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David Murphy
2 years
Playoff baseball is like watching a loved one defuse a bomb
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8 years
Worth noting: Kaepernick's protest is rooted in the notion that police decide which Americans they protect and serve
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8 years
BREAKING: Santa Clara Police Union sends letter to #49ers , saying they may stop working events unless changes are made w/ #Kaepernick .
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If five people are bidding on a house, and each of them receives an extra $25,000 to tack on to their offer, four people walk away without a house and one pays a higher price than if you’d given none of them any money. Unserious policy
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NEW: Harris will propose providing up to $25K in down payment support for 1st time homeowners, with more generous support for 1st generation homeowners, according to campaign official She'll announce tomorrow in NC, along w/ her plan to ban corporate price-gouging on groceries
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2 years
With the Phillies suddenly up 6-2 in the ninth inning here at Busch stadium, a guy in a Cliff Lee jersey just stood up and let out an E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles chant
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8 months
Eagles firing the guy they already fired two months ago
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Philly becoming a place that obnoxiously touts its positivity is a brilliant plot twist
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David Murphy
4 years
ESPN article today says NFL execs are "nearly unanimous" that the Eagles should keep Wentz. AFC exec: "I think he would have more success than Goff in that Rams system." NFC exec: "I think he would be a borderline MVP candidate in Indy."
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3 years
America’s urethra
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Anthony Sabatini
3 years
BREAKING: Today I filed the Bill to name Florida’s longest road—U.S. Highway 27—the “President Donald J. Trump Highway,” to honor one of America’s greatest Presidents. 🇺🇸 Sign the official “Donald J. Trump Highway” petition here👇
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David Murphy
3 months
There have been two freshmen in NCAA history with a .611+ true shooting percentage, 210+ 3PA, and 150+ rebounds. Jared McCain and Steph Curry
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David Murphy
3 years
Lots of Sixers fans at 30th St station about to grab that 10:31 am Acela to Penn Station
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David Murphy
1 year
Everyone: "It's only first base. What's the risk?" Bryce Harper:
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David Murphy
2 years
According to Waze, if Bryce Harper leaves now he can get to Citizens Bank Park by 8:45 pm
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David Murphy
4 years
If there’s a big Phillies game down the stretch this year, or a playoff game, do we really think there won’t be 10,000 people outside the gates with airhorns? Aaron Boone has created a monster.
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11 months
That was an all-time great performance from Zack Wheeler. The stakes, the setting, the circumstances -- to go seven innings in a game where the Phillies absolutely needed it.
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1 year
I don’t know why but I really appreciate that Brandon Marsh takes the time to make sure the dugout cooler is sealed securely and in an air-tight manner
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David Murphy
3 years
Tyrese Maxey should be untouchable unless the Sixers are convinced they are acquiring a player who will still be a healthy superstar-level producer (and a Sixer) in three years
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David Murphy
10 months
A good life rule: If you are going to punch an NFL security chief, don't punch an NFL security chief named Dom from South Philly. This is especially true if he looks like an NFL security chief named Dom from South Philly.
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David Murphy
3 years
Nick Sirianni’s practice attire by the end of the season:
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3 years
Anybody who watched Ben Simmons play basketball this postseason shouldn't be surprised that he has decided to take the easy way out. Fortitude isn't something that can be developed in an offseason.
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David Murphy
2 years
Another Game 1 note that might get lost in the shuffle: Tobias Harris had the best game *in his role* that he's had, maybe since he got here. Knocked down the catch/shoot (3-for-5), bodied guys and finished through contact, took/made the mid ranger J when it was the best option
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David Murphy
6 years
Carson Wentz leaving the Sixers game had like three long hugs with Allen Iverson as Iverson was leaving him with some lengthy parting words. Can only imagine what AI had to say
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David Murphy
1 year
So Orion Kerkering throws 12 pitches, only two fastballs, one at 100 on the inside corner, three outs, two Ks, dad bawling the whole time. Good stuff
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1 year
Man if looks could kill Rob Thomson just caught a body
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2 years
The best part about the 2008 World Series was that nobody was on Twitter
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2 years
True American hero
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2 years
Rob Thomson: “When I look at the radar, it looks like it’s gonna rain.”
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David Murphy
6 years
If Bryce Harper plays out his contract - and he has a no-trade clause and no opt outs - he will be a Phillie longer than Chase Utley, and Richie Ashburn, and Larry Bowa, and Ryan Howard, and Cole Hamels. . .amazing to think about. Truly the start of a new era in this city
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David Murphy
2 years
Column on what we witnessed last night.
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David Murphy
2 years
Crowd chanting "Check his Bat" as Martin Maldonado steps into the box. A-Plus effort by the crowd tonight
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David Murphy
1 year
Lol-ing at Jose Alvarado throwing live BP in full uniform
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David Murphy
2 years
I think Rob Thomson may have overthought this one on a number of different levels
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David Murphy
3 years
How it started vs how it’s going in Manayunk:
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David Murphy
2 years
Good morning. Tyrese Maxey has scored 60 points in 44 minutes this preseason. He is shooting .667 from 3-point range. Have a blessed day
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David Murphy
7 years
Everyone in the northeast is currently wondering about at least one person they know
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Jason Nark
7 years
This serial bank robber looks like about 90 people I know. Go Birds!
