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Paul Hagen covers baseball for the Daily News.

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Paul Hagen: Cole Hamels should follow Justin Verlander

Paul Hagen: Herndon opening some eyes at Phillies spring training - 03/12/2010: CLEARWATER, Fla. - Sometimes clues can be found hidden in the most obvious places. Like, for example, the bulletin board in the Phillies clubhouse.
Paul Hagen: After years in bush leagues, Tracy still loves playing - 03/11/2010: DUNEDIN, Fla. - He's 36 years old now and these are the fruits of his labors: Third among all active players in home runs.
Paul Hagen: Kendrick must convincingly win duel with Moyer for fifth spot in Phillies rotation - 03/09/2010: TAMPA, Fla. - You can pretty much count the significant competitions for the Phillies this spring on one finger. Which normally would be kind of a bummer, since position battles are a lot more fun to follow at this juncture of the calendar than, say, how somebody's strained hamstring is coming along.
Paul Hagen: Manuel arguably best Phillies manager of all time - 03/08/2010: At the end of the 2011 season, Manuel will have managed more games for the Phillies than anybody in the modern era except Mauch. He has been to the World Series twice already. No Phillies manager has ever done that. He won one.
Paul Hagen: Will workload catch up to Halladay? - 03/05/2010: CLEARWATER, Fla. - Never mind that it ended before dinner instead of after midnight. Or that the crowd, while huge by Grapefruit League standards, was barely a drop in the postseason bucket. Or that familiar names like Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Howard and Chase Utley took a pass.
Paul Hagen: Secret to spring training: Don't sweat the small stuff - 03/04/2010: CLEARWATER, Fla. - First comes the excitement of another spring, renewing old friendships, the natural anticipation of a new beginning. Like opening packages on Christmas morning.
Paul Hagen: One Phillies All-Star will have to bat seventh - 02/24/2010: CLEARWATER, Fla. - On a typical night this summer, Charlie Manuel will have a more difficult time figuring out what to have for lunch than what the top of his lineup should look like.
Paul Hagen: It's too early to panic about Werth's contract - 02/23/2010: CLEARWATER, Fla. - Already, if the chat-room chatter and the talk-show blah-blah-blah and the e-mail angst are any indication, a low-grade panic about rightfielder Jayson Werth is running through Phillies Nation.
Paul Hagen: Halladay's arrival with Phillies rivals Thome's - 02/20/2010: In the last quarter-century, no offseason move generated the tsunami of quivering anticipation that signing Jim Thome did. Until last December when Roy Halladay showed up in South Philadelphia.
Paul Hagen: Kendrick could be pleasant surprise for Phillies in spring training - 02/19/2010: CLEARWATER, Fla. - Every spring training has its share of standard plot lines, sturdy perennials that are as much a part of the camp landscape as palm trees in Florida and cacti in Arizona.