Forget Juan Soto and Roki Sasaki; it’s spring, so for now, until the start of the season at least, the…
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Andrew Painter: A Portrait of the Artist
Two years ago, a 19-year-old Andrew Painter had arrived at big league camp as a star attraction, set to compete…
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Can Rhys Hoskins Own the Narrative in 2025?
What a difference two years makes. At the beginning of March of 2023, Rhys Hoskins entered Spring training as a…
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How about Soto to the Phillies?
No sooner had the Phillies 2024 playoff run gone to ashes, than fans started to ask, quietly at first, then…
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PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE TAIJUAN WALKER?
I had been reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by the music producer Rick Rubin. Somewhere in there…
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London Series 2024: The Phillies are Coming!
For weeks I have been trying to write something coherent and sensible and balanced about the Philadelphia Phillies but I…
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2024 SEASON PREVIEW: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
What happened in 2023? Let’s take a moment to remember how things looked last spring; Still dizzy from the excitement…
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Pittsburgh Pirates: Bucs fans say “Bring us the Head of Bob Nutting!”
There is perhaps no dirtier word in sports than ownership and no dirtier name in Pittsburgh than Bob Nutting. Nutting,…
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On Dick Mountain: One Last Season For the Oldest Man in Baseball?
In the dusk of their career, every player has to reckon with the feeling it may be time to swap…
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