Prior to leaving my old stomping grounds over at Bugs&Cranks in early May, I had an outrageous idea of starting an all-Phillies website where I could post my ridiculous nonsense at my leisure without hogging up all the space reserved for 30-some writers. But I thought the task might be too daunting for just one person, so I recruited the fine satirical stylings of one Chamomiles Davis (and later Hdysr?), the professional website designing skills of Jesse Pugh (founder & CEO of Bugs&Cranks, inc.), registered a domain name, and PRESTO! The Fightins dot com was born.

Now, a little over 7 months and 500+ posts later, I’d like to think The Fightins ranks right up there as one of the best off-beat Phillies sites on the internet. I may not know the VORP of Chase Utley, or the BAPIP of Brett Myers, but I sure as shit know how to cut video and post screengrabs. And the fact that other people besides myself enjoy it as well makes me one happy blogger.

So, as a service to the incredible readers (specifically commenters), I’ve decided to highlight some of my favorite posts that have been published here since the day The Fightins dot com was born — May 23rd, 2008.

Enjoy. And I mainly focused on the older stuff, so if I missed anything you found particularly amusing, feel free to leave it in the comments section.

• The Definitive Sarge Matthews Hat Collection (May 27)
• Just Your Typical Tuesday Night At The Bank (May 28) & Ode to The Drunk Girl (June 24)

• Creepy Tribute to a Phillies Ballgirl (May 31)
• Brad Lidge Is Closing Everything In The Tri-State Area (June 3)
• LOL Fans (June 4)
• The Mets Officially Give Up On 2008 Season (June 9)
• Shane Victorino & Kyle Kendrick Are Living The High Life (June 13)
• The Exhausting Yet Definitive Biography of Jamie Moyer (June 20)
• Celebrity Roast: John Kruk (June 26)
• “Gay Community Night?” That’s Totally Gay, Bro. (June 27)
• Don’t worry Joe Blanton, The Fightins have you covered (July 18)
• Ryan Howard & J-Roll – “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” (Remix) (July 22)
• Shea Stadium = New York’s Litterbox (July 23)
• Does Shane Victorino Kill The Braves? “Oh, No Questions Asked.” (July 28)
• Photos from The 2008 ALS Benefit (with A Few Captions) (July 29)
• Jamie Moyer: Hustler (August 11)
• Front-runners? Jimmy Rollins got some ’splainin to do. (August 14)
• Mets-struation (August 28)
• Phillies Take Out Another Catcher, Charlie Manuel Is Funny [a/k/a The "Steven" post] (September 3)
• Anybody Wanna See Billy Wagner Cry? (September 10)
• Ain’t No Joke, Son (September 17)
• The Greatest Sarge Matthews Hat Ever (September 29)
• This Guy Speaks For Phillies Fans Everywhere… (October 7)
• MLB Quote of the Year: Matt Stairs (October 14)
• Dude. Brah. (October 14)
• Even Viking Metallers support the Phils (October 20)
• The Most Important World Series Prediction Ever (October 22)
• The Fightins Dot Com Invade The Trop (October 25)
• I Was There: CHOOOOOOOOCH!!!!! (October 26)

And finally,

• World Fucking Champions (October 31)

Thanks again to everyone out there who pointed your browsers in the direction of this site over the past 7 months and change. We here at The Fightins certainly appreciate it.

Happy New Year to all of my fellow World Champions out there.

/clinks glass

• Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay-dro's soul glo says screw em motha fuckas who pitches in the 9th. on September 27 Game Recap: Phillies 6, Brewers 5
• Eric on September 27 Game Recap: Phillies 6, Brewers 5
• Huge Saint on September 27 Game Recap: Phillies 6, Brewers 5
• Phylan on September 27 Game Recap: Phillies 6, Brewers 5
• MP on September 27 Game Recap: Phillies 6, Brewers 5