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Renaming The Zo Zone

The Zo Zone has been very successful since we launched in April.

In fact, it's one of the most popular blogs at philly.com.

Maybe in the entire world.

Thank you.

But The Powers That Be have asked me to rename the blog. Why? Because The Zo Zone doesn't exactly scream, "It's a Phillies blog! It's a Phillies blog!" But because I couldn't come up with anything I liked, I'm asking you. What should we call this thing? So please post your suggestions here. I'll pick the winner. Of course, there's one catch: the word "Phillies" must be in the title. Now I know that's going to hurt the creativity aspect of this contest, but thems the rules.

Putting "Phillies" in the title accomplishes two things:

1) It makes the blog easier to find on search engines and draws more traffic to the site. That's important because I get a buck for every hit. OK, I get nothing, but I'm a team player so let's make it happen.

2) If I get hit in the head with a foul ball and go into a coma, the blog lives on without me. In other words, we can't have Joe Shmoe authoring The Zo Zone ... although, I hear he does fine work.

The prize for the winner(s)?

Pride!

Bragging rights!

Yeah!

So let's go, folks.

Comments (324)

Steve Simpson:

I read your blog daily and anybody who follows the Phils knows who you are. I kind of like Zo Zone, to tell the truth. Thanks for what you do; I can live with any revised name so long as you're the one writing it.

Truth:

How about "Truth hates the Phillies, especially the front office" blog?

Jason Smith:

In the spirit of spelling everything F with a Ph, how about Phillies Phorum.

Deb Aziz:

How about "Phillies Inq"? Has Phillies in the title and is even a shout our to your employer and corporate overlord.

And surely you can scare something up for the winner!

Kev:

Phillies Philes

Harry:

How about "Phillies Phlash"?

Seth:

How about "The Beat of the Phillies"? Keeps you (or your job title at least) in the name.

Ed:

I've got nothing more creative than Zo Zone, but my own personal choice would be:

Phillies Say Phuck the Mets

No Smoke:

"Phillies News First"

David Ege:

How about Phillies Phax?

dr_gingivitis:

Philog

Herculese P. Rockafeller:

For the new blog title:

The "Hand_em_over is a douche, and stuff about the Phillies too" blog.

Richard in Allentown:

The Phillies Philes is pretty good.

I'd also thought of

Phillies Phill-ins (though more apropos for Phil Sheridan)

or Phillies Inqlings

I know it breaks the rules, but how about:

"Phill-osophies"?

Richard

R. McCullough:

I think you should go with "The Phillies Badger." It has a double meaning. You are from Wisconsin [the Badger State], so it identifies you. And, "badger" as a verb means to "urge persistently" which is kinda what journalists do.

McNulty:

Todd's Phantastic Phillies Emporium & Novelty Shop.

mike:

Phillies zone??

mike:

phillies zone...or maybe phillies phodder?

Jesse:

Here are a few ideas:

Phillies Fan Zone (to keep "Zone")

Phillies - The Team to Beat

Phillies Faithful

Phillies Forum

Phillies Phreaks

Phillies MVP Zone (again...)

Gettin' Silly With the Phillies

Chase'n' the Phillies (would have to change when Chase leaves the team, but hopefully that's in about 20 years)

Hamhock:

Phillies Phlegm

Suzanne:

I like Phillies Phorum. How about Phillies Phever?

Steve:

Two homages:

Redspin

Fire Bill Conlin

No good? Okay, hang on.

Larry R:

Ph-Phils Zo-Zone

Larry R:

Ph-Phils Zo-Zone

xfactor:

Phillies PhanZone

Jordan Wong:

The Fans of Philly

Cory :

Phlyin Phillies Post
The Phans of Philly

Flyin Hawaiian:

Phillies Pride

Talvenada:

I checked 1st to see if my idea was used, but it was not. Not MY way!!

The Phillies ZOne.

Steve:

Phillies Bluntly

JB:

Phillies ZoBLOG

Phillies blog ZONE

PHILLIES Zo_BLOG_lecki

PHILLIES Blogging ZOne

Publius:

The Phanatic Phillies Phan Phorum

Steve:

Another noncompliant one:

The Agony of Reading About It

Tom DePaoli:

Phila-Phillies Zone

Maybe the reason for the name change isn't to put "Phillies" in the title ... but because they're looking to fire you and don't want to necessarily hire someone who's last name starts with "Zo."
I kid, I kid. Actually I'm just angling for your job.

doublee :

YO-ZONE

Steve:

Phillies Flog

Josh M:

Phillies Inqsider

(copyright pending, but you can use it)

Lou Thomas:

Here we go:

Phillies daily
Phillies n Bits
Phillies Bases
Phillies say

Phillies Phans

Phillies 4ever

The Ghost of Andy Musser:

Phillies Extra Bases

Phillies Files

Phillies 'Pen

Phillies Field

Phillies Program

Following the Phillies

Feel like stepping out on a limb here.. If the powers that be are that interested in making the blog easier to find, let me be stupid for a second....

