Scott Eisenlohr Article Archive

  1. Chase Utley Stands Out Among Philadelphia Phillies Stars

    The off-season is a funny time for baseball fans, especially when your pro football team is not setting the world on fire. Following last year's World Series win by the Philadelphia Phillies, one player stood out in my mind in the off-season: Chase Utley

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 22 hours ago 96 reads 0 comments

  2. Phillies' Castro Signing Could Eliminate One Third Base Candidate

    The Philadelphia Phillies are set to open its free agent signing as soon as next week with the signing of free agent utility man Juan Castro, late of the Los Angeles Dodgers...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 2 days ago 587 reads 0 comments

  3. What the Doug Glanville Are the Phillies Up To?

    The latest out of the Philadelphia Phillies camp is that they want to feel out the market before they move in free agency...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 8 days ago 607 reads 1 comments

  4. For Philadelphia Phillies, Friday Looms As Fast Break from Past

    SI writer Jon Heyman stated that the Phillies are still the main suitors for the services of speedy third baseman Chone Figgins...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 11 days ago 565 reads 18 comments

  5. Get Off the Bleachers: Darryl Dawkins Courts Players in Game of Life

    At 6'11" and 260 pounds, Darryl Dawkins was an imposing figure on the basketball court as the center for the Philadelphia 76ers in the mid-1970s...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 12 days ago 135 reads 4 comments

  6. Phillies: Why Toss Feliz If You Don't Go Big at Third?

    When Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro declined the $5.5 million contract renewal of incumbent third baseman Pedro Feliz, he suggested the Phillies could upgrade the position...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 15 days ago 448 reads 12 comments

  7. Hot Rumors Follow Hot Stove as Phillies and Others Try To Improve

    Less than a week after the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games to win their 27th World Championship, the Hot Stove League has begun in earnest. Even before the general managers meeting in Chicago on Nov...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 18 days ago 1,347 reads 0 comments

  8. Phillies May Strike Monday With Major Free-Agent Signing

    Looking at news coming out of the Phillies camp days after their World Series loss, two transactions were announced by the player and/or General Manager Ruben Amaro...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 20 days ago 482 reads 5 comments

  9. For Philadelphia Phillies, It Is Time To Chase Away Winter Blues

    If in a loss everything would have a Phillies hue, perhaps if Chase Utley would have hit a two-run home run in the late innings of Game Six, and his Reggie Jackson breaking performance could have earned him the World Series MVP in a losing cause...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 21 days ago 215 reads 0 comments

  10. For Yankees, John, Paul, and George Enough: Who Needs Ringo?

    As I sift through the rubble that was the New York Yankees 27th World Series title, being a Phillies fan, I feel not shame, but respect for our conquerors. A 7-3 victory in Game Six gave the Yankees a 4-2 victory Wednesday night in the Bronx...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 23 days ago 126 reads 0 comments

  11. Looks Like Somebody Forgot To Tell Phillies To Start Spreading the News

    Following the Yankees 7-4 defeat of the Phillies on Sunday night, I had all but conceded in my mind that the 2009 World Series was over. The Yankees had erased a 4-4 tie in the eighth inning to score three runs off Phillies closer Brad Lidge...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 24 days ago 376 reads 4 comments

  12. It's Up to You, New York, New York...Yankees

    I am not going to blast Brad Lidge, but he is not on the same planet as Yankees' closer Mariano Rivera. Then again, no one else is. The key moment of this game is shown above...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 26 days ago 110 reads 1 comments

  13. New York Yankees Half Way to 27th World Series Title

    I'll admit, as a longtime Phillies fan, I am more familiar with failure than I am with success. I even predicted a 6-3 Yankees win Saturday afternoon, because as much as I hoped not, I knew Andy Pettitte would pitch better than Cole Hamels...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 27 days ago 69 reads 1 comments

  14. World Series Often Decided By Relievers, Not High-Paid Starters

    Want to make money in Major League baseball and have longtime job security? Become a world-class starter in the Major Leagues...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 28 days ago 113 reads 3 comments

  15. A.J. Burnett, Hideki Matsui Beat Phillies in World Series Game Two

    All the bright spots and the warts have been exposed after two games in the 2009 World Series. Mariano Rivera, perhaps the brightest of all stars, pitched a two-inning save to preserve a 3-1 Yankees victory over the Phillies on Thursday night in New York

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about 29 days ago 100 reads 0 comments

  16. The Phillies Don't Really Expect To Win The World Series, Do They?

    Shane Victorino in a cheerleader skirt graced the front page of Tuesday's New York Post with the headline, "Gotham Trembles." The paper called the Phillies "The Frillies...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 1 month ago 484 reads 14 comments

  17. Phillies Fans' World Series Dream Finally Realized

    It was midway through the season when I said on Bleacher Report that I wanted a Phillies-Yankees World Series. At that point, I stated that the Yankees would win in six games. Now that I am here, I want it all...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 1 month ago 61 reads 3 comments

  18. These Philadelphia Phillies Just Know How To Win in Baseball Playoffs

    As I watch the New York Yankees fight the Los Angeles Angels and Mother Nature for the chance to win the American League pennant and advance to the World Series, I realize something, albeit elementary...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 1 month ago 277 reads 2 comments

  19. For Phillies, It's Deja Vu All Over Again

    In the end, it was a lot like 2008, when the Phillies beat the Dodgers in five games. Once again, Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton stared down Matt Stairs in Game Four and blinked. He walked Stairs on four pitches...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 1 month ago 63 reads 5 comments

  20. Phillies Look To Raise Curtain On World Series, Avoid Tinseltown

    Just when you thought the Phillies could not make things any more exciting, drama struck again Monday night in Game Four of the 2009 NLCS...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 1 month ago 100 reads 2 comments

  21. Dodgers-Phillies: NLCS Blowout Win Shouldn't Lull Philly to World Series Dreams

    First off let me give kudos to Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee—who pitched an eight-inning shutout in an 11-0 whitewash of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday during Game 3 of the National League Championship Series in Philadelphia...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 1 month ago 259 reads 3 comments

  22. Philadelphia Phillies' Bullpen Offensive Enough To Tie NLCS Series

    For Phillies fans, the joy of Game One of the NLCS was gone, when the Dodgers walked away with a 2-1 victory Friday. The series is now tied 1-1 with Game Three in Philadelphia on Sunday night...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 1 month ago 123 reads 0 comments

  23. These 2009 Dodgers Are Not What Phillies Experienced In 2008

    Every baseball fan knows the history: The Philadelphia Phillies, on their way to an eventual World Series title, in the 2008 NLDS series, beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games of the best-of-seven series...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 1 month ago 241 reads 10 comments

  24. 'Cuse Me: Um, Yankees, TBS, Can the Phillies Play Now?

    I saw and heard the strangest thing early Monday morning. At about 2 a.m. EDT Monday, I saw a stadium full of about 50,000 people strangely quiet. No, I did not wake out of a sound sleep...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 1 month ago 360 reads 8 comments

  25. Project 99: Jerry Rice Was Greatest, Most Graceful Wearer Of No. 80

    No one who ever wore the number 80 did it with as much style and grace than former San Francisco 49er wide receiver Jerry Rice. In 1999, he was ranked No. 2 on “The Sporting News” list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, behind only Jim Brown...

    Scott Eisenlohr Written by Scott Eisenlohr about about 1 month ago 57 reads 0 comments

 


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