• March 19, 2024

Notes From The Phillies’ 3-0 Win Over Washington

nola3The Philadelphia Phillies completed a sweep of the Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon with a 3-0 victory. Their record improves to 12-10.

On The Mound

  • Aaron Nola was spectacular through seven innings, allowing no runs on just two hits while striking out seven.
  • Nola needed only five pitches to make it through his final inning. He had less than 80 pitches for the game, but Pete Mackanin decided to preserve his young ace’s arm.
  • Dailer Hinojosa picked up the first two outs of the eighth inning.
  • Elvis Araujo picked up the final out of the eighth, and the win.
  • Jeanmar Gomez locked down a save in the ninth.

At The Plate

  • All three of the Phillies’ runs came in the ninth inning.
  • Odubel Herrera, who went 1-3 with a single and walk, got the rally started with a single.
  • Freddy Galvis then doubled to put runners on second and third with none out.
  • After Maikel Franco was intentionally walked, Cameron Rupp came up with a two-run double, fighting back from being down in the count 0-2 on Jonathan Papelbon.
  • David Lough drove in the team’s third run, and went 1-4 on the day.
  • Franco finished 0-2 with two walks.
  • Ryan Howard went 1-3 with a single.
  • Cesar Hernandez went 1-4 with a single.
  • Peter Bourjos went 0-3 at the bottom of the order. Bourjos made a heck of a catch in the outfield in the ninth to help preserve the win.

Final Thoughts

Lost in the end of the Flyers’ playoff run, the hype of the NFL Draft, and the laughable actions of the pathetic soul that is Sam Bradford, the Philadelphia Phillies made a heck of a statement this week.

The Phils traveled down to Washington, and took three games from the heavily favored Nationals. Not only did they win all three games, but they managed to shut out Bryce Harper and the rest of this powerful lineup twice.

As we wind down the opening month of April, the Phillies are two game above .500, and just 2.5 games out of first place.

It may still be early in the season, but the Phils have been pretty impressive, and they’re certainly farther ahead in their development than anyone could have anticipated.

And to add a couple of cherries on top of their latest accomplishment…Jonathan Papelbon was on the mound to allow the final runs to score, and Jayson Werth grounded into the double play that would end the game.

Beautiful.

Denny Basens

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haveacigar
haveacigar
April 29, 2016 10:30 am

Dusty Baker said after the sweep by the phils and about their upcoming difficult road trip, “its getting ready to get better, one of our ignitors BEN REVERE is about to get healthy”– so the best team in the division is counting on him to get them going???? interesting…

bugsyhawk
bugsyhawk
April 29, 2016 11:52 am

“We are waiting for one of our FAs to motivate all of our other FAs.” That always works out.

Great pitching in this series. Good to see Nola have a great outing against a team that he will pitch against a million times in his career.

haveacigar
haveacigar
April 29, 2016 10:28 pm

Howard wins it

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
April 29, 2016 10:29 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

he blasted that fastball out of the park

haveacigar
haveacigar
April 29, 2016 10:36 pm

Pitching needs to be recognized…excellent

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
April 29, 2016 10:39 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

17 strikeouts today by the pitching staff. Morgan had one rough inning but the rest of the night the Indians were getting punched out.

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
April 29, 2016 10:42 pm

it was actually 18 batters the Phils struck out tonight

haveacigar
haveacigar
April 29, 2016 10:45 pm

Just saw the Phil’s have 3 of the 7th longest scoreless streaks in all of mlb. God damn…. Do I expect a shitty spell sometime this summer…yes, but they have performing arms in the minors waiting…
The went 22 against Nats without a run… Even unearned..

zilents44
zilents44
April 30, 2016 7:23 am
Reply to  haveacigar

I fucking love this team, they remind me of the royals, young hungry team learning to win together, the old men came through, nice Howard

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
April 30, 2016 7:18 pm

Galvis parked a HR for a quick 2 run lead in the 1st inning Saturday Night.
Phils have a 13-10 record on their way to their 14th win.

haveacigar
haveacigar
April 30, 2016 8:44 pm

Michael Jack just compared Herrera to Pete rose… For those of you that don’t know he and rose are very tight, he would not throw that out for nothing… The guy is real good… He is the guy other teams hate…

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 1, 2016 5:22 pm

Phil’s just lost a shutout in the 9th…. They deserve a lot of credit.. Fun to watch

paulman
paulman
May 1, 2016 11:54 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