And the name is... The Phillies Blog!

WOW that was easy :-)

Great Job Todd!!

cem karaman:

F'IN PHILS

Louie from the Lanc:

Maybe you should tell the bosses that if it ain't broke, yadda, yadda, yadda... then ask them why all newspapers stink and are going out of business even though they are still profitable.

Sheesh

Zach:

The Philadelphia Inquirer Presents Phillies Beat Writer Todd Zolecki's Take on the Philadelphia Phillies in Blog-Form Which Will Cover the 2008 Baseball Season!

or Phillie-delphia Freedom

or Phillies Dirt

or Phillies Features

clinton, nj:

Fightin' Phillies Fan Forum

Dave:

Phillie Style
The Phillie Sound (for the podcast)
It's a Phillie Thing
Phillies Beat
Phillies Phill-up
Phillies Rap
Phillies Wrap
The Phillie Follower
Phillies Word
Phillie Zone
Phillie Stakes

They get worse from here...

clinton, nj:

or just Fightin' Phillies Forum

Anonymous:

i read 'beerleaguer' and it doesn't make me think of that horrible, horrible movie...

seriously, if it says "zo zone: phillies blog", what the problem?

tom:

How about "One Player Away"

Al:

Phightin with the Phillies

al:

or Fightin with the Phillies

kevin:

how about Phillies Phanatics? or The
Phillies Phanatics? Something like that?

andy:

i would motion to forbid the replacing of the F syllable with P-H.

overused, hackneyed, and sort of juvenile.

my suggestion: Information on the Phillies.

great blog - underneath the name change.

JB:

Phillies Phodder

JB:

Phillatio

Anonymous:

how about

--- we miss you geoff geary
--- jose mesa presents: the phillies
--- antonio alfonseca. six fingers. one blog.

That Dude :

When you type in Phillies blog in google, the Zo Zone is the 7th website shown, therefore I would go with....

The Phillies Beat - at the Zo Zone
featuring Phillies beat writer Todd Zolecki

The_GodfatherSJP:

Personally I think Phillie Phreak is pretty good.

DAWG:

Phillies' Finest.

Mike:

Yo, try PhillieZ or PhilliesZone

AL:

Phillies sign Ryan Howard now

Peter Mazza:

Who can ever forget the 64 Phillies?

How about "GO PHILLIES GO"

Truth:

How about:

Phillies Phlukes in '93 and '07
or
"Ya gotta believe" the Phillies are a small market team!
or
The Phillies at least were not the Pirates!


JB:

Phillies Flibbertigibbet

JB:

Phillies Foresight

Phillies Fink

JB:

Phillies Fixation

Phillies Philonoist

KMG:

Braves suck, Mets swallow.

or

Phillies phans phlush twice, it's a long way to Phlushing.

JB:

Phillies Philoxenist

Phillies Phronistery

dan u-a:

Phillies.

JB:

Phillies Phyllomancy

Michael LA Psychiatrist:

"Phillies Edge"

Truth:

Were the Phillies: 10,000 loses is just the tip of the iceburg!
or
Were the Phillies goddamit-we pay who we want!
or
Phillies and Pat "the bat" futile together.
or
Phillies are Phailures of historic proportions....

Charlie:

Philler

Your Phillies InQuisition

(So Philadelphia...)

or

Phillies Inqlings

Phillies nutz and notes

Phillies updates..

Phillies Same Difference

Phillies Work Party

Phillies Agree 2 Disagree

Phillies Absolutely Unsure

phillies Blamelss Culprits..

Phillies Bitter & Sweet

Phillies Sweet and Sour

Phillies Morning After

Phillies 2nd Guessers

Phillies Double take..

Phillies Out Takes

Phillies Phodder

Phillies Cheerful Pessimists

Phillies Conventional Wisdom!!!!!

Phillies Critical acclaim.

Phillies daily special..!!!!!!

Phillies Inquiring Thoughts!!!

Phillies 19th Hole..

Phillies clubhouse chatter

Phillies Fallout Shelter

Phillies Highs and Lows

phillies Good grief..

phillies Harmonious Discord!

PHILLIES Inside Out!

Phillies Around the Horn!!

Phillies Now and Then

Phillies Quick Phix

Phillies Rounding the Bases

Phillies Thinking out Loud!

Phillies unsolved Mysteries

grant:

Philliestines.

Bob:

Phillies Philler

SirAlden:


~ Phillies Phan-quirer ~ !!!

mnc54:

YO-ZO-GO Phillies

Blunt About The Phillies

David :

Some suggestions:

The Beat Writer Was a Spy

I Survived Larry Bowa

Available For Comment

Wife-Swapping Secrets of the Phillies

New York Can Take This World Championship and Stick It

Those Cheap Bastards!

