| June 30, 2009 (Prior
News Logs):
June Update: Summer school is a boon and a bane for
a teacher. The extra money is always appreciated, but it certainly takes
takes a lot of that summer time. However, I have been able to get a
number - 12 - of articles added to the site database. I have also made
a decision (see below). The articles continue the buildup towards Game
Three of the 1980 World Series. They come from a variety of newspaper
resources courtesy of newsarchives.org. You can find the articles by
title
(the old article page), by month,
the new
articles page, and by game
(the day-by-day boxscore pages).
Site Moving: The decision I have made is to move the
Phillies tribute to a new site. This is partially due to necessity (Geocities
will close at year's end) and partially desire. In preparation (and
also due to some trouble with Geocities), I have cancelled the pay aspect
of my Geocities website. Due to that, the space I am allowed to use
has been drastically cut, necessitating in the deletion of several of
my pages. The sound and the picture pages are now disabled. Unfortunately,
I have not been able to delete the links from every page (there are
a lot of them), so you may run into some dead links. I apologize for
that. However, the new site should (SHOULD) be ready by fall.
Kalas Tributes: Here are some links to Harry Kalas
tributes across the internet.
Current Record: Ouch. It's been a rough few weeks
for the Fightin' Phils. Their tour through the American League turned
into a house of horrors. Only a series win in Toronto (after being swept
by the Blue Jays in Philly) salvaged any semblance of their pride at
5-11. However, due to the equally bad performance by the Mets, the Phils
somehow managed to hold onto first place.
- Current Record: 39-34
- Division Placement: 1st, 2½ game ahead of
the Florida Marlins
Rollins Benched: Jimmy Rollins, whose struggled have
continued through a horrid June (.176, 3 HR, 9 RBI), was given an elongated
time off at the last part of the disastrous interleague swing. For the
year, the former MVP is hitting a paltry 211 with 6 HRs and 27 RBI.
Even more telling is that he has only 10 stolen bases after stealing
47 last year.
Ibanez, Eyre, Condrey, Bastardo on DL: The list of
the walking wounded for the Phillies has also grown in the month of
June. Closer Brad Lidge, whose struggles have rivaled Rollins', was
on the DL for a few weeks earlier in the month. Since Lidge's stint,
the Phils have also added LF Raul Ibanez (probably the first-half MVP),
whose injury coincided with the current slide, reliever Clay Condrey,
and rookie pitcher Antonio Bastardo, who had taken Brett Myers' spot
in the rotation after his season-ending hip injury.
Newspaper Archive: The articles added to the website
database this month come from newspaperarchive.com.
This website has a large archive or newspapers from a variety of newspapers
from around the world. I have found it helpful to work on this site.
It is a pay site (just shy of $10 per month), but it does have some
free features if you'd like to check it out.
New E-Mail: If there are any problems getting to a
page on the site, please e-mail. The e-mail has changed, and is embedded
in the graphic below for security purposes.
Wanted: Any and all articles that pertain to the 1980
Phillies, or any players on the roster from that year. If you have some
to donate/lend/sell/steal please e-mail me. Copies are wonderful! I
am particularly interested in getting articles during the season from
the Philadelphia newspapers (unfortunately, newspaperarchive.com do
not have any Philadelphia newspapers). Anyone that has copies of the
Inquirer or the Daily News please contact me.
Future Updates: Now that school is back in session,
the updates will continue to be about 5 or so articles per month. If
you have any ideas of what you would like to see on the website, please
e-mail me. For next month I will probably work to add articles from
the actual Game 2 of the World Series.
Go Phillies!
Richard Summers |
