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(Part 3 of a 4-part series) The Hinkie School I was going to look at the draft in three ways, The Old School, New School and Hinkie School but the more I thought about it, I think the Hinkie School is the New School. He is not only building the franchise for the future but […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen The first game of this rare five game series against the New York Mets was a momentum murdered. Wednesday night, Ryan Howard capped off a ninth inning comeback with a monster of a walk off, three-run home run to send everyone home happy. Heading into last night's contest, the Phillies and their […]
Having the first pick in the draft can be a blessing one year, a curse the next. While it’s true that you get first crack at the buffet of potential spread out before you, you also might have to be the one to find out that the shrimp has spoiled and, well don’t even go […]
A few months ago, Joel Embiid was the growing consensus to the number one pick in June’s NBA Draft. He was dominating inside post play as a freshman at Kansas, but suffered a stress fracture in his back. Kansas was eliminated in the NCAA Tournament before he had a chance to return from the injury, […]
(Marlon Byrd's 7th inning home run put the Phillies on the board in the team's 4-1 Loss) David Buchanan pitched into the seventh and Marlon Byrd homered for the Phillies, but the team was unable to overcome a strong pitching performance by Zach Wheeler and the Mets, who won the first game of a five-game […]
#493626741 / gettyimages.com Yesterday, the Phillies closed out the series against the Rockies in a huge way. Down by one run the ninth inning, the Phillies battled by back with a huge two out RBI single by Chase Utley to tie the game. Then, Ryan Howard hit a three-run walk off bomb to end […]
With the lottery now in the rear view, and the Sixers receiving picks number 3 and number 10 overall; it’s now time for Sam Hinkie to work his magic and revamp this roster moreover. Of course many Sixers fans are upset about the positioning at 3, because Cleveland keeps getting rewarded good karma for losing […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen The Phillies have seemingly caught on to a bit of a pattern in their last few series toward the end of May. In their three-game set in Miami against the Marlins, they split the first two contests, only to drop the third game. And just days ago, the Phillies came into Sunday's […]
(Part two of a four-part series) The Old School When I think of the old school, well, I think of Will Farrell saying “ C’mon, we’re going streaking, up through the Quad, by the gymnasium” but for the purpose of this article, we’ll look at the Sixers drafting the best player available at each point […]
#479254951 / gettyimages.com In a recent interview with Ruben Amaro, he discussed the possibility of bringing up Phillies top prospect, Maikel Franco, with Cody Asche currently on the disabled list with hamstring tendinitis. Currently, Cesar Hernandez has been filling in for Asche and defensively has done quite well considering he never played the position […]
