Benson Offspring To Overrun Philly

Hmm! PW’s Kate Kilpatrick this week profiled none other than Anna Benson, wife of the new, currently injured Phillies pitcher. Benson says she “manipulated the media” in New York, and not just by being a knockout former stripper who sent funny emails to Adam Rubin and said other funny things.

Well, no, okay, I guess that’s what she did.

Anyway, Benson also says she’s going to do about 400 million different things — none of which are modeling — but then says she’ll pry just have a 50 kids and send them to the Prep:

“We want more babies. If he signs to Philadelphia, I’ll be pregnant in the next month I’m sure,” she says, explaining that the couple is delaying pregnancy until they figure out where they’re settling down. “It’s a long time [seven years] since I’ve been pregnant. We want at least two more. I’m willing to have as many as he’ll give me.”

Hooray! That would give the gossip columnists material for years.

“I May Get a Wild Hair.” [PW]

Kris (And Anna!) Benson Reconsidered

Well, I’ve read all the reports, and apparently every single person was more optimistic than I was about the Kris Benson signing. Well, I can admit when I’m outnumbered — and I’m actually higher on it now than I was yesterday — so I’ll acquiesce.

Why am I higher on it? Well, I looked at some stats and came out much more optimistic than I did beforehand. Plus, when the third straight female IMed me to tell me she found the photo of Anna Benson (somewhat reproduced with this post) extremely hot, well, I had to admit I may have somehow underrated both the veteran pitcher and his hot wife. (Plus, Wikipedia tells me her measurements are 34DD-24-34. I love the Internet.)

A friend IMed me yesterday, informing me that Anna Benson may be just what this town needs after Alycia Lane is headed out of the news. He’s right! Let’s go Anna Phillies!

Phillies Sure To Win Pennant With Signing Of Another Cheap, Low-Risk Player

Pretty much everybody is reporting the Phillies are going to sign oft-injured, oft-mediocre starter Kris Benson, who you may know best because he has a hot wife (at right). Todd Zolecki says it’s actually already done.

Benson is yet another in a long line of “meh” signings this winter by the Phillies, who really only excited anybody this offseason by trading for Brad Lidge. Meanwhile, the Mets traded for the best pitcher in baseball; the Phillies have so far been too cheap to even pay Kyle Lohse a few mil to sure shore up the rotation a bit. Instead, the Phils got Pedro Feliz, Geoff Jenkins and a maybe few other guys you don’t really know.

Anyway, the newest Phillie will compete for the fifth starter’s job with a bunch of other awesome players, such as Adam Eaton, J.D. Durbin, Chad Durbin and Travis Blackley. (Who the hell is Travis Blackley?) Personally, I’m starting to get excited — for the team’s next playoff appearance around 2020. OMG, Anna Benson is hot! Let’s have a parade for that!