As we near the Major League Baseball trading deadline, it is obvious that only teams with top minor league prospects will be able to sit at the negotiations table to discuss trades for top of the line players. For years, the Phillies have been at the kid’s table.
Finally, the Phillies have some elite players in their [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 29, 2008
Minor League Report
June 28, 2008
Phillies on Pace to Break Attendance Record
In the Phillies’ short stint at Citizens Bank Park, they have not been able to draw more fans than they did in their inaugural season. In 2004, 3,206,532 fans came out to the ballpark. That is an average of 4,589 per game.
After their exciting run to October last year and the promising start to the [...]
June 27, 2008
Myers Awful, Flyers Sign Carter
It’s not a coincidence. When Brett Myerstakes the mound, the Phillies don’t win. The Phillies are now 4-13 in games Myers started.
With the Phillies in a slump, you need your Opening Day starter to give you quality innings. What do you get from Myers?
2 innings, 5 earned runs, and 4 walks.
Myers is now saddled with a [...]
June 27, 2008
Morning Draft Notes
Video:
Watch Marreese Speights talk about being selected by the 76ers. (Comcast SportsNet)
Watch Ed Stefanski talk about taking Marreese Speights in the NBA draft. (Comcast SportsNet)
From the Papers:
Sixers add frontcourt help by selecting Speights from Florida. (Phil Jasner – Philadelphia Daily News)
Sprights one part of Stefanski’s bigger plan. (Bob Ford – Philadelphia Inquirer)
Sixers still need better talent. (Rich [...]
June 27, 2008
Pat Calathes Not Drafted
Pat Calathes from Saint Joseph’s University was not drafted during the 2008 NBA draft.
Calathes earned first team Atlantic 10 and co Big 5 Player of the Year honors during his senior season on Hawk Hill. Calathes was hoping to be the first Hawk to be drafted since 2004 when Jameer Nelson and Delonte West were both selected in [...]
June 26, 2008
The Sixers Select Florida’s Marreese Speights
Ed Stefanski has made his first draft choice as 76ers President and General Manager. The Sixers took Marreese Speights 16th overall. The Sixers knew they needed to get bigger and more physical close to the basket. Speights’ work ethic has been questioned, but if Mo Cheeks can get through to his knew young forward, Speights could be [...]
June 26, 2008
Sixers Likely to Select Arthur
Chad Ford of ESPN.com reported at 4:23pm today that he believes it is most likely that the 76ers will select Darrell Arthur with their 16th pick in tonight’s NBA draft.
This is a change from his assertion yesterday that the leading candidate was DeAndre Jordan. Ford believes their has been a major change in opinion in [...]
June 26, 2008
Pre-Draft News
A year ago it was the Boston Celtics who made the biggest off season splash in the Atlantic Division by acquiring Keving Garnett and Ray Allen. How did that work again?
Now, the New Jersey Nets have made a blockbuster draft day move and I can only think of one response.
WHY?
The Nets traded Richard Jefferson, 28, who [...]
June 26, 2008
Dick Jerardi Draft Chat at Noon
Dick Jerardi of the Philadelphia Daily News held an NBA draft chat today on Philly.com.
Here is the transcript from Jerardi’s NBA Chat.
