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The Triple Gold Club of Baseball
Last weekend, as you probably know, was the running of the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing....
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Examining “Should of Kept”
This is FanSince09. You may have seen him on the comment boards of various Phillies blogs (including this one), or on Twitter....
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A Real Pitching Spectacle
Boy, Vance Worley has sure been fun this week, hasn’t he? Not only has he gone 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA and...
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Offseason Icebreakers, Vol. 3: Romeo and Juliet
In order to alleviate the boredom of the offseason–the NFL and regular season ice hockey being inadequate as diversions–I’ll be posting icebreaker...
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Offseason Icebreakers, Vol. 2: The Unbeatable Team
In order to alleviate the boredom of the offseason–the NFL and regular season ice hockey being inadequate as diversions–I’ll be posting icebreaker...
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Offseason Icebreakers, Vol. 1: The Thanksgiving Turkey
The worst thing about the offseason is not being able to watch baseball. The next-worst thing about the offseason is having to...
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The One That Got Away
This evening, in a ballpark that will haunt Phillies fans at least until February, a skinny, 31-year-old Arkansan will take the mound...
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MLB Postseason is a Postcard From Cliff Lee
To Whom It May Concern, Hey guys, how’s Philly? Miss me? I won’t lie, I miss you guys. I miss Philadelphia with...
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Put Your Back Into It, Phils!
Good news, everyone! Dr. William B. Nicoletto, mild-mannered chiropractor and cultural mahatma of Southwestern New Jersey, has changed his mind. When last...
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4.4K46A Backbreaking Road Trip
I live in Voorhees Township, in eastern Camden County in South Jersey. Around here, odd as it may sound, the arbiter of...
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2.8K70Rooting for the Name on the Back of the Jersey
I can’t say this is always true, but I’d wager that most baseball fans, whether they’re five years old or 55 years...
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Is Roy Halladay the Best Pitcher Ever to Throw a Perfect Game?
Of course not, considering that Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson and Cy Young have thrown perfect games in the past. But the perfect...
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5.1K48Moratoria
There aren’t very many things I don’t feel comfortable talking about. There’s the saying about how you don’t talk about politics, religion,...
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Milestone Watch: 2010
The football season is over, hockey and basketball are only now approaching the final quarter of their regular seasons, and pitchers and...
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Happy Birthday Chooch!
A Happy Birthday goes out to Phillies backstop Carlos Ruiz, whose birthday is January 22, 1979. A birthday gift will soon be...
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