Chase Utley Ain't No Broad, According To Charlie Manuel

As the Phillies maintain their pursuit of The Bastard Mets in the National League East, there were some questions about whether or not this team was capable of hanging on through this final month of the season due to an overall lack of clubhouse leadership. There are no shit-stirrers, save for the occasional Pat Burrell dress-down of struggling pitchers and Charlie Manuel's desperate attempts for wake-up calls usually directed at Jimmy Rollins during the season. But with last night's 4-0 victory over the always troublesome Nationals (especially when Tim friggin' Redding is pitching for some reason) Manuel has anointed the Phillies dick-and-balls captain: Chase Utley. More »

Quite A Year So Far For Ejections

As Braves manager Bobby Cox inches closer to the all time ejections record, One More Dying Quail takes a look at all the ejections in baseball so far this year. Some fun tidbits: More »

Cultural Oddsmaker: What Will Charlie Manuel Do Next?

AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think. More »

Charlie Manuel Continues to Entertain Us As Only He Can

So at first Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said he wasn't going to talk about his Tuesday dustup with radio guy Howard Eskin (as seen and heard above), but thanks in part to Dan Steinberg at DC Sports Bog, that vow didn't last long. Prior to Wednesday's game with the Nationals (the Phillies left nine on base in a 13-inning, 5-4 loss ... ouch), Manuel went off on this bizarre rant: More »

The Daily Closer: On The Streets Of Philadelphia

Notes from a day in baseball: More »