Tennyson famously wrote that, “In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” But as summer draws to a close now that Labor Day is behind us, what do we think about? The answer is two things: Baseball playoffs and the start of the NFL season. As a lifelong fan of…
As a boy, I started paying attention to sports when I was about 7 years old – and of course I rooted for “my family’s” teams, the Phillies and the Eagles. The Phillies that year ended up in last place, losing 97 games. The Philadelphia Eagles went 2-11-1 and the two games they won,…
I’m still bummed, so I’ll keep this short. Great season. Good playoff run and lost to a very good team that got more clutch pitching and better clutch pitching in this Series. Hideki Matsui (who had SIX RBIs tonight – holy crap — and who hit the cover off the ball all Series) and Andy…
Coming out of the fog of the flu this week (the reason for a lapse in posting – so much for NaNoBloMo), I was excited about the Big Halloween Sports weekend that was happening in Philadelphia with both the Phillies and the Eagles against rivals from New York. The Phillies had left Yankee Stadium with…
Last night, the Halos error-ed their way out of the ALCS in a horrific 8th inning, letting the NY Yankees capture their 40th American League Pennant, defeating the Angels 4 games to 2. Werth-y That brings up the 2009 World Series against the defending Champs, the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies surprised a lot of people…
Two years ago, the Philadelphia Phillies were a fairly good team that benefitted from an epic collapse by the New York Mets to win the National League East during the last week of the season. They entered the post-season for the first time since the early 90s, and got swept away by the Colorado Rockies…
Sports in the summer is usually defined by the ebbs and flows of the long baseball season — who gets hot (or cold) for a couple of weeks, who looks like they'll make a run in September, which managers are on the hot-seat. Of course, this time of year also brings the first tantalizing tastes…
Last night, the Beloved and I took in a ballgame at Petco Park to see the visiting World Champion Philadelphia Phillies (I never really get tired of saying that or typing that…) taking on the hometown Padres. Now, I don’t usually mind the Padres and enjoy going to the park to see a game and…
Hoping to ride their successes that led them to win the National League East in September and the World Series in October, the Philadelphia Phillies came up short in their quest to become President of the United States, yesterday. Less Than None Of These Disappointing for sure, but worst of all has to be the…
I'm still not sure I quite believe it, and it's taken me about two hours to calm down… Really GREAT JOB PHILS!!! Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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