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7.4K1In 2016, Baseball Zen Is Achievable in Philadelphia
Baseball Zen is achievable. Sit on a chair in the outfield concourse of a minor-league ballpark. There’s a plastic cup filled with...
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7.5KPhils’ Offensive Explosion Signals Good Things For Future
Maikel Franco swung at the pitch up near his shoulders. It seemed like he was screaming “Get it away!” as he swung....
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2.3K4Opening Day Starter: Should It Be Nola?
Now that Spring Training is officially underway, let’s look ahead to some decisions that the Phillies must make by the start of...
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8.5K32016 Phillies Power Poll: Honorable Mention
Who are the most important members of the Phillies organization heading into 2016? That’s the question we asked ourselves in creating the...
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9.2K11The Unfortunate Final Days Of Ryan Howard’s Phillies Career
The hard part is to forget, just for a few minutes, that Ryan Howard has made $25 million in one year, and...
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6.4K1Happy Pitchers And Catchers Day
CLEARWATER — An eternal blanket of blue tents the fields at the Carpenter Complex. As virgin palm trees sway lightly in line,...
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6.8K14Should the Phillies Cut Ties With Asche?
Should the Philadelphia Phillies cut ties with Cody Asche? It’s an interesting question, really. My initial instinct was “yes, absolutely trade him!”...
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3.6K3The Groundhog Effect: Ryan Howard Contract
After watching the 1993 cult classic Groundhog Day yesterday, over, and over again, I couldn’t help but thinking that the movie was...
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4.6K1No veterans to be found as Phillies reintroduce themselves
Aaron Altherr and Aaron Nola are sitting down to press conferences with manager Pete Mackanin. Nick Williams is doing a media tour,...
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3.8K13Processing the doping allegations against Ryan Howard
As Ian Riccaboni reported earlier today, an Al Jazeera investigative documentary called “The Dark Side” implicates Ryan Howard in a doping ring...
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4.2K11Tanking is not the thing that is happening
I’ve been traveling and spending time with in-laws over the past few days, so I’m a little late to the recent hubbub...
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3.5K9Considering patience with Phillies’ rebuild
The Phillies haven’t made much noise during the Winter Meetings, which isn’t surprising, since they weren’t anticipated to make much noise in...
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3.9K12Though Cliff Lee is no longer a Phillie, he symbolized a time of hope
I bagged a quick sandwich on the night of December 13, 2010, bemoaning a cold, long night at the office. But the...
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6.5K23Retiring Giants pitcher: I won’t miss Philadelphia
Left-handed relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt, who had a solid career over 14 seasons with the Royals, Rockies, Reds and Giants, is retiring...
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3.4K6#BeatTheNats
The Phillies are 57-96. In other words, they stink. You’ve given up on baseball this season. You decided the Eagles were more...
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