According to Todd Zolecki, Nomar Garciaparra is being pursued by the Oakland A’s, as well as the Phillies.

Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, Jr: 

“We’re not going to get into a bidding war with the A’s. He knows what our parameters would be.”

While I would have liked to have seen Nomar in red pinstripes, itt doesn’t look like that’s going to happen at this point. He would have been a good addition, but I’m sure the Phils will make do with what they have or even bring in another righthanded bat.

I’m confident in Ruben.

-KK

Interesting article from Todd Zolecki, Phillies beat writer for MLB.com

The best quote comes from Charlie talking about wrestler Kevin Nash and Ryan Howard.

He’s a pretty big guy,” Manuel said. “I talked to (bench coach) Pete Mackanin. I might want to replace Pete with Kevin Nash as bench coach. That way I can really be a redneck, hard nosed manager.”

I love Charlie. He speaks the truth. He’s very understated, but when he does speak, he spits out some great lines.

In Pedro Feliz news:

Pedro Feliz fielded ground balls for the first time.

“Look, he may miss some itme, but it won’t be much,” Manuel said. “Again, he might not miss any. We’ll probably know more about that in another two or three weeks.

I find it funny that Chase Utley had major hip surgery and is already ahead of Feliz on the rehab. I love Pete Happy for his defense, but he needs to step it up on the offensive side this season.

-KK

Phillies ace and World Series MVP Cole Hamels is on the newest cover of Sports Illustrated

Phillies' Cole Hames

This kid is a beast, but he is only going to get better. I’m glad he’s locked up with the Fightins’ for a few more years.

Apparently, his offseason plans included planning to adopt an orphan from Africa (viaThe700Level ) What a nice guy. I just so happen to have no parents and was born in Africa. Give me a call Cole.

-KK

Suddenly everyone wants a piece of the world series hero. – 02.23.09 – SI Vault: “”

First up, I’d like to thank Jeff for the opportunity to write about my crazy obsession, Philadelphia Phillies baseball.

A little about myself. My name is Kieran Kelly. I’m currently a senior at Drexel University in Philadelphia. I’ve never written about anything on a regular basis, so this will be a learning experience for me.

I’ve been a fan of the Phillies for as long as I can remember. That remembrance goes back to Game 6 of the 1993 World Series. Joe Carter. Enough said.

I spent all of my savings to go to Game 4 of the 2008 World Series. There was no way in hell that I was missing a chance to see the Phillies in the World Series. I bought a season ticket package for this season, so there will be many first hand accounts from the Bank.

I’ll try and get together a post about the 2009 Phillies up shortly. I thank you in advance for your patience with me as I get the hang of this.

You can follow me on Twitter @kierankelly  I’ll usually have small snippets there, some about the Phillies, mostly about other things. I’m very active on Twitter, so that will be more “fresh” than here, but I’ll have at least one post a day here.

I look forward to sharing my insights about the Philadelphia Phillies…2008 World F*cking Champions.

-KK