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Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
by Keith Srakocic - AP Brandon Phillips has been one of the best defenders in the league over the past 3 seasons, and he's looked mighty handsome doing it. View full size photo » The Fay has more Q's and A's "Q, from CSA: If the Reds are so poor, why did they spend $10 million on a new scoreboard and another $10 million on the worst available manager? Not to mention all that...
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The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
In Lupica's column , via CTB reader comeoneman: "What were you doing going to third?" Damon was asked in the Yankee clubhouse. Johnny Damon smiled and said, "Trying to keep (Lidge) from throwing a slider." And in case you've missed the comments in ATH this morning, eagle-eyed and elephant-brained ShysterBall readers recall that Willie Mays and Brandon Phillips both...
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Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
On July 27, 2002, Omar Minaya, then General Manager of the Montreal Expos, traded Lee Steven, Brandon Phillips , Grady Sizemore , and Cliff Lee to Mark Shapiro's Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew . In 2002, Major League Baseball owned the Expos. The offseason before, the Expos had narrowly avoided contraction, because the Twins , the other team in line for contraction, had another...
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MSNBC.com: Baseball (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... from the box score of course, but it appears to be what happened. UPDATE: Many readers recall Brandon Phillips doing this for the Reds a couple of years ago while the shift was on for either Dunn or Griffey. UPDATE #2: Another reader notes that Jeter apparently did it on opening day 2003, in the play in which he separated his shoulder running into catcher Rod Barajas. My memory of...
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
... as he originally came to Cleveland in a package of three great prospects, with Grady Sizemore and Brandon Phillips, all of whom turned out to be major league stars, for veteran pitcher Bartolo Colon.That may be the best trade for prospects in a quarter century. But another great trade was yet to come.First came the great signing in 2006. Lee inked a long-term deal ($15 million for...
