Billy Paultz Reconsidered

The Phils and Blue Jays are evidently in serious talks about A.J. Burnett. I’ll be looking for Blue Jays scouts (Jim Fregosi?) when I go to Reading to watch Brett Myers pitch Saturday. Reading has some legit prospects, but since the Big Club’s catchers are a 35 year-old and Carlos Ruiz, I’d strongly advise against […]

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Even though it’s rendered moot by the events of this morning, here’s the column from yesterday’s Sunday News: 
In 2003 Joe Kerrigan, then the Phillies’ pitching coach, told anyone who’d listen that Brett Myers’ head position at the release point — yanked to the left, toward the first-base line, rather than toward the plate — was a […]

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Some things that have annoyed/amused/intrigued me lately:
*Re: The Phillies nice win over the Mets Friday. Nobody I heard mentioned that Johan Santana - who averages 200 innings a year and over 100 pitches a game - left a 2-2 game after eight innings having thrown 95 pitches, with a lefthander, Ryan Howard, leading off the ninth. The night […]

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So you’re concerned that the Phillies need pitching help? Relax. Help is on the way.

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