Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia - Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher J.C. Romero will be suspended for the first 50 games of the 2009 baseball season after testing positive for a banned supplement he purchased over the counter at a chain nutrition store. The supplement was banned from professional baseball in 2008 for containing ingredients that raise testosterone levels. Phils skipper, Charlie … [continue]

Has the luck of Philadelphia sports teams suddenly and unexplainably turned… lucky… or is there a completely irrational, yet entirely believable, explanation?

Sports Utopia, CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA - For over twenty-five years, men and women throughout the “city of brotherly love” cheered local franchises, both with and without the assistance of alcohol (but mostly with), knowing full well that … [continue]

The Phillies and Raul Ibanez agreed to a 3-year, $30 million contract on Saturday. New Phils GM, Rueben Amaro Jr., described the pickup succinctly: “Raul will play left field and be old.”

This move means that Pat Burrell is officially less likely to sleep with your girlfriend in South Philly next year. Guys attached to hot girls in American … [continue]