Evan on May 10th, 2008

Matt, Brooke, and I are in San Francisco right now.  Last night, we went to see the Phillies play the Giants.  The Phils won, in a really great game.  Also, Phillies’ announcer Tom McCarthy was sitting near us at the start of the game, and during one of his bits on live TV we were [...]

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Evan on December 1st, 2007

I’m getting caught up on uploading some photos.  First up are photos from a trip that Elizabeth and I took to see Brooke and Melissa in California at the end of September.  It was a great trip.  We visited the ocean, went hiking and biking, visited Laguna Beach, and huddled around a computer to see [...]

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Evan on October 1st, 2007

Believe it. In one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history, the Phillies today won the NL East title, winning while the Mets lost. The Phils came into today, the final day of the season, tied with the Mets. The Phils became the third team in baseball history to make up a [...]

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Evan on September 27th, 2007

Who woulda thunk it? It seems like just a short while ago that the Phillies’ only chance at the postseason was to make up enough ground to challenge for the wildcard. Well, two Fightin’ Phils’ sweeps of the division leading Mets later, coupled with continued success while the Mets falter, suddenly has the [...]

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Evan on September 11th, 2007

On Saturday, I went to the Penn State-Notre Dame game with Brooke, Brian, and Ken. Penn State dominated Notre Dame, rolling to a 31-10 win. But for a punt return and an interception, the PSU defense would have pitched a shutout. I didn’t have my camera with me, but did take [...]

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Evan on July 16th, 2007

Last night the Phillies lost the 10,000 game in their history. They have lost more games than any professional sports team, ever. Now, part of this is because the Phillies are one of the oldest teams in a sport that plays more games per season than any other sport, but still . . [...]

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