From an abundance of experience, we as Phillies fans have grown quite accustomed to a sluggish season that is only given the proverbial kick in the ass with the looming post-season playoffs. Both as individual players and a team, our Phightin’s decide hastily to coast on a hot streak into chilly October. Ryan Howard has come to [...]
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August 10, 2008
Zzzzip A-way!
Last night, Matt and I took a drive to Spring Mount, Pennsylvania for the Heart of Darkness ziplining trip. Obviously, this was not a typical Saturday event for either of us, nor was it for the 10 other people on the tour.
Although I watched a few YouTube videos to see what the tour was all about, I was [...]
August 8, 2008
Suspiciously unsuspicious
On Fridays, I used to walk into work instilled with the fear of God. For some reason, this week-ending day always had some type of exciting event with a patient in store for me (i.e. my 1 in 10,000 cardiac code).
Recently, nothing even remotely interesting has occurred on a Friday. Take in mind, I am writing this [...]
July 30, 2008
Burned at the Ballpark
Saturday marked the annual Phillies Photo Day at Citizen’s Bank Park. Since I was a girl of 13, I’ve been attending this time-honored tradition of watching ball players begrudgingly take photos with nagging, sweaty fans in the 90-degree heat. And guess what? It’s a damn good (and often hilarious) time.
Thanks to our punctuality, we were able [...]
July 23, 2008
Here he comes to wreck the day!
Another thrilling night for the Comeback Kings has placed Philadelphia in the front-running slot again, although not comfortably.
Current opponents and all-around nuissances, the New York Mets, remain hot on the heels of the Phillies.
One loss sets the Phightins back to a tie, consequently putting them at greater risk to be the chasers rather than the chased.
Enter Brett Myers.
Yes, I understand that he spent some [...]
July 14, 2008
Welcome back, Adam Eaton.
One fateful day, I sat in a suite at Citizens Bank Park and said aloud, “Ya know, Adam Eaton has really started to step it up.”
At that moment, I believe I placed the kiss of death on #21.
Last season, Phillies fan were well aware that, unless the team rocked offensively, an Eaton start would be [...]
July 10, 2008
Nurse: The Anti-Drug
Adrift a sea of chatty drug reps, complementary lunches, and free medication samples, there floats a girl who believes that 80% of all these colorful pills are completely unnecessary. That girl happens to be me.
Is it a conflict of interest that a medical professional is essentially against medicine? I don’t think so. Drugs have their place, but lately it seems [...]
July 6, 2008
The Bullshit Bullpen
An otherwise solid outing by our veteran Jamie Moyer quickly took a turn for the worse due to stellar performances by Phillies relief pitchers.
Moyer gave up three runs early in the game but was given a clean slate when Ryan Howard, responding to my timely prediction, popped a three-run homer to up his HR count to 23 [...]
June 26, 2008
Down-time abnormality
I am never left with an extended period of free time at work. It just so happens that, today, under the circumstances of family emergencies and appointment cancellations, I found myself reading the “17 Types of Marital Affairs” from AOL’s homepage. By number 6, I realized that even free time skimming that article was time wasted.
Consequently, [...]
June 23, 2008
Woes of the National League
Although I held out a whimsical hope that our Phightin’ Phils would send the Red Sox Nation back to Boston with its tail between its legs, our hometown heroes only managed to take one game from the series as a consolation prize.
As an attendee to one of those sad losses, I was dismayed to realize that [...]
