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Cole Hamels ready to win 2012 Cy Young award

Cole Hamels ready to win 2012 Cy Young award by Scott Butler 2/22/12 2012 Cy Young winner Cole Hamels? Why not? In 2011, his 2.79 ERA ranked sixth in the NL, his WHIP ranked second at 0.99, and ...

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Around The Diamond

Because this video never gets old... a 46 year old in his final season getting a guy 20 years his junior in a headlock for a few knuckle sandwiches.Firstly, since I've been asked about fantasy baseball advice from a few ...

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Kitschy Kyle Kendrick

Surprisingly, Kyle Kendrick has been in the news quite frequently over the last two months. First, the Phillies paid him $3.585 million to avoid arbitration, then the news of his recent contract extension arrived on Sunday. I was surprised by the amount ...

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Regular Season Offense No Big Deal

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Now a Safe Distance Away, Brad Lidge Begins Anti-Phillies Hate-Spew

... there is sadness, there is fondness, and then, right at the end as people are about to stop paying attention, there is unadulterated tears of rage and insults hurled from miles away. Just like a family.

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Phast Phive: How About that Brian Schneider?

US Presswire-Mark J. Rebilas Justin Klugh People don’t talk a whole lot about Brian Schneider, because he’s a background guy without much flash.  He’s just one of those totally normal backup catchers who doesn’t quite have the voice you’d think ...

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Rounding Out The Past Few Weeks of Phillies News

Unfortunately for the 3 or 4 of you who read this, the job that pays me money has required me to do some actual work in the past few weeks. We're talking 8+ hours a day and conference calls on ...

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Phillies Face Noticeable Preseason Absence of Jerkoff Media Coverage

We the Phillies will be the ones sneaking in under the radar this year; we'll have the quirky nicknames and the star player who is basically a living meme and we'll win the division on the last day of the ...

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ESPN Confident Reporting on Cole Hamels’ Hopes and Dreams

I think he expects to get paid. And he deserves to and he will be. Hopefully it's by the Phanatic, wearing a business suit and handing him a briefcase that he thinks is full of money but actually ...

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Trevor May is Working on His Music

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Days Later, Kyle Kendrick Extension Still Not Revealed as Hilarious Prank

Jeff Griffith-US PRESSWIRE It has been two days since Kyle Kendrick was “awarded” a $7.5 million “contract extension” by the Philadelphia Phillies, and the curtain has yet to be pulled back, revealing a smirking Ruben Amaro and ...

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Talking Phillies, MLB with RotoAnalysis

Last week, I joined Moe Koltun, Matt Schwimmer, and Matt Cott on the RotoAnalysis Fantasy Sports podcast. We discussed my book “100 Things Phillies Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die“, the outlook on the 2012 Phillies, and the rest ...

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Kyle Kendrick receives 2 year, $7.5 million extension

Per Jim Salisbury, the Phillies have signed a two year extension with fringe starter/reliever and burgeoning fashion model Kyle Kendrick, covering 2012 and 2013, for $7.5 million. Absent this extension, Kendrick was headed for his first arbitration hearing in his ...

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Will Roy Halladay Reach 300 Wins?

Pitcher wins aren’t a good measure of performance. It’s 2012, and I’d wager that most people are aware of this fact. Yet there are always those who will cite the metric in situations such as, for instance, the Cy Young ...

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Kyle Kendrick Extended by Phillies? Why?

Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE

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Phillies Health Insurance Policy: Part II

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Phillies Health Insurance Policy: Part I

Oct 7, 2011; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard (6) is helped off the field after being injured on the last play of the game against the St. Louis Cardinals during game five of the 2011 NLDS ...

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What the Phillies’ Interest in A.J. Burnett Means

ESPN’s Buster Olney dropped this interesting piece of information on Twitter: The other team involved in the A.J. Burnett talks was the Philadelphia Phillies. Obviously would’ve had to clear Blanton to make it work. The New York Yankees and Pittsburgh ...

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Jorge Soler A Match for the Phillies?

Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE

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Crowd Wonders Where You Were for Phillies Single Game Tickets

Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE What happened to you, man? You see those news stories about throngs of Phillies fans lining up to buy single game tickets and instead of passing enthusiasm, your struck by a resounding twinge of guilt and nostalgia. ...