I Done Growed Up

Get the Phillies Feeling!

Phillies Talk Except For Chris Coste

The Agony of Reading About It the Next Morning

Jim Thome Still Can't Play Third Base

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Phillies Re-Sign Mesa for 4 Years, $20 Million

The Anti-Shenk

Bill Conlin Despises You All

The Phillies Phlog


David:

The Philabuster

B Dub:

David took mine.. I like The Phillies Phlog or someone else had Phillies ZOne. Both are good. though I like the Zo Zone the best.

BobEv:

Well, Todd, you did ask for it... I could not think of one off the top of my head, you guys that put together a list really need another hobby...some good ones though, who would have thought you could be obscene using 'ph'... lol

Nick:

how about "Those Phucking Phillies?"

Vince:

Todd, On the Phillies Phront, sounds good

bill:

zo's phillies zone

rm:

We will never win again! The Phillies Blog

rm:

"We will never win again! The Ultimate Phillies Blog"

ROFL!!!!!!

How about- We Should Be GM's...damn that one has been taken by two masterful bloggers already.

To be honest I love the "Phillies Inq." idea, makes the most sence and it's punny.

My suggestion- Phillies Phaithful.

s:

Phillies Phan ZOne

Case:

Around the horn with the Phillies!

freddy garcia:

philly phinances

adam eaton, freddy garcia, wes helms, jose mesa:

phillies goofballs

KMG:

Who pharted?

Pete:

Fellow fans... you have some great ideas... I kinda like
Fill up on the Phillies

but considering our fan base....

Phillie phacts and Phantasy

Pete

PaulW:

Zonein' with the Phillies
In the Phillies Zone

greythundr:

Zo's Phillie insider

The Phillie insider

Inside the Phillies

Larry:

Welcome to "The Philliesphere".

James:

Well, if the paper is really that insistent upon "branding" your blog, I totally suggest A Todd Zolecki pretsents, in association with the Philadelphia Enquiring of Philadelphia, It's The Phillies Blog! It's The Phillies Blog!

Somehow, I don't think your bosses will go for it though.

Jerry:

Zo,
Sounds like you're on the way out, just kidding. Is Joe Shmoe related to Joe Shmuckatelli? I like the "Zo Zone" but understand the reason for the change. Maybe you should change your name to "Phil". I think you do a great job with the blog and write articles that get the phans commenting. You should ask for a dollar for every blog entry! Anyway here are a few suggestions:

Phanatic Phillies Phorum (Don't flip-flop Phanatic and Phillies or people will think it's a blog for the Phanatic)

Phightin' Phillies Philes

Phillies Phodder (I think that was suggested earlier)

Phillies Phlog

Phillies Chatter (Naw, Doesn't start with "Ph")

Or choose any combination of the above. Good luck! Keep writin and I'll keep readin and commentin. Can't wait for the season to start! All the pressure is back on the Mets and we know how well they do under pressure (ha, ha). I predict Willie Randolf will be gone by the All Star Break. Let's not overlook the Braves. A full season with Texiera and a healthy pitching staff with Glavine (still younger than Moyer) will challenge for the NL East.

Dennis:

Rename it the ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz Zone!
Sorry that was Unkind and a bit Obvious.

Dennis:

Rename it the ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz Zone!
(as in snoring). Sorry that was Unkind and a bit Obvious.

VinceAbs:

I like Phillies Bluntly personally.

Harry:

Yo'z Phillies!

Jon:

PhilliezOwn

Case:

Phillies Fungos

Case:

Phillies Fungos.

Vince:

phillies phundementals

Bob:

How about Phillies Fan-ies.

Anonymous:

How about "Zoleck-it up!" (Kiss Reference)

Anonymous:

Phoul Balls

Anonymous:

"Phoul Balls"

Anonymous:

Phillies Wheelhouse
Phillies On Deck
Phillies Pay Off Pitch
Phillies 411
Phillies Forever

The B-Mac:

I was going to suggest Phillies Phodder, but JB beat me to it. That's your winner right there.

John in LA:

Deb Aziz's (giving credit where it's due) "Phillies Inq" is hands-down the best. By a mile. Not even close. And then some.

Keep up the great work, Todd!!!

John in LA:

Actually - sorry, Deb - maybe "Phillies Ink" is better (by a mile) since "Inq" suggests only the Inquirer, and not the Daily News, which is also part of Philly.com.

Hmmmm.....

Craig:

Phollowing the Phillies
(or Following the Phillies)

Phacts, Phigures & the Phillies
(or Facts, Figures & the Phillies)

Red Pinstripes: A Phillies Blog

Yes, for some reason the button on top of the official cap is blue. No, I don't know why. And yes, it sort of iritates me: A Phillies Blog

Otherwise, I like the current name.

