Tag: baseball

  • Checking in on Your 2011 Philadelphia Phillies

    Can I just say that being a base­ball fan in this town would be much eas­i­er if peo­ple did­n’t pan­ic every time their first place team slumped? Slumps end. Appre­ci­ate the pitch­ing that you’re see­ing every night out there. Home runs are fun, but what we’re wit­ness­ing is down­right mag­i­cal. Soak it in. Lux­u­ri­ate in…

  • Charlie Loves Baseball

    A quick recap: Char­lie keeps a tick­et in his hat, just like Daddy. He likes to walk around, but shouts, “Miss­ing!” when he real­izes he’s not watch­ing the game. He dances to Jim­my Rollins’ at bat music. He got on the score­board again last night. He REALLY loves baseball.

  • The Fifth Starter

    He throws a dev­as­tat­ing curve­ball, too.

  • Thoughts on the 2011 Philadelphia Phillies

    They appear to be pret­ty good. Guess they answered the “but can they hit?” ques­tion ear­ly. Nev­er thought Wil­son Valdez and Ben Fran­cis­co would be ear­ly heroes. Polan­co’s not shab­by either. How much do you want to bet that Jim­my’s talk­ing to Char­lie non­stop about jump­ing back into the lead­off spot? If Char­lie’s smart he’ll…

  • Enjoying the 2011 Philadelphia Phillies

    Love when my reg­u­lar morn­ing reads include Beer­lea­guer, Crash­burn Alley, Phillies Nation and more of my favorite Phillies blogs. Fol­low­ing the games on Twit­ter is a treat, although Chris @LONG_DRIVE isn’t in mid­sea­son form, yet. Miss check­ing the Fight­ins for all the great flubs. I caught a bad typo on the new Phillies score­board at…