Looks like Joe Blanton has been catnapping while Cole Hamels is super busy being pump up!

Got to give him points for restraint, he could have gone with his full name Peter. I saw this gem in a display of old baseball cards at a Philly’s kid’s museum, made me chuckle. I remember this guy well (yes, I’m ancient) mainly because his dad is Peter Marshall, the original host of Hollywood [...]

Interview: Bryan Poole from Of Montreal. Topics: Hooray for America, Todd Loves Sports, Pop Culture Overload, Potholder Scarf and Doilies, Phillies Phever, Todd’s God Complex, Right Brain/Left Brain Jobs, Robot Lawyers, Bad Movies and Obama Doodles. Playlist: The Sea and Cake, French Miami, Of Montreal, Tim Fite and Jon Snodgrass.

Just got back from the Phillies World Series Celebration Parade, very good time! It was made even better by the complete lack of Mummers. It was really nice to see so many happy people having fun and behaving for the most part, maybe they’re just exhausted from the two previous nights of car-burning, luggage-stealing debauchery. [...]

Porcelain Suffers Crushing Defeat: I like Kevin Smith a lot (the man, not his movies), he’s a funny no-bullshit kind of guy and a very informed movie reviewer. So I’m sad to hear (and see!) just how obese he has gotten. Smith recently broke a toilet. Ooof! Pull it together Kev, quit the pot, hit [...]

Don’t You Dare: Juno – You think it will be so cute to go as the hoodie-wearing, quip-spewing pregnant teen and her dorky boyfriend in the calculated dorky retro gym outfit, right? So does every other couple on the planet. Avoid the urge. Sarah Palin – Sarah the Hunter, Sarah the Pageant Contestant, Sarah the [...]

12 major league clubs, 1 awesome “Power Stash.” Nice shot, big fella. Go Phils!