Jon:

I vote for Phils Phodder or Phillies Phodder, or to relate to the old blog - Zo's Phils Phodder.

Keep up the good work Zo.

Larry:

Blog is already of the most popular (if not the most popular) blog on this website, but you have to change the name?

I love Zo Zone, so I would just add name of team to it - "Phillies Zo Zone" or "Phillies ZoZone"

Pat Farace:

Hey Todd,How about " ZO Goes the Phillies".

Andrew:

You could just add the word Phillies as a subtitle. Ex: The Zo Zone: A Phillies Blog.

That would increase "Phillies" hits on search engines the same as a new title.

gimmead:

On Beat With The Phillies

Chollie's Phollies

The Mets Got Santana and We Got Pedro Feliz Blog

Life Begins at 46 When You're The #3 Starter Blog

Ray H:

I've got a Phever and the only prescription is more Philles!

Angela:

How about Fightin's PhanZOne? Keep's Zo in there.

oz:

phillies ZOpinions

oz:

phillies ZOpinions

Anonymous:

That's stupid. Just leave it the way it is. You built the brand, tell them to stay out of it. Just promote it better!

The Zo Zone: Zolecki on Baseball
or

The Zo Zone: Zolecki at the Ballpark

Bob Ford:

When I was a struggling young baseball writer (I think the batter could call for a high or low pitch then), my Phillies notes at the Delco paper were called "Phil Dirt." Don't know why but I liked that. Probably because I thought it up. Doesn't work with "Phillies," of course, so kind of useless to bring it up here.

x:

PHLOGGING the Phillies

Anonymous:


PhilliesZoBlog.com

Bryan:

All these suggestions suck, it should be kept The Zo Zone. And I blew coffee on my moniter at the suggestion of "Phillatio" Thanks for the laugh!

Kevin:

How about either Phillies Phlatulance or Phillies Dairy. The first symbolizes the fact that much blogging, and the comments that follow, are really just bad gas being emitted, and the second pays homage to your roots.

jimmymack:

I like Phillies ZOne (nice job Talvenada)...but let's not tell Truth, maybe he/she won't be able to find it after the name change.

Anonymous:

does "Attytood" scream "a blog obsessed with reporting on everything but Philly?"

George:

Phillies PhandeZOnium

Anonymous:

If you really want to get the search engine hits...

Britney Spears Loves The Phillies

Anonymous:

With apologies to Raven Simone.... "That's Zo' Phillie"

Anonymous:

The Steve Jeltz Experience!

fl:

Phillies Zo-almanac

Jeff:

Philles Fodder or
Phillies Phodder

Jeff:

Philles Fodder or
Phillies Phodder

Sully:

My votes:

Third place: Phillies Inq

Second place: Phillies Inqlings

First place: Phillatio

Edwin Brusstar:

How about:
Thrill and Chill with the Phils

ELB:

How about:
Thrill and Chill with the Phils

Anonymous:

Phillies Phrenzy

Craig:

I like a combo of some of the others -

Phillies ZoZone Phorum

fLoWdIgGs:

Philogdelpia Phillies

Anonymous:

I love Phillatio

Anonymous:

there's your winner

Anonymous:

Ha! Phillies Phrenzy is nice!

TB:

The Phightin's Forum

Jeff K.:

How about:

"Beyond 10,000 ZOlosses"

"Beyond 10,000 Zolosses in the Zo Zone"

"No Juice Phreaks Phlease"

"Phanatics Phight or Phlight - The Zolecki Philes"

"The Ghost of Von Hayes, Steve Jeltz, Jose Mesa, Joe Carter..."

"Citizens Bank Park at Ashburn Field" Has a much nicer sound to it, doesn't it?"

"If it wasn't for Harry Kalas, Phillies baseball is downright painful to watch or listen to..."

John in LA:

Finally got it!!!!

PhillieZink.

Combines Phillies and Z for Zo and Ink (did I need to explain that?)....

Anonymous:

What about the "Beverly Hill Phillies"?

Gada:

CHOLLYWOOD: Always up to no good.

Chris:

Zo's Phillies Zlog

Anonymous:

"But The Powers That Be have asked me to rename the blog. Why?"
Are these the same guys that liked the flying pigs promo? Or that continually insert 24 Radio Shack, Target, whatever flyers in my Sunday paper? Who can't print a DN without double images or ripped pages? I'll bet they think NEW Coke tastes just as good as the old Coke.

"In fact, it's one of the most popular blogs at philly.com." There is the answer boys, it ain't broke.

