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Lenny Dykstra Is Out of Prison and Probably Trying to Sell You Something Already

After more than six months in a California correctional facility, Lenny Dyskstra is a free man. Nails was in jail for charges relating to a […]

City Life

Cliff Lee Isn’t Abandoning the Phillies. Yet.

ESPN reports: Cliff Lee tried to make it clear Tuesday night that his faith in the Phillies is still strong and he wants to win in […]

City Life

Former Phillies Reliever Ryan Madson Makes the Case for HGH Use

Remember Ryan Madson? He was the reliever for the Phillies the last time they were still good. He left the team and almost immediately blew […]

City Life

Lenny Dykstra Is Getting Out of Prison

Philly.com: Lenny Dykstra, the troubled ex-Phillies star, is expected to be released from a California prison Sunday, 15 months into his 3-year term, according to […]

City Life

Notre Dame’s Hypocrisy Fits Well With NCAA System

Eddie Vanderdoes might some day become a standout football player for UCLA, but last week he learned that there is one opponent he’ll never overcome. […]

Restaurants

Cantillon and Dollar Dogs? Dom Brown Too?

Cantillon and dollar dogs. Today the Phillies play a day game so Kraftwork and Sidecar are doing their dollar dog promotion. And at Sidecar there […]

City Life

Former Phil Pete Rose is Still a Million-Dollar Man

It’s been nearly a quarter-century since he was cast out of baseball for the sin of gambling on games, but don’t cry for Pete Rose, […]

City Life

Dom Brown Becomes First Phillie in Forever to Win Player of the Month

The last time a Philadelphia Phillies position player was named MLB player of the month was August, 2009, and the recepient was the formerly awesome […]

The Scene

Carlos Ruiz Hosts “Getting in the Game”

Last night, Carlos Ruiz, the Phillies and Philadelphia Futures presented “Getting in the Game” to raise funds to support low-income, first-generation students in high school […]

City Life

Why Cole Hamels Is Making Phillies History

No one would have blamed Cole Hamels if he pitched six innings of a Little League game Saturday morning, just to have a set of […]

City Life

Cole Hamels Second-Most Popular Baseball Player…for Cougars

The best news 1-8 Cole Hamels has gotten all year comes from CougarLife.com, which has anointed him, after a poll of 11,000 ostensible cougars, the second-hottest baseball player […]

City Life

Koch Brothers Could Soon Become Philly Media Players

Buried in the recent news that the arch-conservative mega-powerful Koch Brothers were considering buying the Chicago-based Tribune Co., were a couple of potential Philly implications. The […]

City Life

iPad Wielding Phillies Fan Annoys Everyone* at Marlins Game

A tipster sent Deadspin a picture of a dude sitting obnoxiously behind the Marlins dugout in a Ryan Howard jersey during last night’s game, with […]

Property

Property’s Morning Obsession: “Don’t Worry Be Charlie” T-Shirt, a Cliff Lee Favorite

In a recent game against the Cincinnati Reds, Cliff Lee was inexplicably picked off as pinch runner and made a crap ninth-inning mess of it. […]

City Life

Richie Ashburn’s Widow in Tears Over His Endangered Gladwyne Grave

It has been nearly 16 years since Philadelphia lost Richie Ashburn, one of the greatest Phillies players of all time. The beloved Hall of Famer, […]