Recent Posts Tagged With 'phillies'

• E4: Midnight for Cinderella

  Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 00:19 in athletics, mets, brewers, cardinals, phillies, blue jays, red-sox, rocktober, landon evanson

  This week’s E4 will focus on the best team from each of the past four decades which enjoyed a season for the ages, only to have the clock strike 12 at the Big Dance. Poof! Pumpkin. Cinderella went as far as she could go. “RocktoberR...

• Cy Youngs Heeeere! Get-cha Cy Youngs!

  Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 09:54 in trade, phillies, Blockbuster, blue jays, mariners, brad bortone, cliff lee, roy-halladay, ruben amaro, kyle drabek

  Oh, how I wish I had Philly’s problems… Yesterday, like the street vendors who hawk funny-shaped (but damn tasty) pretzels outside the art museum, Phillies’ brass threw around Cy Young winners with nary a concern for prospects, arm...

• Welcome to New York, Chris Coates…Um…Coles…Um, Screw It — Like You Matter Anyway

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 11:55 in punk, mets, old, phillies, chris, catcher, useless, brad bortone, coste

  Thanks to the mighty Metsblog for the following tidbit — a few little soundbytes from recently signed quote machine, Chris Coste, regarding his potential new team: “It’s the last team I ever saw myself playing for….” Why? Becaus...

• Chalk As Favre: or Yes, I’m really UNretiring four days later

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 11:42 in Retirement, obama, Payroll, yankees, steroids, lsu, phillies, Joe Biden, devil rays, david chalk, red-sox, brett-favre

  Favre-like, I rise up from the ashes of my literary self-immolation. (Predictably, some might say.) Before I get into why I’ve changed my mind and decided to unretire, I feel like I should further explain why I retired last Thursday. And for at...

• That’s It, Good Season

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 00:53 in yankees, phillies, andy smith, 2009 playoffs

  Here’s the thing. I was never supposed to “cover” the Phillies in these 2009 playoffs for Bugs & Cranks. When the email chain first started circulating among us writers asking what team we wanted to follow for the postseason, I ...

• Yes, I’m Really Retiring

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 11:04 in Retirement, yankees, cardinals, boxing, giants, steroids, phillies, super bowl, david chalk, jc romero, barry-bonds, andy-pettitte

  After a little over 32 months writing about professional baseball here at Bugs & Cranks, it’s clearly time to stop.  I still love this site and the people who make it great, so I may stick around and cover amateur baseball, but I’m...

• What a Way to Go

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 09:01 in yankees, phillies, mvp, landon evanson, world-series, hideki-matsui

  In what may have been the final game of Hideki Matsui’s New York Yankees career, Matsui delivered a two-run homer, two-run single and two-run double to help the Bombers claim a 27th World Series championship. Matsui hadn’t played in th...

• All Eyes On New York

  Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 22:37 in yankees, phillies, ustream, times square, world-series, mark townsend

  As of right now the New York Yankees are three outs away from their 27th World Series Championship. One might think a city with 27 baseball championships would take their celebration lightly, but I don’t think that will be the case here. Espe...

• Gene wants a Game 7 even more than I do

  Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 06:00 in yankees, phillies, game 7, late show, david-letterman, world-series, mark townsend

  You fly into New York from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.  You wander into the Ed Sullivan Theatre free of charge.  You hassle David Letterman for World Series tickets.  And this happens… Hold on tight, wait another 24 hours, or sell now ...

• Can We Please Have A Game 7?

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 10:05 in drama, yankees, phillies, brad lidge, a-rod, world-series, cole-hamels, brett-myers, mark townsend

  There is nothing better in sports life than one singular game that determines an entire season. That’s why we LOVE the Super Bowl.  That’s why Game 163 is always remembered as the best game of that regular season.  That’s why we g...

• 30 Helens Agree: Joe Girardi Looks Like Skeletor

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 09:04 in politics, obama, yankees, voting, phillies, angels, david chalk, mike bloomberg, kids in the hall, masters of the universe, he-man, weezer

  ‘Duk and 93 percent of Angels fans think so too.  I don’t know how we all missed it this long. You should go vote over at Halos Heaven, part of that delightful SBN.  And if you live in New York City don’t forget to go vote today f...

• World Series Game 5: Return To New York

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 00:13 in yankees, phillies, andy smith, 2009 playoffs

  -Taking off my Phillies cap for a second, tonight’s win made me happy as a baseball fan. These are the two best teams the respective leagues had to offer this season, and it would have been a shame if the World Series had ended in five games. T...

• The Anti-McCarver

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 18:15 in fox, yankees, phillies, mariners, tim mccarver, dave niehaus, almost live, landon evanson, joe-buck, world-series, rick rizzs

  M-a-i-c-e-r. Would that be May-sir or My-sir? Each October, baseball fans are forced to endure the mispronunciations and incoherent ramblings of Tim McCarver, and squirm while Joe Buck pushes his opinion upon the pastime-watching public. The cherry o...

• Series MVP? Damon.

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 13:04 in yankees, phillies, brad lidge, patrick smith, johnny-damon

  Thanks, Philadelphia, for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts for you backstage. Can anyone see the Phillies winning this series? Even as Joe Girardi whips his three-man rotation like a nag on the backstretch, it’s hard to envision the Y...

• Top 10 Tweets From World Series Game 4

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 04:40 in yankees, phillies, twitter, brad lidge, cc-sabathia, world-series, mark townsend

  Of the 1 million or so tweets I scanned during and after last night’s World Series Game 4, 995,000 contained direct or indirect threats to the the physical well being of Brad Lidge.  About 78% of those threats stopped just short of placing a b...

