It’s the End of the Road…
Ah, what a fitting song for this team. The Phillies are 31-35 now. They're eight games back of the Braves….
Read more Lost Leadership Paved the Way to .500
David Murphy makes a great point about the Phillies: they weren't good last year, and they aren't good now. They…
Read more Bad Baseball Brings Sell-Off Closer
I've been a 17 game season ticket holder for the Phillies since 1991, so I've seen plenty of bad baseball….
Read more Phillies Weekly Preview, 6/10-6/16
Well, another week of no progress. At one point this week, the Phillies were over .500 and in second place….
Read more Why Trade Lee?
Photo by Rich Wilkins The Phillies went 81-81 last year, and went into this evening at 29-30, which has prompted…
Read more If 2013 is to be Different, Now is the Time.
Mayberry walks them off.Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. The Phillies started the week at 27-30, but they were also entering…
Read more Phillies Weekly Preview, 6/3-6/9
The Phillies season is at a crossroads, sitting at 27-30 on the year right now. This week could be make…
Read more Ryan Howard, Ricky Romero, and BAD Contracts.
Picture by Richard Wilkins Jr. I hate getting in on the Ryan Howard contract-bashing of many other fans, because, well,…
Read more The Stupidity of the Pete Rose Situation
Pete Rose was supposed to appear at the IronPigs game on Father's Day to sign autographs and throw out the…
Read more Ranking the Phillies Prospects, End of May 2013 Edition
I was going through old posts of mine the other day, and found a ranking of prospects that I did…
Read more The Emergence of the Dom Beast
I remember when Dom Brown arrived in Allentown in 2010, and we all were just watching him amaze us. Brown's…
Read more Blow up the Core? Signs Point to Yes.
Picture by Richard Wilkins Jr. Ryan Howard's gonna have to play through knee pain this season. Lovely. Since, you know,…
Read more Phillies Weekly Preview, 5/27-6/2
Well, after a very awful game yesterday, the Phillies are 24-26. Today, they start a few days playing the Red…
Read more Memorial Day Grades for the Phillies
The Phillies are 24-26 at Memorial Day, so I think giving the team a grade is easy- it's a C….
Read more How Bad Will Things Get in South Philly?
Harry Kalas would not be enjoying this season. The Phillies are not a good baseball team. Today's 6-1 loss was…
Read more Ruben Don’t Care Who You Want Up
Don't even think you'll see Asche…. Tonight at the IronPigs game, we saw Joe Savery, Mike Stutes, and Jake Diekman…
Read more Phillies Weekly Preview 5/20-5/26
Another winning week against decent competition. After a 4-3 trip out West, now the Phillies put up a 3-2 trip…
Read more Phillies Weekly Preview, 5/13-5/19
"DDDeeeeeeellllllmmmmmoooonnnnn! Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. The week ahead…. Philadelphia Phillies (18-21, NL East-3) vs. Cleveland Indians (21-16, AL Central-2)…
Read more Phillies Weekly Preview, 5/6-5/12
The most interesting thing I saw at the game on Satuday was Cracker Jack Man, the best vendor in the…
Read more Doc, Hurting the Team, and Chasing the Ring
Photo by Rich Wilkins Roy Halladay is one of the best players of the last 15 years, if not the…
Read more Don’t Get Too Excited About Doc’s Replacement
Morgan on-deck yesterday. By Rich Wilkins I got the texts yesterday- "So Morgan or Biddle replaces Halladay now?" Uh, no….
Read more Why are we Discussing Giancarlo Stanton?
From Stanton's Twitter Let me start with this- I'd love to have Giancarlo Stanton in Philadelphia for the next decade….
Read more Diminishing Melodies, Diminishing Expectations
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. Most of the people reading this are people who grew up in the 80s and…
Read more Phillies Outfield No Good
The Phillies outfield has the lowest OPS in the majors, and Ruben screwed up to make it this way. If…
Read more The Phillies outfield has the lowest OPS in the majors, and Ruben screwed up to make it this way. If…
Read more Darin Ruf Putting Pressure On Domonic Brown With Hot Streak
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. Darin Ruf hit his third homer in three days yesterday. He's 8-for his last-13, with…
Read more Grading the Phililes: April Report Card
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. We're a month into the season, and the Phillies are a 12-15 team. They have…
Read more One More Stop Before Cooperstown For Jim Thome?
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. Jim Thome doesn't want to quit baseball. Yes, he's a big 42 year old man…
Read more Phillies Weekly Preview
Photo by Rich Wilkins Another week down, another week coming up. The Phillies welcome Delmon Young back tonight…
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