Swing and a Long Drive
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A Philadelphia Phillies and Major League Baseball blog.
Latest Blog Posts
- Castro Rumors and MLB News on Nov 24, 2009 in Castro News Rumors Free Agents Offseason MLB Vizquel
The Phillies reportedly agreed to a deal with utility infielder Juan Castro, pending a physical. The deal is for one year with a club option for 2011. The deal might not be officially announced until next week.Castro will fill Eric Bruntlett’s spot...
- Mauer, Pujols, Named MVPs on Nov 24, 2009 in Awards MVP Pujols Mauer
Joe Mauer and Albert Pujols each won the Most Valuable Player in their respective leagues.Mauer earned American League honors with a near unanimous vote. Mauer started the year on the disabled list, but that didn't prevent him from receiving 27 of th...
- "Buying" a Championship on Nov 21, 2009 in Call of the Day MLB Marlins Yankees
Since the New York Yankees won their 27th World Series a few weeks ago, there have been numerous talks about the Yankees "buying" a championship. With a $208 million payroll and a third baseman that makes more money than every Florida Marli...
- Player Recap: Chad Durbin on Nov 20, 2009 in Recap Phillies Year In Review Durbin
This article was featured on Phillies Nation under 2009 Player Reviews.Coming off a year in which he posted a 2.87 earned run average, Chad Durbin’s expectations were high coming into 2009. During arbitration, Durbin was given a well deserved $735,...
- Lincecum Wins NL Cy on Nov 19, 2009 in Awards Cy Young Giants Lincecum
For the second consecutive year, Tim Lincecum wins the National League Cy Young Award, and deservedly so. Lincecum helped anchor the San Francisco Giants' pitching staff, which was one of the best in baseball.Lincecum is the eighth pitcher in major l...
- Greinke Wins Cy; Managers of the Year on Nov 18, 2009 in Cy Young Managers Royals Tracy Greinke
Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals was deservedly named the 2009 American League Cy Young winner.The 25-year old went 16-8 on a dismal Royals' team. Greinke led the major leagues in earned run average (2.16), walks/hits per innings pitched (1.07)...
- Phillies News & Notes on Nov 18, 2009 in Chan Ho Phillies News Rumors Pedro
There are only 137 days until opening day, but there is still plenty of Phillies news during the off season.The Phillies added Quintin Berry (OF), Yohan Flande (LHP) and Jesus Sanchez (RHP) to the 40-man roster.Chan Ho Park wants to start in 2010. Pa...
