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I was ecstatic when the Phils hired Dave Dombrowski to be president of baseball operations. His track record was outstanding at building championship teams, and I couldn’t wait to see what [...]

When the baseball season was over, I thought the chance of this happening was shrinking by the day. But the Phils managed to re-sign their biggest free agent, all-star catcher J.T. Realmuto, to a [...]

I wasn’t following the Phils’ search for front office help (after reassigning former general manager Matt Klentak) very closely. So I didn’t really know what names were on their [...]

I was thrilled to hear that Kim Ng will finally be a Major League Baseball general manager. After years of interviews but never getting the call, Ng was just named GM of the Marlins. Kudos to [...]

This isn’t about a player the Phils drafted or signed as an amateur and then traded away, ie., Sixto Sanchez. It’s about a pitching coach who’s five wins away, as I write this, [...]

We Phillies fans need something to root for, so I’m promoting Alec Bohm for NL Rookie of the Year. Maybe if Bohm had been on the roster at the beginning of the season, they would’ve [...]

As each day passes without news on the J.T. Realmuto contract front, I’m more pessimistic. And then there was the comment from general manager Matt Klentak, who threw a wet rag on any [...]

Late Wednesday evening, a friend on Facebook – a Mets fan – asked if I was going to write about Tom Seaver. I had been considering it, but then got busy working on other projects. [...]

I hate to pick on Jean Segura, but his situation is kind of a microcosm of what’s wrong with the Phillies. In the interest of full disclosure, I supported the team’s trade for Segura [...]

Might as well go first with the obvious. There was no relief to be found in the Phils’ middle relievers. I don’t know if the club expects Ranger Suarez and Victor Arano to get here [...]