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Phillies’ Delmon Young Can Get Richer By Not Being So Fat

Somehow, the news about the Phillies’ latest free-agent signing has diminished hopes for a World Series appearance this year. Delmon Young can earn up to […]

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Phillies Consider Adding Delmon Young, Delmon Young’s Baggage

Just a few more weeks until pitchers and catchers report, but Ruben Amaro Jr. is still apparently willing to make deals. Reports say the Phillies […]

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Why Jim Thome Might Not Make the Hall of Fame

If you’re a fan of the Phillies—or really, of any other baseball team—you probably love Jim Thome. In this era of widespread cynicism about sports, […]

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Chickie’s and Pete’s Getting Sued Again by Employees

For the second time in a month, Chickie’s and Pete’s is getting sued for skimming tips from employees. Which can only mean one thing: More […]

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Baseball Hall of Fame Elects…Nobody!

A lethal combination of mediocrity and steroid-tainted candidacies has produced a once-in-a-generation-event: nobody was elected to Cooperstown this year. Coming closest to the 75% vote […]

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Philly Teams Are Paying More Than $50 Million for Bad Knees

The most remarkable thing about the new list of the 25 highest-paid athletes in Philadelphia that it’s an orthopedist’s dream. Phillies pitchers Cliff Lee and […]

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2013 Philly Sports Predictions

Sports predictions for the new year are like Phillies memorabilia from 2008: Everybody’s got some and most of it ain’t worth much (though you can’t […]

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Cole Hamels Gave Big Donations to Some Schools Slated for Closure

Of the 37 schools Superintendent William Hite has slated for closure, two of them received donations this summer received donations from the Cole Hamels’s foundation, […]

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Phils’ Top Prospect Is a Biddle

Yes, of The Biddles. Jesse, the 21 year-old Mt. Airy native, is now the Phillies’ top-ranked minor leaguer, according to the Baseball America rankings unveiled […]

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Charlie Manuel Was at WWE Raw Last Night

A few years back, Philly Mag ran a piece about Charlie Manuel arguing he was a misunderstood idiot savant. Sniff all you want at his […]

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Phils Sign Guy Who Broke Chase Utley’s Hand

The first time Washington Nationals pitcher John Lannan pitched in Philly it was 2007, and he was making his major league debut. In the fifth […]

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Phillies Lose Out On Ichiro

This is typical. We only find out the Phillies even offered Ichiro Suzuki a two-year, $14 million contract on the day he re-signed with the […]

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Pete Rose to Star in Reality TV Show

Pete Rose, all-time MLB hits leader, and erstwhile Phillies first-baseman, will star in a TLC reality show with his Playboy Playmate fiancee. Since Rose was […]

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Phils Offer Josh Hamilton 3 Yrs, $80 mil

The Phillies needs an outfielder; Josh Hamilton needs a home. Yesterday, WIP’s Anthony Gargano reported that the Phils were offering the 2010 AL MVP a […]

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Top 10 Philly Sports GIFs of the Year

It wasn’t the best year for Philadelphia sports. That might be an understatement. The Phillies went 81-81, failing to make the playoffs for the first […]