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Yo, Philly in the News

  • The three men who beat David Sale, Jr., to death on Saturday outside of MacFadden's at Citizens Bank Park all have violent pasts. The three men are in police custody and are charged with murder among other offenses.
  • The cold and gale can do silly things to your hearing, but even a below freezing windchill can't silence the collective grumbling of Citizens Bank Park. The frost "nibble" wore off my ears once we descended into the Broad Street line, but the words of the fans around me on Tuesday evening did not:

    Blogged Around Philly: The It's Spring Somewhere Edition

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    The World Champion Philadelphia Phillies (that’s STILL fun to say) made some pretty significant moves at last week’s MLB Winter Meetings in Las Vegas. Here’s some of the items that rookie GM Ruben Amaro Jr. got done:

  • Mayor Nutter defended his budget cuts to an angry crowd again last night. He explained: With tax revenue plummeting and the city’s pension fund taking a beating in the stock market, he has to cut $108 million in city spending over the next seven months and $1 billion over the next five years. Not budging from his original plan, he will freeze planned tax cuts, close 11 libraries, eliminate 800 government positions, and disband seven fire companies, among other significant measures.
  • When the morning dawned on Philadelphia today, everything had changed.

    Well, this Phillyist was going to write a nice little article comparing the Phillies and Rays at each position and determine who has the edge. I had this idea yesterday, but decided to hold off a day on writing it. Unfortunately, the Inquirer already wrote it this morning and I am, as Lao Tzu once said, “shit out of luck.”

    Showtime continues as the Phillies put a little mustard on their mustard last night and sent CC Sabathia packing in the 4th.

    June 23: The Flyers selected James vanRiemsdyk with the second overall pick in the 2007 NHL draft. Scouts project vanRiemsdyk, a 6’3” left-winger from Middletown, New Jersey, to be a solid power forward that can make plays all over the ice, gaining some comparisons to John LeClair and Rick Nash. Experts were saying this was the most mystifying draft in quite some time, with some speculation as to who would go where in the...

    by Ryan Dougherty

    ac4ltjeffconine.jpgRainy Sundays aren't usually good for much. The malls and movie theaters are jammed, the parks in Center City are, shall we say, outdoors, and you can't play baseball.

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