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Posted by Kevin Durso Courtesy of Phoenix New Times Yesterday, you read about the Phillies’ three aces – defending Cy Young Winner Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Cole Hamels – and why each could win the Cy Young Award. Today, in the second of this two-part series, I’m taking a look at the other National […]
Posted by Kevin Durso Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso Ryan Howard drove in four runs in the Phillies’ 11-3 win over the Nationals on Saturday night, improving his total to 95 on the season, taking over the National League lead. As the MVP winner in 2006, Howard has the potential to put up monstrous numbers in every season. […]
Posted by Kevin Durso Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso Last season, Roy Halladay dazzled with a perfect game, 21 wins, and just an extraordinary season that was capped with a no-hitter in Game 1 of the NLDS. He unanimously was voted the National League’s Cy Young Award winner. This season, three Phillies’ pitchers have put themselves right in […]
Posted by Kevin Durso For Roy Oswalt, it had been a long time coming. June 12th was the last time he had taken the mound at Citizens Bank Park. It was also the last time he picked up a win. Tonight, he was able to take a step in the right direction, and threw a […]
Posted by Kevin Durso Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso What's better than the Phillies' franchise-best 9-1 road trip? A day off and a homecoming tour. Yes, the Phillies, who just finished an incredibly successful road trip, are returning home for six straight games before taking their amazing act back on the road. It all starts with three games […]
Posted by Kevin Durso Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso As you watched Vance Worley allow five runs in the first inning yesterday while the Dodgers batted around, you had no right to turn the game off. Not because there were eight more innings to play, but because it was the Phillies first implosion of a game since the […]
Posted by Kevin Durso The Phillies road map of a sweep isn’t the greatest. Of the last two series swept by the Phillies, back-to-back series against the Pirates and Rockies, both featured crazy games in the series finale. In their other chances to sweep of late, the finale has been disastrous. Today’s game was a […]
Posted by Kevin Durso One month ago, Cliff Lee turned in an eight-inning gem where he allowed one run, he took a no-decision, as the Phillies and Braves were locked at one. That one run came courtesy of Lee himself, as he took Tommy Hanson deep. The only disappointing part of that game was that […]
Posted by Kevin Durso Shane Victorino didn't shy away from questions about his actions on Friday night. He knew this was coming, but what he didn't know was how long or for what he would be sitting out games for. Shane Victorino was suspended by Major League Baseball for three games due to actions in […]
Posted by Kevin Durso Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso After winning every game on the road trip, the Phillies finally took a loss yesterday. Granted, it would have been a tough task to sweep the defending World Champs. The Phillies’ road trip wraps up in Los Angeles, with three games against the Dodgers. Not long ago, the Dodgers […]