The Phils are the Story of the 2016 Season thus far in MLB..
Similar to last year’s Houston Astro’s Team, who was very young and playing well ahead of their projections, they competed, came together and played hard all Season long and made the Post-Season when no one expected it..
Phillies have that kind energy and are playing loose, confident and having fun and you have to credit this to Manager Mackanin and the entire Staff and the Front Office of letting these young Players play and develop..Their Starting Pitching has been phenomenal when you think about and the strength of the Team which most did not expect, let’s hope they can keep this up and remain healthy ..

daggolden
daggolden
May 2, 2016 5:37 am

Just wait 2 more years when all the young talent is up and they are 150 million a year under their annual payroll and they will be able to sign the 2 best FA pitchers and the 2 best bats I FA. There payroll is probably around 30 million when howard comes off the books. They will spend a good 180 million a year and fill up the ball park. Word is Bryce Harper is going to demand a 400 mjillion 10 year contract. and be worth every penny.

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 2, 2016 11:38 am

their philosophy seems to be develop arms and buy bats if necessary—
if the harper thing were to happen you could potentially have harper, Herrera and their own Nick Williams in the OF, franco, crawford and hernandez– my guess is Afalo ends up a 1b with knapp and rupp behind the plate– assuming crawford and williams are as advertised….hmmm interesting.

pdiddy
pdiddy
May 2, 2016 12:36 pm

Go Phillies by the way. They doing there thing always over shadowed by the Eagle.

mhenski
mhenski
May 2, 2016 2:10 pm

phillies need to stop playing and just bring up nick williams. guy shouldve started from the jump this year

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 2, 2016 2:14 pm
Reply to  mhenski

There are lots of considerations before doing such– remember we are now heavily involved in fiscal responsibility and analytics– so keeping him down reduces his service time and pushes arbitration back– then analytically they probably have some formula to when is best to bring up….
i look to see him real soon.

bugsyhawk
bugsyhawk
May 3, 2016 9:12 am
Reply to  haveacigar

I am ok with him starting in AAA especially because they want to keep him under team control. Soon enough.

mhenski
mhenski
May 3, 2016 9:50 am
Reply to  bugsyhawk

the kids ready, he was ready last year, dude can hit and the big club cant. fuck team control, pay him when its time to be paid and call his ass up

bugsyhawk
bugsyhawk
May 3, 2016 10:14 am
Reply to  mhenski

He hit all last year. I know he can hit, but there is no rush. He will be up in about a month or so.

mhenski
mhenski
May 3, 2016 9:53 am

YOU BACKING CHIP AND HIS GOONS?

THEY HIRED BILLY FUCKIN DAVIS – A CLUELESS MORON THAT CANT CALL D FOR SHIT! REFUSED TO FIRE HIM AND KEPT STICKING UP FOR HIM. DUMB AND DUMBER. THATS ENOUGH RIGHT THERE FOR ME.

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 10:32 am

The phils resurgence has given me the idea to go back and look at the disasterous last three seasons. As has been well documented the phils got old and had no one to step into the majors to fill important roles, namely plugging in for Werth, Ibanez, Howard when hurt and the pitching staff when it pooped out. So I checked out their AA and AAA rosters of 08, 09,10 and 11– They had some decent prospects. Brown was rated as the #4 prospect—those high minors guys should have been drafted in 05, 06, 07 and those classes fizzled– they also lost picks due to signing FA’s The man in charge at that time was Gillick.
Fact of the matter the phils MLB roster and high minors rosters right now has mostly RA picked players– also, the phils on this blog were criticized for not scouring the international players yet their roster and high minor rosters are littered with these players. Franco was an international signing under RA as was a bunch their minor leaguers.
RA will go down as a ed wade– the next era will be largely impacted by his players.

paulman
paulman
May 13, 2016 11:22 am
Reply to  haveacigar

Reuben Amaro was Asst GM from 1998 to 2005 under Ed Wade and then Asst GM for 2005 to 2007 under Pat Gillick and then GM from 2008 until 2015 so for the last 17 years, He was a huge part and a major decision maker with the Phillies with many of these Young Players within the Organization..
How could he not be, as he was removed only 8 Months Ago ?? …

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 11:30 am
Reply to  paulman

I think he was much maligned for the disaster of the last couple of years– and he absolutely deserves to take the hit– but many of YOU didn’t understand the inner workings of the phillies, the idea of selling your ‘brand’, the idea of trying to make runs with your established players– the farm system after the howard, rollins, utley , hamels era was a disaster– top ranked guys didn’t pan out or were injured-
he did a very nice job of expanding the phils into the international market yet many of YOU said they never got foreign players, having impactful drafts and trades- many of YOU who don’t understand didn’t even get the hunter pence trades– a cheap pence for a season and a half costs more in prospects than a cheap pence for half a season, yet it looks like the phils may end up with the best prospect out of that whole thing…

mhenski
mhenski
May 13, 2016 11:39 am

tommy joseph up!! so long ruff! sit your ass down howard!! franco, need that average up bro!

