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Published: May 17, 2024 at 11:58 PM
A reader once approached me at the bank and thanked me for all the “cutting-edge stuff” in my articles. I remembered that one morning not too long ago while pressing toilet paper against my cheek.
A n...
Published: May 13, 2024 at 02:05 PM
The Phillies signed ex-Blue Jay Whit Merrifield in the offseason to a one-year deal mainly as outfield insurance for Johan Rojas’ inconsistencies and Brandon Marsh’s knee surgery.
Merrifield is a pedi...
Published: May 10, 2024 at 11:30 PM
I’d rather hit a large pothole on a 40-mile-per-hour bicycle descent than fill this column with the same old same old.
Well, maybe not, but you get the drift.
With that expressed, let me introduce a m...
Published: May 10, 2024 at 01:10 PM
Do you remember Mike Schmidt and then-Cubs reliever Bruce Sutter doing a commercial for 7Up?
In the 1970s and 80s, Schmidt was among one of the more visible Philadelphia athletes promoting various pro...
Updated: May 08, 2024 at 12:00 PM
It was not too long ago when the upper levels of the Phillies minor league system had many of their top prospects.
But now, most of those players are major league contributors, and what’s left in the ...
Published: May 06, 2024 at 02:21 PM
Do the Phillies have the best starting staff in the majors? And why will the game unlikely see a season like Billy Martin once guided anytime soon?
The Phillies recently ended April with an overall 22...
Published: May 03, 2024 at 10:20 PM
The recent Sixers-Knicks playoff series was one of the better ones I have watched in years.
The series had developed into one of the more intriguing ones in recent years. The Sixers began to see how ...
Published: May 03, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Sing it with me now. “Don’t make your future you hate you.”
This catchy jingle used in a series of NerdWallet commercials lightheartedly informs you of something you really need to take seriously. Tha...
Published: Apr 30, 2024 at 04:00 PM
The IronPigs go up. The IronPigs go down.
Getting into any prolonged groove has been difficult for Lehigh Valley this season.
Fortunately, the Pigs have also avoided any sort of prolonged skid that ...
Published: Apr 29, 2024 at 01:26 PM
Do you remember Asdrubal Cabrera?
He was a middle infielder who played for both the Indians (currently the Guardians) and Phillies - briefly for 49 games for the Fightins’. Cabrera hit five homers wit...