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Angry Manager, Managing Angry

Look at what happened back in 1993:Well, now all you need to do is multiply this by about 15 and convert it to 2008 standards. You see, Rick Churches, my manager (who is a bit high-strung), went completely over-the-top nuts last night in the clubhouse...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 200 reads 0 comments
Call To The Bullpen

As we've known all along, I'm new to this bullpen thing. I think I've pitched in relief less than 10 times in my career, and that includes the 2000 Series Championship when I came out and pitched ...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 311 reads 0 comments
Jimmy Scott's High & Tight

It's launched! "But," you say, "what is Jimmy Scott's High & Tight? Is it a Broadway show? Ooh, I love Broadway. Is there singing and dancing?"No, it's not a Broadway show, thus, there is no singing and dancing...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 332 reads 0 comments
Media Protection

I love baseball pundits. These are generally men somewhere in their 40s who like to talk and be heard. Much like politicos who you see and hear in all of the roundtable shows that cover Obama ...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 174 reads 0 comments
They're Calling Me Barbara

I don't like it. The "they", taken from the Latin root from the title above, "they're", is composed of my teammates and a handful of media folk who line my big league clubhouse with their fancy ...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 149 reads 0 comments
Figuring Out My Life

I got home after Saturday's game a little upset. I'd just blown my first save of the season (but gotten my first win - only 12 to 300! - wait, I'm not supposed to be excited about personal goals...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 144 reads 0 comments
Good To Be Home

On Friday night, I slept in my own bed for the first time in 6 weeks. Terrible experience. I was up half the night because of a pillow that was too firm, then I tried sleeping without a pillow, ...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 233 reads 0 comments
The State of Things That Are

I have harbored this idea, ever since starting my rehab assignment, that when I was called back up to the big club, I'd be the savior, astride a white horse and spreading good will and innocent laughter. I pictured myself riding bareback and sprinkling s

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 97 reads 0 comments
The First Class Cab Ride

After the call on Tuesday night that I was done with my rehab assignment in the minors and to report to LA for a Wednesday afternoon game, I did what I do best in situations like that. I went to bed...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 95 reads 0 comments
Two Bad Calls And An Unexpected Pleasant One

It's weird how one little event can set off an avalanche of repercussions. We were losing last night in the top of the 9th, down 1-0. We'd had no hitting. In fact, we were being no-hit. One baserunner from a walk in the 5th...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 105 reads 0 comments
Halloween In May

An early game yesterday (10:30 AM) marred by two things:1. We lost 5-1. I did not pitch.2. Halloween in MayWe were a flat team yesterday. Teams do that sometimes. Everyone just picks a day, subconsciously, to have no energy and go through the motions...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 187 reads 0 comments
Terms of Endearment

"Just when I thought I was about to make a clean getaway..." Great line by Jack Nicholson at the end of Terms of Endearment, the only movie that made me cry in 1983 (it was E.T. in '82)...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 133 reads 0 comments
The Sound Of Silence

Sorry for the blog blackout this week. Very sensitive negotiations were going on that just concluded last evening. For my career over the past year, this has proven to be a typical negotiation...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 129 reads 0 comments
If I Never Got Hurt Last Year...

It's done. There's nothing I can do about it. These are the two phrases I tell myself every morning that I wake up not with my team in New York but with a minor league franchise based out of Nashville...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 202 reads 0 comments
Selling Spit On eBay

I was told it had to happen, but I just don't think about these things. I'm busy getting my work in, making my right arm not fall off at the elbow...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 151 reads 0 comments
When Going Public Backfires

The little spat my father, Vets announcer "Red" Scott, and I have had over the past few days grew larger last night. We beat Albuquerque in the afternoon and I pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning, probably my best outing since the return of my healthy arm...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 199 reads 0 comments
"Red" Scott

There is nothing scarier than the fury of a parent. Even if the son is 40 years old, an angry father in his early-70s can still be like seeing the shark for the first time in Jaws. I received a phone call this morning about my dad, "Red" Scott...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 178 reads 0 comments
My Broiling, Self-Inflicted Anger

Let me restate for the record (or CD, or mp3 if we're going to stay current and I'm going to feel "cool" amongst the younger crowd), I am not speaking to the press. The "press" in my case is defined as:1...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 152 reads 0 comments
The Home Team

Seems like none of us can read a schedule. Vanessa came to visit Wednesday and was going to stay until Sunday. Now she's going to fly home Saturday morning because my Nashville Hounds have to fly to Albuquerque after Friday night's game...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 122 reads 0 comments
The Pleasant Surprise That I Should Have Remembered

We won yesterday! My Nashville Hounds are now 3 and 11, but still only 5.5 games out of first place. While I won't be here for any championship run in August, they're still my team. These are my guys...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 88 reads 0 comments
Throwing Up

I am so sick. Not the doctor's note, all day TV watching, toilet-hugging, people feeling sorry for me, oh my God he's passed out on the floor call 9-11, somebody get a lone scientist to research and find a cure before it's too late kind of sick...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 227 reads 0 comments
The Union Army

If you listen closely, you can hear the drum beats coming from both sides, union and management, as our Basic Agreement comes to a close very soon. Too soon for fans...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 143 reads 0 comments
My Protege

I'm not sure if I ever gave you my line about how stalking is really just an intense form of goal-setting. But I figured out a little more. Many times the goal-setting stalker is really an opportunity for the stalkee to develop your own personal protege..

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 139 reads 0 comments
Learning To Brawl

"My" team, the Nashville Hounds (mine since my charity is part-owner now and also because I'm playing for them for the time being), has gotten off to a 1 and 6 start. We're not (including me) pitching well...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 142 reads 0 comments
The Ultimate Groupie

I've only been married once. This doesn't mean I'm not married anymore. I got married on January 10, 1993 and remain wedded via holy matrimony to my spousal equivalent, Vanessa...

Written by David Philp about about 1 year ago 311 reads 0 comments

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David Philp Article Archive

Angry Manager, Managing Angry

Call To The Bullpen

Jimmy Scott's High & Tight

Media Protection

They're Calling Me Barbara

Figuring Out My Life

Good To Be Home

The State of Things That Are

The First Class Cab Ride

Two Bad Calls And An Unexpected Pleasant One

Halloween In May

Terms of Endearment

The Sound Of Silence

If I Never Got Hurt Last Year...

Selling Spit On eBay

When Going Public Backfires

"Red" Scott

My Broiling, Self-Inflicted Anger

The Home Team

The Pleasant Surprise That I Should Have Remembered

Throwing Up

The Union Army

My Protege

Learning To Brawl

The Ultimate Groupie

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