call up nick williams and we got a legit real fucking lineup

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 11:46 am
Reply to  mhenski

if he hits 250 with 15 hr its an upgrade- howard has provided some power but too many empty at bats– ruff… ugh….
williams average is down to 280 but again if he can hit 250 in mlb its an upgrade…

paulman
paulman
May 13, 2016 11:49 am

With all the Talent that the Phils had from 2008 thru 2012 and to only Win 1 WS was a Lost Opportunity… There is no 2 ways about it …
The Phils Run is similar to what the Braves did in the 90’s with those dominating Teams with Maddux,Smoltz,Glavine in their Primes and yet only Won 1 WS….

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 12:14 pm
Reply to  paulman

goes to show you the best team doesn’t always win– team gets hot at the right time…boom you lose the series– that is why these analytics dudes are so popular now– 2011 was the year to back it up then they faced the buzz saw
look at the dodgers of recent years haven’t even made a WS… its fleeting and the reason its special when it does happen.

mhenski
mhenski
May 13, 2016 12:24 pm
Reply to  paulman

who cares. i enjoyed every second of that run. those years were amazing from opening day to the last at bat and we got a championship.

summers were a blast those years

partying on broad after we won was an experience ill never forget

yea you look at it like the braves run because you had a detached experience when the run was happening. if i was in north carolina and detached from the day to day fandom (ie watching every game, going to the games, watching w/ friends and out…) id look at it like that too probably

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 12:29 pm
Reply to  mhenski

i got my season (16 game) plan in 07 when my son was 12– ran thru 2012…most memorable times of my life- i swear in 11 i must have watched all but about 6-10 innings (west coast) all year–
the phils were the water cooler talk, the talk radio talk — people wanted their wives to do chase lol– a million kids and dogs in the DE valley were named chase during those years.. i’m ready for the next one!

mhenski
mhenski
May 13, 2016 12:38 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

exactly outsiders can critique it all they want. us philadelphians wanted more no doubt, but the majority would never complain about that run…

funny part is arguably the worst of the teams (when we went on the run) won the ws and the best didnt…

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 12:44 pm
Reply to  mhenski

I never thought of it that way but you are probably correct

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 12:46 pm

Only the negative Boone chimp would complain

paulman
paulman
May 13, 2016 1:29 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

Lost Opportunity, Blown Opportunities to be a Dynasty, to be an Elite Team/Franchise with the Big Boys like the Yankees,Red Sox, Cardinals and SF Giants of Recent Years…
Its Hard to Win Championships, No Doubt but the Phils got fat,dumb and lazy ionce they Won their 1st Championship with too much of their Core Roster all getting locked up with long-term Bad Contracts that made it tough to get out of.. The Phils simply hung onto too many players for Sentimental Reasons instead of Production on the Field.. Its always been that way in Philly onto hanging onto Players too long ..
Look at the Red Sox, Cardinals, SF Giants who were not afraid to cut the Chord with “Popular Players” if it meant staying competitive and bettering the Teams chances… The Phillies were content on Locking up Core Players and hoping they would be Good enough to Win every Year but as we all know, all Players Age and their production starts to decline as they get older, begin to incur injuries or simply lose their edge and become content with their large guaranteed Contracts and their level of Play ..
It was a Good Run they had, but it should have been a Great Run…
Maybe next time ..

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 1:40 pm
Reply to  paulman

I know, you wouldn’t have traded for pence or halladay or oswalt…would have traded for mike Ott… would have played 22 year old galvis at short–
not sure how much sentiment went into any of those contracts other than utley– howards contract is absolutley on par with any player putting up his numbers AND INCREASING THE BRAND AWARENESS… as was halladays and lees– rollins was actually underpaid and on a very reasonable contract when compared to similar players…
it is just you bloviating your negativity…

mhenski
mhenski
May 13, 2016 1:42 pm
Reply to  paulman

lmfao. haaaaaaaa bro you sound stupid. who got fat dumb and lazy man? they improved after 08 and just didnt get it done period

the improved their of and sp in 09 (pedro, lee, ibanez)

in 10 they improved their 3rd b production with polanco, and pitching with doc and oswalt

in 11 they brought lee back and got pence.

