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Is Phillies' Pitching Worth the Price?

Philadelphia Phillies contract to ace Cole Hamels puts a lot of payroll in pitchers.

To the delight of most Philadelphia Phillies fans, Cole Hamels will be wearing pinstripes for a number of years to come. With the signing of Hamels to a six-year, $144 million deal with a vesting option for a seventh year, the Phillies are telling fans that they haven't thrown in the towel, even if this season might be lost. Hamels' contract is the richest in team history. (Yes, it tops Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Ryan Howard, Roy Halladay, Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley.) But is the price for pitching worth it?  Vote in our poll and tell us what you think in the comments section below. With Hamels locked up, the Phillies have now invested $68 million in three starting pitchers for 2013. That's a lot of green for Hamels, Halladay and Cliff…

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3:56 pm on Monday, July 30, 2012

Dino, all Amaro has done is open the check book for high priced players. ANYONE could sign Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay, etc... if they had that payroll. What good GMs do is find young cheap players that can help the team for years before getting big money deals that break the bank and put you in a luxury tax situation. In fact as much as people hated Ed Wade, he was the one that found Howard, Utley, …   more ›

Eagles Items Top Sports Fans' Christmas Lists

DeSean Jackson and Michael Vick were on local sports fans' minds this holiday season.

Springfield—'Tis the season to be shopping, and we checked in with Tailgate City, a sporting goods store in the Springfield Mall, to see what the hot sellers were in December. Owner Kevin Rieck was kind enough to give us the run-down (Yes, that was a baseball joke). "Anything Eagles-related is popular right now," said Rieck in a pre-Christmas interview. Although the Eagles sell more team-related items than individual-focused items, Michael Vick paraphenalia is in demand. But sports merchandise takes time to order, design, process and ship to the U.S. from out-of-country vendors like China, so stores like Tailgate City don't have much in stock for Vick at the moment. "Nobody saw this [success] coming, so there were no advance orders for …

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