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Copy Editor Patrick Abdalla doesn't need performance-enhancing drugs to take a look at all things Major League Baseball. Whether it's arguing about the Hall of Fame, quizzing someone with a stat out of left field, discussing a good baseball book, or talking about "Field of Dreams," Pat always enjoys some infield chatter.
Category Archives: Phillies 2011 starting rotation
I detect, like me, you’re endowed with the gift of gab
“Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin’?”
Posted in 2011 Post season, Phillies, Phillies 2011 starting rotation
Tagged Cardinals, Game 4, NLCS, Roy Oswalt
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No laughing matter
Seriously, you’re worried.
Momentum is only as good as your next day’s starter
Just saying.
Great Ceasar’s ghost
Go get ‘em, Roy.
In case you were wondering… Yeah, that’s quite a rotation
The Phillies Big Three – we miss you both, Little Roy and Fat Joe – are really good. Roy Halladay is 10-3 with a 2.40 ERA, four complete games and has a whip of 1.029. He’s averaging 7.69 whiffs per … Continue reading
Taking stock: The Phillies 33 games into the 2011 season
It all starts with Jimmy Rollins. Always has, always will. He was a dynamic player from 2000-2006 and the Phillies were a team who contended, but couldn’t get into the promised land. In 2007, Rollins won an MVP and, well, … Continue reading
Thoughs on Worley, Blanton and trades
Well, you knew somebody would miss a start. Turns out it the first of the Phillies’ Fab Five to miss a start will be Joe Blanton. He’s being replaced by Vance “Refrigeration” Worley. The youngster has pitched well in his … Continue reading
Phillies Fab Five: Round 3
Now that’s more like it. The Philadelphia Phillies Five starters pitched up to their potential. Five quality starts, four pitchers making it into the seventh, Of course, the Phillies only came away with three wins. But if they keep doing … Continue reading
Fab Five: Round 2
The second time through the rotation was more like it for the Philadelphia Phillies. Three pitchers – Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels – pitched very effectively. Combined, they gave up one run in 20 innings pitched. However, like … Continue reading
Fab Five: Round 1
The Philadelphia Phillies vaunted starting staff – Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt, Cole Hamels and Joe Blanton – made it through its first rotation. Here’s what it did.
