WOULD RATHER BE IN CLEARWATER
OK, I'm late posting today because I had no power on the Dell. In fact, I had to run to Best Buy on Clark Street to find a new power supply.
Cost?
A bargain at $115.
But it's either fork over the cash or just sit in Chicago for the next couple days and not work ...
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Matt Stairs arrived today. The Phillies acquired him in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays for lefthander Fabio Castro, although Pat Gillick said this morning at Wrigley Field that the "player to be named" won't be announced until after the season. That might be because Castro didn't clear waivers, and can't be traded until after the season.
Regardless, the Phillies have the lefthanded bat off the bench they need after Geoff Jenkins went on the DL.
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The Phillies have interest in Detroit Tigers righthander Kyle Farnsworth, and could add him before tomorrow's waiver trade deadline. Gillick said today, however, that it is less likely than likely they can complete another trade (he wouldn't confirm their interest in Farnsworth) before tomorrow.
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Bob Brookover and Matt Gelb team up for their third straight season covering the Phillies for the Inquirer and philly.com.
This is Brookover’s second stint writing about the Phillies, having joined the coverage team after seven years as an Eagles beat writer. Brookover was hired by The Inquirer in 2000 as the Phillies beat writer after spending 13 years writing about the team for two suburban newspapers. While on the Eagles beat, Brookover, who had covered just two winning Phillies teams in 15 seasons, saw the Phillies move into a cash-cow new ballpark and begin playing a brand of the game he found unrecognizable. Follow him on Twitter here.
Gelb is in his third season covering the Phillies. He was hired by The Inquirer in August 2009 after graduating from Syracuse University. He has also covered baseball at The Star-Ledger and Cape Cod Times. Born and raised in Bucks County, he attended Central Bucks High School West. Follow him on Twitter here.
To submit a question for Matt Gelb's Phillies mailbag, click here.
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