Posted by Jeffery Lung on Jun. 21, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Click ME to Listen!!! And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles… Jeff and Johanna dig into the bowels of the current Major League season and compare sizes opinions on myriad topics, including but not limited to what makes an ideal fanboy merkin, the Cubbies' goat fiasco, Pat...
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Posted by Connie Mack on Jun. 13, 2011 at 7:30 AM
You have been given the chance to build the ultimate baseball team. You have the ability to select any player in the history of the game. Position by position, who do you pick? Connie Mack's Pick's... CATCHER: "Crash" Davis - Durham Bulls FIRST BASE: Haywood - New York Yankees SECOND...
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Posted by Allen Krause on Jun. 11, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Sometimes, when you feel like your stuck in a Groundhog's Day, you have to do something big to break yourself out of the situation. Taking a week's vacation, volunteering at a homeless shelter or sucking down a forty after work can help alleviate the soul-crushing numbness for a brief period...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on May. 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Click ME to Listen!!! And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles... Jeff and Johanna join forces in what is secretly designed as an intervention for Allen and his anachronistic memory. The three of them then launch into some raunchy debates over this young MLB season, including but...
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Posted by Connie Mack on May. 23, 2011 at 7:30 AM
Here's a familiare situation: It's the eight inning. Your starter has just given you seven solid innings, and now it's time to turn it over to the bullpen. Naturally, with a right-handed batter set to start the inning, there is a right-handed arm on the mound. The next batter, however,...
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Posted by Connie Mack on May. 18, 2011 at 7:00 AM
Many of you may ask, "why do Managers wear uniforms?" The answer: Tradition. From the days when the Manager was just one of the players. It was common for a player to be the "Designated Manager," according to Ken Burns. So, does that answer work for you? Personally, I think...
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Posted by Jjbmw on May. 5, 2011 at 3:44 PM
Homer Bailey, making his first start of the 2011 season, held the Houston Astros to one run on four hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in six innings of work. He looked strong, very strong. His command was sharp with plenty of velocity, hitting 94 mph with his four-seamer...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Apr. 30, 2011 at 5:07 PM
Major League Baseball is serious about eliminating performance enhancing drugs from the game. If you doubt that, consider this. MLB and the players association released a statement that they have performed 10,955 drug tests since 2007. Every player on ever team's 40 man roster gets tested randomly. In 2008, 3,486...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Apr. 29, 2011 at 6:49 PM
Click ME to Listen!!! And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles... Jeff and Johanna kick the season off by trying to name every Jewish baseballer ever known to man before PodMaster Keith let's The 8:08 (from harried Undercast fame) into the studio... from there on out the...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Apr. 17, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Every time I turn on the TV or check the news, all I hear is budget this and spending that. And it seems like there's a race to see who can slash the most and do it quickly. If MLB took the same approach, what could be cut and what...
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Posted by Jjbmw on Apr. 7, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Wednesday night, 17,719 fans entered Great American Ball Park hoping to see the Cincinnati Reds defeat the Houston Astros and extend their undefeated start to five games. However, they soon filled the ball park with the sound of boos. Reds starter, Edison Volquez (1-0 7.36), struggled through a very long...
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Posted by Eisenhicks on Apr. 4, 2011 at 12:03 PM
I talked to a coworker who went to the season opener at Citizens Bank Park on Friday, witnessing a thrilling come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Houston Astros. The guy is quite a bit younger than me, but when we talk about the Phillies, age slips away. “My dad asked me...
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Posted by Michael Dobreski on Apr. 4, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Opening weekend of the baseball season is over and I want to give Bud Selig and MLB some credit for changing the way the baseball season starts. It is an improvement but definitely not perfect. I like the fact there is no "Opening Night" game. It works for the NFL...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Apr. 3, 2011 at 6:15 PM
A strong outing by both Roy Oswalt and the offense led to a sweep of the Astros, the first time the Phils open the season with three wins at home since 1970, as they defeat the Astros, 7-3. The Phils took a quick 3-0 lead in the first as, with...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Apr. 2, 2011 at 11:38 PM
As the Phils' offense decides to give Cliff Lee some runs support, Lee responds with seven strong innings as he struck out eleven Astros, as the Phils defeat the Astros, 9-4, as they start the season off with a 2-0 record. The Phils continued from where they had left off...
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