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Charting A Course to March: North Carolina vs. Michigan St.
December 1st: #11 North Carolina 89, #9 Michigan St. 82, at Chapel Hill North Carolina: This team’s relying on a lot of underclassmen, and they’ll only get better as the season goes on, but they look pretty good already. Deon Thompson … Continue reading
Phils Add Schneider and Castro as Backups
The Phillies signed catcher Brian Schneider today to a 2 year/$2.75 million deal, to backup Carlos Ruiz. I said here on the site a few weeks ago that Schneider was probably my top choice for a backup catcher, so this is … Continue reading
Tagged brian schneider, carlos ruiz, eric bruntlett, juan castro, MLB, phillies
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Charting a Course to March: College Basketball Notes
Throughout the college basketball season, I’ll give my observations on random teams and players, assessing where they are at that point of the season, and looking ahead to where they could be in March. We’ll give it the highly creative … Continue reading
Posted in Charting a Course to March, College Hoops
Tagged duke, jerome dyson, jon scheyer, kemba walker, kyle singler, nolan smith, stanley robinson, uconn
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Tell Me I’m Crazy: Trading Werth Might Make Sense
OK, I’m borrowing Bry’s “Tell Me I’m Crazy” column here because I definitely think I might be crazy for proposing that the Phillies should trade Jayson Werth this off-season. Before I make my case, let me acknowledge the multitude of … Continue reading
Posted in Tell Me I'm Crazy
Tagged adrian beltre, domonic brown, jayson werth, michael taylor, MLB, phillies, raul ibanez, shane victorino
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Live Blog: World Series, Game 6
5:49 PM: OK, just over two hours until game time. Check out Bry’s post below for a preview of the next two games (that’s right, I said two games). This will be a more sporadic version of the live blog, … Continue reading
Tagged 2009 world series, MLB, phillies, yankees
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Two Tough Ones Left to Go
A big Game 5 win is behind the Phillies and they now have today to catch their breaths and prepare for what is still an uphill climb to another title. From the very start of this postseason, there have been … Continue reading
World Series Preview Podcast: Phils vs. Yanks
The reigning Champs vs. the most storied franchise in sports. The 2009 Fall Classic might be the most anticipated sporting event for Philly sports fans in a generation. In the latest BSB Podcast, Bry and Doogan preview the series, discussing … Continue reading
Tagged MLB, phillies, playoffs, Podcast, world series, yankees
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Live Blog: 2009 NLCS, Game 5
6:40 PM: We’re about 90 minutes from the start of Game 5, and the champagne and ice have already been shipped to Citizens Bank Park in anticipation of the Phillies winning their second straight National League Championship. Joe Torre’s Dodgers have their … Continue reading
Tagged andre ethier, brad lidge, chad durbin, chan ho park, charlie manuel, clayton kershaw, cole hamels, dodgers, george sherrill, jayson werth, joe torre, manny ramirez, MLB, orlando hudson, pedro feliz, phillies, playoffs, raul ibanez, rick honeycutt, ryan howard, ryan madson, shane victorino, vicente padilla
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The Champs Strike Again
Well, not much needs to be said about this team that we haven’t already said numerous times before. The Jimmy Rollins game-winning double was just another amazing moment in a post-season, and two-year period, that has been full of amazing moments. Obviously great to see J-Roll, … Continue reading
NLCS Game 3 Thoughts
-I don’t think Joe Torre ever explained why he decided to go with Hiroki Kuroda in Game 3 and Randy Wolf in Game 4. Wolf clearly had a better season, has much more major-league experience, and didn’t spend the last three weeks recovering from … Continue reading