the fuck are you talking about? yea they shouldve got rid those stud pitchers and let kyle drabek and vance worley run the show. or replaced raul with dom brown. SMH

they won over a 100 games in 2011 man and your saying they got lazy and fat and dumb and it was because of bad contracts they lost in the playoffss.

lmfao buy a clue bro

its sports it happens

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 1:48 pm
Reply to  mhenski

henski…are you saying the other teams are also playing to win? and at the highest, most competitive level in sports one team loses a series and the other wins it? interesting… sports you say? what is this sports you speak about?

mhenski
mhenski
May 13, 2016 1:59 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

yea exacly and saying paul is a flip flopper on this issue, and saying paul being detached from philadelphia and actually watching the games gives him a weird perception. i mean to comment on every single sport here in philly and not watch the games is downright strange

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 2:00 pm

in the 3 years after signing his $11M contract jimmy won a GG, averaged 15.5 HR a year, hit .250, averaged 26 SB a year played in 155 games per year etc.

paulman
paulman
May 13, 2016 2:15 pm

The Phils Choked.. It is what it Is.. They didn’t come thru when the High Expectations and the Bright Lights were applied… They Won 1 WS when they were built and should have Won more.. No Biggie or Lost Sleep ..It’s Sports
About the only thing that the Sports World remembers about the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Series were those Damn Cow Bells…. Go Figure….

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 2:19 pm
Reply to  paulman

Its sports…NOT CHOKING.. you don’t have even a rudimentary grasp of what sports are… you are just this chimp who thinks he knows sports and says the first negative thing to cross your chimpy little mind…

mhenski
mhenski
May 13, 2016 2:21 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

i agree with that narrative way more than your original one paul

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 2:25 pm

the series they lost to the cards in 11 was a bunch of incredible games- doc goes out and gives up 3 early and they win the game, last game doc pitches a masterpiece but carpenter pitches an even better game– 3 of the games were 1 runners… its not choking…its sports.

mhenski
mhenski
May 13, 2016 2:59 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

idk. i tend to lean towards them choking. choking is an opinion. but with their regular season wins. with stars throughout the order, mvps, aces, gold gloves everywhere, their regular season domination, aggressive moves and then they didnt get it done leads me to think they for sure choked. that team was assembled to be a dynasty, to win multiple championships and it didnt happen, so they certainly didnt live up to the expectations they set upon themselves (from front office to the everyday lineup). im fine with it but id have to lean towards that being somewhat true.

may looking back at those squads, that was fkn awesome, gms going out every year making big blockbusters trading scrub minor league guys for all stars, signing guys… shit that was fun

paulman
paulman
May 13, 2016 3:32 pm

Phils were Favored over the Yankees to Win the 2009 WS and Blew it
Phils were Favored over the SL Cardinals and the SF Giants the Following 2 Years in their NL Series and Lost.. Then Injuries to Howard, Utley and the Pitching Staff got Older and age caught up with them
Fast Forward to the Present and Hopefully this Young Phillies Team can remain healthy, hungry and work hard to improve and get these Young OF’s
going… Their Infield could be real Special in about 2 Years.. Just stay away from Long-Term Deals with any Free-Agent Players and keep building from within which has been President’s McPhail’s way of operating with his Past Teams (Twins,Cubs and Orioles)

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 3:41 pm

It’s not a choke… It’s sports…. A team gets hot, a team catches a break. I read George Popovich said it best…. It comes down to a bounce, a call, a freak injury, luck sometimes….it’s not a choke… It’s sports!

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 4:47 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

‘Gregg’ that should say

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 3:44 pm

They will sign a long term FA… Look at the game, look at these 30 year old pitchers signing 7 year $200 contracts…. Trout signed for $125 before his arbitration years

mhenski
mhenski
May 13, 2016 3:53 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

i still find it funny the rap reuben amaro jr has received here and around mlb. i mean dude assembled an all star team and kept adding studs while giving up prospects that never amounted to shit, so we gave up nothings for studs. meanwhile when he reversed coarse we picked up tommy joseph finally healthy mashing and about to come up, drafted crawford (top 10 prospect) and a year max away, drafted franco, traded for our future beast nick williams, and we have catchers galore that look promising, and young pitchers that look promising… i dont get it

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 4:03 pm
Reply to  mhenski

The team did not perform thru 12-15…. And there was nothing there to restock with…. If some of the prospects performed (brown, Cloyd etc) things may have been different. I would say he has more respect nationally than here.
He’ll every fan wanted to blow him for getting pence and doc … Yet when it ends up not working out they blast him… They revise history. The pence pickup was one of the best trade deadline deals ever made by anyone

