2008 Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies
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| Can't Stop The Bleeding found this 3/30/2008 on www.yard-work.org (flag) |
Like sands through the hourglass, if the hourglass was full of water, so goes the 2008 Yard Work Season Preview. Today’s installment concerns the Philadelphia Phillies, and is penned by AM radio drive-time personality (and Emmy Award winner) Howard Eskin .
Ah, Phillies baseball. Like watching retards trying to snap their fingers. Seriously, folks, if you geniuses think the Phillies ...
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Published 3/30/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
It’s hard to know who to trust when previewing the 2008 Major League Baseball Season. Clearly, in an age where the credibility of David Pinto is under fire, we’re gonna have to turn some new sources for soothsaying, and if that means absorbing a Phillies prospectus penned in-the-style -of WIP’s Charlie Manuel-baiting Howard Eskin, so be it. From Yard Work :
Out in left field, there’s good old Pat the Fat, good for a sterling .260 average, a remarkable 70-80 RBIs, and stone-cold defense that could be ...
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