Phightins

At my school they were pretty anal about getting these in (I'm guessing most schools are). You can probably print the form out from the school website, or ask for one when you go to orientation.

Doesn't surprise me, he seems sensitive. Refused to sign with the Phillies when we drafted him.

There's no way it's Trout.

If Trout were in the deal, I think they would have announced it from the get-go. I am thinking it is probably somebody they took in this year's draft. They had a ton of early picks (5 in the top 40 I think). Those guys can't be traded until next year though, so that would make sense.

Progress. Another Brad Lidge-induced heart attack, but progress.

Me neither. Makes me upset that the Phillies could have offered JA Happ and a couple mid-level prospects and probably topped that offer.

Angels get Dan Haren for Joe Saunders, Patrick Corbin, Rafael Rodriguez, and a player to be named later. Trade deadline season is officially upon us.

Who would you rather see go, Manuel or Minaya? If I were a Mets fan, I think I'd have wanted to see Minaya go a long time ago.

Agreed about the Reds. I have been expecting them to be good for a while now, so it isn't really a surprise to me.

Padres, no contest.

Bases loaded 1 out, nothing. 1st and 3rd, nobody out, nothing. The 2010 Philadelphia Phillies.

I <3 floating strike zones.

Evan Turner has not played an NBA game yet but he is "already a flop". I love it.

Well, it would be nice if the Marlins roll over and play dead like this when they play the Phillies too.

Not really. Ironic that their best offensive performance in months comes against Ubaldo.

I know. And I am a big Jimenez fan, but I just had to do it, sorry!

Bump.

I never bought into that. Having two aces and a team that is solid defensively is nice and all, but when you can't hit for [expletive] and have a pretty poor pitching staff behind Lee and Hernandez, I didn't see much to be excited about. I thought from the get-go that they'd be spending more time fighting Oakland for third than they'd spend fighting the Angels and Rangers.

He's having a down year, but I still view him as a top six or seven pitcher in the league. And he has an incredibly team friendly contract, and would be under their control for 3 more years.

If the Phillies wanted an infielder, they would have traded for one three weeks ago.

I know, that's why I mentioned that.

I didn't think the Mariners were going to be that amazing in the first place. This is a no-brainer.

Turn on MLB Network, it's all they have been talking about for the past 20 minutes.

Lol...throw in Matt Diaz and Jair Jurrjens and I will consider But damn, the Mariners are a [expletive] show this year.

WOW. Fight in the Mariners dugout between Jose Lopez and Don Wakamatsu. [expletive].