Keith:

More importantly, what is the deal with Benson? Thought the Phils were trying to get it done before teams saw him throw again Saturday. Did he end up throwing? The dead silence either means serious talks are ongoing, or we got scared away by a 1-year, $1 million dollar offer with incentives. Please don't say it's the latter.

LibraryChick:

I like "The Zo Zone," but if we MUST suggest other names:

Phillies Phantasm

Phillies Blogpen

I also liked the aforementioned Phillies Philes, or some variation thereof.

Anthony:

The Zo Zone - Phillies Philes

Anonymous:

Fightin'Phillies-sphere

If you want something that people can find, anything with Britney Spears or Alycia Lane in the title should work.

To minimize the gag factor, I'd stay away from the "Ph" that sounds like an "f", which includes (but is not limited to) words like Phodder, Philes and ... did somebody say Phlegm?

I think Phillies Inqlings sounded pretty good.

V:

Whoever suggested 'On the Phillies Phront', kudos to them. That sounds like a winner.

Steve:

Zo,
I'll second the guy who wrote "Phillies Phan ZOne", or maybe "Phillies Phan Zone" with a lower case "o". I've seen Phillies Phodder elsewhere, so the name's taken.

If you absolutely have to incorporate your name into the blog (a little ego is good), you could always go with Phillies ZoPhanlecki or Tophillies Phanlecki. Both have a certain ring to them, but may not actually draw more fans to the site.

"10,000 and counting." Wait, that doesn't say Phillies in it. You could call it "Phillies Blog," kind of like "Eagles Blog" on philly.com. But that mean's you'd have to go months without updating it.

bobby:

Wow, leave it to the suits to get involved and homogenize everything. But I suppose we must all suckle at the corporate teet...

A couple of ideas:

-Phillies Warning Track: A Blog

-The Dugout: Phillies Blog

-Phillies Extra Innings Blog

One thing: Please, I beg you, PLEASE, do not use 'Ph' in place of 'F' in any way in the title. I'm not sure I can visit the blog if it's "Phillies "Ph---" anything!

But seriously, good work on the blog. Gettin psyched for the season.

bobby:

Actually, an amendment to my previous post:

-The Phillies Dugout: A Blog

That's better I think.

As you were.

bobby:

Actually, an amendment to my previous post:

-The Phillies Dugout: A Blog

That's better I think.

As you were.

Anonymous:

Zo's Phillies Fill-in

Phillies-delphia Freedom Blog

The Phillies Zone: NL East Champions from 2007 through 2011 and beyond!

or

The Phillies Zone: The Cole Miners meet Chase's Chicks

Jim:

Suggested Blog Names:

- Phillies Bling

- Phillies Blast

- It's Outta Here - Phillies!

- Phanatical Phillies

- Phillies Citizens Bank Blog (let them sponsor it for you)

John:

How about Cheap Phillies

EJ:

"THE Phillies Blog" (Pronounced "Thee" as in THE Ohio State University)

Agreed, no 'Ph' in place of 'F'

bobby:

Actually, an amendment to my previous post:

-The Phillies Dugout: A Blog

That's better I think.

As you were.

Steve H:

zo knows the phillies

reference to the old bo jackson commercials

Michael:

Phantastic Phillies Zone

A Day in the life of the Phillies

Phanatical Phillies

Phillies : A blog

Jellyroll:

How about Phillies Phandom?

Mark:

How about "Phillies Diaries" - or - if you'd like to keep your name apart of this you could go with "Phillies Zo-log"

Pat Burrell:

Kick 'Em When They're Up, Kick 'Em When They're Down.

BR:

1. Zo Phils Zo
2. The Phillies: Middle In

upstate fan:

Phillies ZOO Zone this is a zoo for sure

Missy:

piggy-backing on David's Philabuster..

What about Philliebuster instead? I like the idea of the "long-winded" discussion playing into a blog, and "Phillie" seems to flow pretty well with it..plus it keeps Phillie in there.

danny:

Phillies Zone: Extra Innings

Clunker Lane:

Hard to Believe Harry!

Everybody Hits, Woo-Hoo!

Dollar Dog Blog

They Made Me Call it Phillies Blog

Phillies? We Don't Need No Stinking Phillies!

Phillies Francophile

geektothecorenj:

I like the name The Zo Zone but if you must how about. METS STINK!!!!

geektothecorenj:

It doesnt matter what you call it. As long as you dont leave us in the dust when your star shines on ESPN or other TV gigs. Dont be a Stephen A.

Anonymous:

The Phils Zone

I agree with the majority when I say I like the Zo Zone. If you are going to change it how about:
Zo's Phillie Phanatic Pros
Phillies Phinest Blogger
Phillies Phresh Phorum

Good luck Todd.

