Monthly Archives: April 2009

Lakewood BlueClaws Weekly Report (4/9-4/13)

Posted on April 14, 2009 by

This season should be an especially interesting one for the Phillies low-A affiliate, the Lakewood BlueClaws, as the team has a good number of interesting prospects to keep an eye on. They also have one of the youngest teams in … Continue reading →

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Pigs First Win

Posted on April 13, 2009 by

Lehigh Valley won their first game today, 5-1 over the Nationals affiliate the Syracuse Chiefs.   Justin Lehr started and was fantastic, going 6.1 innings, allowing 3 hits, and one run,  walking one and striking out five.  He threw 85 pitches, 49 for strikes. … Continue reading →

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Harry Kalas passes away

Posted on April 13, 2009 by

Per Todd Zolecki’s twitter account, Harry Kalas has passed away. He apparently collapsed earlier and was taken to the hospital. I grew up listening to his voice, as I’m sure many of you did, and this is a monumental loss … Continue reading →

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Reading Phillies Weekly Report (04/09 – 04/12)

Posted on April 13, 2009 by

Welcome back to the weekly Reading Phillies report.  If you guys have any suggestions or certain features that you would like to see me include in these reports, then please speak up in the comments.  I will try to accomodate … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look: Freddy Galvis

Posted on April 13, 2009 by

We kick off the “A Closer Look” series with a discussion on Freddy Galvis’ bat: will it hold him back, or does he have some potential as a hitter? Continue reading →

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Live from Coca Cola Park

Posted on April 11, 2009 by

A very difficult first inning for Andrew Carpenter who gave up 3 hits including a 3 run homer to Juan  Miranda in a 24 pitch first inning.   The ‘Pigs go down in the bottom of the first after a lead … Continue reading →

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Quick Pig Notes

Posted on April 11, 2009 by

With Carlos Ruiz on the disabled list, expect Lou Marson to see fairly regular time for the Phillies  over the next two weeks.  He had not been recalled to . Orlando Guevara has apparantly been recalled to take Marson’s place … Continue reading →

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Carrasco Shines

Posted on April 10, 2009 by

In his first start of the year for Lehigh Valley, Carlos Carrasco was lights out going six shutout innings, yielding only four hits and didnt walk a batter.  Carrasco threw 85 pitches, 60 for strikes, while striking out four. He … Continue reading →

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Clearwater Picks Up Only Minors Opening Day WIn

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

Threshers Defeat the Bluejays 5-2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Bluejays 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Threshers 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 – … Continue reading →

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Lehigh Valley Report

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

An abridged version of the weekly Lehigh Valley report with only the opener, to report on. The ‘Pigs got off to a rough start and a rougher end in their 11-3 opening night loss to Scranton.  The night began with … Continue reading →

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