Accordingly when Wilson Valdez was traded this offseason for left-handed reliever Jeremy Horst, widespread irrational panic broke out among Phillies fans. Despite our Mike Frohwirth explaining that Wilson Valdez is not good at baseball at all, people worried about the Phillies […]
When the Phillies drafted high-school standout Anthony Hewitt with the #24 overall pick in the 2008 draft, most scouts seemed to agree that Hewitt was a "high risk, high reward" choice. Unfortunately for the Phillies, it seems very unlikely that Anthony Hewitt will play in the friendly confines of Citizens Bank Park anytime soon. Hewitt […]
The website iPhillyChitChat.com reports that Jimmy Rollins just "ran out of a party in his honor" because his wife Johari just went into labor. Congratulations to the long-time Phillies shortstop! Baseball-wise, I would not mind a few days of Freddy Galvis at short and either Pete Orr or Mike Fontenot at second base.
Posted by Rich Wilkins Since the announcement that Chase Utley probably won't be on the Opening Day version of the Phillies, the panic has been measurable in Phillies-World. I've heard people say Galvis will be fine, or he's a bum, that Amaro screwed up trading Wilson Valdez, that Utley screwed this team by not having […]
Posted by Frank Klose Wikipedia commons Well, some previously reported jersey numbers have changed in just a week's time with the acquisition of a few new players. With the addition of Chad Qualls, a guaranteed roster spot, minor league invitee Joel Piñeiro loses his number 50 jersey. Qualls wore #50 his entire career except a short […]
Posted by Frank Klose After Albert Pujols signed a 10-year contract with the California, er, Anaheim, er, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, some wondered the ripple effects that this deal could have with the Phillies, particularly with shortstop Jimmy Rollins, given the Cardinals' need for a shortstop. Why would people connect Rollins and the Cardinals? […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy fbjunkie.com Jimmy Rollins appeared on 97.5 the Fanatic this morning with Harry Mayes and Brian Baldinger, and had this to say when looking at the future: "Business is buisness, and the numbers are the numbers…there's no such thing as a home-town discount" Hmm, well, if that's the case, then the […]