I agree with the majority when I say I like the Zo Zone. If you are going to change it how about:
Zo's Phillie Phanatic Pros
Phillies Phinest Blogger
Phillies Phinest Phorum

Good luck Todd.

jimmymack:

Phillies - Deal or no Deal? In honor of John Quinn, Lee Thomas, Paul Owens, Ed Wade and Pat Gillick.
I mean really, we have all bitched over the years about the deals the club makes or doesn't make, what could be more fitting? LOL
TZ, you're pushing 200 hits, awesome. Yeah, ya better change the name, nobody knows the blog is here.

jimmymack:

Going to surpass 200+ hits, better change the name, nobody knows the blog is here. LOL

Congrats TZ, you are the King of blogs on Philly.com.

jimmymack:

Congrats TZ, you are gonna pass 200+ hits, Awesome! You are the king.
Better change the name, nobody can find your blog. LOL!

andrew:

How bout:

The Losingest Franchise in Sports History

or just

Losers

jimmymack:

sorry for multiple posts, kept getting errors.

Anonymous:

SARGE AND WHEELS

Anonymous:

SARGE AND WHEELS

Anonymous:

tumble-weed charlie and the phightin phillies

Dan:

Phillies Phinest

Jim Phelan:

Philliesnavidad

Jeff R.:

I got it...

The Phighten Philler

Jeff R.:

I meant to spell it...

The Phightin Philler

Rob Partridge:

PHILLIES PHORTUNES

JB:

Unphiltered

JB:

Unphiltered

Matthew W:

I think you might have the name right in your entry. I like "It's the Phillies Blog!".

Chris G:

Phightin' Phils' Daily Phill

Chris G:

Phightin' Phils' Daily Phill

Pat:

Philliez Newz w/ Zo

Chris G:

Phillies Phour-One-One

Chris G:

Phillies Phour-One-One

Chris G:

Phillies Phour-One-One

What I tell the guy at the gas station, "Phillies up!"

or

Less Taste, More Phillies

Tony:

"CheapOwnership.com"

Jim:

Phillies PhanZone is pretty good.
Philabuster is not bad.

Philicitations?
Philamathesians?
Phrom Phirst to ...?
Phrankly

The Inquirer:

good work zo, now we would like to replace your picture with Adam Eatons'

How about, "The Fans Couldn't Come Up With A Good Name For This Phillies Blog."

Too long? TFCCUWAGNFTPB!

Winner!

ellen neri:

phlog

JB:

Z_ONE PHILLIES BLOG

JB:

Phillies DIAMOND ZOne BLOG

Z1 Phillies' Blog

Phillies zo BLOGzone

Phillies ZoBLOG is still my favorite.

Greg Lieb:

How about naming it "The Phillies Bull Pen"?

BDuns:

The Daily Phil In

Greg Lieb:

How about "the Phillies Blog formerly and famously known as Zo's Zon"?? It's short (not), sweet (NOT) and catchy (N O T).

Truth:

Phantastic Phillies Phailures

Mart:

Phillies First

Michael:

Strictly Phillies

PhilsPhanPhorum

Anonymous:

Hairy Phallanx

Charlie:

The Phillies Phruitcakes

Phillies Phreakings

Phillies Phailures

Phillies Phantasyland

Phillies Phascism

Phillies Pheng-Shui

Phillies Phiction

Phillies Phizz

Phillies Phlak

Phillies Phlame-Wars

Phillies Phlakes

Phillies Phlatulence

Phillies Phlavoring

Phillies Phoreboding

Phillies Phoreplay

Phillies Phorgeries

Phillies Phootnotes

Phillies Phossils

Phillies Phoul-outs

Phillies Phrappucinos

Phillies Phree-for-all

Phillies Phretting

The Phillies Phreezer

Phillies Phrontpage

Phillies Phuckheads

Phillies Phunk

Phillies Phundamentalists

Phull Phrontal Phillies

Phillies Phuzzy-Wuzzy

Phillies Phungus

Rose:

How about "Zo-Phillies!"...

Rose:

How about "Zo-Phillies!!!"

Rob:

Phillies Inquiries

Gary Miller:

Phillies Phorecast

Dave:

I would name it PEDRO FELIZ IS OVERRATED

patrick:

"The Officially Unofficial Phillies Blog" or
"The Phillies Officially Unofficial Blog"

KMG:

How about "Fastball Middle In", sponsored by Chris Wheeler and the Hair Club Phor Men ("my name is Wheels, I'm not a client, but with this ridiculous rug on my head I should be")

Winepimp:

IS Outta Here

Loren:

Hairy Phallanx

Anonymous:

Phillie Pinos

JGoff:

Get Your Phils

JGoff:

Get Your Phils

Rich M.:

No shortage of good ideas! Here are some for the other pile:

Phillies Phirst Base
Phillies Phirst Word
Phillies On Deck
Phillies Phlog
Phar More Phillies

And of course --

Those Phriggin' Phillies

Thanks for the great blog. Keep up the great work!

