The Point Is…
TPI took last weekend off and you have my sincerest apologies. On a rather humorous note, the Red Sox have tried to trade the Lance Armstrong of the Baseball World (Mike Lowell) to the Texas Rangers and would look to replace him with….drumroll….Adrian Beltre. I am not a general manager, though I do manage several [...]
The Point Is….
I have decided on the title of my running article which I hope will continue to run on this website. As there were no comments on my previous article, I will assume that a) No One Cares or b) I am the only person reading it.
I dont blame anyone. At this point in the baseball [...]
NL East Daily Recap from 8-19-09
Cliff Lee has been absolutely outstanding for the Phillies since being traded in late July. Lee(4-0) turned in his fourth straight solid, or in this case terrific outting as he threw a complete game while allowing only two hits and one run while striking out eleven while winning 8-1. His ERA in the National League [...]
Chatter Up! Marlins @ Phillies 8-7-09 to 8-9-09
Welcome to Chatter Up! here at NLEC. This edition will match up Rab Bethan of FishGuts for his first appearance, but Fishguts’ third, as the Marlins travel to Philly after a sweep at the hands of the Nats. Matt Smith of Phillies Phandom makes his first of many appearances after a Phillies series win [...]
Chatter Up! Inaugeral Edition - Braves @ Marlins 7-28-09 to 7-31-09
Welcome to the first edition of NLEC’s Chatter Up! This will be a normal occurrence when two divisional teams play each other. I (or others) will ask questions of the affiliate blogs and their writers for the teams which are going against each other during that series. These questions can be in regards to the [...]
NL East News: Halladay not being moved..
In a tweet from Erika Gilbert , Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi is quoted as saying “I think at this point its probably unlikely that we’ll trade Doc. We’ve got to be motivated to move him, so we haven’t been highly motivated yet”
Will this slow down the rumor mill? Probably not, and we will probably [...]
NL East News: Pedro, Halladay and All-Star Starters
The biggest news of the day appears to be that according to many reports, including Todd Zolecki’s Twitter, that former Met Pedro Martinez is on his way to Philadelphia. His latest news says that the physical may not be completed until tomorrow, but a deal is expected by Wednesday.
Zolecki also speaks to different Philly players [...]
Trade Rumors: Halladay going nowhere, other tidbits
So in today’s edition of “Where will Roy go?” , Richard Griffin of The Star says that Halladay will not be going anywhere until at least the offseason. If you recall, yesterday , we here at NLEC put up a post explaining that at least two teams in the NL East may be calling the [...]
Halladay sweepstakes is on?
Earlier today, Sports newswaves went into a tizzy with the comment from Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi saying “I don’t think anything has changed, I just think, ‘You know what, why not listen? The worst we can say is no, If someone wants Roy and they’re willing to blow us away, we’d be willing to listen, [...]
