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In what some would consider GM Ruben Amaro’s best signing yet, the Philadelphia Phillies have inked ex-Brave/Padre/Rockie 2nd baseman Marcus Giles to a minor league contract. The career .277 hitter who hasn’t played in the majors since 2007 will be invited to Spring Training in ...
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Using tactics employed by shady, imperious organizations past
and present, the powers that be in Major League
Baseball (”Taking Substance Abuse 33% More Seriously!”) have decided to suspend Phillies reliever J.C. Romero for fifty games ...
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I’m not emotionally stable enough to form coherent
sentences here, so you’ll have to settle for one
of those quote-box thingees. From MLBTR , via The Squirrel and Busta-Buss Olney: The Rays, filling their need for a power hitter, are ...
When you happen to be a member of the World Fucking Champions™, the earth is your oyster. Shane Victorino, the King Kamehameha of both speed and outfield badassery, took his WFC act on the road to Japan. I love the Japanese because they take every little thing in life, no matter how trivial, ...
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…he’s a dipshit, fuckface, assmunch. Larry “Chipper” Jones decided to open his little bitch mouth recently, and suprisingly, didn’t injure it whilst speaking. Ask for douchedom , and thou shalt receive:
We won for 14 consecutive years, and you never, ever saw any ...
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Philadelphia Phillies… you ARE the World Series Champions! (Sorry, had to be done)
After the jump, on a very special Maury — “My fear of pickles is ruining my life!”
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Prior to leaving my old stomping grounds over at Bugs&Cranks in early May, I had an outrageous idea of starting an all-Phillies website where I could post my ridiculous nonsense at my leisure without hogging up all the space reserved for 30-some writers. But I thought the task might be too ...
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Let me set the scene*:
It is late, 10:05 PM on the nose. He has a deadline to meet, a shithole paper to write for. What is his angle? He loosens the belt on his 46 inch Dockers with the elastic waist, asks his unfuckable hag of a wife to grab him a Diet Caffeine Free Coke with Lemon ...
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At the end of Bill Conlin’s Rickey Henderson-for-the-HOF endorsement this morning, Sir One Chair finally admits to making a mistake some nine years ago when he decided to leave Nolan Ryan and his seven no-hitters off of his Hall of Fame ballot.
The ostracized member of Daily News Live ...
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Did you happen to catch that most glorious
day of NFL action yesterday? With the Birds needing
a win from Jimmy’s hometown Raiders and a loss from either the Bears or Vikes to stay alive in the playoff picture, most (including myself) ...
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OMG!!! New Years Resolutions!! Whether it’s to stop
smoking (fucking quitters) or losing those extra pounds to
fit in your new Rascal, we all try to make ‘em. Here’s some I, Howdy S. Thompson, made for your Philadelphia Phillies. ...
Although I said I wouldn’t be posting until after the New Year, my day off was rudely taken away from me and I was dragged into work this morning against my will. So instead of being productive here, I might as well waste some company time with a feel good video of Young James playing the ...
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I know what you’re thinking: That isn’t the editor of The Fightins and his eldest son posing with Sarge Matthews in the middle of a Sam’s Club, is it?
You cot damn right it is.
After missing out on the Sarge book signing at the Borders in Springfield, I decided to hop ...
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This right here is an old picture (I believe they were called “photographs” at the time) of a pint-sized Ryan Howard (right) and his twin brother Corey rocking the popular long sleeve dress shirt with a vest, bow tie, and shorts look while telling the real Santa Claus what they ...
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I’m (hopefully) back on a semi-normal routine after my latest foray into fatherhood. I solemnly swear to not bore you readers with wacky kid stories or give constant updates on his sleeping schedule, because Lord knows you don’t give a shit. But before I retreat back to ...
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If you’re anything like the writers of this fine website (technically, it’s super fine), you have an unhealthy obsession with Sarge “Gary” Matthews. Be it man-crush or lady boner, you would do anything for the Sarge. Some of us (me) have even revised his Wiki page.
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New Phillies GM Ruben Amaro (Jr?, ehhh I forget; I’m 83% sure it’s Junior) decided to bolster an already strong bullpen with one time Dodger great Chan Ho Park. When reached for comment, Park told reporters he was “really excited” for those Spring Training stretching ...
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Since our Fearless Leader is too busy gloating over his latest reproductive success (show off), I’ve decided to take time out of my “busy” day and riff on this latest news…
Over a couple of plates’ worth of the “Early Bird Special” at Old Country ...
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This afternoon’s edition of Site News! doesn’t really
have anything to do with the site, but I’m
awfully proud to relay it. Yesterday, on December 14, 2008 at 5:18am EST, young Maximus “Max” Milici a/k/a meech.three was ...
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J.A. Happ as a Roman Soldier, Greg Golson
in the 20’s-style slip dress, Lou Marson with the
leather short-shorts/vest/Zorro mask ensemble, Kyle Kendrick looking dominatrix-y in his chaps, cod piece, chest thingee, cap, mask, and whip, followed by Mike Cervenak as Britney Spears, and first-year ...
MLB to Romero: “You Got F’d In The A”