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2 years
Sixers aren't coming back obviously, but Doc emptying the bench with a five minutes left and 19-point lead is a bad look, especially after his defense of leaving Embiid in with 4 minutes left and a 19-point lead.
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David Murphy
1 month
Lots of people in the replies who spent math class complaining that two trains would never actually be on the same track going different directions. Explains a lot!
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David Murphy
4 months
Rhys Hoskins will be in the lineup tonight for the Brewers. So the Philly homecoming is on next week
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David Murphy
2 years
They made it sound like so much fun
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David Murphy
5 years
Roy Oswalt does not make that play
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5 years
If the Sixers weren't down by 20, we'd be talking about this as one of Ben Simmons' most impressive offensive performances as a pro. Celtics can't stop him. He's playing like a combination of a bull and a shark (but not a bullshark). Alas, the Sixers are down by 20
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4 months
@SollenbergerRC Sir, we have bad news about that, um, hemp manufacturer
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David Murphy
5 years
It’s really sad to see all of these professionals - doctors, scientists, governors - focus all of their energy on solving this problem while the President focuses all of his on who will ultimately be blamed. Whether or not you agree with his policies, he is a sad little man
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David Murphy
2 years
@RealSkipBayless Skip this might be the one that finally did it
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David Murphy
5 years
Ben Simmons contract is no risk at all. The only thing his jumpshot decides is whether he is a superstar scorer. His defense, rebounding, passing and transition ability alone make him worth the price. What we’ve seen so far is his floor.
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David Murphy
10 months
The way Sean McDermott's night is going, this is going to be a quick march down the field, play for the field goal, then watch a game-winning touchdown drive by Hurts and Co.
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David Murphy
1 year
Just a brutal sequence of playcalls there. Why are you throwing the ball? Run the ball, kick the field goal, go up by two TDs and two two point conversions. Now you are punting. Awful
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David Murphy
1 year
Phillies fans are chanting "We want Strider" here in the eighth inning
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David Murphy
3 years
Sitting here thinking about whether I would volunteer to die in place of Tyrese Maxey. Feel like it would be the ethical thing to do
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David Murphy
8 years
Will be interesting to see how the Eagles deal with Connor Barwin's absence for however long this SEPTA strike lasts
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David Murphy
7 years
If you think Carson Wentz was a net negative for the Eagles today, you don't know what a good quarterback looks like
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David Murphy
6 years
Gotta admit, piloting the plane himself is a f’ing boss move
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Jon Heyman
6 years
Phillies owner John Middleton appears to be flying solo (or at least he’s at the Bryce Vegas meeting w/o MacPhail/Klentak). Phils have long felt like favorite, thanks to great park (esp for lefty sluggers), improving team and of course “stupid $.” JM obvs hoping to close deal.
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David Murphy
11 months
Brandon Marsh has been on base 11 times this series and has scored zero runs. That's both hard to do and extremely detrimental to the cause
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David Murphy
6 years
If Chase Utley does indeed announce his retirement today, his last plate appearance in the major leagues will have been a hit by pitch.
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David Murphy
3 years
@ProFootballTalk I propose a one-week experiment where you are required to go to an NFL locker room and try to get 99 percent of players to speak to you under the current rules.
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David Murphy
5 months
Tyrese Maxey gets bodied to the court in mid-air, no call. Brunson has gotten way less than that all series
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David Murphy
6 years
I feel like Ranger Suarez is what a young Vicente Padilla would’ve looked like if he ever looked young
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David Murphy
6 years
Re: The Carson Wentz report...the trouble with anonymously-sourced character studies is the identity of the observer matters. In any group of 50+ human beings, there will be a few malcontents. Without knowing who is giving their opinion, it's hard to know how to weight it
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David Murphy
6 years
When DeSean Jackson is healthy, it's hard to imagine there is a better trio of receivers in the NFL than Evans-Godwin-Jackson.
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David Murphy
5 years
My cocktail napkin estimate of the max that Josh Harris would have saved with a 20 percent paycut to Sixers employees: $1.5 million. Let that marinate for a bit, and then think about the fact that Joel Embiid is donating $500,000 of his own money
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4 months
@SollenbergerRC The only thing worse than subsidizing an industrial marijuana operation is not realizing that’s what you were doing
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David Murphy
7 years
Best part about the first NFL Sunday is everybody is undefeated except the Patriots
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David Murphy
6 years
Bryce Harper should get paid what he's worth. He's worth the maximum amount an owner can afford to pay him for the value he adds while still turning enough profit to pay himself. Any less than that amount is money that you, the customer, are paying the owner instead of the player
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5 months
I'm not usually that guy but the officiating tonight has not been in the Sixers favor to a notable degree
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David Murphy
5 years
By my count, McCutchen-Harper-Hoskins-Realmuto have combined for 47 plate appearances this season, with 20 of them ending in either a walk or a home run.
