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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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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