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 13, 2016 4:22 pm
Reply to  mhenski

How bout signing Herrera rule 5? Drafting Nola, robbing the rangers for Hamels? Getting solid prospects for marlin bird, jimmy and chase? There are some good players in Aa the pitcher Pinto an international FA signing etc…. We just need some of these guys to pan out?

mhenski
mhenski
May 13, 2016 5:04 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

all of it. herrera beasting

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 13, 2016 7:36 pm

Phils wanted to keep those sellouts &dollars rolling in with the World Series Vets unfortunately they also lost those fans anyway when those same vets failed to earn those dollars in the back half of the contracts resulting in a last place finish in 2015. Don’t know if they would take the same path knowing the results of Sandberg years in hindsight.

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 14, 2016 7:09 am

The value of the franchise went from $400 mil in 06 to 1.25 BILLION in ’13…. Largely on the backs of those players…. That’s the value of the franchise …. The revenue they brought in (cash in pocket) is not even factored in…. That’s why I keep saying who cares what they pay a guy… It doesn’t matter

patrik411
patrik411
May 14, 2016 2:43 pm

The saying ,,A team choked is merely another sports cliche .overused, and overused again and again. No more, no less..When a very passionate fan or fan base watches in horror , while his dreams burn ,One of the first old, cliches they drag out there is Yeah, well if we didn,t choke or if Howard didn,t choke we would have won the world series,In other circles of life ,it is called the blame game ,Same meaning, different cliche.Best thing that can be said bout the old choke hold is has endured through the years.

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 14, 2016 4:14 pm

Baseball America’s latest mock draft has Phils Pat Gillick looking at a couple high school outfielders speculating that they might offer one of them a below the market offer to sign to be the first overall pick. But ultimately Baseball America slotted in AJ Puk LHP college pitcher. ( closest pitcher in the draft to get to majors)

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 14, 2016 5:38 pm

Pat gillick?…..? What?

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 14, 2016 7:11 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

Yeah, that is what the mock draft said. He is probably scouting the California prospects. They said the decision will be a collaboration and they mentioned a lot of Phillies upper management are at these prospects games. They are all scouting for this selection. Seems like they will definitely have this selection signed before the selection is made ( No JD Drew or Mark Appel stiffing them and not signing ) I’m exited for this pick. First pick overall.
Remember the Aaron Nola draft. ( 7th overall) The local sports columnists thought the Phils were going to draft the best available college bat ( Michael Conforto from Oregon St who went to NY Mets with the 10th pick) So I always compare Nola and Conforto. (2 real good selections).

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 14, 2016 9:21 pm

You read the internet too much… The fish for content… Pat gillick is an old man watching ball

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 14, 2016 9:45 pm

Nola can pitch… Fraudman I know you don’t really watch and only comment based on your internet reports but Nola is the real deal

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 14, 2016 10:33 pm

Too bad you can’t watch this Fraudman.., 7 games over 500.. Good ball

daggolden
daggolden
May 15, 2016 6:10 am

The reason why the Phillies are fun and good are they have started signing Latin American players. Them boys can play. The Phils were behind the times in scouting and developing them. Not no more. They have invested heavily in scouting in places like Panama and the Dominican Republic.

daggolden
daggolden
May 15, 2016 6:14 am
Reply to  daggolden

IMO whoever picked Herrera in the rule 5 draft will go down as one of the best pick-ups in Philly sports history one day. You can just tell sometimes when a professional athlete just has it. That kid has “it”.

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 15, 2016 7:58 am
Reply to  daggolden

Schmidt compared him to Pete rose…. He’s the guy that gets under the skin of the opponent . And can flat out play!

mhenski
mhenski
May 15, 2016 12:57 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

What a way to end the game last night, that was sick.

Can galvis please just go??

Why we bringin up Joseph just to park his ass on the bench? As much as he’s been injured they should’ve let him just keep starting in Lehigh and getting abs rather than come up here sit and get cold

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 16, 2016 10:59 am
Reply to  daggolden

Dag – you nailed that on the head. The spanish speaking players are exceeding preseason expectations. Phils stockpiled Venezuelans. They have 5 or 6 on the big club. I think they unloaded failed 1st rounder Jesse Biddle for a triple A middle reliever Venezuelan too.

paulman
paulman
May 16, 2016 11:09 am

Aren’t the Venezuelan Players the ones Failing the Drug/Steroid Tests too?