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David Murphy
5 years
My over reaction to this game is that JJ Arcega Whiteside has some Larry Fitzgerald in his frame and game
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David Murphy
2 years
Big comeback against a Game 1 caliber pitcher. Huge win for Phillies
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David Murphy
4 years
Eagles clearly saw the draft as a way to restore a sense of normalcy to Philadelphians
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4 years
If you aren’t interviewing someone who works for Theo Epstein, Andrew Friedman, or the Rays, you aren’t serious about building a championship organization
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David Murphy
5 years
@ADavidHaleJoint @RexChapman Best part is how he decides he actually wants the bagel after throwing it down in disgust. Come on man!
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David Murphy
2 years
Official distance on that Bryce Harper home run was "very fuckin far"
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David Murphy
6 years
Sixers essentially traded Fultz for the opportunity to not have to talk extensively about it at the next press conference
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David Murphy
3 years
Can we stop the QR code menu thing. Thanks it’s time
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David Murphy
11 years
Fox replays of Bowman's leg bending at 90 degree angle: 10. Fox replays of Kaepernick throwing a ball 30 yds on a rope with no drive foot: 0
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David Murphy
2 years
Since Lance McCullers Jr. broke into the majors, no pitcher in baseball has allowed fewer home runs than his 57 in 718 innings. He has allowed five in 4 1/3 against the Phillies here tonight
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David Murphy
6 years
Dodgers have the payroll flexibility to sign Harper to a $35 mil/yr contract, pay a $12.5 mil luxury tax bill with no lost draft pick, and still enter 2020 $40+ mil under the luxury tax threshold even when accounting for $50+ mil in arb salaries for Seager/Bellinger/Muncy/etc
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@EliotShorrParks There’s lot of value in a player who participates versus one who doesn’t participate
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David Murphy
4 years
Shift change at the QB factory.
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David Murphy
7 years
Keenum vs Foles. Like a Jeff Fisher training camp, except somebody goes to the Super Bowl
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David Murphy
6 years
Every time I turn on the TV and see that the Phillies are not on @NBCSPhilly my heart drops and I spend 10 seconds muttering "this motherbleeper better not be on Facebook again." And then I arrive at NBC 10 and all is well. Put that in your focus group, Zuckerberg
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David Murphy
4 years
Apparently Daryl Morey saw the same things the rest of us did. Good on us.
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2 years
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2 years
Phillies will take all the off days you'll give them. Huge for the pitching.
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David Murphy
11 months
You can't pinch-hit for Rojas there. Thomson explained it last night. He brings in Cave, the Diamondbacks bring in the lefty from the 'pen. Now you've made your CF D worse and you've got three lefties in a row the rest of the game, one of them Jake Cave (Marsh-Cave-Schwarber)
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6 years
Let's be real though...Mikal Bridges is a 21 year old kid who is moving to Phoenix instead of staying in Philly with his mom. He probably doesn't know it, but life just got better
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David Murphy
6 years
Dreams and Nightmares blasting in Phillies clubhouse
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5 years
I don't have much to say about Mattise Thybulle except that the Sixers have now drafted two of the starting five of a 9-22 Washington Huskies team
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6 years
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6 years
Why do we not get as worked up about owners demanding hundreds of millions of dollars from municipalities to fund capital investments that result in profit in their pockets? Why do we act as if Bryce Harper is the one demanding taxpayer money? Think it through ffs
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David Murphy
5 years
Eagles would be insane to bring Nick Foles back and you would be insane to want them to.
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David Murphy
1 month
@MattDiMattesa Matt are you familiar with the term “starter home?” Why do you think they call it that? Because of a bunch of current homeowners are looking to move into such a place?
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9 months
Not a good look for Sirianni or the Eagles on these last few plays. Looked like there was confusion everywhere with the packages.
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David Murphy
1 year
Orion Kerkering knows when its safe to cackle
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David Murphy
6 years
I would watch a Facebook broadcast of a bunch of 80-year-olds trying to watch today's Phillies game on Facebook
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David Murphy
1 year
I reserve the right to change this prediction, but…the Braves starting normie righty Bryce Elder against Nola at CBP in G3? Boo-boo finger Max Fried against Wheeler in G2? Better be real quiet for Strider in G1. Suarez vs a rusty ATL lineup makes it Phillies in 3 🧹
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David Murphy
6 years
Eagles need to find a way to make sure the spotlight isn't on Trump tomorrow. Invite fans and the press to a flag football game and party at a DC high school or something. Carry American flags and sing the Anthem.
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4 years
Just to be clear, I wouldn't have a problem if the Eagles didn't play Hurts from the jump. But there are 46 guys out there who were told they were preparing to win a football game, guys playing hurt, guys who could be playing their last game as Eagles, as NFL players. Bad look
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David Murphy
5 years
This city’s gonna end up driving Wentz just as insane as it drove McNabb isn’t it
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2 years
Eagles gonna smoke this team
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