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Odds And Ends: Bullpen, Tickets, Carpenter, Burrell

For your Sunday:

The Phillies promoted Mick Billemeyer from catching instructor to bullpen coach.

He replaces Ramon Henderson, who was reassigned to a minor league position. Henderson had to leave the team because of a personal emergency early last season. I can’t comment on whether it was a slap in the face to Henderson, but doesn’t it feel like it? Regardless, Billemeyer will inherit one of the best pens in baseball.

The Phillies will raise ticket prices for 2009.

Premium infield-level seats are now $50, while most other seats will be increased $2-$3. Eh, you knew this was coming. Sure we don’t have a lot of money these days, but considering the Phils are one of the cheaper baseball teams to watch …

Andrew Carpenter won his first — and final — game as a member of the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League. He’ll finish the fall with a 1-2 record and 5.88 ERA.

Shame that Carpenter has seen a bunch of pitchers pass him by. You can check out all the AFL stuff at www.milb.com.

Take this as you will, but reader Thomas told me that at Ed Wade, at the Villanova/Albany basketball game last night, told a source of his that Pat Burrell will re-sign with the Phillies.

Again, take it as you will, but who knows, maybe Wade knows something.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.