Staff Blog
Morning Rounds, October 9th
This on baseball: It breaks your heart. It is designed to
break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins
again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and
then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall
alone.” Source: The Green Fields of the Mind (Yale Alumni Magazine,
November 1977).
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Three lines on their world:
- Rich Harden lives to choke another year
- In a shock to no one Pacman back out of trouble
- He will join Terrence Newman on the unable to perform list
Three lines on ours:
- Will Sarah Palin be involved in the Flyers opening day? You bet’cha
- Cole Hamels is ready for game one
- And the Sixers kicked off preseason with a win
Phillies, Birds, Sixers, Flyers and what everybody is talkin about after the jump
PHILLIES
Joe Juliano looks at Cole Hamels and says that he wants the ball and the pressure. READ
Mike Jensen looks at Dodgers’ game one starter Derek Lowe, and observes that he just wants to be anyone else on the team. READ
Phil Sheridan breaks down Pat Gillick’s legacy. Here is hoping he goes out on top. READ
Bob Ford observes, or at least I think Bob Ford observes, the Phillies responding to Charlie’s even-keel demeanor. Chicken or the Egg? No matter. READ
Todd Zolecki’s off day column focuses on Ryan Howard’s walks. No one should say he hit under .200 in the NLDS without pointing out that his OBS was 400+. READ
Jim Salisbury looks at the full enigma that is Manny. SKIP
Marc Narducci points to Jayson Werth, a man the Phillies are lucky to have. READ
Jim Salisbury notes that it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Torre. READ
Phil Anastasia takes one play from 1977 and shows everyone what this NLCS means. READ
Zolecki says Cholly trusts his team. SKIP
Bill Conlin remembers 1983. SKIP
Rich Hofmann looks at Manny and Cholly’s paternal relationship. SKIP
David Murphy says that the fans are getting rowdy. SKIP
Paul Hagen remembers back to the Fergosi era as he names the team leaders. READ
Dick Jerardi takes us through his day. SKIP
Sam Donnellon is impressed by the Phillies and the Dodgers middle relievers. READ
Rich Hofmann notes that Manny is completely in control. READ
Rich Hofmann says that this Dodger team is more than Manny … it’s Furcal too. SKIP
David Murphy points out that pitching in the playoffs is a different ballgame, and Hamels gets that. READ
Mark Kram checks in with Jim Eisenrich (!). READ
Dan Geringer looks at whose merch is selling. READ
Stu Bykofsky hates the Dodgers. SKIP
Frank Fitzpatrick rates those who went from Philly to LA and vice versa. SKIP
Marcus Hayes’ game one preview. SKIP
Paul Vigna looks back to the season series. SKIP
John Gonzalez offers to die for Bob Ford and Phil Sheridan. SKIP
The Daily News’ Staff Picks. READ
Randy Miller takes stock of the rotation. READ
EAGLES
Bob Brookover says that Andy Reid can still coach. READ
Les Bowen notices that 5 is taking charge. SKIP
Ray Parrillo reports that McNabb knows the Birds have to win now. SKIP
Parrillo’s notes note that Klecko is about to get more snaps at fullback, Westbrook is hurting, and more. SKIP
Les Bowen chimes in on the Birds backfield. SKIP
Reuben Frank says that the Birds are shuffling their deck. SKIP
SIXERS
John Smallwood watches Elton Brand’s Philly debut and leaves impressed. READ
FLYERS
Sam Carchidi says that the bar is raised for the Flyers. READ
Wayne Fish reports that Sbisa made the roster. SKIP
TODAY and MORE
We’ll be at the stadium running live thoughts during the game, but not much until then. Go Phils. As always, feel free
to email
with any questions, suggestions, comments or complaints.
