Posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 1:34 PM | 7 comments |
 

Pitchers and catchers ...

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Players are trickling into the Phillies' spring training complex in Clearwater, Fla. The official first day of workouts, for pitchers and catchers, is Saturday, but some early birds are getting a head start.
Posted by Inquirer Online Desk @ 1:34 PM  Permalink | 7 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:07 PM, 02/12/2009
    I ... CANNOT ... WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    — Philth
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:32 AM, 02/13/2009
    Come on baseball!!!!!
    — phigglesfan75
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:20 AM, 02/13/2009
    This blog sucks since Todd left. Even Dave's is better.
    — jeff gross
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:47 AM, 02/13/2009
    Can't wait to start talking about another season with you guys. This year it's in defense of our title and looking to repeat!
    — bski
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:33 PM, 02/13/2009
    jeff, take it easy. They don't even know who's going to DO it yet. The only stuff posted here is placeholder stuff until someone starts rolling with it. Besides, I might note that (though I appreciated Zo well enough), the last several months of blogs were nothing more than very slight rewrites of whatever he put in his column that day. It was like reading the same filing twice.
    — marty
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:46 PM, 02/13/2009
    Marty is correct. Jim Salisbury is doing features, his column and trying to post here. Frank Fitzpatrick is also down there, that's two pretty sharp baseball guys. Until they name a beat writer, who also gets this blog, count on some dead time. Personally, I'd love to see Fitzpatrick back on the beat, although I'm not sure he would. He's smart, funny, knows baseball (except for the relative merits of Bobby Abrau...LOL), has a well honed dose of wise aXX and writes well. If he got this blog it would be a hoot.
    — jimmymack
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:35 PM, 02/13/2009
    I do like Todd a lot because he seems like a good guy but I agree with Marty too. All Zo would do lately is rehash what he wrote and what other inqy writers wrote in their columns, he never added anything new. Now while Dave may come off as corny sometimes, he actually adds new stuff to the blog and doesn't just rehash what he wrote previously. Something I would like to see with this blog once they find someone to take over the beat is to include personal experiences down in spring training, like Dave does, as well as new information not found in the columns.
    — robm0202


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