Writer: Frank Klose
Posted by Frank Klose Well, at the All-Star game, new Phillies OF Hunter Pence asked Roy Halladay what it was like to be on the Philadelphia Phillies. From Kevin Cooney at Phillyburbs.com: Apparently, Pence had his eye on Philadelphia as well. Starting pitcher Roy Halladay said on Friday night that Pence and he had a […]
Posted by Frank Klose Seems racist to me!
Posted by Frank Klose Thanks to @AdamChooch for this screen cap! I have taught college courses for the last five years. One thing we often find ourselves repeating over and over to our students? DO NOT use Wikipedia as a source. Tonight is perfect evidence. The Hunter Pence Wikipedia page asserts that: Hunter Pence is […]
Posted by Frank Klose Thanks to @cubishboy for this pic Well, Hunter Pence tonight thought he could be playing his last game for the Houston Astros. As reported by Ken Rosenthal and Jon Morosi (and retweeted by 70,000,00 people), a deal could be reached "By Friday." Well, it's midnight, and let's see if a deal […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy phillies.com circa 2003 Several have asked, how can the Giants release Burrell while on the disabled list? Well, I don't think that they can, but there is some maneuvering they can do to achieve their purpose, which is to find room on the active roster and 40-man roster for newly-acquired […]
Posted by Frank Klose I took this snapshot just seconds after Buster Olney tweeted it. Already, there were too many retweets to count them. Yes, Phillies are interested in getting a right-handed bat. And yes, they want a good one. Some Twitter Facts: Buster Olney of ESPN has 228,449 followers. Jon Heyman of SI has […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy phillysportsdaily.com Yesterday's update on the status of Joe Blanton was not good. Here's a Ruben Amaro quote via PhillySportsDaily: “Blanton had an ultrasound. He has some inflammation of the nerve…He’ll have more studies tomorrow to see if there’s nerve damage.” Nerve damage is no small issue. While the Philly Sports […]
Posted by Frank Klose Photo courtesy usatoday.net Well, it's that time of the year again. Kevin Durso just wrote a nice piece called "The Bigger the Better: A Look at Possible Big-Name Trades" that takes a look at some of the big-name pieces that could be coming to Philadelphia. However, Twitter is abuzz with paranoid […]
Posted by Frank Klose Damn Michael Martinez reminds me of Easy-E today… Anyone else?
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy jasongrilli.com Foxsports.com's Ken Rosenthal writes that Philadelphia Phillies farmhand Jason Grilli's opt-out clause in his contract will hit in a few days, and that Grilli has at least one major-league contract offer. The Phillies bullpen sets up as follows: RHP Ryan MadsonLHP Antonio BastardoRHP Michael Stutes Then it gets dicey:RHP […]
