One thing I love about sports is its unpredictability. Every year, there are teams that surprise us, and in 2022, one of baseball’s great stories is the Baltimore Orioles. Right now, the [...]
As the Phillies win games they never would’ve come close to winning in April and May, I wonder: What’s changed? The obvious answer is the manager, and Rob Thomson has been a [...]
In the later afternoon, as the Phils’ trades were announced, most of the reaction on a fan site I frequent was negative. How could Dave Dombrowski give up catching prospect Logan [...]
Sooner or later, I expected the mounting injuries to catch up to the Phillies. Their nice run was fun while it lasted, but now they’re on a four-game losing streak as they face Miami on the [...]
As I watch the Stanley Cup playoffs, it’s hard to get past the fact that the Flyers had the chance to draft Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar. The 23-year-old is the postseason’s [...]
Teams often play better – at least for a bit – when their coach/manager gets canned in the middle of the season. So I’m not surprised the Phillies responded to the firing of Joe [...]
When the Phils signed Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos, it was clear that defense wasn’t going to be a priority. I was fine with the moves, because they should’ve really boosted [...]
I go back and forth about James Harden: Part of me thinks the future Hall of Famer is on a fast, downhill slide, and that no amount of offseason training will reverse that. But another part [...]
Lost in all the Philadelphia sports happenings was the news that analyst, radio host and Pro Football Hall of Fame writer Ray Didinger is retiring at 75. Known affectionately as Ray Didi by [...]
I was too stunned at the time to appreciate the trade for A.J. Brown on the draft’s first day. But it looks like a tremendous move, so kudos to general manager Howie Roseman for engineering [...]
