Phightins

Looking more and more like the Thrashers will be in Winnipeg next season. The most interesting part about this is the pending realignment. Columbus moves east? Nashville moves east? Detroit (gasp) moves east?

Activate Utley tomorrow, call up Brown, get Mayberry into the every day lineup. Thanks, goodnight.

Back to back complete game losses for Doc. <3 this offense.

Jose Bautista is good at hitting baseballs.

Rofl...Doc breaks two bats and induces an easy ground ball up the middle and the Braves still score at the end of this sequence. Have to get lucky to beat him I guess.

The Phillies are wearing my favorite uniform in the history of sports. They have to wear these more often...

He's getting ready. http://www.profilebrand.com/funny-pictures/category/sports/226_jesus-cleaning-bowling-ball.gif

The idea that some Laker fans are supporting this makes me laugh. 2 championships in 3 years, 4 in a decade, playoffs basically every year. Not good enough! Blow it up! Sixers get dibs on Gasol, btw.

Ruben Amaro's to-do list: 1) Call up Domonic Brown 2) Enroll Charlie Manuel in "Bullpen Management 101" 3) Remove Kyle Kendrick and Danys Baez from the 25 man roster

So does Danys Baez.

Kyle Kendrick sucks.

Stutes and Bastardo manned up tonight. I love it. For as much shit as the Phillies bullpen has taken this season (for some reason I can't really fathom), I really like how it is shaping up. Even nicer when Contreras gets back. I just pray Charlie doesn't let Lidge automatically get the 9th inning back just because it is "his guy".

We totally lucked out on that un-called strike 3 to Victorino. Hey, now Braves fans know how I felt when Scott Barry [expletive]ed the Phillies last year. Minor league replacement umps can be a treat sometimes...

Unreal news about Boogy man. So sad. RIP.

You'd be amazed at how many Philadelphia fans like to talk about "Roy Holiday" and "Jrue Halladay".

Good lord, what an awesome series. Sharks manned up. I am surprisingly happy for them. Rooting for them now for sure.

It is now official. Winter Classic vs. Rangers on January 2nd at Citizens Bank Park. I will 100% be going. Already fired up.

No shit. Same reason the Bruins will get another Winter Classic in the next few years (and Rangers, and Blackhawks, and Red Wings, etc etc).

My game of the night: Clearwater Threshers vs. Palm Beach Cardinals. Chase Utley and Carlos Ruiz (as well as Jonathan Singleton, Joe Savery, Jiwan James, and Leandro Castro) in the lineup, and Roy Oswalt on the mound. And it is on TV. Very excited.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Excited-about-Rangers-vs-Flyers-Winter-Classic-?urn=nhl-wp4784&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Blam. If true, my New Years plans have just been made for me.

I feel a lot better about the Sixers-Heat series now after seeing what Miami did to the Celtics.

Poor Kendrys Morales. One homerun celebration, basically two lost seasons.

Really have no idea what to expect/hope for this offseason. Part of me wants to see them overpay for Bryzgalov, but the realistic fan in me does not want any part of this. There should be some cap space to play with though. Cap going up, plus Leino and Zherdev unlikely to be re-signed. I also expect a defenseman to be dealt (Carle or Coburn probably). So there will be a bit of wiggle room. I'd love to have Bryzgalov for next season, maybe the next two seasons. Good goaltender in his prime, Russian mentor for Bobs, etc. Seems like a perfect situation if they can make the money and years work. Not sure why Bryz would want to come here long time when it's clear Bobs is the "goalie of the future". Whatever, I don't even care at this point. Go do something stupid. Go sign somebody to a stupid contract. The current process is not winning any championships...

Not the prettiest baseball, but 2 of 3 is 2 of 3. I will take it. Offense continues to frustrate the hell out of me, though. Can't wait til Chase is back and D-Brown is (hopefully) called up.

Get your Clearwater Threshers tickets for Thursday! Utley, Ruiz, and Oswalt will all be rehabbing there.