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 16, 2016 11:17 am
Reply to  paulman

I know the Russians are – Tennis’ Sharapova, the Russian heavyweight boxer this weekend Povetkin and speculation the Winter Olympic Team were juicing

Mac Dolo
Mac Dolo
May 15, 2016 1:41 pm

Way to go Phillies nice win looks like they may be ahead of schedule.

Mac Dolo
Mac Dolo
May 15, 2016 9:54 pm

Jose Bautista aka the ISIS looking fucker takes a brutal haymaker to the face funny shit lol!!!

mhenski
mhenski
May 16, 2016 8:57 am
Reply to  Mac Dolo

Racist piece of shit.

Joey Took a monster shot and didn’t drop. Bad mofo

bugsyhawk
bugsyhawk
May 16, 2016 11:43 am
Reply to  mhenski

Not down with the ISIS comment, but otherwise eff Bautista. He has nothing to be mad about.

If you:
1) stand and watch your HR and then throw your bat 15 ft in the air and
2) Pull an Utley at 2B and
3) Square up to fight

You shouldn’t be surprised that you get punched in the mouth.

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 16, 2016 11:13 am

I was watching the Toronto Miami NBA game yesterday after the phils game and noticed that Justice Winslow has the Don King hairstyle, Hysterical. Never thought I would ever see anyone wear that style. NBA lottery tomorrow. 8pm — ‘
Wentz #2 overall, Phils getting 1st overall pick June 9th MLB draft, and potentially The Sixers getting the 1st or 2nd overall draft pick, fingers crossed.

paulman
paulman
May 16, 2016 11:16 am

***NBA Top 5 Rookie of the Year Award Scoring***

1) Karl Anthony Towns – Minnesota Timberwolves – (Unanimous – 650 Votes)
2) Kristaps Portzingas – NY Knicks with 363 Votes
3) Nikola Jokic – Denver Nuggets with 59 Votes
4) Devin Booker – Phoenix Suns with 49 Votes
5) Jahil Okafor – 76ers with 34 Votes

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 16, 2016 11:21 am
Reply to  paulman

I liked Jokic not suppressed by his success, Very surprized by Porzingas and even more so by Booker. I thought Porzingus would be too skinny to succeed. While I thought Booker would be too slow. ( lack of speed worries me about Jamal Murray this draft) Okafor and Nerlans are on the unofficial trade block. Embiid is ready and will be the Starter. Ferocious power coming to Philly.

paulman
paulman
May 16, 2016 11:34 am
Reply to  paulman

Looking at where these Top #5 Were Drafted

#1) KA Towns was the #1 Overall Selection by the T-Wolves
#2) K Portzingas was Selected #4th Overall by the Knicks
#3) N Jokic was selected the 2nd Round in 2014 Draft by Denver and played Overseas in the Adriatic League in 2014-2015
#4) D Booker was Selected #13th Overall by the Suns
#5) J Okafor was Selected #3rd Overall by the 76ers

paulman
paulman
May 16, 2016 11:43 am

**NFL News****

Panthers Release CB Brandon Boykin 2 Months after signing him to a 1 Year Free-Agent Deal..The Panthers ended up Drafting 3 CB’s in this past Draftn that they like all 3 very much and prefer to go with bigger,more physical CB’s for their Schemes than what Brandon Boykin offers..

Titans Release QB Zach Mettenberger after 2 Seasons with the Club and prefer to go with the more Veteran Matt Cassel as Back-Up QB for Mariota

Titans Release QB Zack Mettenberger

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 16, 2016 11:52 am
Reply to  paulman

NFL teams aren’t interested in players bad mouthing the Head Coach out the door. Starters like DJax and Shady get away with it because of guarantee money and talent but Boykin, as a non starter, made a big mistake kicking Chip Kelly in the balls while in Pittsburgh with the negative gossip.

paulman
paulman
May 16, 2016 12:31 pm

Word about Boykin is that he struggles picking up the PLay-Book
The Panthers Drafted 3 Quality CB Prospects that they feel can Help right away this Season and will play Special Teams too….

Outside CB – James Bradberry – Samford 6-1 211lbs
Outside CB – Daryl Worley – West Virginia 6-1 204lbs
Slot/Nickel CB – Zack Sanchez – Oklahoma 5-11 185lbs

These 3 Players along with CB Bene Benwikere, Safety Tre Boston
have the makings over a very good Secondary for Years to Come..
They are all Physical, have Size and length and enjoy Contact and have a little swag about their game….

