The Phillies Magazine Curse
So, I was standing next to wrestling nut/Phillies' P.R. dude Greg Castrioto in the clubhouse a couple of weeks ago when I looked on the table cluttered with periodicals and noticed the latest edition of Phillies magazine sitting there with Cole Hamels on the cover.
"Dude," I'm fairly sure I said, since everyone is 'Dude' to me, "you are going to regret that."
Why should the Phillies regret their decision to make Hamels the monthly magazine's cover boy? Well, in April Ryan Howard was on the cover with Mike Schmidt. Before the next magazine was released, he was on the D.L. In May, Brett Myers appeared on the cover. Later that month, he landed on the D.L. In July, Chase Utley was on the cover and eventually had his hand smashed by a Jon Lannan fastball.
Basically, Cole Hamels was given a death sentence by his employers when he was on the cover in August. Shame on them!
(Actually, the MRI was fairly encouraging, so although Hamels was placed on the 15-day D.L., he hopes to be back in the rotation for the first week of September.)
You might have noticed that I skipped a month when chronicling the Curse of the Phillies Magazine. Interestingly, Aaron Rowand - who invented new and exciting ways to smash up his body in 2006 - was on the June cover and managed to dodge the D.L. bullet.
So, inquiring minds might want to know, who is scheduled to appear on September's cover? Well, the rumor is that the player/victim is Shane Victorino, which is interesting since he just came off a three-week D.L. stint caused by a strained calf.
Does this mean that he's destined for a recurrence? I'm not sure, but if I were Shane, I would be a little worried.
"Dude," I'm fairly sure I said, since everyone is 'Dude' to me, "you are going to regret that."
Why should the Phillies regret their decision to make Hamels the monthly magazine's cover boy? Well, in April Ryan Howard was on the cover with Mike Schmidt. Before the next magazine was released, he was on the D.L. In May, Brett Myers appeared on the cover. Later that month, he landed on the D.L. In July, Chase Utley was on the cover and eventually had his hand smashed by a Jon Lannan fastball.
Basically, Cole Hamels was given a death sentence by his employers when he was on the cover in August. Shame on them!
(Actually, the MRI was fairly encouraging, so although Hamels was placed on the 15-day D.L., he hopes to be back in the rotation for the first week of September.)
You might have noticed that I skipped a month when chronicling the Curse of the Phillies Magazine. Interestingly, Aaron Rowand - who invented new and exciting ways to smash up his body in 2006 - was on the June cover and managed to dodge the D.L. bullet.
So, inquiring minds might want to know, who is scheduled to appear on September's cover? Well, the rumor is that the player/victim is Shane Victorino, which is interesting since he just came off a three-week D.L. stint caused by a strained calf.
Does this mean that he's destined for a recurrence? I'm not sure, but if I were Shane, I would be a little worried.
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