Hey Phillies fans if you are interested in purchasing a good baseball book please consider “Thoughts from a Southpaw” written by yours truly, Steve Potter.  The book is available on amazon, borders, barnes and noble and also directly on my publishers site www.publishamerica.com .  Simply put in either my name or the book title on any of those sites and you will be enabled to purchase the book.

“Thoughts from a Southpaw” is partially a compilation of baseball poems, poetry of the game per se, that are visions of how the game is or should be played, stories of personal experiences, perceptions of the “heroes” of the game and issues, present and past, surrounding the grand game of baseball.  There are thirty-three baseball stories in all, composed at various times over the past few years.

In addition to discussions on the game of baseball, there are two more chapters reflecting other thoughts on fellowship, family and country.  This book is a reflection of what I value most, the ability to enjoy our lives and the things that matter around us.  It is a book of short stories that are intended to provoke thoughts and perhaps memories of your own!  Being a lifelong Phillies fan it has alot of connection with the Delaware Valley and the interaction with our team of “Fightins”.    Please afford yourself the chance to read thru it, I am confident that you will enjoy!

Some of you have probably seen the new Adidas commerical with Phillies first basemen Ryan Howard where he shows up at a teams practice and gives them some new baseball equipment and hits a few long balls.  If you have haven’t been able to see the video, we have posted it for you here at PhilliesHomePlate.

A represenative from Adidas emailed me the other day and informed me that the commercial was indeed real, and the kids and coaches had no idea that Howard was showing up at practice. Talk about a big suprise for everyone on the team!

Not only as Howard teamed up with Adidas for his own line of equipment, but he has also joined up with Dicks Sports Goods where you can buy the Adidas and Ryan Howard equipment. If you or your kids are looking for new equipment for the upcoming baseball season, we recommend Dicks Sporting Good and Adidas!

PhilliesHomePlate.Com would like to welcome all you Philadelphia Phillies fans to our brand new Phillies blog.  We hope you enjoy your stay here, and come back each and every day to read our new articles on the Philadelphia Phillies.  From game reviews, to rumors and transactions, all the way to phillies tickets info, we will have it all here at phillieshomeplate!

The 2007 season didn’t end the way the Phillies were hoping as they were swept away by the Colorado Rockies during the first round of the playoffs.  Can the Phillies turn it around and make it back to the playoffs in 2008 and hopefully get out of the first round?  Can they overtake the mighty New York Mets and when the division first?  I think it will be hard to do, but that is why they play the game because anything can happen!

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