Here in the year 2025, we have ostensibly reached the quarter-century mark of the 21st century. Many columnists at various baseball outlets continue to provide their versions of a “Quarter-Century Team” and this seems as good a time as any to reveal my own.
Phillies entering a watershed 2020-21 off-season
If the Phillies succeed in bringing back the top catcher in the game, then the ball club can look towards another shot at contending in 2021. If that effort fails, the questions will only become greater as the winter moves along.
Counterpoint: Phillies should not have drafted a high school pitcher in first round
My problem, and I do have a problem with the selection, is fairly simple: he's a high school pitcher.
Phillies champions: 1980 vs 2008 – the winner
Over the last couple of months during this shutdown of baseball, I've presented a series here at The Bell. Each piece in the series has presented a position-by-position comparison of the 1980 and 2008 Philadelphia Phillies World Series championship teams. You can find a link to each of those individual comparisons below. So, now it's … Continue reading Phillies champions: 1980 vs 2008 – the winner
Should Ryan Howard have made more than three NL All-Star teams?
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard was a National League All-Star in 2006, 2009 and 2010. Should 'The Big Piece' have made it more often?
MATT VEASEY 