January 2012 Archive

THE LATEST HEALTH UPDATE [POST 1/31/12]

January 31, 2012

_________________________________________________________________ Hey Nineteen No we can't dance together No we can't talk at all Please take me along When you slide on down YEAH BOOOYAAAAA! THE DAY IS CLOSING IN ...

FOOLISH CONTRACTS IN MLB? [POST 1/30/12]

January 30, 2012

_____________________________________________________________________ DAYS UNTIL BASEBALL! PITCHERS AND CATCHERS ARRIVE ON FEB 18 AND WORKOUTS BEGIN ON FEB 19, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________ Today I wanted to briefly discuss what I perceive as an odd trend and ...

THE SPRING LOOMS and RUBE IS STILL WORKING [POST 1/28/12]

January 28, 2012

_____________________________________________________________ DAYS UNTIL THE YEAR TRULY STARTS! SPRING TRAINING FOLKS! _____________________________________________________________ Even with Super Bowl a week away I am totally hyped up for BASEBALL! And it is awesome to enter baseball ...

RYNE-O IS HOPEFUL TO LAND THE BIG GIG [POST 1/27/12]

January 27, 2012

___________________________________________________________________________ DAYS UNTIL THE REAL SPORT BEGINS! COME ON SPRING.................. ___________________________________________________________________________ Today is Friday Jan 27. Exactly 29 years ago today Paul Owens, then GM of our Philadelphia Phillies, traded Ryne Sandberg ...

PHILLIES MAKINGS SOME MOVES AS SPRING CLOSES IN [POST 1/26/12]

January 27, 2012

_______________________________________________________________________ PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ARE STILL AMONG THE ELITE BUT OTHERS ARE CLOSING THE GAP AS THE PHILLIES ARE AGING AND REGROUPING _______________________________________________________________________ Wilson Valdez who had just signed a 1 year $930,000 deal ...

SAYING GOODBYE TO ANDY MUSSER [POST 1/25/12]

January 25, 2012

________________________________________________________________________________ 25 DAYS UNTIL PITCHERS AND CATCHERS START!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ________________________________________________________________________________ ON SUNDAY JANUARY 22, 2012 A LONG TIME PHILADELPHIA SPORTS BROADCASTER ANDY MUSSER DIED AT THE AGE OF 74. HE BEST KNOWN FOR ...

INCHING TOWARD SPRING [POST 1/24/12]

January 24, 2012

_________________________________________________________________ IN PHILADELPHIA, JIM THOME'S TALKING DEFENSE AND SOME KIDS ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE _________________________________________________________________ You wouldn't think that Jim Thome playing 1st base is a major topic but evidently it is. After ...

PHILLIES STUFF TO PONDER [POST 1/19/12]

January 19, 2012

________________________________________________________________________ COLE HAMELS AVOIDS ARBITRATION AND SIGNS FOR $15 MILLION FOR 2012 ________________________________________________________________________ Ever since 2011 came to a crashing halt Cole Hamels has been pretty casual about his contract. It's obvious he ...

BYE BYE MAD DOG [POST 1/12/12]

January 12, 2012

______________________________________________________________________ RYAN MADSON CHANGES CITIES BUT NOT TEAM COLORS ............. AGENT SCOTT BOR-ASS STILL INSISTS PHILLIES PUT 4 YEARS AND $44 MILL ON THE TABLE ______________________________________________________________________ Ryan Madson was an excellent set up ...

FREE AGENT BUSTS? [POST 1/10/12]

January 10, 2012

_____________________________________________________________ WITH THE EAGLES SEASON OVER LET'S REVIEW SOME OF THE HIGH TICKET PLAYERS BROUGHT IN FOR 2011 _____________________________________________________________ Naturally the biggest star was Nnamdi Asomugha. He gets the first review seeing that ...