Phillies beat writer Todd Zolecki Tweeted shortly after the completion of today’s game that J.C. Romero was designated for assignment to make room for Vance Worley, who will be starting Saturday’s game against the Seattle Mariners. Romero’s designation comes as little surprise to many Phillies’ fans who saw Romero struggle with control and was unable…
Eating Clean Week Day 2 Recap: When Making Mistakes, Keep Portions Small
Day 2 started off positively not unlike Day 1 (See how that went down, here). At the recommendation of Men’s Health’s 125 Best Food’s For Men list published in the November 2010 issue, I started my day with what they listed as the best oatmeal for men, Quaker Weight Control Instant Oatmeal. The guide suggests…
Brian Gordon signs with New York Yankees, I Am Sad
I attended the Saturday match-up between the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs and the Louisville Bats to see Brian Gordon pitch, who I had previously written about here. Gordon is a 32-year old pitcher, a converted outfielder at age 28, who achieved his dream of making the Major Leagues in 2008 with the Texas Rangers. Gordon…
This Week In Workout Playlists: June 14, 2011
With the Phillies winning three in a row and about to make it four tonight with Cole Hamels on the hill tonight, I went with a heavily Philly-influenced, Philly-artist playlist for my upcoming trip to the gym. All the links are YouTube links for the accompanying music video; artist links direct to Wikipedia. Unstoppable –…
Eating Clean Week: Day 1
Just in time for beach season, decided to fine tune the diet. Yesterday was day 1 of my 14 day clean streak goal. Some of my goals for the next two weeks: Avoid fried foods Avoid simple sugars Eat 4-5 times daily Maintain a 1/1 ratio of grams of protein consumed to body weight lbs…
The Minute My Mom Leaves Her House…
… her dogs start to sing. Damnedest thing. The lead vocalist is the dachshund, Walter. On back-up vocals is Merrie, the poodle. (Side note: who knew damnedest had that “E” in the middle?)
Phillies’ Pitches Per PAs Down from Likely and Unlikely Sources
It is advantageous at any level of baseball for a hitter to force a pitcher to throw more pitches to them during an at-bat. The advantages are plentiful: with more pitches, the hitter increases their odds of seeing a pitch in the strike zone, it increases the pitcher’s workload, and it increases the odds that…
What I’m Jamming To: June 13, 2011
“Here Comes My Girl” hit number 58 in the US. It was the third single off of Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker‘s 1979 album, Damn the Torpedoes.
What I’m Jamming To: June 12, 2011
Heard this jam while I was unloading trucks at Marshall’s last September and have been rocking to it ever since. Hockey has a very cool “Do It Yourself” story of receiving airplay; the Portland, Oregon-group self-produced their EP Mind Chaos in 2008 and received attention from Radio 1 DJs. They went on to perform at…
I like Eric Carmen. I like Dom Brown.
I love this video. Dom Brown’s second home run as remembered by Long Drive of the Fightins.
Live From the Lehigh Valley 