This is comedian Kennie Thomas' impersonation of a Charlie Manuel post game press conference. If you ask me, he's too articulate to pull off Fuqua.
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Analyzing The Phillies: Phillippe Aumont
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Effectively Using Young, Galvis & Howard
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Last week, Bill Baer wrote up a terrific idea he had at Crashburn Alley: the Phillies should play Freddy Galvis at third base whenever John Lannan starts. The thought makes perfect sense and represents the type of minor adjustment that could benefit the team and maximize the utilities of different rostered players.
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The Phillies Have Wronged Themselves, Dom Brown
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Photo via Wikipedia If you close your eyes and remember a player, the first thing you see in your mind is their swing. Babe Ruth would drop his hands before sending a baseball into the next stratosphere. Sammy Sosa would almost jump into the pitches he belted. Ichiro has made...
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Analyzing The Phillies: Antonio Bastardo
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Big things were expected from Antonio Bastardo following his breakout year in 2011. Bastardo had put together a 6-1 record with a 2.64 ERA along with eight saves. Even though he began to perform poorly at the end of the season, the Phillies were counting on the lefthander to once again be a...
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Phillies Eying Left-Handed Howell?
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Pop quiz: Which lefty reliever would you rather have? (2012 stats listed, 2013 aged season listed)
- Player A: 52 IP, 14.02 K/9 IP, 4.50 BB/9 IP, 3.18 xFIP. Age 27
- Player B: 50.1 IP, 7.51 K/9 IP, 3.93 BB/9 IP, 4.17 xFIP. Age 30
- Player C: 27.1 IP, 11.52 K/9 IP, 6.59 BB/9 IP, 3.92 xFIP. Age 26
- Player D: 31.1 IP, 11.49 K/9 IP, 4.02 BB/9 IP, 3.24 xFIP. Age 27
- Player E: 31.0 IP...
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Phillies Find Back-End Bargain In John Lannan
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Kyle Kendrick is generally underrated in the realm of back-end starters, but the Phillies still came into the offseason seeking rotation depth behind Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Cole Hamels. That need grew even greater two weeks ago when the team used Vance Worley to acquire Ben Revere. With veteran back-end arms aplenty on the free agent market, Philadelphia managed to find a bargain...
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Phillies announce Lannan signing
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December 18, 2012
Free-agent John Lannan officially signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, the team announced Tuesday. The deal includes another $2.5M in bonuses, according to CBSSports.com. "Clearly we have a familiarity with John and his past performance and success in this division helps us add depth to our rotation," Phillies general manager Ruben...
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How would Vernon Wells help the Phillies?
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The 2012 Phillies and the De-Lucker X
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December 20, 2012
Martinez was the Majors eleventh luckiest hitter in 2012 according to FanGraphs. Really. Photo: AP
Fangraphs posted an interesting article today combined with a pretty neat sortable spreadsheet regarding “luck”. The article, entitled “De-Lucker X: The Final 2012 Numbers“, took a look at how the Majors fared when comparing fielding independent wOBA and xBABIP (click on the...
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Phillies finalize one-year deal with Lannan
Pitcher John Lannan and the Philadelphia Phillies have finalized a $2.5 million, one-year contract.
The 28-year-old lefty was 4-1 with a 4.13 ERA in six starts for the NL East-champion Washington Nationals this year. He also made 24 starts for Triple-A Syracuse, going 9-11 with a 4.30 ERA.
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Off-season Q&A: Cloyd Up For Challenges Ahead
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Phillies announce Adams signing
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WWE Hall of Famer at NXT, Ex-WWE Announcer Gets ESPN Gig, Estrada, Manuel at RAW
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- Former WWE announcer Todd Grisham will be the new host of “Friday Night Fights” on ESPN beginning January 4th.
Report: Vernon Wells Joins Cody Ross on Phillies’ Shopping List
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The Philadelphia Phillies are making their list, checking it twice, and apparently adding names.
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