Now that it’s official that Phillies superstar Bryce Harper is going to miss a good chunk of time, President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski has some decisions to make. Do the Phillies, who are currently 1.5 games out of a playoff spot, trust what they have on the roster now and wait for Harper to […]

Here is my pitch for a city-wide slogan regarding the Philadelphia sports teams: Philly sports, where the hope is plentiful, but the pain and suffering is endless. That’s the kind of Tuesday it was in the Delaware Valley.   The day had every bit of predictable frustration you could possibly imagine. The Phillies played way […]

What a playoff level atmosphere on Sunday Night Baseball tonight with the Braves and the Phillies squaring off.   Alec Bohm, who continues to be one of the most clutch humans alive, gets a lead off double in the top of the ninth. After Jean Segura got him to third, we had this chaotic tag […]

There’s no more optimistic time in sports than opening week of the baseball season. As the Phillies first take the field, March Madness is winding down and the weather gets warmer. And even if the Phillies have a bad night we can still watch the Flyers and the Soaring Sixers instead. And best of all […]

The annual Baseball Hall of Fame voting has recently taken place and the once-exciting tradition of electing a player into the pantheon of baseball immortality has become a drag. Instead of celebration it just sparks repetitive debates about the voting process, off-field character issues for nominees, and whether or not steroid users should be elected […]

With the 15th pick in the MLB draft the Phillies picked right handed pitcher Mick Abel, out of Jesuit high school. Abel’s only 18 years old, 6’5” and weighs 190 lbs and looks the part of a big league starter. Abel was the Gatorade high school player of the year in Oregon and was the […]

The Washington Nationals are going to the World Series. That’s it, that’s the article. It’s the franchise’s first ever World Series appearance, exercising the demons of Blue Monday in 1981 and the Players Strike of 1994 as the Montreal Expos, and the four division titles with four first round exits as the Washington Nationals. It’s […]

As of this writing, the Phillies have yet to make an official decision on the future of manager Gabe Kapler despite signs of his imminent departure. I am not expecting any announcement or resolution to Phillies personnel matters today. The intrigue continues. — Jim Salisbury (@JSalisburyNBCS) October 2, 2019 The saga that has been going […]