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O'Brien channels Belichick, Reid following Penn State loss to Ohio
September 1, 2012
Somewhere, Bill Belichick is smiling.
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Sandberg ready to move up; will Phillies make room for him?
August 25, 2012
Growing up in pre-Rockies Colorado, Scott Elarton — like countless fans in non-major league markets in the pre-ESPN, pre-MLB Network era — got most of his baseball fix watching the Chicago Cubs on Superstation WGN.
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Healthy season leads Elarton to ponder future
August 18, 2012
Every day since the start of spring training, Scott Elarton has taken the ball when it's been given to him.
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Unheralded Friend out to beat the odds
August 4, 2012
It was still early in the morning on the west coast on a December morning in 2010 when the texts and phone calls started flooding into Justin Friend's cell phone.
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Opportunity could come knocking for Phillies minor leaguers
July 28, 2012
In his role as the Triple-A manager in the Phillies organization, Ryne Sandberg talks often to his players about opportunity.
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Will career year give McBride a Rockie mountain high?
July 21, 2012
The versatility that Matt McBride hopes him in a Major League uniform in the not-to-distant future kept him on the bench for most of the Triple-A All-Star game.
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Transition from player to manager smooth for former IronPig Andy Tracy
July 14, 2012
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — It was about this time last season, after returning to Reno for the stretch run of the Pacific Coast League season, when Andy Tracy came to the conclusion that his playing days were coming to an end.
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IronPigs all-stars represent both ends of Triple-A spectrum
July 7, 2012
The IronPigs' two representatives for Wednesday's Triple-AAll-Star game in Buffalo represent the two opposite ends of the spectrums of baseball's highest minor league classification.
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IronPigs shine on midseason report card
June 30, 2012
Of the nine position players in IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg's Opening Night starting line-up, six are no longer with the team.
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No flowers, just hits for IronPigs in May
June 9, 2012
Back in the season's first month it was tough to use the words "clutch" and "hitting" in the same sentence about the IronPigs, even as they got off to the best start in franchise history and one of the best starts ever by a Phillies Triple-A affiliate.
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Will time in center unlock Brown's potential?
June 2, 2012
The player Joe Jordan was watching shagging balls in center field during batting practice didn't look anything like the player he saw patrolling left field during IronPigs games.
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Cloyd draws the spotlight with near-perfect start
May 19, 2012
Tyler Cloyd sat in a chair next to his locker on Opening Night, answering questions about his perfect stand-in performance for suspended IronPigs starter Dave Bush.
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IronPigs Insider: Coming soon, to a stadium near you (maybe)
May 12, 2012
As enjoyable as the first month of Reading's season was, Dusty Wathan is looking forward to the next one even more.
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Sixers playoff upset spurred by Andre Iguodala
May 11, 2012
In early February, you could have made a convincing argument for the Philadelphia 76ers to reach the NBA's Eastern Conference semifinals.
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IronPigs' Cody Overbeck quietly off to a steady start
May 5, 2012
You don't get a whole lot of conversation from Cody Overbeck.
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DOWN ON THE FARM
April 21, 2012
For more minor league notes go to the Hog Blog at http://www.mcall.com
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Healthy Scott Podsednik hoping to run back to the majors
April 14, 2012
Scott Podsednik did everything he wanted to do in the spring, with one exception.
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IronPigs repeat winning season will be a challenge, history shows
January 25, 2012
The Phillies Winter Caravan makes its annual stop in the Lehigh Valley tonight at DeSales University, marking the unofficial start of the upcoming IronPigs season.
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Savery hopes swing keeps door open if arm doesn't
August 28, 2010
Rick Ankiel made it look so easy.
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Knicks' Thomas has it easy compared to Sixers GM King
February 8, 2004
The blueprint for what many 76ers fans want Billy King to do can be found about 100 miles north up the New Jersey Turnpike.
