At the Bank
Nice little color piece this morning about the Phillies fans who live in the neighborhood of Citizens Bank Park.
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Crazy
So Shane Victorino, the Phillie who was deliberately hit with a pitch, is the only one suspended by MLB. Say what?
Crash course
On SportsCenter last night, ESPN ran a segment on collisions at home plate. Runners attempting to score routinely crash into catchers blocking the plate in an attempt to separate them from the ball.
Why are the catcher and the plate dealt with differently than any other position and base? A runner who barrels into an infielder trying to turn a double play would be called out for interference (and so would the runner behind him). Imagine a would-be base stealer lowering his shoulder and crashing into the fielder. Should that be allowed? What if runners legging out infield grounders routinely tackled first basemen? What if a runner could shove a pitcher covering first base on a ground ball to the right side? What if every instance of opposing players coming into close proximity of one another carried the potential for violent collisions?
Good news, bad news
Good news: Chooch is on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Bad news: Chooch is on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
This is sad
It really is, and the fact that he was there with his kid is even worse. But I keep thinking that for a baseball fan, it’s not such a bad way to go.
Shutout
Okay, the no-hitter petered out in the sixth inning (he did hold them to two), but Cliff Lee did pitch his third consecutive shutout last night. Go Cliff!
That which must not be named
Cliff Lee is doing that thing against the Red Sox right now. You know the one I mean. Just don’t say it.
Noooo
There are so many things you could do to improve baseball, but this isn’t one of them
Dock Ellis
Nice little story from 2005 about the man who pitched a no-hitter on acid, quit drugs and baseball and became a mensch.
Phillies
I have no idea why it’s true, but from the time I was a kid, I noticed that I simply could not get a realistic idea of how the Phillies were going to do before the end of July. (While I do watch individual games, I refuse to check their rankings until then.)
Once I got this clear in my head, I saved myself a lot of aggravation by not agonizing over stories like this.
Cringe
Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins collide going for the same ground ball, leading to an unearned run by the Mets. Bah.
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