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Can anyone explain to me why Trump’s cabinet members willingly debase themselves in slavering sycophancy in these cabinet meetings? Have they no self-respect?

I suggest a prisoner swap Colorado gets Stephen Miller and Trump gets Tina Peters.

Stealing Home: The Daring Dash of Chico Fernandez A shortstop who brought some much-needed flare to the 1950s Phillies

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Pig's Dinner A Little League Championship leads to the best ice cream treat ever!

I hope you will check out my latest Levittown Boy post on Substack.

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Dick “Cannonball” Redding: Forgotten Hall of Fame Candidate As Dick Allen finally goes into the Hall of Fame, here is another Dick who has been long overlooked.

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I read it. Thank you. Great fun and great insight. As an actor who has done Chekhov and David Storey, I would have to agree. And I loved the baseball stuff.

As a kid I always confused this fine actor with his namesake, the famed orator who preceded Lincoln at Gettysburg. EEH then became my hero as one of the voice actors on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show narrating Fractured Fairy Tales.

The Family Doctor Remembering the days when the family doctor lived down the street and you could just drop in.

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My latest on Substack.

The Family Doctor Remembering the days when the family doctor lived down the street and you could just drop in.

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Sam Snead also cheated at golf. Once carrying 15 clubs in his bag when 14 was the limit. He forfeited to Mason Rudolph, but faked an actual loss.

Wally Wonder Takes Philly by Storm For a brief shining moment in 1987, little Wally Ritchie was the talk of the town.

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Baseball’s Control Kings A look at the great pitchers who combined great "stuff" with great control.

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Doug Glanville's Walk-Off Homerun: April 18, 2004 The story of a Glanville Highlight from 21 years ago this month.

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Jimmy Rollins Daring Dash The single most exciting play i ever saw in person.

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Original Sin With a hat tip to author William Maxwell

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The Robin Roberts/Ferguson Jenkins Connection The Phillies' Robin Roberts was unquestionably the dominant right-handed pitcher of the 1950s.

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The Making of a Phillies Fan An Introduction to the blog

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Levittown Boy An Introduction

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Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

Love the Freudian typo, “lie updates” indeed.

I cancelled after the last abomination. Good riddance and a sad day.

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Karl Drews: Ain’t that a Kick in the Head A blog about the history of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Born on this day in 1920 was former Phillies and Yankees pitcher Karl Drews, who credited a kick in the head with improving performance. faithofaphilliesfan.blogspot.com/2022/02/karl...

Robin Roberts 286th and Final Win: Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves, August 29, 1966 A blog about the history of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Fergie Jenkins and Curt Simmons each had a hand in Robbie’s final win faithofaphilliesfan.blogspot.com/2021/02/robi...

A Different Kind of Phillies Hero And, news as spring training gets underway in earnest.

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Celebrating Edith Houghton, A Trailblazer For Women Scouts In today's issue during Women's History Month, we look back at the groundbreaking career of Edith Houghton, who helped forge a path for women baseball scouts.

The story of Edith Houghton , the first female scout in major league baseball. ibwaa.substack.com/p/celebratin...

Robin Roberts Amazing 17 Inning 300 Pitch Performance A blog about the history of the Philadelphia Phillies.

The time Robin Roberts went 17 innings for the complete game. faithofaphilliesfan.blogspot.com/2021/01/robi...

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.

The Reshuffling of the Pentagon Press Corps Is a Warning The Times and NBC are out; Breitbart and One America News are in.

It’s not, in fact, “anyone’s guess whether” Breitbart News, One America News Network and the New York Post “will be as strong in advocating for transparency as powerhouses like the Times or NPR”
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The ascendence of a mob of dopes, terminally angry at a world they do not comprehend and determined to remake systems, even though they don't understand how anything works.