Ever heard of Ralph Miller? No, I'm not talking about your high school Civics teacher, rather the ball player of the 1920's. Okay, to be fair, until yesterday I never heard of him either. The only reason he's being featured on the blog is because he was a leap year baby and today happens to be that special day that only comes around every 4 years- February 29th. Miller played for the Phillies for 2 seasons (1920-1921) and later with the Washington Senators in 1924. For his career he hit .248/.584 while playing mostly third base and shortstop. In 1921 he did hit .304/.724 for the Phightins, so he did experience some success.Thanks to Broad and Pattison for the info on Ralph's birthday.
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Here's an interesting tidbit o info that I just read about. The Nats ownership is so fed up with Phillies fans coming into their park that the tickets for the May 4-6 series can only be bought with a credit card tied to a DC address. I read it in the Daily (iPads official digital paper)
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Yeah, it's bad business practice.
It's discrimation.
It's stupid.
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Here are the Phillies’ pitching plans for the first few exhibition games.
Saturday vs. Yankees:
Cole Hamels, Dave Bush, Jonathan Papelbon, Dontrelle Willis, Raul Valdes, Mike Stutes, Chad Qualls.
Sunday at Yankees:
Roy Halladay, Joel Pineiro, David Purcey, Antonio Bastardo, Phillippe Aumont.
Monday vs. Yankees:
Joe Blanton, Scott Elarton, Austin Hyatt, Brian Sanches, David Herndon.
Tuesday at Blue Jays:
Cliff Lee, Kyle Kendrick, Jeremy Horst, Michael Schwimer, J.C. Ramirez, Raul Valdes.
Wednesday vs. Astros:
Vance Worley, Pat Misch, Jonathan Papelbon, Dontrelle Willis, Chad Qualls, Mike Stutes.
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