Q: Steve! Steve! Steve! Buster Olney from ESPN. The Phillies have a real problem on their hands – they’ve got perennial All-Star Jim Thome at first and Rookie of the Year Ryan Howard waiting in the wings. Something’s got to give, right? Steve Phillips: That’s a good question, Buster. It sure does. If I’m the […]
Continue reading →A fan asked me, in a recent E$PN chat, about Adam Dunn. He’s an attractive player to lots of teams, with his walks and home runs, and he’s still young. But he has a low batting average, he doesn’t have many RBIs (only 2nd on the team!), he strikes out a lot, and he’s only […]
Continue reading →Every time there is a question about baseball players or managers cheating, I get about 15,000 calls for quotes from journalists all over the world. After all, I was the GM of the New York Mets, and we had Bobby Valentine as our manager, and he cheated like a Navy wife. Oh, sure, I know […]
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