They will be raising another flag at The Bank on Opening Day next year. We'll find out in the next few weeks whether it will be a division flag, a pennant flag or a championship flag - but after they spanked the Astros tonight, we know "2009" will be flying somewhere. The 2009 Phillies are the 12th Phillies team to win a division title and the 2nd to win 3 straight (1976-78). This year's version was a lot less stressful than the last 2 years, which were decided in dramatic fashion on … [Read more...]

"Why can't we beat the Astros? Why can't this team get themselves playing October baseball? Why does Charlie Manuel think Tyler Walker is good? Why won't the Braves lose?" That's as far as I got last night before I realized I was too frustrated to keep writing and frankly didn't want to think about baseball for the rest of the night. So where is my head at this morning? Why are Phillies' fans nervous even though we still have a 99.4% chance of making the playoffs? Because we've seen … [Read more...]

I'm going to keep this short - but all any Phillies' fan has been thinking about recently is how on earth we have any chance at repeating with the disaster that is Lidge and Madson in the 9th. Here is my solution, and personally, I think it is the only solution with Myers out for a little, Madson failing in the 9th, Park out and Pedro pitching so poorly in the 1st inning in his starts (5 runs in 8 1st innings). Use Pedro Martinez as the 4th starter in the playoffs and insert J.A. Happ as your … [Read more...]

With the Eagles running out Michael Vick and wildcat and the Phillies chasing their 3rd straight NL East Championship, and the Flyers parading their new goalie and new franchise player around, there is as little hype and talk for a Sixers' season as I can remember. But for me, and Dannie, there is a lot of intrigue with this team right now. We aren't expecting huge things, but with a new coach, a new look and a good amount of new players, it will be interesting to see how things play … [Read more...]