Deadlines.

UPDATE:  THE SOX GET JAKE PEAVY.  THAT’S THE WHITE SOX.  PEAVY HASN”T PITCHED SINCE JUNE, BUT THIS AL CENTRAL RACE IS HEATING UP. 
The deadline approaches.  I’m not going to wait it out.  Everyone will be in a mad dash to get wasted by the time all this shakes out.  The only deal that looks 100% [...]

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Anecdote XI.

While we wait anxiously for a possible trade deadline flurry, and to see exactly what low number the Tiger is going to shoot today, I’d thought I’d go for an old anecdote.  Anecdote 11.  Subtitle:  Epic Driving Test Fail. 
I think most people agree that the driving test is one of the easiest tests you take [...]

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Dodgers Counter.

The Dodgers traded for George Sherrill on Thursday giving them a pretty solid right/left combo at the back end of the bullpen.  Pairing Sherrill with Broxton starts that old, “make it a seven inning game” notion.  I’m not going to sit here, and say that the Dodgers don’t have a nice pitching staff.  They do, [...]

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Fire Hank Haney.

Tiger’s coming back to life as I write this post, but seriously…par is basically 68 out there today.  Steve “lunch pail” Lowery shot 63.  It’s a pushover.  Tiger could birdie out, and end up winning the tournament going away, but I’m just wondering how much longer before the Hank Haney whispers start to gain steam.  [...]

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Why Can’t NFL Teams get their First Rounders Into Camp?

 It makes you long for the NBA’s regimented rookie salary scale doesn’t it?  Year after year these rookies hold out, and honestly I don’t know why the deals can’t be done sooner.  The draft was months ago.  I’m ninety percent sure that this is the agent’s fault.  No one wants to sign before the next [...]

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A comment so long it became a Post.

So, I wrote this all in a comment, but it seemed a little ridiculous when it hit 5oo words:
All right.  What’d I miss.  Frickin Cliff Lee.  The guy’s a lightninng rod. 
Oh man, 1981…what a dagger.  The Phillies of ‘81 widely regarded as the best team in the league.  With or without Ron Guidry…of course it [...]

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Busiest. Day. Ever.

History making day at Three Putt Territory.  I suppose we owe it all to Cliff Lee.  Either that or my extra sharp provolone wit.  Hard to say, but imagine the explosion if the Phillies had traded for Roy Halladay.  It certainly was a strange day to be a Phillies fan.  After being conditioned for decades, [...]

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Phils Acquire Cliff Lee

Fox Sports is reporting that the Phillies have traded for Cleveland ace, Cliff Lee.  I’d be more comfortable if Jayson Stark broke the news, but he’s clearly asleep on the job.  All my calls to the dugout and clubhouse in Allentown have gone unanswered, so we’re going with Ken Rosenthal.  The Phillies give up Jason Donald, [...]

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Cliff Read My Letter?

Jayson Stark, former Phillies beat writer, current ESPN baseball maven is reporting that the Phillies seem a lot closer to making a deal for Cliff Lee than they do for Roy Halladay.  The Phillies and Blue Jays can’t come to terms, and Stark believes the Phillies may have shifted their attention towards Lee. 
Carlos Carrasco, who [...]

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Hanging Around.

I can’t express the amount of joy I feel when I hear that Jeff George is sending a workout tape around to NFL front offices.  On the day that Brett Favre decided he is going to stay retired we really needed this kind of news.  George has been working out at the University of Illinois, [...]

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