Before an Iron Pig threw one pitch in the inaugural 2008 season, the team held a contest to name the mascot. Few people missed the uproar that followed when local people found the selection, “Pork Chop” offensive. The media was all over the story and the team quickly replaced the name with “Ferrous.” Ferrous is [...]
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November 27, 2009
Phillies Continue Shopping into Black Friday
The Phillies signed a few more minor league players this week, along with former Ironpigs ANDY TRACY and PAUL HOOVER, the Phillies will also bring back right hander JASON ANDERSON, perennial outfielder and fan favorite RICH THOMPSON and reliever ALEXANDER CONCEPCION.
Splitting 38 games between Reading and Lehigh Valley, (32 in Reading), CONCEPCION accumulated a 3.21 [...]
November 26, 2009
I’m Thankful for… Returning Ironpigs!
From mlb. com
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PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have agreed to terms on Minor League contracts with four players, according to a source. The players will have invitations to Spring Training:
• Outfielder DeWayne Wise, who preserved Mark Buehrle’s perfect game in July with a leaping catch at the wall in the ninth inning at U.S. [...]
November 24, 2009
It’s That Time of Year…
This morning I saw a post from the PigPen Sports Bar & Grill showing that they will be a drop off point for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots program. As a number of my years as a Marine were in the Reserve, this brought back a lot of memories both good and [...]
November 21, 2009
The Throwdown Sports Radio!
Tommy Viola, Tommy V, who spent the past few seasons in the Ironpigs Radio Network studios and more recently accepted a position as the Director of Public/Media Relations for the Reading Phillies hosts a weekly sports show on WXLV 90.3 Sundays from 11:00AM to 1:00PM Eastern. You can also listen live online at www.wxlv.org
I occasionally [...]
November 21, 2009
Forget Rules 1 through 4, it’s Time for Rule 5!
At this time of the year many roster moves are being made and we all ask ourselves, huh?
Well, last night was the deadline to set a team’s 40 man roster thus setting up this off-season’s Rule 5 draft.
Per Wikipedia:
“The Rule 5 draft is a Major League Baseball player draft that occurs each year in December, [...]
November 20, 2009
There Goes a Wish!
Last summer I had the privelage to sit and talk with Tuffy Goeswisch’s grandparents outside of Coca Cola Park before a game. They had flown in from the west coast to see their grandson play here at the AAA level. Lately, they haven’t had as far to go to see him play as he is [...]
November 20, 2009
Come on Feel the Noise.
As I’m spending my afternoon waiting for the Whitehall @ Emmaus high school football game tonight, I turned my iTunes music on and the first song to play was Come on Feel the Noise by Quiet Riot. A good tune, (I mispelled the title to make it more appropriate), it reminds me of my younger [...]
November 19, 2009
These Little Piggies Went to Market…
Thanks to a good friend for sending me this.
Minor league Free Agent list out today. The relevant players for IronPigs and R-Phils:
1B Andy Tracy, Brian Stavisky (of)
2B David Newhan, Carlos Leon, Brad Harman, Fidel Hernandez
SS J.J. Furmaniak, Jorge Velandia
3B Mike Cervenak, Terry Tiffee, Orlando Guevara (c)
C Paul Hoove, Kevin Nelson
OF Rich Thompson, Jason Ellison, Kevin [...]
November 17, 2009
Hail and Farewell!
In the Marine Corps, when a Marine leaves a unit, (transfers, retires), there is always someone arriving to replace them. First you Hail the new, then you bid Farewell to the Marine you’ve stood tall next to.
I thank this blog for all the past posts, research and well written articles and pray I can [...]
