I never knew why it was called the Hot Stove, and I suppose in the age of Google and Wikipedia, I could easily find the answer to that question. Ultimately, it does not matter so I will simply continue on in blissful ignorance. Sports has become a 24 hour a day, 365 investment. [...]
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For me, last night was all about heading out to CitField with my wife (no, that’s not her on the left) to watch the Mets. As I said in my previous post, I have a soft spot in my heart for games like this. Absolute garbage time at the ballyard where the game is a [...]
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There’s really not much drama left in the NL East these days now that the Phils have clinched and the Braves have sort of exploded after teasing us for a couple of weeks there with an improbable late run toward the Rockies and the NL Wild Card. Ironically, there is still some juice flowing from [...]
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The Houston Astros continued to have the Phillies number last night in Philly, beating Hamels and the Phils 8-2. Miguel Tejada went 4-5 with three runs and an RBI, CarlosLee added tow hits, two runs and an RBI and even former Met Jeff Keppinger got into things going 3-5 with two RBI on the day. [...]
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The Florida Marlins were looking to take two of three against the first place Phillies last night and pull closer in the wildcard and division, but were down headed to late innings. They fought back late in the game with a Gaby Sanchez home run in the eighth, a Cody Ross RBI single in the [...]
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Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels had a perfect game into the sixth inning of this game against the Nats, although he lost it, the Phillies and he got the win, 4-2. Hamels(10-9) went eight innings only allowing five hits and one run and striking out ten and looks to have found his form. Hamels even helped [...]
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Phillies ace Cole Hamels seemed to have found his stuff last night as he led the Phillies to a 4-2 victory in a rainy night. Hamels(9-9) pitched 6.2 innings while allowing seven hits and one run including six strikeouts for him to get a rare win versus the Mets. Rollins, Utley, Feliz and Ruiz added [...]
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Brad Penny made his first start since coming back to the National League and it looks like he found his problem, the American League. Penny(1-0) pitched great while going eight innings and getting five hits and only walking one while striking out two to hold the heavy hitting Phillies scoreless. He got some offense behind [...]
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Cole Hamels pitched his second straight great game, the only difference was this time, he didn’t let the bullpen ruin it for him. Hamels(8-8) went the distance in a 1-0 win versus the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night while only allowing three baserunners on two hits and one walk and using 118 pitches. The [...]
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Last night in Pittsburgh, the Philadelphia bullpen tried to give up another game to the Pirates late in the game. Ryan Madson(5-4) was charged with his fifth blown save as he tried to save Cole Hamels eight inning no run gem, but allowed a pinch hit game tying home run. Ryan Howard got him off [...]
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