If you are a baseball fan like me, you enjoy all aspects of the game. Not just the more analytical, statistics-based evaluations of recent years, or the classic excitement of a dramatic game, series, or season, but the whole enchilada. The history of the game and the background stories of the players and other individuals … Continue reading Diehards: Why Fans Care So Much About Sports
Jimmy Rollins DFA’d by Chicago White Sox
Jimmy Rollins, the leader of the 2008 World Series championship Phillies team and the franchise' all-time Hits leader was designated for assignment today by the Chicago White Sox.Rollins had been mired in a deep slump, hitting  just .156 over the past two and a half weeks with just one extra-base hit, one RBI, and one … Continue reading Jimmy Rollins DFA’d by Chicago White Sox
Phils place six on Baseball America’s midseason Top 100 Prospects list
In ranking released today, the strength of the Phillies minor league system was revealed once again, as a half-dozen of the organization's prospects were ranked within the Top 100 in the game by Baseball America.Following on the heels of yesterday's announcement that four of the club's prospects had made the Top 50 as ranked by … Continue reading Phils place six on Baseball America’s midseason Top 100 Prospects list
Realistic expectations for Phillies summer of 2016
From Saturday, April 9th when the Phillies registered their first victory of the 2016 season behind a stellar outing from Vincent Velasquez through Saturday, May 14th when Aaron Nola beat the Cincinnati Reds, the Phils registered a phenomenal 22-11 record.That stretch of .667 baseball left the club tied for first place in the National League East Division for a few heady … Continue reading Realistic expectations for Phillies summer of 2016
Adam Morgan on Borrowed Time
When he was called up from the AAA Lehigh Valley IronPigs back in late April to take the place of the injured Charlie Morton in the starting rotation, Adam Morgan became the only left-hander in that rotation.It seemed like a good development. Not the Morton injury, of course, but that the Phillies could reach into their minor league system and … Continue reading Adam Morgan on Borrowed Time
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