Billy Paultz Reconsidered

One interesting thing about the Penn State investigation on “Outside the Lines,” was the contrast between what Joe said and what University president Graham Spanier said.
Confronted with the raw numbers - 46 players arrested since 2002, 27 of them found guilty of something - Paterno went into knee-jerk defensive mode, using the word “witchhunt,” several […]

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I wrote this last night during the Barnstormers’ game and then got occupied writing alternate ledes to that 10-9, six-error, 217-minute mess of a game. Random observations while getting ready for the Barnstormers game with Newark at the Clip…
ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” is reportedly planning a look at some of the off-field issues with Penn […]

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No, I didn’t stay up to the end, and yes, I’m very glad I didn’t commit to full-blown live blogging….
Couple reactions:
After Chase Utley had warm words for the fans Monday, why wasn’t be booed when introduced Tuesday? He came out right before a Red Sox (Red Sock?), Dustin Pedroia, but you can boo two consecutive […]

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The plan for tonight had been to do a full-blown live blog for the all-star game, but there’s a bit too much chaos at chez Gross (involving an ink stain; don’t ask) for that to be practical. So we’ll just watch the game and jump in from time to time.
Meanwhile, in other news:
One of the many excellent […]

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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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It’s another long Saturday night in the office. Random observations, etc. …
Two posts down is a reprint of a column I did for the Sunday News’ Living section about my kid and his interest in politics and him so looking forward to voting in the primary. Which reminds me: When we actually did walk down […]

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Despite himself, Chase Utley seems to be having his moment. Everybody digs the Phillies’ second baseman, including the all-star voting public and this guy. Now he’s been named one of America’s 25 fittest men by Men’s Fitness magazine.

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The Phils scored seven runs in the first two innings last night against a pitcher who was throwing 97 with movement. That made 42 runs in a stretch of 20 innings. Things are going fairly well right now.
In more substantive news, tonight’s start might be a crucial one for Adam Eaton. Kris Benson threw 75 […]

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