“Local Gems”: A sit down with Phillies President, David Montgomery
David Montgomery has one of the toughest jobs. He is the President of a Major League Baseball team. Not just any team but his hometown team, the Philadelphia Phillies. David Montgomery, who grew up in...
View ArticleD League: The All No-Ring Team
Winning is everything to some. In this week’s column, I compiled a team of players who have not tasted glory in their careers despite putting up some great numbers. Here are some excerpts from the...
View ArticleOffseason Winners and Losers
Winners Texas Rangers - Despite losing Cliff Lee, the Rangers still had a very successful offseason. They made a big splash by inking Adrian Beltre to a six-year contract. Beltre brings substantial...
View ArticleD League: MLB should adopt the NHL’s new ASG format
I’ve had friends who don’t even watch hockey think this was a brilliant idea and even my one pal, who is the sports editor for Rowan University’s paper in New Jersey and an avid basketball fan was...
View ArticleFour honored at PSWA dinner
The Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill, NJ hosted the 107th Philadelphia Sports Writers Association dinner last night. Four members of the Philadelphia Phillies were individually honored: pitcher Roy...
View ArticlePettitte Retires; Yanks Interested in Blanton?
With one of the greatest Yankees pitchers in their franchise history retiring, the Yankees are left with a glaring hole in the fifth starter spot. This leaves the Phillies in a very interesting...
View ArticleGross Thinks New Stance Will Solve Brown
It’s been about six years since the last time Phillies fans have been buzzing over a prospect. First baseman Ryan Howard, 26 at the time, was that player. Now the fans have a new left-handed hitting...
View ArticleDoes Michael Young Fit in Philly?
There have been some heavy rumors the Phillies are interested in acquiring the disgruntled Michael Young from the Texas Rangers. Young will not fit in the Phillies system and it would not be worth it...
View ArticleBuehrle Wished Vick Got Hurt
This isn’t Phillies news but it’s baseball and Philadelphia related. The White Sox starting pitcher Mark Buehrle, who many were happy to see get the perfect game two years ago, may have tarnished that...
View ArticlePhiladelphia March Madness 2.0
I wonder how many of you would actually remember a certain website called “Phillies Prof-ets” in February 2009. Started on Blogger in my Online Journalism class, I was desperate as hell for posts on my...
View Article2011 Phillies March Madness Round 1; Ickey Region
The fourth and final region is underway. Our good friend, Chris “Ickey Woods” Bengel was stuck with the last pick of the draft. Chris writes for his blog 24/7 Sports along with TTB. He is also a...
View ArticleHamels to start first pro ST game
Thanks to a tweet and post up by CSN’s Jim Salisbury, the Phillies have already set up their starting rotation for the first week of Spring Training. The Phillies will open up Spring Training play with...
View ArticleA one-on-one with the great one
Who is behind the awesome Twitter account known to many as @SuspendedNanny? Some know her personally and others just know her as that crazy chick who tweets pictures of her boots, says her boobs are...
View ArticleBrown’s new swing: smooth
Thank you to Official Review and Red Pinstripes for uncovering and posting this gem. As I posted a while back, hitting coach Greg Gross said he feels he fixed the stance and swing of left-handed...
View ArticleThe BMac Region has closed
The third region in our tourney has closed. It featured the first ever unanimous victory with Harry Kalas blowing out Mitch Williams. We also had another tie-breaker that was conducted on Twitter...
View ArticleThe Ickey Region is closed
The fourth and final region of the Team to Beat All-Philadelphia Tournament has officially ended. With the first round complete, the 32 players who have survived will face each other to meet up in the...
View ArticleThe TTB All-Philly Tourney, Round 2
The first round has come to a close and only two athletes pulled off upsets. After glancing through the match-ups, the voting is going to only get a helluva lot tougher. Some team mates and same-sport...
View Article2011 Phillies March Madness Round 2; Roose Region
The second round is officially underway as voting for the Roose Region is open. Just like in the first round, the region will be opened to voting for two days. Match-up of the region: #2 Steve Carlton...
View ArticleTomahawk Chopped
Ryan Howard started the very young Phillies season off with a bang. As expected the Phillies smoked the D-1 Florida State baseball team, 8-0, in the first action of Spring Training today. Howard’s...
View Article2011 Phillies March Madness Round 2; Real Deal Region
With the Roose Region underway, Dan MacNeal’s Region will be opened to voting. Match-up of the Region: #2 Brian Dawkins vs. #7 Chase Utley Dan’s bracket really hit us with quite possibly the most...
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