While this website is devoted to getting Pat ‘the Bat’ Burrell the MVP award, it is needless to say that we are extremely excited about the Phillies being in the World Series (did you know the last time a league MVP played in the World Series was 2002?*).  If you are looking for a place [...]

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Here are the facts

Pat Burrell is number 5
The Phillies were last in the World Series 3 Pat Burrells years ago (3 * 5 = 15 years)
The Phillies drafted Pat Burrell 2 Pat Burrells years ago (1998)

Here is the prediction

The Phillies will win the World Series in 1 Pat Burrells games (that’s [...]

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All week long people have been coming to me, emailing me, texting me. “Wow, can you believe the Phillies! Can you believe Pat Burrell! Best games of his life, why aren’t there any new ‘Burrell for MVP’ posts?” What? Am I supposed to be surprised? Am I supposed to sit [...]

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As we move deeper into the postseason and leave Pats MVP Caliber 2008 regular season in the dust, Pat continues to exhibit to us all what a Most Valuable Player does.
Early sunday morning, Pat decided he had waited in the weeds long enough, and now was his time to pounce upon the wounded prey, and [...]

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Time!  Pencils down and cease stat padding!  The baseball regular season has come to another thrilling end.  As we anticipated, Pat “the Bat” Burrell has overcome any personal demons and carried the Phillies to their second straight NL East championship.  With a flair for the dramatic, Pat helped dismantle the Braves in Atlanta, then went [...]

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“Why?” This is what passionate Pat Burrell fans have been asking me all month. Countless hordes, looking for an elusive answer to a basic question. Why is Pat Burrell in such an unprecedented slump? Sadly, it cannot be denied. Over the past month the only statistic that Pat has led [...]

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I was away on vacation last week and finding it difficult to keep tabs on the job Pat Burrell was doing leading my beloved Phillies to victory. Luckily, one of my travel companions is also a Phillies fan and has a phone with decent Internet access. Here is a true story from one [...]

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Well it looks like Pat refuses to give up without a fight.  This weekend he blasted two monster home runs that were both game winners.  It is impossible to even consider where the Phillies would be if they did not employ “the bat”.  Pat now has a whopping 29 Burrell Bombs so far on the [...]

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I was watching the Phillies rain delay programming last week hoping to see a special about the great Pat Burrell. Instead, I ended up watching a special about the late and great Richie Ashburn. It was a nice tribute and all but it caused me to realize something. Richie Ashburn passed away [...]

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The Boston Red Sox are looking to unload Manny Ramirez due to the latest outbreak of “Manny being Manny”.  If you put your ear to the rumor mill, you might hear that Manny wants to come to Philadelphia to reunite with his old Cleveland Indians pal Charlie Manuel.  This news should excite any Phils fan [...]

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