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Popular former Phillies player Shane Victorino returned to town this week and received a standing ovation from Phillies fans on Opening Day as his Boston Red Sox came to town. Victorino also happens to be a Dallas Cowboys fan. While in town, Victorino reached out to one of his favorite team's former players about […]
"Joe-savery-milb" by Sliver7 – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joe-savery-milb.jpg#/media/File:Joe-savery-milb.jpg One of the draft picks tabbed a "failure" for former Phillies assistant general manager Marti Wolever, who was recently dismissed from his position after many years, was 2007 first round pick Joe Savery. Out of Rice University, Savery never […]
Hello and welcome to another edition of Flyers Trivia. Today's format is our monthly Follower Favorite segment. We have selected one follower at random who has answered trivia throughout the month and asked them who their favorite Flyers of all time are. This month we have selected Laurie Martin. Give her a follow @sweetpea_18 on […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Phillies lost on Opening Day against the Boston Red Sox, 8-0. While it seemed like a barrage of negativity, here are some stats from the Opening Day Phillies loss. Some are good, some are not-so-good. Boston: Clay Buchholtz stats after 1st outing: 0 ERA, 9/1 (K/BB ratio), WHIP 0.57 […]
From professional handicapper to casual fan, the overwhelming consensus among pro sports prognosticators is that the Phillies are going to stink this year. Of course, the same was said about the 1993 Phils team, which defiantly over achieved despite even heavier odds stacked against it. Can lightning strike the same bottle twice? It's possible! Cole […]
Welcome to Between the Pipes, a look at the Philadelphia Flyers and the NHL through linkage. At least we have a goalie Steve Mason had a very good year and the Flyers were unable to take advantage of it: [Philly.com-Sam Carchidi] [The Hockey Writers- Matt Brauckmann] [Courier Post Online- Dave Isaac] Flyers-Isles preview A preview of […]
This post should go without too much explanation. Today is Opening Day for MLB, and so I announce my predictions for the season that began last night in Chicago. Here are my predictions for the 2015 season: NATIONAL LEAGUE East Washington Nationals- 102-60 Miami Marlins- 85-77 New York Mets- 75-87 Atlanta Braves- 70-92 Philadelphia Phillies- […]
The Sixers and Knicks traded blows throughout the entire game Sunday night at the famous Madison Square Garden, in New York, before the Knickerbockers prevailed, resulting in their 15th win of the season, and defeated the Sixers, 101-91. After a hard-fought effort through the first three quarters of action, the Sixers, yet again, dropped the […]
The Phillies finalized their rosters throughout the system today, from the Major Leagues down. We now know what the teams will look like, and can predict how they will do. Let's take a look at the big league club and upper minors. Leading off: The Phillies Rotation- Cole Hamels, Aaron Harang, David Buchanan, Jerome Williams. […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres continued their massive offseason overhauls Sunday afternoon, even after final rosters were to be submitted. The San Diego Padres were last to announce their Opening Day rosters, making people wonder if something was up. A short while ago, Ken Rosenthal of Fox […]
