This from philly.com:
The Phillies made a move to bolster their starting rotation, agreeing to terms with right-handed pitcher Ryan Franklin on Thursday, pending a physical. Franklin, who was suspended 10 days after testing positive for a steroid, went 8-15 with a 5.10 ERA in 190 2-3 innings with Seattle last season.

Wait, did you just say “bolster their starting rotation” with a pitcher who has a winning percentage of .347 while he’s on the juice? Can you imagine how awful this guy is gonna be once he kicks the habit? There’s more:
While Franklin has won at least 10 games only once, he was durable for the Mariners, making 94 starts with six complete games over the last three seasons. He also pitched over 200 innings in 2003 and 2004.

What??? He’s durable? Oh, gee whiz that’s great. I would hate for him to lose 2 out of every 3 games for only part of the season and then go out with an injury. This way, we’re gonna get to watch him lose all year long!! That’s like saying, “The Eagles may have finished 6-10 this season, but they fielded a team for all 16 games, playing each and every one for the full 60 minutes. What durability!”

A.D. Amorosi (above) is a media overlord who works as a contributing editor at Philadelphia Inquirer/Knight Ridder, a music writer/art hag/gossipy column bitch at CityPaper, an arts&fashion editor at Edge, a senior editor at Mean and Chord, a contributor to Pitchfork and NYPress.
And along with his on-air weekly duties at NBC 10 TV’s morning show,10!, he can be seen hosting/booking and spinning every Monday night at Bar Noir, every Friday night at Glam, and lots of inbetweenie well-paid DJ gigs.

1. If you could have dinner with any 2 Philly celebrities of the past, who would they be and why?
Frank Rizzo. Because he was a people person.
Howard Eskin. Oh. Wait. he’s not dead? Wishful thinking.

2. What musical artist or song do you have in your collection that you are a little bit ashamed of?
Nirvana.

3. What would be your dream job?
Being me. That would be so great for me. If you have a contact, I’d surely appreciate it. I hear I’m as a****** to talk to. And that you have to blow me for any sortofa favor.

4. What’s are your favorite hip-hop groups of all time?
A Tribe Called Quest, the Last Poets, the Band.

5. Who is your favorite US president of all time?
Abraham Lincoln: such a queen.

I mean, this story about the infamous New Year’s Eve party just will not go away. It started with our good friends at NBC, gathered some steam in the Metro, and today made it all the way to the Inquirer. The organizer of the event, Anthony Dimeo, is currently being blasted on the Tucker Maxx message board. Dimeo, of course, is best known for suing Jessica Pressler at the Philadelphia Weekly.

That game last night was one of the most incredible I have ever seen. I remember hearing that Vince Young was seriously pissed about not winning the Heisman, and thinking, “This guy is out of his mind if he thinks he’s even close to Reggie Bush.” Well, for a night at least, he was even better. Somebody said last night, “Man, that Penn State game was one you hated to see one team lose.” I said, “Actually, it was one I hated to see either team win.” It was close, but it was sloppy. The Texas-USC game was one you actually hated to see a team lose. I have watched literally hundreds and hundreds of football games in my life, and I don’t remember seeing a second half as exciting as that one, at least not in a game of this importance, since the Bills made that comeback against the Oilers. This is one of those rare games where you will always remember where you were and who you were with when you saw it.
Related: Sports Guys hilarious recap of the game. Best line: How can you be white with the name Mack Brown?

(Note: I have just added Part Two of the set list. It is directly below part one.)
A guy on Dork Sided at O’Neals had a kool idea last week. He said, “Why don’t you post your set lists on the website sometimes?” So I think I might occasionally post a list of the songs I play between rounds of quizzo and give you a few facts about some of the performers. The following is my set list from the Bards last night.
Big Rock Candy Mountain: A strange starter. It was a quiet night last night, and I was feeling kind of mellow. The song was originally recorded in 1928 by Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock.
Black Dog by Led Zeppelin: I was, like everybody else in the known world, a pretty big fan of Led Zep in high school. Don’t play much of ’em at quizzo, but came across this on the ipod and it seemed like a good call. Black Dog is a slang term for clinical depression.
How Many MCs Must Get Dissed? by Black Moon: This group’s debut album, Enta da Stage, released in 1992, is considered a classic. An actual Black moon occurs when there is no new moon in a calendar month. The next one will occur in February 2014.

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Alright, here’s the rest of the songs I played at Bards last night.

Hard to Handle by Etta James: This song was originally recorded by Otis Redding, but wasn’t released until after his death. Etta James is, of course, best known for her song, “At Last”.
DWYCK by Gangstarr with Nice and Smooth: Gangstarr has long been a legend in the underground hip hop scene, and gained some fans outside of hip-hop with his Jazzmattazz albums. On this song he is joined by two guys with nice voices but laughingly awful lyrics. Perhaps the most unintentionally hilarious rap line ever comes from Smooth B in this song: Like a rhinoceros, my speed is prosperous. And pure knowledge expands from my esophagus This marks the only time in hip hop history someone has rhymed rhinoceros and esophagus.

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You’re going to enjoy this one.

Johnny will be hosting a sports only quizzo on Monday, January 9th, 8 PM at Barrister’s Bar and Grille (1823 Sansom), the newest sports bar in Philly. The winning team will walk away with a $50 gift certificate, and second place will get a $30 gift certificate. Yuengling and Miller Lite drafts will be $2. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, and I think it’s gonna be a lot of fun. I also think you’re really gonna like this bar, if you haven’t checked it out already. The food is really good, the staff is really friendly, and they’ve got five flat screens.

I wouldn’t make plans, if I were you, for Sunday, January 29th. Might wanna leave that one open on the calendar. I’m just saying, is all.

What Philadelphia restaurant had a disastrous New Year’s Eve party in which they ran out of booze at 9:30 p.m., and people started throwing bottles and stealing artwork before the cops showed up?