JGoff:

Get Your Phils

Rich M.:

No shortage of good ideas! Here are some for the other pile:

Phillies Phirst Base
Phillies Phirst Word
Phillies On Deck
Phillies Phlog
Phar More Phillies

And of course --

Those Phriggin' Phillies

Thanks for the great blog. Keep up the great work!

JGoff:

Get Your Phils

brutus:

The Phillies ZOn

adam:

Phillies Phodder

RichM:

Bake McBride's Afro

Bill Giles Is Thirsty

Phandemonium

Phrankly My Dear I Don't Give a Damn

Phrom the desk of Ed Wade

BOO

RW:

Regis Philliesbin

JB:

Todd Z's Inphiltration

Patrick:

Get your Phils

or anything without Phightin'

DV:

Zo-called Phillies Zone

DV:

Zo-called Phillies Zone

DV:

Zo-called Phillies Zone

Scott Weitzel:

"Almost as Good as BeerLeaguer"

dennis:

anything involving the phils right now should becalled give howard his 10 untill then dont wanna hear nothing from them

mike:

Phull Count
or...less corny: Full Count

mike:

Full Count (or the corny version, Phull Count)

Mike S:

This is a slam dunk: Todd's Phillies Blog It rhymes(sort of) and Todd keeps his name in the title. What do I win again?

Mike S:

This is a slam dunk: Todd's Phillies Blog It rhymes(sort of) and Todd keeps his name in the title. What do I win again?

The Saint:

Dr. Todd's Phillies Love Bungalow

Jon:

Phillies Bluntly is far and away the best name suggested, but it's probably too edgy for the Inky's mangement.

dan:

Phillies Inkorporated
Phillies, Ink.

Ernie:

I think people try and make things tougher than they are. I love your blog, I'm in Los Angeles now so your blog helps keep me up to date.

I like the name

Phillies Phinest Blog

Anonymous:

Pholecki's Phollies

Nick:

Pitchers Wanted
28 years and Counting...
Manuel Overdrive

West Coast Jones:

BLEEDING PHILLIES RED


I live 2500 miles away, but everyone out here who knows me knows that I Bleed Phillies Red every day of my life.

Joe D:

PHILLIES Bull & Pen,
or Phillies Bull/Pen.

At the very least I had a few good laughs.
This city has a great sense of humor.
My favorite: PHILLIESTINES.

Mark Johnson:

How about......"Thems Phightin' Words"

or......."Go Phillies Zo"

or...."Phillies Phan Blog"

or...."Phillies Fan Zone"

or..."I'm so Phu***n' Phrustrated I Don't Give a Phlyin' Phu** Anymore"........

How about the "Phillies Phlog"

cause when they're bad, we flog them ... and when they're good, we still seem to flog them ... LOL

GO PHILS!

Erich Homsher:

Phillies Phirst or Phillies Phorever or Phillies: Phood Phor thought

Erich Homsher:

Phillies Phirst or Phillies Phorever or Phillies: Phood Phor thought

Tim Hemcher:

how about the following:

" Phillies Phire Power"

Carl MacMullett:

Phillies Speak or Phillies sPeak
Phillies Peak
Phillies 'Puter or 'Puter Phillies
Phuture Phillies or Phillies Phuture
Phillies Peek or Peek@Phillies
Paperless Phillies or Phillies Paperless (ugh!!)
Phillies Place
Phillies Pace
Phillies Page
Phillies Pharisaic
Phillies Phanic
Phillies Pysche
Phillies Pyrotechnics or Phillies Phireworks

Norma:

Geez! Wish I had seen this last night!

I was going to try and come up with one, but all the bases seems to be covered. No pun intended!

Oh wait......."Phillies.....Covering the bases"!

My other favorites.......

~Phillies Phorum (my favorite)
~Phillies Philes
~Phillies Phever
~On the Phillies Phront

Todd, I don't envy you having to make a decision!

rexbigonia:

I say keep it simple, and remember who it's for, so here goes:

Philadelphia's Phillies Blog Zone.

Anonymous:

Phucking Phillies Bullpen!!

Anonymous:

Phils Phlap

Jen:

Okay, so let me see if I've got this straight:

You go above and beyond the call of duty by putting up a blog AND a podcast, in addition to your standard coverage, and your reward is...having your name knocked off the brand you've built from the ground up?

That's Ph*cked up.

At any rate, my vote's with Phillies Bull/Pen, or Phillies Bluntly if you can get it past management.

Just stay away from all the Zo-Phillies combos. They sound too much like "zoophilia" -- which you will *definitely* not be able to slip past the suits.

(P.S. Rah-rah-rah for Ski-U-Mah, dude.)

