“Fill thine horn with oil . . . and go” is ESPN Baseball Tonight host Steve Berthiaume’s  unique catchphrase. In a previous post I briefly declared my appreciation for it. I’ve noticed that people end up on my blog while searching for the meaning of the phrase, so I thought I would discuss it. The phrase is

1. Conflict of Rooting Interest. Ideally the loyalties of a baseball fan should to the league that hosts his or her favorite team. I am a Philadelphia Phillies fan and thus a fan of the National League. I feel the senior circuit is superior (if only for the fact that we are not blemished by designated hitters). So when I

I have felt disconnected from my blog lately. Maybe it’s because I hit the ground running two weeks ago and didn’t have a chance to stop. I was in D.C. Memorial Day weekend/week and when I got back I had my first big craft fair. Then when I went back to work

Booing is one thing. But they threw batteries at him, too. BATTERIES! I’m a mom and I’m allowed to say it. You could put somebody’s eye out doing that. It all started in 1997 when J.D. Drew refused to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies when he was their first round draft pick.

Now I have to find a good luck charm for each road trip game the Braves are on. Of course the same one may not work each time but it’s worth a shot. As I mentioned yesterday, we have a chance of going 4-5 on the road if we can get a win tonight. Two series

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We all have it.  Some have bigger ones than others - some really don’t have it at all. Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies is what you would call, ‘ego-less’. Jack Curry of the New York Times checks in. “I told him if you were really good at something, you didn’t have to tell people,” he said.

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The Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox, A’s and Mets are all competing for Rockies closer, Brian Fuentes. There are reports stemming from a Joel Sherman article that state that the Phillies are currently in the lead to lock up the deceptive lefty, as he would take over in the 8th inning. Hopefully the Yanks can grab

All seems to be well with Philadelphia.  The Phillies are in first and playing well.  Of course, if you listened to sports talk radio in that town a couple of weeks ago, you would have heard that, well, they are pretty good but have no shot at winning the World Series. Chief proponent of this theory was