Category Archives: Baseball

Why Baseball is Superior to Football

I watched the Super Bowl and enjoyed it.  After three slow quarters of play, the fourth quarter was exciting and suspenseful.  It was a very good game. However, even in the rare event of a competitive and entertaining Super Bowl game we can see how football is inferior to baseball.  Two plays in particular demonstratedContinue reading “Why Baseball is Superior to Football”

Phillies’ New Alternate Home Uniform (Yawn)

The Phillies today unveiled their new alternate home jersey.  It’s a cream-colored shirt and pant uniform without pinstripes.  The team name is written in the familiar script, and a red stripe runs down each leg.  Throw in the blue hat with a red "P," and you have a 1940s-esque throw-back uniform. Yawn. There’s nothing wrongContinue reading “Phillies’ New Alternate Home Uniform (Yawn)”

Phillies Put the Squeeze On . . . In The Booth

Tom McCarthy, perhaps the best Phillies broadcaster since the slow and painful decline of Harry Kalas, is returning to Citizens Bank Park after two years with the Mets.  He had spent five years with the Phillies doing pre- and post-game shows, along with radio play-by-play in his last few years with the Phillies.  First theContinue reading “Phillies Put the Squeeze On . . . In The Booth”

Phillies Make Phirst Move

In this offseason’s Hot Stove League the Phillies have made the first move – acquiring reliever Brad Lidge from the Houston Astros.  This move improves the Phillies’ starting rotation by allowing the team to return Brett Myers to the ace position, and gets us a proven talent in Lidge.  Even though the Phillies are theContinue reading “Phillies Make Phirst Move”