SportsTalk Shop: MLB Trade Deadline: Phillies Pitchers
In my last blog entry, we took a look at the “tradeable” Phillies position players. This week, we take a unique look at what Phillies pitchers could be dealt, and what the team could get in return. “Take My Pitchers, Please” Jonathan Papelbon Antonio Bastardo Mike Adams Jeff Manship Neither Papelbon nor Bastardo have been…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Balliet Stadium – The Lehigh Valley’s Field of Dreams
“If you build it, they will come” As the 1989 movie cast of Field of Dreams prepares for their 25-year reunion, I can only imagine a similar sentiment among the founding developers of Coplay’s Sammy Balliet Stadium back in the 1940’s. This ball field, which would become for so many years the centerpiece of high…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Trade Deadline Countdown: Position Players
We’re under a month away from the Major League Baseball trading deadline. The Phillies, after a brief five game win streak, have fallen once again into the NL East basement. With the lack of life shown in the team’s most recent series again the Braves, the speculation over what possible moves the Phillies could/should/might make…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Your Mailbox is Full…
About every six weeks, I am harassed by a Microsoft message telling me that my mailbox is full and I must delete messages immediately. This message appears on a daily basis until I do something about it. This, to me, is like cleaning out the basement at home. I am just not that interested. At…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: All-Star Football Preview
This Thursday marks the official end to the 2013-14 scholastic sports calendar year—the McDonald’s All-Star High School Football Game–played each year at Nazareth’s Andrew Leh Stadium. It is a special time as we honor our local gridiron stars one final time (for those not playing at the collegiate level) and the event raises money for…
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