For the fourth July in a row, the Phillies have traded for a starting pitcher at the non-waiver trade deadline. In 2007 it was Kyle Lohse, in 2008 it was Joe Blanton, in 2009 it was Cliff Lee and now in 2010 it is Roy Oswalt. The Phillies acquired Houston’s ace for a package that includes J.A. Happ and prospects Anthony Gose (CF) and Jonathan Villar (SS). Houston is also picking up $11M of the remaining $24M guaranteed on Oswalt’s deal (~$5M this year, $16M in 2011 and $3M buyout of 2012, or $16M if the Phillies pick up his option). More after the jump. (more…)
Shane Victorino left last night’s game with a strained oblique, and goes for an MRI today. Assuming he’s out for any period of time, it’s probably the best opportunity to bring up Domonic Brown. Dom would get a chance to play in right every day (Werth would move to center) and would likely bring some much-appreciated punch to an offense that until last week was as lifeless as George Steinbrenner (too soon?). (more…)
With the rooks and selected vets reporting for duty Tuesday and the rest of the team following on Saturday, it’s time to do 2 things:
Pray for no injuries
Try to make this camp more entertaining than it really is
One way to make the days go by with some excitement is to focus on the individual position battles. For the most part, the Eagles have their starters in place, but there are a few positions yet to be penciled in. In addition, backups can prove to be just as critical as the men listed above them on the depth chart — just ask the 5 guys that tried to replace Stewart Bradley in 2009 — so it’s important to keep an eye on these 5 battles. (more…)
- Eric the Midget (Stern Show) will appear on Fringe next season.
- A look at Lamar Odom’s iTunes thanks to Rod Benson.
- Adam Dunn stops by the broadcast booth to visit Bob Uecker, while his team was playing.
- Phillies local TV ratings up 16.5% from last season.
- FredEx will be on Millionaire Matchmaker, since he has no money we’ll assume he’s looking for a lady friend with some serious alimony loot.
- Chris Coghlan injures himself giving Wes Helms a cream pie. No homo.
- Drexel basketball players who were on the run from the law have turned themselves in.
- A Sicilian wedding photographer was shot and killed after having the married couple pose with guns.
The Steroid Era in baseball has been discussed ad nauseum – mainly revolving around the players who reached unprecedented levels of success while purportedly on the juice (e.g. Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Brady Anderson, etc.). With the MLB officially deciding to test its minor leaguers for HGH, we here at Where’s Weems decided we needed to take a look at the guys who were (probably) on the juice, but whose numbers were never quite as inflated as their monstrous heads. After the jump, a team assembled entirely of unsuccessful steroid/HGH users. (more…)
In honor of Ryan Howard hitting the .300 mark on the season (and really just being the man), we figured we’d take a look at other famous (and not so famous) Howards. We delve into the weird world of terribly-named people after the jump, and rank ‘em 1-10 — based solely on awesomeness.
- Quite the cheeky penalty kick by this Spaniard.
- Good take on how undervalued Iguodala is from Brian at Depressed Fan.
- Penn State lands a big recruit.
- Darth Vader strikes back. Perhaps he should have listened to Obi Wan.
- Jack Sparrow announces his return.
- PSU will play Navy again, starting in 2012.
- Eagles to honor blind fan with ticket. No word on when the braille version will be released.
- Obama makes Madden ‘11 Super Bowl celebration video.
- Kings of Leon eat shit.
- Sir Charlies kills it in the TBS broadcast booth during yesterday’s Phillies game.