Daryl Worley from WVU is a Philly Kid also…

mhenski
mhenski
May 16, 2016 12:40 pm
Reply to  paulman

you need a link to a panthers blog?

paulman
paulman
May 16, 2016 12:57 pm
Reply to  mhenski

Keeping Eagle Fans informed about their Competition around the NFC…
Lots of Teams in the NFC made some nice Improvements this Off-Season
There’s nothing new to report on the Eagles that hasn’t already been discussed ? I was impressed by the Eagles 7th Round Picks in DB Jalen Mills, DE Alex McAlister and LB Joe Walker on how they handled themselves with the Media the other day… … I am not too sure about the others,especially OT Vaitai from TCU..

mhenski
mhenski
May 16, 2016 2:21 pm
Reply to  paulman
haveacigar
haveacigar
May 16, 2016 12:46 pm
Reply to  paulman

Remember how the gcobb bloggers thought getting rid of Boykin was the end of the world

mhenski
mhenski
May 16, 2016 2:57 pm

Phillies RHP prospect Ben Lively collected a career-high 12 strikeouts in Sunday’s win for Double-A Reading.
Lively scattered four hits and four walks over seven shutout frames. He’s won four straight with a 1.57 ERA over that span. Lively owns the Eastern League’s lowest ERA (1.53) and the fourth-lowest WHIP (0.96). He also leads the league in strikeouts (46) and is third in innings pitched (47). The 24-year-old won’t be long for Double-A if this keeps up.
Source: MILB.com
May 16 – 2:29 PM

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 16, 2016 5:09 pm
Reply to  mhenski

Can you believe we got lively for Byrd?

patrik411
patrik411
May 16, 2016 5:05 pm

goes to show you never can tell!
an Eagle blogger is mostly just
that a mere blogger,I,m sure some bloggers swore ,no more games for me since Boykin was traded two seasons ago/

daggolden
daggolden
May 16, 2016 5:57 pm

Sixer fans my goodness may the basketball gods bless us. Embid almost is built like Dwight Howard now. He is 7 2 270 lbs of pure superstar written all over him. My goodness they showed him on CSN doing things in the low post. Also I’m going out on a limb on Ihe kid from St Joes eAndre Bembry who has killed it at the combine and private workout for the Sixers. He has a old mans game and I think is going to be the steal of the draft. I hope the Sixers take him with one of there late 1st round picks.

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 16, 2016 8:40 pm
Reply to  daggolden

I don’t see DeAndre Bembry ever beating Grant or Covington out for minutes. These are the NBA elite SF. (Lebron, Durant, Kawhi, Butler, Giannis, Wiggins, Hayward, Carmelo,Gay, Harris, Barnes) I don’t see DeAndre anywhere near their skill level. Korver has the shot to compete with them as a second tier SF. Carroll has the athletic strength to compete defensively with them. Bembry doesn’t do anything great. At least Covington can shoot 3 pointers and Jerami Grant can block shots. They have an above average skill set at something. That is why I think if Dario Saric doesn’t hit the 3 pointer real well he will never be able to compete with these NBA SF. You have to do something great to be on the court. Gerald Henderson is a lost cause at SF. That is what I would compare Bembry at best being. I don’t think Gerald Henderson is a good player. I’d rather both Covington and Grant over Henderson.

gmcliff
gmcliff
May 17, 2016 1:52 am
Reply to  daggolden

Dag, check out AJ English III of Iona at the combine. He is the son of my former Howard High School Basketball teammate, AJ English II, who was drafted by the Washington Bullets in the 90’s out of Virginia Union…

He is a 6-4 Combo Guard, fantastic Passer, scorer, and penetrator. He would make a nice piece coming off the bench for the Sixers.

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 17, 2016 11:03 am
Reply to  gmcliff

cliff, AJ graduated in 85 or 86… I thought you were more of like a grad of 79-80???? and that you are 52, 53???? hmmmm interesting…

gmcliff
gmcliff
May 17, 2016 11:11 am
Reply to  haveacigar

He graduated in 86′ Ciggy – You thought wrong

paulman
paulman
May 17, 2016 11:17 am
Reply to  gmcliff

Is there any Relation to the Great HOF Player Alex English of the Nuggets?

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 17, 2016 11:36 am
Reply to  gmcliff

at least this time Cliff isn’t claiming his sperm made it up the fallopian tubes of this player’s mom –

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 17, 2016 12:51 pm
Reply to  gmcliff

cliff i seem to remember a conversation awhile back and we were the same age which is 5-6 years older than AJ….

