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Whitey and Harry: Together again 14 Apr 2009 | 06:46 am
Very, very sad news from DC today. The Hall of Fame voice of the Phillies, Harry Kalas, has died. He was 73. Other Phillies bloggers will come up with much more thorough, eloquent tributes to Harry ...
Turn the beat around 9 Apr 2009 | 02:12 am
While I can’t be certain, I’m going to assume that 0 and 2 is not how the World Fuckin’ Champions want to open the season. A scene from last night’s shutout. I hate you and your ass face, Chipper. ...
Ding dong, the witch is dead 28 Feb 2009 | 03:59 am
Adam Eaton is no longer a Phillie. From the very brief item on Phillies.com (and p.s., how relieved do you imagine Todd Zolecki is to have gotten off the sinking ship that is PNI?) Eaton, who makes $...
Brad Lidge has an oopsie tummy 25 Feb 2009 | 07:00 am
In his article about the Phillies on ESPN.com today, Peter Gammons shares an anecdote about The Lidgemeister. “Right in back of the bullpen in Philly we have a crab-fries stand. They are great. I lov...
Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. 20 Feb 2009 | 11:40 am
If there’s one institutional learning facility I hate more than Notre Dame, it’s Penn State. So as I was perusing the slideshows on the Phillies’ web site, what did I see at “Phillies Night at Penn S...
Brad Lidge is fit (but you know it) 20 Feb 2009 | 11:20 am
I believe this is the first time I’ve featured the Lidgemeister on Plunk Chutley. [EDIT: It's not, but it's the first time I've given him his own post.] This is probably because I hate Notre Dame an...
It’s Cole’s world, we just live in it 19 Feb 2009 | 05:25 am
It was only a matter of time before Cole made the cover of Sports Illustrated. As you would expect, Ben Reiter’s article about the World Series MVP (which is how Cole garnishes his autograph now) pai...
Appropriating groundskeepers’ equipment: A Phillies tradition unlike any other 17 Feb 2009 | 12:24 pm
I’d like to think that this… is the spiritual descendent of this… HT to Meech for drawing my attention to this wonderful Life Magazine gallery of vintage baseball photos. I wish I could identify th...
My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard 17 Feb 2009 | 04:21 am
Chan Ho Park’s got some backyard on him, doesn’t he?
Isn’t that a lovely sight? 12 Feb 2009 | 09:05 am
It’s the first beautiful, sunny day of 2009. No better way to spend it than by blogging about Spring Training. Pictured: El Capitan (I think I’m going to try to make that stick this season, whaddya...