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With a global pandemic going on, society is on lockdown with many local governments issuing orders to stay at home and for employers to allow their staff to work from home. This week I reached out to some familiar names to see how they prepared to be hunkered down at home for extended periods of time.  Included in the group that I surveyed are baseball players, a professional wrestling champion, a recording artist as well as the radio voice of a local team. I asked, "What did you 'panic shop' for or what did you stock up on with all of this going on?"  Read ahead for the responses I got. Dom Pipkin, image- Jay Floyd Pitching prospect Dominic Pipkin : We did a little shopping, but it wasn't like hoarders grocery edition or anything.  We got a normal amount of snacks and stuff to eat and we already had toilet paper, so we didn't buy that. Pitching prospect Jonathan Hennigan , who hunts and fishes:  Man, no.  I got plenty of deer meat, fish and hog ...

For those of you that read the site regularly and perhaps also follow a few Phillies Nation staffers on Twitter, you know that some of us are lifelong professional wrestling fanatics. Not surprisingly, some Phillies minor league players have also long enjoyed action in the squared circle as well. This weekend marks the Super Bowl of the pro wrestling world, with WWE's WrestleMania set to take place in California. I caught up with minor league hurler Mark Leiter Jr. along with outfield prospect Brian Pointer to get their predictions on the full card. Here is how the two youngsters see the event shaking out along with some insight from each man on the World Champ Brock Lesnar's part time/special attraction status with the company as well as if they each see his main event challenger Roman Reigns as a viable contender for the championship strap: WWE World Heavyweight Title Match, Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns Leiter- I like Reigns, but whoever wrote that ending to the...

On Sunday, Lakewood's FirstEnergy Park, home of the Class A BlueClaws, played host to TNA Impact Wrestling's 2014 World Tour.  For a stop in a summer series of events held at minor league baseball venues some of the most talented in-ring performers in the world took part in the company's Basebrawl show. Gail Kim (pictured above), the world's best female professional wrestler, teamed with Madison Rayne to defeat the team of TNA Knockouts Champion Angelina Love and her partner Velvet Sky. Madison Rayne, a former TNA Knockouts Champion, is pictured above.  Jersey's own Robbie E and Jesse Godderz, two CBS reality competition starts, make up a tag team known as the Bro-Mans.  They challenged the TNA World Tag Team Champions, The Wolves, on the card. Davey Richards and Eddie Edward, The Wolves, were victorious in their tag team title defense against the Bro-Mans. Former United States Marine "Gunner" lost his bout against "The Cowboy...

On the 66th edition of the PhoulBallz Minor League Podcast, Jay's got exclusive remarks from J.P. Crawford and Zach Green about their progress and Jimmy Rollins ' all-time Phillies hits record. Tug and Jay also talk about Nic Hanson 's recovery from elbow surgery, Roman Quinn 's positional switch with Clearwater, Aaron Altherr 's promotion to the big leagues, Cameron Rupp 's weak output this year, some World Cup action and much more. Use the media player below to stream the full episode, or simply download it by clicking HERE . You can also check out previous episodes and subscribe on iTunes .

On the 65th edition of the show, Tug and Jay are joined by Impact Wrestling superstar Gunner to chat about his career and the upcoming BaseBrawl event at Lakewood's FirstEnergy Park later this month. The guys also talk about the progress of prospects such as Joey Gallo , J.P. Crawford , Tyler Knigge , Roman Quinn , Aaron Altherr and others. The Phillies' 2014 draft approach is also discussed. Use the media player below to stream the full episode, or simply download it by clicking HERE . You can also check out previous episodes and subscribe on iTunes .

Total Non-stop Action (TNA) Wrestling is holding its monthly pay per view program at the Liacouras Center on April 19th. A few weeks back, wrestling champ "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash visited the Phillies in Clearwater and TNA shot some footage of Nash chatting it up with our Phillies. Former World Wrestling Champ Nash seemed interested in recruiting some of the World Baseball Champs for appearances at the April Lockdown show. Brett Myers, Geoff Jenkins, Shane Victorino, Ryan Howard and even the skipper Charlie Manuel are all seen spending time with Nash. Myers even takes time to tell Nash about the Philadelphia phans and what to expect from the crowd. In an additional note tying the Phillies and TNA Wrestling, Mrs. Hamels' Survivor and Playboy friend, Jenna Morasca is now employed by TNA in a yet to be announced on-air role. Survivor phans may recall Cole's wife, Heidi and Jenna removed their clothing for food, on the show, and then were featured in a Playboy pictorial la...