The Top 10 Reasons For The Red Sox EPIC September Collapse

September 29, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · 3 Comments

In spite of blowing last night’s contest, closer Jonathan Papelbon is not on my list of the Top 10 Reasons the club fell apart in September… this debacle was about more than one game. Pundits across the baseball universe are characterizing the twin September collapses by the Red Sox and Atlanta Braves as the worst […]

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All Phillies…All the Time — The Catchers

June 10, 2011 by John Shiffert · 1 Comment

Herewith is the first installment of the All-Time Greatest Phillies Team. Before undertaking this endeavor, some ground rules… This is one version of the “Greatest Phillies of All Time.” The key word is “great,” and it will be used in the larger meaning of the word, that is, beyond pure statistics. This is sort of […]

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