A Look Back at Trading the Farm
Phillies closer Brad Lidge By Tony Fryckberg: You’d be very remiss to not realize that the moves made by Pat Gillick and Ruben Amaro, Jr. helped the Phils win 4 straight division titles. What most of...
View ArticleAmaro’s Poker Game
Free Agent LHP Cliff Lee By Tony Fryckberg: 72,193-to-1. Those are the odds in poker of drawing a straight flush. A straight flush is the only hand in poker that can beat four aces. Ruben Amaro has...
View Article2010–What a Difference a Year Makes
Phillies ace Cliff Lee By Tony Fryckberg: 2010 was a banner year for Philadelphia sports. No championships, but if a city had a better year without winning one, I’d like to hear about it. A year ago,...
View Article2011 Stats and Projections for the Phillies Dominating Big Three
Phillies ace Roy Halladay Here is a look at projections for 2011 for the Phillies Big Three, per ESPN.com: Roy Halladay: 21-6, 2.40 ERA, 260 1/3 IP, 33 BB, 252 K, 1.03 WHIP Cole Hamels: 18-8, 2.49 ERA,...
View ArticlePlayoff pitching experience a major edge for Phillies vs Cardinals
Cliff Lee will look to shut down the Cardinals in Game 2 of the NLDS The Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter is an outstanding pitcher, with a wealth of post-season experience. He will cause the Phils problems...
View ArticleLooking at the Phillies Arbitration Eligibles, Part 1: Cole Hamels
Cole Hamels and the Phillies could be headed to arbitration A lot of the course of the Phillies offseason will come from how the Phillies’ arbitration eligible players are handled. I’ll take a look...
View ArticleLooking at the Phillies Arbitration Eligibles, Part 2: Hunter Pence
Phillies RF Hunter Pence is again arbitration eligible Second on the Phillies’ in-house shopping list is Hunter Pence. Pence went to arbitration last year with the Astros and won, netting himself a...
View ArticleLooking at the Phillies Arbitration Eligibles, Part 3: The Rest
Phillies RHP Kyle Kendrick We recently looked at the arbitration situations of Cole Hamels and Hunter Pence. So new we’re left with Ben Francisco, Kyle Kendrick, Wilson Valdez, John Bowker, and Scott...
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