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The Key for Chase Utley

If you listened to my spot on ESPN’s Baseball Today podcast, you heard me mention that Chase Utley is crucial to the Phillies’ success in 2012. Mark Simon, of ESPN Stats & Information, posted a blog illustrating Utley’s declining performance ...

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The Phillies Are In the Running for Jorge Soler

In the past few days, the Phillies’ position with regards to Cuban prospect Jorge Soler has gone from silence to “interested” to, as Jeff Passan put it, “in hardest,” along with the New York Yankees. Soler’s case is somewhat unique, ...

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Talking Phillies on ESPN’s Baseball Today Podcast

I spoke with ESPN’s Eric Karabell (@karabellespn) — also the author of a Philadelphia-themed book involving a list of 100 — yesterday about the Phillies and “100 Things Phillies Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die“. You can click ...

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NL East Infection: Heath Bell Finds a Duck

Rhyming!

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Phillies Deny They Aren’t Not Uninterested in Jorge Soler

c/o old-picture.com The Phillies have been described as “in hardest on” Cuban OF prospect Jorge Soler, which is a prepositional miscarriage the world has never seen.  What I believe this means is that they are interested in pursuing him, a...

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Section 215 Needs Your Loud Philadelphian Words

Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE

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Phillies Requiring Tickets for Entry to Games in 2012

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Phillies Best Case/Worst Case: Infield

Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE In life, one must be prepared for all contingencies. The Boy Scouts of America do a wonderful job in this respect, teaching their young participants to “Always Be Prepared.” That is solid advice. How much better off ...

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Phillies Best Case/Worst Case: Infield

Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE In life, one must be prepared for all contingencies. The Boy Scouts of America do a wonderful job in this respect, teaching their young participants to “Always Be Prepared.” That is solid advice. How much better off ...

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Which Phillies Storyline Are You Following?

Phillies baseball is on the horizon, as pitchers and catchers report on February 19 in Clearwater, Florida. Their arrival marks the official turning of the page after an ugly ending to the 2011 chapter, Ryan Howard slumped on the ground ...

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Roy Oswalt probably wishes he’d never asked out of Houston

I can’t help but wonder what Roy Oswaltmust be thinking right about now. The … [visit site to read more] Roy Oswalt probably wishes he’d never asked out of Houston - Climbing Tal's Hill - Climbing Tal's Hill - A Houston ...

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Valentines Day; Sacrificed Goats and Billy Wagner

I suppose that Wagner got his. He watched his former set up man close for the Phillies first world championship since 1980 and had to play for the Mets.

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Looking at the Aces’ Cutters

I could sum up this post with a saying from our good friend, ZWR: so cuttered. But sadly, I only have a fraction of the wit found over at Zoo With Roy, so instead I’ll go ahead and stick to nerdy ...

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Tuesday’s Top Prospects Round-Up

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2012 Baseball Preview – NL East

This is Part Five of my six-part 2012 baseball preview. I’ve looked at the NL West, AL West, NL Central, and the AL Central. Now we move on to the deepest division in either league, the NL East, from which ...

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Crashburn Fantasy Baseball 2012 (Take Two)

The first attempt at setting up this new league didn’t go so well, as I left a logical hole in the process. Let’s make things super simple and easy this time. If you participated in last year’s league, there will ...

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The Phillies Biggest Rival is….

: Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE This week Matt Gelb of The Inquirer posted a warning to all Phillies fans:  Don’t forget about the Braves. It’s true that with all the noise made by the Nationals and the Marlins, the Braves had fallen ...

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The Outfield of the Future

Quick, name the five most valuable outfielders in the National League in 2011. Let’s see… Matt Kemp, Ryan Braun, Justin Upton… who else was in there? Would you believe Shane Victorino? That’s right, the Flyin’ Hawaiian, if you don’t remember, ...

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Comparing Phillies 2011 and 2012 rosters

Comparing Phillies 2011 and 2012 rosters by Scott Butler 2/12/12 How does the 2012 Phillies roster compare to last season? On paper, are the Phillies better, worse, or about the same as last year? To find our answer, I removed the ...

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Billy Beane Admits ‘Moneyball’ Was All Phillies’ Idea

The panel he sat on also included Omar Minaya, whose parasitic brain slug remains extremely active and very easily spread amongst baseball executives.

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