By Mike Prince, Sportswriter: Philadelphia – When Roy Halladay came to Philadelphia, he not only brought with him the best arm in baseball, but he brought with him an unwavering confidence that allows him to go out and perform like he did on Wednesday. He had waited his entire life for this. He came out [More…]
October 7 Philadelphia Inquirer: “Nearly an hour after achieving immortality for the second time this season, Roy Halladay walked through the Phillies‘ clubhouse. No one spoke to him as he made his way across the room to his locker in the corner. A sheet of white paper was taped up there, the first few paragraphs [More…]
by Mike Prince, Sportswriter: Rewind back in the beginning of July. Did anyone really think we would be where we are right now? Did anyone think we would be getting ready to sit down and watch our team – the team with the best record in baseball – host game one of the National League Division [More…]
October 6 Philadelphia Inquirer: “For a short series with an extra off day and three surefire aces, the Phillies decided that carrying an extra pitcher was not prudent. Actually, they decided that carrying two extra pitchers was too many. Instead, after carrying 12 pitchers for most of the season, the Phillies will take just 10 [More…]
October 6 Camden Courier-Post: “What makes Roy Halladay unique, what makes him so good, is his rigid adherence to routine. What makes today’s start so special for Halladay, the reason he fought to come to Philadelphia, is that this game will be so different from everything he’s done before. It’s a dichotomy Halladay is quick [More…]
by Mike Prince Lately, all I keep hearing is how superior of a team the Chicago Blackhawks are to the Flyers. All these so-called “experts” keep telling me that the ‘Hawks will win in five games – six at most. In fact, the brooms might be brought out next week. Hell, some ‘Hawks “fans” will [More…]
by Kevin Franklin And so it begins… The Philadelphia Flyers have vanquished the Montreal Canadiens, four games to one. All talk of another Canadiens comeback have been silenced. It was mojo versus mojo and one of them had to say “uncle” and bring their fan base to a brick wall splatter. Fortunately for Flyers fans, [More…]
by Kevin Franklin I admit it – I’m a sadist. Whenever the Eagles win, I spend a good portion of my Internet time that evening and the next day reading through the online newspapers of whichever team they vanquished. I enjoy the post-game quotes of the defeated and the hair-pulling columnists either trying to rationalize [More…]