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Rocking Chair Runners

The Cardinals announcers made an interesting point during today's game about how the Phillies baserunning seemingly adopted the laid back attitude of Charlie...

Yawn

So it's Wednesday and you know what that means. Bobby Abreu hit a home run last night and the Phillies are in...

Marlon Byrd Traded

Just heard over CBP's PA system:  Marlon Byrd has been traded to the Washington Nationals for outfielder Endy Chavez.  That's as much as...

Numbers and News

That liberal rag, the New York Times actually had an interesting piece in its Sports section today.  It discussed baseball's black market for...

A Little Fire

I flirted with the idea of giving David Bell the Steve Jeltz Award when he left the bases loaded early in tonight's...

Your an Adjective Now

Did anyone else take advantage of the free ESPN Insider day yesterday?  You didn't miss much, but here's a funny nugget from...

Disappointing

John Donovan rated the 5 most underachieving teams through the first 1/5 of the season and surprise surprise he ranked the Phillies...

Next Stop Byberry Manor

You can say what you want about Tim Worrell and his psychological meltdown, but who else thinks this may have been a...

Ain’t no coincidence

There have been some rumors going around suggesting that Bobby Abreu's mini-slump in April (.743 OPS .261 avg) may be caused by issues...

Utley for All-Star

It's voting season, so vote early and often for your favorite Phillies starters. Vote for Phillies All-StarsCome for the Phillies and stay...

Updates

Wow, its been a busy week keeping up with the Phillies down here in DC.  After three straight low scoring games the...

Phillies vs. Nationals – RFK Stadium

A Close One

The decision to carry only 4 outfielders was justified a bit more tonight. Placido Polanco made his first career start in left...

Can you feel it?

So I spent the weekend at home in Philly and unfortunately my friends and family confirmed my earlier suspicions - the frustration...

Six Degrees of Charlie Sheen

The Phillies evened their record at 8-8 today with a win over the Rockies to split the two game series.  Paradoxically, Thome...