The excitement is almost too much to take - former Phillies pitcher and fan favorite Randall Christopher Wolf takes the mound tonight for the visiting San Diego Padres at Citizens Bank Park. The Pepperdine product and California native has not returned to Philadelphia since leaving after the 2006 season to sign a one-year contract with the Dodgers and has never pitched against the Fightin' Phils in his major league career. During his eight seasons as a Phillie, Wolf was an innings eater and sported one of the sweetest mullets (seen above) in the City of Brotherly Love since the days of John Kruk. Wolf had quite a following in Philadelphia, including a group of fans dubbed The Wolf Pack. "Actually, I got an e-mail from them the other day just wishing me well," Wolf said. "It's going to be exciting and kind of weird," Wolf told the Padres' official Web site. "A lot of the guys over there I played with. Of course, when you're competing against guys you're friends with, then it makes for an interesting experience. I'm excited. Obviously, with their lineup, it's a tough task. You have to be on your game, mullet or no mullet."
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Wolf Set to Howl His Way Back to Philly
The excitement is almost too much to take - former Phillies pitcher and fan favorite Randall Christopher Wolf takes the mound tonight for the visiting San Diego Padres at Citizens Bank Park. The Pepperdine product and California native has not returned to Philadelphia since leaving after the 2006 season to sign a one-year contract with the Dodgers and has never pitched against the Fightin' Phils in his major league career. During his eight seasons as a Phillie, Wolf was an innings eater and sported one of the sweetest mullets (seen above) in the City of Brotherly Love since the days of John Kruk. Wolf had quite a following in Philadelphia, including a group of fans dubbed The Wolf Pack. "Actually, I got an e-mail from them the other day just wishing me well," Wolf said. "It's going to be exciting and kind of weird," Wolf told the Padres' official Web site. "A lot of the guys over there I played with. Of course, when you're competing against guys you're friends with, then it makes for an interesting experience. I'm excited. Obviously, with their lineup, it's a tough task. You have to be on your game, mullet or no mullet."
Sunday, April 20, 2008
PEDRO!
In a scintillating 7th inning matchup in tonight's ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Game between the Mets and Phillies, the the theme was Pedro and the most notable one (Martinez - DL, hamstring, out 4-6 weeks) was completely absent. In stepped one of my favorite late-round/free agent fantasy players, Pedro Feliz, to pinch hit for Phillies starting pitcher Adam Eaton against Mets reliever Pedro Feliciano. You read it right: a Feliz/Feliciano duel - smiles and cheerfulness aside - Pete Happy knocked one out of Citizens Bank Park off Pete Happiness putting the Phils back on top 5-4. Philadelphia won the game by that same score. Prior to this huge home run, Feliz's biggest accomplishment in a Phillies uniform was last week when teammate Ryan Howard hit a towering 450 foot home run, Pedro was there to greet him after he crossed the plate and had the honor of slapping the big slugger and former NL MVP on the right shoulder (seen above). Way to go, Pedro!
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