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Posted by Mike Frohwirth Courtesy floridatoday.com After a meaningless loss in their final Spring Training game, the Phillies set their Opening Day roster. This biggest surprise may have occurred earlier in the day, when 2B Luis Castillo was released. Many, including this blogger, expected the veteran to not only make the team, but to […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth (The following email was sent to Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. after the Opening Day roster was announced.) Courtesy prorumors.com Ruben, I just wanted to drop you a note to congratulate you on a strong offseason. You did a really great job this year. Signing Cliff Lee? Amazing. I don't […]
Posted by Adam Gonsiewski Adam is the lead forecaster for Millersville University Phillies first pitch is only a day away, and it looks like the weather will not interfere. As a low pressure system tracks north along the Mid-Atlantic coast, rain will begin to fall late this evening. A cold rain will continue overnight, with […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Delawareonline.com American League predictions AL East division winner – Boston Red Sox AL Central division winner – Minnesota Twins AL West division winner – Texas Rangers AL Wild Card team – Oakland Athletics AL MVP – Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins AL Cy Young – C.J. Wilson, Texas Rangers AL Rookie of […]
Posted by Frank Klose Jayson Werth singled up the middle in his first at bat as a Washington National (pictured above, from the Nationals broadcast). I guess we are rooting for him today, because he is facing the Braves. He's also on my fantasy team…. In other Werth news, check out this post from the […]
Chris Mason had his game of the year tonight as he stoned the conference leading Flyers for 43 saves in the Thrashers' 1-0 win. With his only help coming from an Evander Kane bank shot off of Nik Antropov's skate halfway through the third period, Mason made 19 saves in the third period to shut […]
Game 78: Philadelphia Flyers @ New Jersey Devils, 7:00 pm, TCN. Flyers' Records Overall Record: 46-21-10 Away Record: 25-9-4 Record vs. Devils: 3-1-1 Away Record vs. Devils: 1-0-1 Devils' Records Overall Record: 35-36-5 Home Record: 19-15-3 Record vs. Flyers: 2-3-0 Home Record: 1-1-0 The Numbers Flyers' Winning % vs. Devils: .600, 3/5 games (17th) Flyers' […]
(Posted by Mike Frohwirth) (Spoiler Alert: This post was written on November 4th, 2011. It contains an account of the 2011 Phillies' season.) For the Phillies, the 2010 season was a bad one for injuries. But if 2010 was a "bad" one for injuries, what was the 2011 season? "Dreadful?" "Ghastly?" I think I'll go […]
(Posted by Mike Frohwirth) That post title doesn't seem too believable, does it? If there's one topic that pretty much all Phillies fans can agree on, it's Kyle Kendrick's suckitude. Last night, I was in a NE Philly bar, and met a gentlemen who thinks differently. After some conversation, he indicated that he was an […]
For the second straight night, the Flyers were handed a loss by a team currently not in the playoff picture as the Devils won 4-2 in Jersey. He may have not scored the game-winning goal, but Patrik Elias essentially won the game for the Devils netting a hat-trick. Brian Rolston had all three of the […]
