Gettysburg Photo of the Week (11-29-13)

Hi everybody,

I'm pretty stuffed from Thanksgiving so I don't have much to say about this week's photo.  It is another picture of the Virginia Memorial taken early in the morning.  I hope that you all enjoy it.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Happy Thanksgiving

Hi everybody,

I'm off to my friends' place to watch some football and eat lots of turkey with all the trimmings.  I thought about making my famous deviled eggs but I realized they might not fit in so I got some booze instead.  Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving and have lots to be thankful for!

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Chase Utley Photo of the Week (11-27-13)

Hi everybody,

It's time for a Thanksgiving Eve Photo of the Week!  By this time tomorrow I will be so full of turkey and stuffing that I will barely be able to move!  I can't wait!!  For now, let's all enjoy this great photo of Chase doing something!

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Hunter Pence Photo of the Month (November)

Miss this commercial

Hi everybody,

It's Thanksgiving Eve and time for the Hunter Pence Photo of the Month!  As a special pre-Thanksgiving gift to you all...I present not one but two photos of Hunter during his time with the Phillies.  Enjoy!

I wonder if he hit a homer....

The good old days with Hunter, Chase & Jimmy

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Gettysburg Photo of the Week (11-22-13)

Hi everybody,

It's a bit of a dreary day today so this photo taken between Cemetery Ridge and Culp's Hill has a similar feel.  Hope you all enjoy it!.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Bob McClure Hired as Phillies Pitching Coach

Hi everybody,

The Phillies hired Bob McClure to be the new pitching coach.  McClure previously served as the pitching coach of the Kansas City Royals from 2006-2011 and the Boston Red Sox in 2012.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Chase Utley Photo of the Week (11-20-13)

Hi everybody,

For this Photo of the Week how about a nice picture of a smiling Chase?

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Little Chase

150th Anniversary of The Gettysburg Address

Hi everybody,

Today is the 150th Anniversary of The Gettysburg Address which was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863 at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg.

Soldiers' National Cemetery

Here is the text of The Gettysburg Address:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Carlos Ruiz Re-Signs with Phillies

Hi everybody,

Just wanted to report that catcher Carlos Ruiz has re-signed with the Phillies.  The contract is for the next three seasons at $26 million.  I am a bit surprised that the Phils gave Ruiz a three-year worth that much cash but I am happy that Chooch will be with the team for the next three seasons.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Marlon Byrd Signs with the Phillies

Hi everybody,

This news is a few days old and I do apologize for not posting it sooner but I wanted to mention that the Phillies have signed free agent outfielder Marlon Byrd to a contract.  This contract is for two-years at $16 million.  This is Byrd's second go-round with the Phillies (he was with the club from 2002-2005) and is expected to be the starting right fielder next season.  Welcome back, Marlon!

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Gettysburg Photo of the Week (11-15-13)

Hi everybody,

Welcome to another Gettysburg Photo of the Week!  This week's photo is of the Peace Light Memorial taken by friends a few years ago.  Hope you enjoy it!

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Chase Utley Photo of the Week (11-13-13)

Hi everybody,

It is really cold here in Philly today!  I thought a picture of Chase and some nice green grass would make it feel a little bit more like summer. 

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Veterans Day

Hi everybody,

To all of our veterans, both living and dead....thank you for your service to our country.

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Little Chase

Gettysburg Photo of the Week (11-8-13)

Hi everybody,

This week's Photo of the Week is of the Doubleday Inn.  This beautiful inn is located on the Gettysburg Battlefield near the Peace Light Memorial.  It sure looks like a nice place to stay while on vacation in Gettysburg.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Chase Utley Photo of the Week (11-6-13)

Hi everybody,

Time for the first Photo of the Week for November.  I've been eating a lot of Halloween candy this week so I don't have enough energy to write anything else.  Enjoy the photo!

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Halloween Update

Hi everybody,

Time for my last Halloween update for 2013.  I sure got a lot of candy this year!

When I got home from Trick-or-Treating I watched The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and had some milk and cookies.  It's become my tradition to watch that before I go to bed on Halloween.

I had a little visit with my Jack-o-lantern piggy too!  I wanted to spend some time with him before he had to get put away with the other decorations.

I never got a chance to use this prop casket for my costume so I thought I'd put my candy in it.

I may have eaten a little too much.

I don't feel so good...

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Gettysburg Photo of the Week (11-1-13)

Hi everybody,

It's time for the first Gettysburg Photo of the Week for November.  This picture is of the Coster Avenue Mural and it depicts fighting on July 1st, 1863 between the forces of Union Colonel Charles R. Coster and the units of Confederate Brigadier General Harry Hays & Colonel Isaac Avery.

This mural was dedicated on the 125th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and is among the least visited areas of the battlefield.  If you get a chance, take the time to visit this beautiful mural.  You won't be sorry.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase