Philly SportsCast

Throughout the quest for a World Series championship, teams always encounter certain “defining moments.”
For the Phillies in 2008, their Aug. 26 game against the Mets might have been one of them.
Philadelphia was being shut out, trailing by seven runs to future Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez. But the Phils came back to tie it and, [...]

Philly SportsCast #164 – January 29, 2008
It’s that time of year again – two teams other than the Eagles in the Super Bowl. Well, there are times to be upset about it, and this may be one of those years, but we are not going to let it get us down anymore.
The mourning period is [...]

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It’s no secret that the Phillies are looking for a right-handed bat off the bench and it is being reported that they are willing to spend $3 million on the player. So who is the team considering?
Here’s the list:
Nomar Garciaparra – If he wants to play, he’s at the top of the team’s list.
Ty [...]

Daily News’ Eagles reporter Les Bowen is reporting that Brian Dawkins is confident that he’ll be back with the Eagles next year and that a deal will be done soon.
Dawkins reiterated that he expects to sit down with management, presumably before free agency starts Feb. 27, and “I think we’ll be able to get something [...]

Cole Hamels is a Phillies dream come true.
It seems that instead of going for the super-huge money that he would certainly get if he went through Major League Baseball’s arbitration process every year for the next four years, the 25-year-old lefty and MVP of both the National League Championship Series and World Series just wants [...]

The Miami Herald is reporting that Eagles offensive assistant Mark Whipple has been hired as the new offensive coordinator at that University of Miami.
Whipple, 51, will be the Hurricanes’ fourth offensive coordinator in five seasons.
An official announcement is expected tomorrow.

CSN Philly’s Jared Sherman wrote his mock draft this weekend and I have to say it’s perhaps the most on-point look at the 2009 NFL draft I’ve seen yet. Here’s a rundown…
1. Detroit: Matt Stafford (jr), QB, Georgia
New head coach Jim Schwartz has publicly said that finding a franchise QB is a top priority. Stafford’s [...]

The story of the end of Adam Eaton’s 2008 season always manages to stun me. How can a professional baseball player act this way with his teammates and the front office. In case you missed it, Phillies Adam Eaton was asked to go to Florida to work on his mechanics before the start of lat [...]

I blame Al Morganti for this shameful mess.