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Phillies Semi-Weekly Report Card #2

Record since last Report Card: 3-3 Overall Record: 8-4 (1st in division)  The Phils ended the second week of the season with a loss to the Marlins today, and that means it’s time for our second semi-weekly report card.  Just when it seemed like this … Continue reading

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I Just Don’t Get It: The Shift

So, as The Greatest Baseball Writer on the Planet describes in his ESPN story today, unless something crazy happens over the next three days, the 2009 World Series’s signature moment may have been The Damon Play last night in Game … Continue reading

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Tuesday’s Top Twelve – World Series Contenders

With August winding down, the baseball season is getting awesome, as always.  I can honestly say that this is the most relaxed I have ever been with a Phillies team in contention–at least when it comes to making the playoffs.  … Continue reading

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Phils Can’t Rest on their Laurels

On July 29th, the Phillies were riding high.  Very high.  They’d won 19 of their previous 22 games to take a 7-game division lead over the second-place Marlins, and on that morning they made the biggest trade deadline splash in … Continue reading

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Tuesday’s Top Twelve: 2009’s Most Impactful July Trades

Now that we have all had some time to assess a rather hectic trade deadline in Major League Baseball, it is time to think about the upcoming pennant races and how those deadline deals will impact September and October 2009.  … Continue reading

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BSB Live Blog WEEKEND: Sixers, Phillies, NFL Draft, and more

It’s shaping up to be a great sports weekend, so I’m going to attempt something that has perhaps never been done: a live blog WEEKEND.  Now, I know the weather is supposed to be amazing all weekend, but in between … Continue reading

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Intra-City Wars

As baseball’s offseason progresses, it appears more and more likely that two of the game’s best players, Twins ace Johan Santana and Marlins third baseman Miguel Cabrera, will be traded by their respective teams.  Obviously, the competition among other teams to acquire them will be fierce, … Continue reading

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