Tag Archives: Ryan Howard

Whoever Wins, Philly fans are Gonna Get Stabby

October 27, 2009 – 11:11 pm

The World Series is here!  There are so many cool angles to this matchup.  There are the two best lineups in baseball, two great three-man rotations, former teammates and back-to-back Cy Young winners CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee facing off in game 1 (and maybe more than once), Pedro vs. the Yankees in a contest [...]

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Phillies: Y’all Must Have Forgot

October 19, 2009 – 2:24 pm

As if quoting Roy Jones Jr.’s terrible rap debut, the Phillies came out yesterday and reminded everyone why they were the defending champs and the favorites to win the NL this season.  They d*ck-slapped the Dodgers to the tune of 11-0, including a Ryan Howard triple.  If you can’t keep Ryan Howard from running from [...]

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MLB Playoffs: Are the Dodger’s also Pedro’s Daddy?

October 16, 2009 – 10:22 am

So game one of  the NLCS was last night, and the Phillies won.  Cole Hammels outlasted Clayton Kershaw, who seems to be tiring down the stretch (as I predicted in the video below).  The Dodgers had 14 hits to the Phillies 8, which is a misleading stat considering that Kershaw and company walked a ton [...]

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Follow Up: Big Hurt VS Big Hack

September 30, 2009 – 10:00 am

For those of you who didn’t catch it, this post is a follow to my Then VS Now comparison of players back in the day who hit for power but struck out very little compared to sluggers of today like Mark Reynolds, Ryan Howard, and Adam Dunn who don’t care about contact and focus solely [...]

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Then VS Now

September 24, 2009 – 9:10 am

This past Saturday, JD and I went out for a drink at our favorite bar.  Aside from all the regulars and the obnoxious loud drunks there was an old guy sitting next to me quietly nursing a shot of scotch and a beer.  After a couple hours of hanging out, he turns to JD and [...]

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