On a day that we have to say good bye to our sweet prince, Markelle Fultz, we get to welcome someone else. JT Realmuto. His name has been tossed around for weeks and the Phillies swooped in and grabbed him like a thief in the night.   Nerds who follow the farm system (me) will […]

Prepare for like 430 berating words from me because you’re all dumb dumbs that thought Bryce Harper would sign today and I don’t know how we fell for this yet again…   They put the tweet out that we should all be looking out today for something from them and then rumors start SWIRLING this […]

There few defining moments in Philadelphia sports when everyone can band together and just be absolutely hilarious. The Super Bowl Booing Jerryd Bayless in his return to Philly And now we have “Just saw Harper” tweets. This is a popular viral trend already but something about the whole city coming together to make corny ass […]

I can’t do it anymore people. The mind games have gone on long enough. In an offseason that started so optimistically with Jean Segura and Andrew McCutchen, I cannot handle the anticipation. On top of the anxiety I already had always waiting for Harper to sign, we have to deal with the emotions for Doc […]

Watch this video of Rhys Hoskins. Then buy your Spring Training Tickets before the price skyrockets when Machado/Harper signs. Remember that scene in The Office when Michael is asked if he had sex with Jan? He stumbles through his answer grinning and smiling the whole way. He can’t keep a straight face and ends up […]

I honestly do not know how this is not a bigger story. Since October of last year, the Department of Justice has been investigating the methods of MLB teams recruitment of foreign players in 2015. The Dodgers and our own Gabe Kapler are named in multiple reports. This could be a problem… It’s no secret […]

Being a Phillies blogger is easily the third most stressful job on Earth right now behind law enforcement/ fire fighters and soldiers. It has to be. We all know Bryce Harper is signing with the Phillies. It’s never been a question. I am speaking it into existence. But, his shark of an agent, Scott Boras, […]

So, I’m reading about how Manny Machado and Bryce Harper apparently hate us now, fretting like a normal Philadelphia sports fan. Then, I stumble across a tweet on the subject of getting spurned by the stars that was eyebrow raising to say the least. At first, it seemed like a disgruntled fan hiding behind a […]

Sleight of hand. Smoke-and-mirrors. Hocus-pocus. Diversion. All things that describe a situation where someone wants you to look one way, while they operate in the other. Which got me thinking. Could the Phillies be possibly using Manny Machado as a diversion? How you ask? Why you ask? What are you even talking about?   Well, […]

This week on the Life of a Philly Fan Podcast, we declared something new. If you haven’t listened yet, you can do so riiiiiiiiight…HERE. What we decided is that every take we have from now on should be presented in the form of an analogy. For instance, what I said was that the Wentz vs […]