Well. Last night was quite something. Give Kyle his flowers, and a blank check, and one of those Edible Arrangements too— the nice one with the pineapple flowers.
Onto the links.
Phillies news
Kyle hit a lot of homers last night.
Rob Thomson talks about his belief in the team’s ability to move on from their sweep at the hands of the Mets.
It didn’t take him long to be proven right; the Inquirer published the piece as the Phillies’ systematic smackdown of the Braves was getting underway. ($)Justin Klugh
of Baseball Prospectus (and formerly of TGP!) writes a version of Field of Dreams that has a little less Hollywood gloss and a little more Philadelphia grit. ($)
MLB news
The BoSox are calling up LHP Payton Tolle, their number two prospect. His opponent for his debut? Paul Skenes. No pressure, kid.
Abdominal pain usually means a strained muscle, but Corey Seager’s resulted in an appendectomy.
The Phillies didn’t have much success against the Mets this week, but they did well enough against Ryan Helsley to prompt a deeper look into how he was tipping his pitches.