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 16, 2016 8:05 pm

270 pounds with bad feet…. More video of him performing in a gym playing against a 45 year old 6’2″ coach…. Yawn

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
May 16, 2016 9:06 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

I keep seeing Embiid hitting that foul line jump shot in these videos. Okafor and Nerlans refused to even attempt the unguarded foul line jump shot at least 10 times a game. Aldridge and Horford make a living hitting that shot. If Embiid and Saric can make that pick and pop foul line jump shot and trailing 3 pointer ( from inbound pass) that Okafor and Nerlans wouldn’t even attempt then the opponents shot blocker cannot protect the rim. Ish Smith & Jeremi Grant are not good outside shooters but they are excellent dribble drivers. No rim protector makes Ish Smith and Jeremi Grant’s shooting % rise.

mhenski
mhenski
May 17, 2016 2:02 pm

i already hate pederson and his crew:

Eagles coach Doug Pederson said he told Sam Bradford “he’s the guy.”
The Eagles’ quarterback situation has dominated the offseason, so there is little reason for it to slow down now that players are actually practicing. Pederson spoke openly about his philosophy of letting rookie quarterbacks develop behind a veteran before the Eagles traded up for Carson Wentz, and it does not sound like he has changed his tune. Wentz will likely get starts this season, but it feels doubtful he is under center Week 1.
Source: Eagles on Twitter
May 17 – 12:59 PM

i think its just so irresponsible to say this and act on this. if you pick in the top 5, you should be getting a starter. coach should at least be saying its an open competition, so ridiculous. this is about winning, putting talent on the field, wtf

mhenski
mhenski
May 17, 2016 2:03 pm

Eliot Shorr-Parks ‏@EliotShorrParks 1h1 hour ago

Pederson says Allen Barbre has the starting left guard job. #Eagles
5 retweets 13 likes

mhenski
mhenski
May 17, 2016 2:08 pm

Speaking to ESPN radio, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett ripped into Bradford, saying the quarterback seemingly shying away from competition with rookie Carson Wentz made him want to “throw up.”

Here is what Bennett had to day, via Sheil Kapadia of ESPN:

“I listened to Sam Bradford again. I just almost threw up. I can’t believe Sam Bradford is complaining about making $40 million in the next two years, and because he actually has to compete for a position. This guy… this guy right here definitely sets a bad tone of what a player should be. If I was his teammate, how can you play with a guy that doesn’t want to compete at a high level and feels like his position should be solidified without even putting up the stats or the wins to back that up?”

GET A FUCKING CLUE DOUG

paulman
paulman
May 17, 2016 2:08 pm

RB Kenjon Barner #1 on the Depth Charts…
WR Josh Huff is a Starter, led by QB Sam Bradford … This Offense looks like it will have a Special Place in Eagles History come 2016

mhenski
mhenski
May 17, 2016 2:24 pm
Reply to  paulman

no huff is not the starter and neither is barner

paulman
paulman
May 17, 2016 3:13 pm

**MLB News***
Atlanta Braves Fire Manager Fredi Gonzales after a 9-28 Record to Start the 2016 Season.. .Braves promote AAA Manager Brian Snitker as Interim Manager for the Remainder of the 2016 Season

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 27, 2016 3:05 pm

The last phils article on here was April 28th… They’ve played excellent ball fueled by young, exciting players and we are inundated with ‘should there be competition on an nfl team’ articles.
In studying the minors and whats in the majors this line-up in the next couple of years has options just about everywhere.
Hoskins a boomer 1b along with joseph
Lf dylan hoskins 13 HR already
We know about Williams
Crawford, number two prospect in the land
Alfaro is killing it… Knapp is also good
Quinn has slipped but with Herrara ….
The pitching is loaded from top to bottom…
Big weekend against the cubs…lets get 2/3

paulman
paulman
May 29, 2016 6:29 pm

10 Days ago , the Phillies go from 7 Games above .500 with the last place Braves Team coming into CBP for a 3-Game set to now only 2 Games above .500 and will have a difficult 20 Game Stretch ahead of them… Let’s see how these Young Players & Pitchers hold it together

haveacigar
haveacigar
May 30, 2016 11:20 am
Reply to  paulman

Actually the Nats are in town. That was a tough road trip, Chicago had just lost like 7 out of 10 and needed to right the ship. They will have ups and downs for sure as a team so young is bound to have. I know you don’t watch the games but the pitchers tried to be too perfect and grooved some pitches to some serious hitters who made them pay.
Ten game home stand…6-4 would be nice, 7-3 real nice

paulman
paulman
May 30, 2016 2:26 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

Next 20 Games vs Nats Twice, Cubs, Brewers (4 Games) then Orioles & Toronto Blue Jays (4 Games – 2 home & home series)