Jiorge:

Hey Todd, how about a blast from the distant past? After the games on TV in the late 50's and early 60's, Bill Duncan (I believe) had a show called "The Grandstand Manager". How about calling your column "Ask the Phillies Grandstand Manager"

Lou Foltz:

Phillies On Deck by Zolecki

Richard:

Based on the request to name a new blog
that screams Phillies, I would offer
RED ASSAULT
(for Go Red! as appearing in Phillies.com
and Assault for the Phillies Offense being
the best in the National League)

Anonymous:

killmes

Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo:

"The Philadelphia Phillies Cavalcade of Whimsy"

(with apologies to Sideshow Bob)

james:

I don't need no stinkin' rules:

Philatio


BV2ST :

"Phillies Writins' on the Fightins"

Henry:

What about "Phillies Land"?

Mark1npt:

How about the Philzone? It's like a calzone, only stuffed with info on our Phils rather than pepperoni......

Mark1npt:

Better yet...how about this "The Fightins' Write-in"......

Mark1npt:

Or something corny that Ben Franklin would be proud of like..."The Phillies Almanac".....?

Arnold Drummond:

Bake McBride's Afro is the best. Phuck all the rest. Time to masturbate.

Vinny FUmo:

The Phirst Team to 10K Losses Zone?

Mike:

Hey Todd, how about The Phillies Zo Zone. It combines the best of both worlds. Short, sweet, to the point, and everyone will know what it means!

Phillies The Editors Cut..

Anonymous:

Don't want to belabor the obvious, but how about "Phillies Blog?"

Bob:

PHILLIES, INQ. ZONE

Whatever you choose, put "Zone" after it to preserve the historical integrity of the blog.

Triple use for "INQ"

Inquirer
"Incorporated"
"ink" as slang for newspaper coverage.


The Wiz:

The FILLY PHLOPS

Sam:

Phaboulous Phillies Phorum

JKrebs:

I got it...

Phillies Phightin' Wordz!

The "z" on the end would be merely an homage to the z-man himself.

L:

Phillies - A View From Zo Stud

T:

PhillieZ Baseball Blog

Read the restrictions:

What part of one entry only, must include "Phillies" do you dipshits not understand?

Sometimes I think our problem truly is our front office is as stupid as our fans.

How about something I seem to do every season.

- Forgive the Phillies -

Michael C:

Phillies Zone wid Zo

Greg Schoen:

More Phillies Phutility

Jennifer:

Phillies Baseline

Timothy Brophy:

I thought of Philog Too

Or how about just Phlog?

That way, you can always be Phlogging, which is a Philadelphia Sports Pradition.

Timothy Brophy:

I thought of Philog Too

Or how about just Phlog?

That way, you can always be Phlogging, which is a Philadelphia Sports Tradition.

Kurt Raatzs:

Two Back - With One To Play

Mike Lynd:

Phillie Informed?
Phillie Phunctional?
Phillie Committed?
InsightPhillie?
Respect Phillie Yours?
Make me stop.

RichM:

Hard To Believe Harry
Runnerish
Wheels Of Fire
Phools Gold
Corrales A Pennant
Phillies Phaithful
Bandbox
The Ghost of John Felske
Phillies Navidad

Phillies Inq was the best one

Recon:

How about: The InPhilTrater or Phil Me In

I'm no tech geek, but I'm pretty sure having Phillies in the name of the blog won't boost search-engine results anyway. As long as Phillies is somewhere on the page, or even in the meta data, the engines will find it. Google will rank it depending on how many other Web sites link to it. So if you want to boost your Google rank, have every other blog on philly.com link to it and encourage other blogs/sites to do so as well.

CHRIS D.:

Phillies Phluff

steveR:

Phil thy Page
Phillie Phandemonium
Phil McCracken
Phillie Phodder
Phillie Phandom

Larry:

How the (blank) does the Daily News name their new Phillies blog "Big Cheese"???? Don't the philly.com "must have phillies in name" mandate apply to them??

Joe D:

PhiloZOphy: Zo Phillies, Zo Fine

Norma:

Well, Larry, it IS the Daily News.

Dan C.:

Late suggestions:

"Bring Back Dickie Thon - A blog of all things Phillies"

Casual Observations from Bull's BBQ
Fire Wheels
Click here for Kerri-Lee Halkett
Phisting in the locker room
From Schmitters to Schitters
Adam Eaton Sucks
Communication with Lizards
Looking Good Billy Ray - PHEELING Good Lewis!
Andy Musser Appreciation Page
Don't microwave Phillies Phranks


RichM:

Phounded in 1883
One Phreakin Chempionship in 125 Years
Hot Pants Patrol

RichM:

Mrs. Benson, are you trying to seduce me?
Stay Competitive
Faceless Ownership
The Loss Generation
The Glass Is Half Phil

Anonymous:

Phuck Mesa

sd:

1) zo zone
2) phillies philes

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