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God bless the innings eater
He eats innings. This is the best Phillies manager Charlie Manuel could offer when asked about the peculiar desirability of Jowly Joe Blanton, a pitcher Philadelphia’s front office coveted so...
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Lock up your wives and hide your tape recorders: Brett Myers has his swagger...
Dateline, Miami. The Associated Press issued a chilling report Saturday that has ominous overtones for women and journalists everywhere. The AP headline: Phils’ Myers regains swagger in minors As a...
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Requiem for Adam Eaton: He was the worst
This started out the first, and somehow ended up finishing last in a rather undistinguished Philadelphia Phillies pitching trilogy. When I embarked upon this post, Adam Eaton was still a bona fide...
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Step 1
I admit I am powerless over my addiction. My life has become unmanageable. But I will beat this downward-spiraling, gutter-beckoning, life-destroying monster. One step at a time. I know there are other...
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Lest we forget
Weep the Mets, weep the Mets, On your belly and creep, you Mets! Shield the kiddies and spare the wife, A shame that’ll last to the end of life. Yesterday the Mets were sockin’ the ball, Now they’re...
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RIP (still) George McQuillan
Hey there, Georgie Boy, Moulderin’ in the grave so quietly, If you were only alive and well today Your team could use you. Hey there, Georgie Boy, You’ve been dead for so long now, Is it worse that...
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The Little Engine that … Could they?
“I’ve been waiting four years for this moment. I’ve been waiting four years for this gold medal. It’s going to be special.” - U.S. Olympic basketball player Carmelo Anthony Will the rest of the world...
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He ain’t no pie thrower*, he’s a bloody brilliant bowler
Jake Kilrain couldn’t stop Johnny Sullivan in 75 rounds, but how would he have fared against Freddie Flintoff? The baseball trade deadline has passed us by, and two grueling months remain in what...
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Seat-of-the-pants frontrunner
What do you cretins want, back-to-back division titles? The long-suffering, occasionally short-sighted fans of the City of Brotherly Love’s mercurial baseball team are seething with rage and dreaming...
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Memo to Bob Costas
Dear Robert, Please disregard any residual vitriol that might stain this letter, for I’m just one more representative of the hateful vermin that crawl will-nilly through the blogosphere, one more...
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