VIDEO: BJ Upton Disses Philly In Radio Interview

Usually on Fridays we like to look back at a player from the Phillies past, but I'm going to mix it up today. The offseason is flooded with talk about contracts, agents, arbitration, negotiations, "money grubbing whores," etc. Basically, baseball takes a back seat to business. So, I thought it ...

As teased yesterday, earlier this week I had the pleasure of meeting Devil Rays legend Fernando Perez, who was the special celebrity guest for a standing-room only crowd at 12 Angry Mascots — New York’s only sports-comedy variety talk show.  The young Devil Rays superstar was funny as hell, and kindly complimented me on my [...]

Nice pickup, in my opinion. It?s a one year deal, and the base salary should be around $1.5M, [according to DK]. Hinske will fill a bench role, and he can play 1B, 3B, LF and RF. He hit 20 HR?s last year with Tampa in a similar role, which is pretty impressive. He?s not as fiery and [...]

I saw Devil Rays legend Fernando Perez last night and he offered the following lookalike for NL Cy Young Winner Tim Lincecum: You can tell a dude went to Columbia when he can casually drop a reference to the classic 1995 film Kids in response to a question about who’s the best pitcher he’s faced. Perez was [...]

eModa.com has done it again, luring Philly athletes into the shadowy, awkwardly lit underbelly of the modeling industry. We've previously seen Riley Cote and Young James fall prey to their graffiti-tattoo t-shirted ways, and now they've converted Kyle Kendrick and Glenolden's finest, Stephenie ...

In a hasty moment of mathematical effort, I found the 2009 Phillies 25-man roster could be older than the 1983 Phillies 25-man roster. (...)

Pimp our sweet new banner created by the man, the myth, the hockey fan, Digi. We know many of you clamored for a Phillies World Series banner when we put up the Eagles Dawkins SMASH, but after all, we're a four sport town.We may make a habit of mixing the banner up from time to time. Let us ...

In our continuing efforts to preserve and protect the full, proud history of our proud, great and dominant franchise, and to hagiographize the many, many valiant warriors who have contributed to that proud history, every Monday through Thursday we’ll be counting down The Top 177* Devil Rays Ever…. The 163rd Greatest Devil Ray Ever is…. Jason Standridge [...]

In our continuing efforts to preserve and protect the full, proud history of our proud, great and dominant franchise, and to hagiographize the many, many valiant warriors who have contributed to that proud history, every Monday through Thursday we’ll be counting down The Top 177* Devil Rays Ever…. The 164th Greatest Devil Ray Ever is…. Ozzie Guillen [...]

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I just read a great piece by Ben Shpigel of the New York Times. He discusses how Jerry Manuel views Jose Reyes as one of the emerging leaders on the team. Jerry Manuel sees no need to designate a captain when he has a capable group of players policing the Mets' clubhouse. That leadership core includes David Wright, Johan Santana, Carlos Delgado and Carlos Beltran. According to Manuel...

By Gary With the return of Andy Pettitte the Yankees completed their 2009 rotation in the hopes of competing with the Red Sox and Rays. The American League East has the reputation of being the toughest division in Baseball for many reasons. The top three teams boast quality pitching along ...

Richard Justice of the Sporting News thinks it's very important.Andy Pettitte brings credibility, a winning attitude and a relentless work ethic to the Yankees. In the end, those things might end up being more valuable than anything he does on the mound. The Yankees have been overhauled again ...

explanation of rankings of other team previews 2008 Record: Offseason Additions: Mike Hampton, Jason Offseason Subtractions: Randy Wolf, Mark Ranks Line-Up - Rotation - Bullpen - Defense - 1st tier (out of ...

Johnny Moore Outfielder 1934-1937 Career w/Phillies: .328 AVG / 55 HR / 303 RBI / 14 SB An expert hitter, Moore came from Cincinnati in a midseason 1934 trade for Ted Kleinhans, Wes Schulmerich and Art Ruble. (...)