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Local RHP Koplove Signs With Phillies

The Phillies have signed right-handed pitcher Mike Koplove.

The Philadelphia-born Koplove, 32, spent all of 2008 in AAA Las Vegas. He went 2-1 wiht a 3.46 ERA in 41 appearances. Prior to that, he spent much of 2006 and ’07 in minor league systems. His most notable season was 2002, when he finished 6-1 with a 3.36 ERA in 55 games for Arizona.

Koplove will be invited to Spring Training, but will likely be assigned to AAA Lehigh Valley.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.