Welcome!

I first came up with the concept of Ghosts of Phillies Past on my now discontinued blog Stranger in a Strange Land. 

My goal was to illustrate the greatness of the current era of Phillies baseball by comparing a current player with a not so great player from the team's long, inglorious past.

I felt like it was a solid concept, so for 2012, I decided to spin it off into its own blog.

Every week, I will highlight a current Phillies player who had a standout week, and compare him to a player from the past who was not quite as successful in his career.

In addition, I'll provide some bonus content that may - or may not - relate to the subject at hand.

Hope you enjoy it, and here's to yet another successful Phillies season!