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Tell Me I’m Crazy – This Season Isn’t Over

If the Eagles don’t make what would be, admittedly, a pretty astounding comeback to win the NFC East this year, it will be one of the bigger disappoinments of my sporting life.  In fact, I think it will be The … Continue reading

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The Friday Fourteen: Best Sport Rivalries

One of the most astonishingly unknown statistics in sports has taken center-stage this week.  Did anyone realize that the Packers and the Bears have not played a playoff game since…ONE WEEK AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR?!?  That is absolutely … Continue reading

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Eagles, Etc: Week Nine

It’s time to transition from playoff baseball to midseason football.  Not that we haven’t been paying attention to the NFL, as it is after all, the most popular sport in the country, but just that with postseason baseball being played … Continue reading

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Live Blog: NLCS Game 4, Phillies at Giants

9:53 AM:  The Phils are now 3-0 this postseason when we do a live blog and 1-2 when we don’t, so you know what that means.  You can’t say we didn’t do our part.  And we’re starting over 10 hours before game … Continue reading

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Live Blog: NLCS Game Two

7:43:  Okay, here we are for Game Two, in very unfamiliar territory.  This is the eigth Phillies playoff series in the in the past three years, and this is the first time the Phils have found themselves in an 0-1 … Continue reading

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2010 MLB Playoffs: Phils Need to Play Small Ball

2010 has been called the Year of the Pitcher, as the league-wide batting average was as low as its been since 1992 and there were 5 no-hitters.  Well, if this was the Year of the Pitcher, then the NLCS will … Continue reading

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2010 MLB Playoffs: The San Francisco Giants

When the Phillies return to action on Saturday, for Game 1 of the NLCS, they’ll be taking a big step up in competition from the Reds to the Giants.  At the risk of beating a dead horse, you win with pitching … Continue reading

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2010 MLB Playoffs: Podcast Preview!

Head on over to http://broadstreetbelievers.podbean.com to stream or download the latest BSB Podcast.  Listen to us preview the entire MLB Playoffs, with plenty of focus on the Phils, in just over half an hour.

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Quick Pitch: Dreaming of a Three-Way Playoff

Right now it is a little after 6:00 in the east, and the Padres lead the Giants 4-1 in the 7th.  The Braves and Phillies are scoreless in the 6th.  When the weekend started, my dream scenario was a longshot, … Continue reading

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Key Questions for Week after ANOTHER Division Title

On Monday night, as everyone knows, the Phils clinched their fourth consecutive NL East title.  How impressive is that?  How about this stat:  the Phils have just become the third team in NL history to make 4 consecutive post-season appearances.   Also, considering … Continue reading

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