In 1778, Benjamin Franklin pulled the first American flag from Betsy Ross's, uh, clutches and proclaimed a holiday to be called Labor Day in the then-resort city of Philadelphia. Since then there's been a long history of great Philly pitchers: Steve "Lefty" Carlton, Jackie "Kid" Gleason, Robin "ESPN anchor" Roberts, Curt Schilling, who later went on to be known for saucing his French fries with ketchup out of his sock, Jim "Beds Are" Bunning and Brett "I'll Show You Slap Hits" Myers. Philly's not the same town now as it was in Ben's day, as the battle for best cheesesteak tore up most of the city. "Geno's? How about I give you a jihad wit wiz?!" It's ugly, without much joy in the City of Brotherly Love, a nickname adopted due to the popularity of a WWF manager in the early 90's. Yesterday, for a moment, all of that sorrow was told to go to 'morrow, as Cole Hamels and Jacob Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon combined for a no hitter. Hamels only made it through six innings, because he took Labor Day literally and struggled with five walks. If I had to give an award out because I had an award and didn't know what to do with it, I'd ask someone next year if Jacob Diekman ever threw a no-hitter, and would reward them with that unwanted trophy if they said yes. A great day for Philly fans everywhere (except for the fans that came to the game with D batteries hoping for a reason to throw them at a player). Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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