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Phillies acquire Hunter Pence

The Astros reached a deal to send All-Star outfielder Hunter Pence to the Phillies in exchange for four players, including Philadelphia’s top two Minor League prospects, a person close to the negotiations told MLB.com. The deal, which is subject to the approval Major League Baseball, is expected to be finalized on Friday. Pence was pulled from the field in the …

by Frankie Frankie on July 30th, 2011 1 Comments »

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Notable moves this week in the NFL

Tue: Panthers agree to terms with DE Charles Johnson on 6-year deal. Tue: Seahawks agree to terms with QB Tarvaris Jackson on 2-year deal. Wed: Panthers agree to terms with RB DeAngelo Williams on 5-year deal. Wed.: Redskins send QB Donovan McNabb to Minnesota for draft picks. Wed: Colts agree to terms with S Melvin Bullitt on 3-year deal. Wed.: …

by Frankie Frankie on July 29th, 2011 Leave a comment »

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Nnamdi Asomugha signs with the Eagles

Nnamdi Asomugha has agreed to a five-year, $60 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The former Oakland Raiders cornerback appeared headed to the Dallas Cowboys, but Asomugha’s agent said friday evening the Cowboys were not in consideration. The Eagles also confirmed the signings of defensive end Jason Babin, tight end Donald …

by Frankie Frankie on July 29th, 2011 Leave a comment »

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Kolb heading to Arizona, Cromartie heading to Philly

There is no deal yet for the Philadelphia Eagles to trade quarterback Kevin Kolb to the Arizona Cardinals, but multiple league sources said Wednesday that they believe it will occur within the next 48 hours.  Meanwhile, Miami appears to be the most likely destination for Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton, who was placed on the trading block Tuesday, sources said. …

by Frankie Frankie on July 28th, 2011 Leave a comment »

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Holding Out !! Who Cares !!!

I’m very confused over all the fuss being made over this 5’0 ft 115 pd receiver!! Maybe someone out there can explain it to me better . The receiver  in question who is injured at least 3x a game and has 2 career concussions already,  is holding out for more money (Santonio Holmes money ) nearly 10 million dollars a …

by Dave Dave on July 27th, 2011 3 Comments »

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A Dud of a Number 2

Cliff Lee again with another great start under his belt as he went 4 whole innings allowing 10 hits and has only pitched 10 innings in his last 2 starts . In the month of July he’s now 0-2 with ERA pushing 5. Seems like a pretty expensive Number 2 , but then again it is just the month of …

by Dave Dave on July 26th, 2011 3 Comments »

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NFL Lockout Finally Ends

After 135 days the NFL lockout is finally over. The owners and players were able to finally agree on how to split up 9 billion dollars. Should be an interesting couple of weeks ahead with all the player movement and teams rushing into training camp and the preseason. Eagles might be one of the biggest players in all this with …

by Joey "The Veteran" Joey "The Veteran" on July 25th, 2011 Leave a comment »

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Phillies Second Half Preview

The second half of the MLB seaon starts today with the Phillies at 57-34 having the best record in the league.  While they would have to go 60-11 to meet my record setting preseason prediction of 117-45 obviously a long shot I do think the Phillies will still finish only ten shy of the MLB record for wins finishing at …

by Joey "The Veteran" Joey "The Veteran" on July 14th, 2011 Leave a comment »

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MLB All Star Game 2011

A perfect performance from Roy Halladay… An almost perfect performance from Cliff Lee… This just goes to show why pitching wins championships. Against a star studded American League Team, it only took one swing of the bat for the National League to win the 2011 All Star Game, all in part to a dominant pitching performance by the entire National …

by Frankie Frankie on July 13th, 2011 2 Comments »

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Red Sox rout Orioles in fight-filled game

  David Ortiz connected on a big swing early, then missed with a flurry of late ones. Big Papi hit a three-run homer as the Boston Red Sox scored eight times in the first inning of a 10-3 win over Baltimore on Friday night. In the eighth, he whiffed on a few punches during a bench-clearing brawl with Orioles reliever …

by Frankie Frankie on July 9th, 2011 Leave a comment »