Tag: Phillies

  • AC to Philly Expressway?

    AC to Philly Expressway?

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    Brendan Barry
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    And I am not talking about Atlantic City. No, on Saturday, the Red Sox fired their manager Alex Cora and his entire staff. Or, rather, the staff loyal to him. I wrote about that on Monday. Little did we know that Saturday night, Alex Cora and the chief of baseball operations for the Philadelphia Phillies,…

  • Bring on the Beantown Boys

    Bring on the Beantown Boys

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    Brendan Barry
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    For my longtime readers, you know that despite living in both Chicago and now Philadelphia, I am and have been since way back in 1999, a Boston Red Sox fan. And this week, the Carmine Hose make their biennial visit down I-95 to South Philadelphia. And I will be there in person to watch. This…

  • Chase the Unlucky Utley

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    Brendan Barry
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    We all know that I am a Red Sox fan. But I grew up in Philadelphia, largely before the era where the internet made watching out-of-market games a reality. That means I am quite familiar with my hometown Philadelphia Phillies. And for a good chunk of my life that meant names like Rollins, and Utley…