Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Legendary Philadelphia sports columnist Bill Conlin has resigned from the Philadelphia Daily News in the wake of a story by Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Nancy Phillips that accuses him of sexual molestation/abuse of children.
Per Deadspin:
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s top investigative reporter, Nancy Phillips, has written a story containing what we’re told are allegations of child molestation against [...]

It’s been a loonngg off season, hasn’t it?  You’ve been itching to pull out ye olde computer and pour over OBPs of left-handed batters with pitchers in scoring position and the number of RBI(s) Albert Pujols had on any day game where Ketchup won the condiment race on the Jumbotron.  So here are the guys [...]

Many baseball pundits thought Cliff Lee, the #1 pitching free agent of the off-season, would sign with either the New York Yankees or resign with the Texas Rangers.
Neither of those scenarios will play out as the Philadelphia Phillies have swooped in at the ninth hour to sign the talented lefty Arkansas native.
Lee reportedly will sign [...]

Roy Halladay has been an elite pitcher for several years, but many pundits wondered how he would respond pitching for the first time in the post season.  Well the verdict is signed, sealed, and delivered after Halladay threw a no-hitter tonight against the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of the NLDS.  The Philadelphia Phillies [...]