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A big scoreboard for the IronPigs

Good morning! Some quick news bites:

Coca-Cola Park in Allentown is getting the largest main high-definition videoboard in Minor League Baseball.

It will stand at 43 by 73 feet beyond center field. Its mockup illustration depicts a Nick Williams graphic – while that won’t tell you who’ll be hitting cleanup for the 2017 Pigs, it’s a decent prediction …

The Dodgers are reportedly “very open” to re-signing Chase Utley for 2017, though he could simply be a backup plan for LA.

Either way, Utley will get a job in 2017. He’s pretty much the top second baseman on the free agent market; some team (even the Phillies?) will come calling.

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.