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TRADING DEADLINE APPROACHES
Posted on 20 Jun 2011 by Christopher Rowe.
The MLB Trading Deadline is July 31. Historically speaking, this is the time of year when teams who have fallen out of contention try to “sell off” their big contract veterans by trading them to contenders. An especially interesting wrinkle is the caveat that most shrewd baseball General Managers try to exchange well-paid veterans on expiring contracts for minimum salary blue chip prospect...
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Time to Pay the Piper
Posted on 11 Jun 2011 by Christopher Rowe.
Let’s review some facts. 65 games into the season (97 remaining) and the Phillies are 39-26 (best record in baseball). Philadelphia holds a 2-game lead over Atlanta, 6 over Florida and remains the prohibitive favorite to win the National League East. Ergo, if the focus is detracted from trying to beat their divisional rivals, the Phillies brass should start to do what they have done very wel...
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Amaro, Manuel Re-Up; First Spring Cuts
Posted on 11 Mar 2011 by Christopher Rowe.
Amaro signed through 2013 The good news is that both Ruben Amaro and Charlie Manuel are under contract through 2013. The bad news may be that looming questions regarding Chase Utley, Raul Ibanez, Jimmy Rollins and the Phillies lineup have yet to be answered. Amaro, 46, was in the final year of three-year pact signed after the 2008 season. After serving as an assistant GM to both Ed Wade and Pat...
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Gillick: Phillies 116 Wins
Posted on 23 Feb 2011 by Christopher Rowe.
Pat Gillick has roamed many baseball fields, evaluated countless players and seen more than most In his half-century in professional baseball. Gillick has seen thousands of games, from undefined pastures and sandlots in Third World countries to artificially engineered billiard surface stadia to perfectly manicured lawns in billion dollar palaces across the Major League landscape. Gillick has ma...









