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http://www.thefightins.com/ - R.I.P. Harry Kalas
See that fella up there who looks pretty damn sharp in his home white Phillies uni with the red pinstripes? That’s Domonic Brown. Or Lil’ Darryl Strawberry as I like to call him.
A few months ago, Philadelphia’s über OF prospect alerted the media that they have been ...
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Philadelphia Phillies
Less than a week after the Phillies lost to the Yankees in the 2009 World Series, Cole Hamels was back in New York City with his buddies James Gandolfini and and Ice-T for the WORLD GLOBAL DEBUT of the new Call of Duty game , Modern Warfare 2. While he was there, he decided to speak to a guy ...
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Cole Hamels
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees
With a week to let the sting of the World Series wear off — I still have a hard time accepting the World Series MVP being a goddamn designated hitter , even if that Shemp-looking dude killed us — I’d like to present to ye Fightins fans my third annual Phillies Year In ...
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What Went Wrong is a feature that may or may not be recurring because the collective mind rape of taking max credits and working a full time job will eventually cause the ‘Tard to implode into himself and forget about this .
If I’ve learned anything from my global travels and ...
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Cole Hamels
Philadelphia Phillies
Hideki Matsui
Last night was my introductory appearance to the glorious world o’ podcasting. dUB-iLL & slim of NERDCASTonline invited me on their show to yuk it up for about 20 minutes to talk about such interesting things as how The Fightins dot com came to be, t-shirts, how a comment thread ...
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Philadelphia Phillies
Jimmy Rollins
thefightins.com - 11 days ago
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The Philadelphia Phillies have declined Pedro Feliz’s $5.5
million dollar option for 2010 and will let the
gold glove caliber 3rd baseman test the free agent market. Although technically the Phillies could still wind up resigning the man ...
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So long, Pedro Feliz.
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found this 11 days agofound this
I guess the offseason officially begins today.
Shortly after announcing the most obvious option pickup ever when Ruben Amaro extended Cliff Lee’s stay with the Phillies at least one more year, he also told Brett Myers in so many words to hit the bricks. This according to Jim ...
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Brett Myers
Philadelphia Phillies
I know you’re depressed this morning (like I am). But just remember — if you’re a fan of a particular baseball team, and you devote entirely too much time and energy into following your favorite squad (like I do), you may never witness a run quite like the run the ...
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Philadelphia Phillies
Harry Kalas
New York Yankees
What happened?
The Yankees defeated the Phillies to win the World Series, 4-2.
Who did what?
Pedro Martinez (L, 0-2) allowed four runs on three hits in four innings. He walked two and struck out five.
Ryan Howard went 1 for 4 with a homer (1) and two RBIs.
Carlos Ruiz went 2 for 2 ...
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Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees
Pedro Martinez
Hideki Matsui
I can’t believe I just typed that headline.
The greatest pitcher of your lifetime is set to take the hill tonight against his arch-enemy New York Yankees to pull the Phillies even in the 2009 World Series and force a Game 7 in the Bronx tomorrow night. Obviously, no one on Earth ...
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Philadelphia Phillies
Pedro Martinez
New York Yankees
thefightins.com - 17 days ago
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New York Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher sure
thinks highly of himself, don’t he? The soon-to-be journeyman
player was giving interviews from his posh locker at the Yankee Stadium clubhouse yesterday (nice newspaper clippings, asshole) ...
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Oh, I get it — Nick Swisher is being ironic!
POINT – Brett Myers: Cole Hamels and I Are Not Fighting With Each Other
Hi, folks. I’d like to thank the fine men and whatever stage of pre-op tranny Chamomiles Davis is in at the moment for giving me this opportunity to clear up a rather unfortunate misunderstanding, one which ...
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Philadelphia Phillies
Cole Hamels
Brett Myers
thefightins.com - 17 days ago
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Ahmir Thompson a/k/a Questlove a/k/a B.R.O. the R.?
of the Legendary Roots Crew had a front row
seat in the Bill Giles party suite last night to watch his hometown Phillies pull within one game of the New York Yankees in the 2009 World Series. ...
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Questlove and Jay-Z make a bet on the World Series
SNOT ROCKETS!
(Thanks, I think, to The Fightins reader Stu for sending this to me during my lunch hour)
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Alex Rodriguez
WHAAA???
That picture of a 2-foot cake version of the late Harry Kalas showed up on the Phillies Twitter feed last night prior to the Phillies 8-6 beating of the New York Yankees. According to the Inquirer ’s Gonzo , Cosmi’s Pastries made the cake in hopes of getting the FOX ...
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Harry Kalas
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter
thefightins.com - 17 days ago
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Is there anything better about a local team
going to the World Series than local news guys
interviewing fans in a bar before and after the game? Absolutely not. Last night on Comcast SportsNet, Art Fennell had my favorite interview, first ...
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‘The Guy’s Already Given You Blood’
Also good were these two signs, shown in the first inning when A-Rod came to bat. If it wasn’t going to be a centaur joke, I’m glad it was a steroids one.
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Alex Rodriguez
Philadelphia Phillies
I enjoy these actual signs more than the signs that said things like “YEAH BABY” and “TUNE IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE NEXT GAME.”
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Philadelphia Phillies
Cliff Lee
thefightins.com - 18 days ago
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What happened? Chase Utley drove in four behind
a solid start from Cliff Lee to lead the
Phillies to a victory to force game six in the World Series. Who did what? Cliff Lee (W, 2-0) allowed five runs on four hits in seven plus innings. He ...
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World Series Game 5 Recap: Phillies 8, Yankees 6
What happened?
The Yankees rallied for three runs off Brad Lidge to take the fourth game of the series to take a 3-1 lead.
Who did what?
Joe Blanton (ND) allowed four runs on five hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out seven.
Shane Victorino went
Chase Utley went
Pedro ...