• For Whom the Bell Tolls

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 00:55 in Twins, Pirates, yankees, phillies, landon evanson, cc-sabathia, world-series, jorge-posada

  Hey, are we OK? After all these years and all the superstars and all the contracts, counting on luxury tax was simply not the way to go so far as trying to make things fair for the small market clubs when it comes to the spending habits of the Evil E...

• World Series Game 3

  Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 12:15 in yankees, phillies, andy smith, 2009 playoffs

  -Disappointing loss for the Phillies, considering how good they’ve been at home for the last few postseasons. You had to figure though that the Yankees offense was going to bust out at least once in the series; there are too many good hitters i...

• Get Your Bondage-Themed World Series Ed. NY Post Here!

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 11:42 in bdsm, bondage, yankees, phillies, new york post, david chalk, red-sox, cc-sabathia, world-series, 2009 playoffs, pedro-martinez, hideki-matsui

  Maybe it’s not as bad as this, but still…. Notice the artful placement of the inset photo of Pedro in close proximity to Hideki Matsui’s groin. Was Sabathia “punished” and “spanked” the night before? Did the...

• Postgame Pedro: Sick Suit, Sick Claims

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 09:35 in mets, yankees, phillies, david chalk, red-sox, aj-burnett, derek-jeter, 2009 playoffs, pedro-martinez, 2009 world series

  Last night was somewhat disappointing, but for me the highlight was the suit Pedro Martinez wore to his postgame presser after taking the loss in Game 2.  Pics Below…. Pedro also spoke at his press conference — mentioning several times ...

• Ken Rosenthal Asks The Lamest Questions

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 05:36 in yankees, phillies, ken rosenthal, aj-burnett, world-series, mark townsend

  Come on Ken!  Even the dumbest of baseball bloggers/writers could ask better questions than those.  Here, let me give it a shot. To A.J. Burnett after Game 2…. – How determined were you to not suck again tonight? – Were you as in...

• World Series Game 2: Evened Up

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 22:56 in yankees, phillies, andy smith, 2009 playoffs

  Random thoughts/ramblings/game notes on tonight’s Phillies game -Well-played game tonight. I’m sure Phillies fans are disappointed tonight, however, I’m sure if you offered any of them a split in New York coming into the series, they wo...

• B.J. Upton’s World Series Advice/Thoughts

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 14:06 in yankees, phillies, devil rays, david chalk, b.j. upton, cliff lee, alex-rodriguez, world-series, 2009 playoffs, mark-teixiera

  World Series veteran B.J. Upton of the Devil Rays has been sharing his World Series thoughts with PlayMaker Mobile, who’ve shared BJ’s thoughts with us, presumably so we can share BJ’s thoughts with you.  Here’s what we got ...

• Pedro to Tony Pena: “You’re next”

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 13:33 in yankees, phillies, dan tobin, pedro-martinez

  Ah, Pedro versus the Yankees in the postseason. Can I finally watch a game without a horrible pit in my stomach? I’ve discussed before how Pedro was the only player on the Red Sox, maybe in sports, who I genuinely worried about. If he got blow...

• World Series Game 2 Live Blog

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 00:24 in yankees, phillies, andy smith, 2009 playoffs

  Hey kids, I figured tonight’s game would be a good time to pull out America’s fastest growing craze: the live blog. So if you’re watching the game near a computer tomorrow, feel free to follow along. The fun begins when you click on...

• World Series Game 1: Beatdown In The Bronx

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 23:07 in yankees, phillies, andy smith, 2009 playoffs

  Random thoughts/ramblings/game notes on tonight’s Phillies game -Wow. I’m not sure even the most optimistic of Phillies fans expected that. It was the former Indians pitcher on Philadelphia that completely shut down the opposition. It was the...

• Speaking of Phillies Fan Stupidity…

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 14:27 in youtube, phillies, tyler maas, air-humping, world series celebration

  It’s a bit late to post this. And you may have seen this on other sites already, but when I saw this video of one Phillies fan’s gentlemanly celebration of Philadelphia clinching the NL Pennant, I knew I had to “get it up” at ...

• NLCS Game 5: See You In The World Series

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 11:35 in phillies, dodgers, andy smith, 2009 playoffs

  Random thoughts/ramblings/game notes on last night’s Phillies game -Congrats to the Phillies.  There were some questions about who was the best team in the NL this year, but these playoffs have really left no doubt. The defending champs have d...

• Giving The Phillies Their Propers (Chalk-Style)

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 09:48 in steroids, phillies, devil rays, lakers, sixers, dodgers, rockies, allen iverson, shaquille o'neal, david chalk, nlcs, jason bartlett

  Watching last night’s clincher, I was waiting patiently for there to be one out in the top of the 7th, so I could send a very specific text to Meech, the original B&Cer and the mastermind of The Fightins Dot Com. So around 10:45 with the Ph...

• NLCS Game 4: Much Joy In The City Of Brotherly Love

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 12:42 in philadelphia phillies, phillies, dodgers, andy smith, 2009 playoffs

  Random thoughts/ramblings/game notes on yesterday’s Phillies game -How much fun must it be to be a Phillies fan right now? As most of you know, April through September, I’m a (certifiable) but ardent fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The reason ...

• NLCS Game 3: Implications Of A Blowout

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 15:06 in phillies, dodgers, andy smith, 2009 playoffs

  Instead of the usual point-by-point notes I usually use for these wrap-ups, I’m instead going to contemplate for a little bit the significance of a blow-out in a seven game series. I’m sure part of the conversation in Los Angeles today is...