Explaining Brad Lidge?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotBuried at the very end of an update that's mostly about the Phillies exploring replacements for Pedro Feliz -- due $5 million if he's a Phillie again next season -- is...
Blog | November 06, 2009What's next for Phillies?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...about 2010, why can't we? David Brown:Phillies manager Charlie Manuel might have been conflating the...t the last we'll see of his Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. "I'm gonna...
Blog | November 05, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 6
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotHero: Hideki Matsui drove in six runs to essentially beat the Phillies all by his lonesome. It might not be the greatest World Series game by a Yankee, but...
Blog | November 04, 2009Chase Utley: Great ... or Greatest?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the World Series oxygen, it's no wonder Philadelphia's Chase Utley isn't getting heaps of...majors at 24, and took over as the Phillies' every-day second baseman at 25. He's...
Blog | November 04, 2009Slow it down and beautify it
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...a single inning -- on Sunday night, grinding Game 4 of the World Series to a standstill. Agitated Phillies fans booed each trip. MLB vice president of umpiring Mike Port said frequent mound meetings by all...
Blog | November 03, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 5
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...It's About the Money on the bad A.J. showing up, and Crashburn Alley on the Phillies' James Bond impression
Blog | November 02, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 4
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Yankees on base and nobody out. As things played out, Utley's errant glove flip cost the Phillies a run that would eventually seem quite precious. Another Costly Move: Potentially costly, anyway. As a friend...
Blog | November 02, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 3
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...outs in an 8-5 game (fortunately for Girardi, Mo needed only five pitches to dispatch the Phillies). Good Move: It's a small thing, but let's give Girardi some credit for sticking with...
Blog | November 01, 2009Manuel's take on 'good baseball'
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...not allowed to take shots at broadcasters. But apparently Charlie Manuel operates under no such structure. Behold! Phillies manager Charlie Manuel took a veiled shot at Fox broadcaster Tim McCarver on Friday when Manuel was...
Blog | October 31, 2009Pedro in too long?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...decision Charlie Manuel has made since the postseason began has been with the intent of putting the Phillies in better position to repeat as World Series champions. October decisions come with risk, however, particularly when...
Blog | October 30, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 2
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...will always be four at-bats and the dreaded Golden Sombrero. Barely Off the Hook: If the Phillies had managed to score a second run, Charlie Manuel would have been the goat for allowing Pedro...
Blog | October 29, 2009Pedro ahead of Hamels?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...upper deck, and his questionable stamina means the Philadelphia bullpen is more likely to be taxed. Manuel...surprised if it has an unhappy ending for Phillies fans. Somewhere, someone wrote or said that Hamels...
Blog | October 29, 2009Transit questions loom for Game 3
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...by ESPN.com's Claire Smith NEW YORK -- Phillies CEO David Montgomery remains cautiously optimistic the Phillies...prior to Game 1, said comments made by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter Monday during the city's...
Blog | October 28, 2009Sure, Ryan Howard's pretty good...
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...be mentioned in the same breath with a Philadelphia Phillie who has led the National League in...a corrective is in order? In comparing the Phillies and the Yankees, lineup slot by lineup slot...
Blog | October 28, 2009The last time they played...
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Hamels or Cliff Lee couldn't pitch for Philadelphia in the World Series this week because they...nearly 60 years ago, the last time the Phillies played the New York Yankees in the post...
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