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Phillies Fans Will Miss Catcher Erik Kratz, One Of Baseball’s Good Guys

Photo: Philliedelphia/Frank Klose Phillies fans seemed to mind losing someone who had become one of their favorite players these last…

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Major League Baseball, Japan Agree To New Posting System

  The starting pitcher free agent market has been at a standstill because Major League Baseball and the Japan league…

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Phillies Add Catcher Wil Nieves To Back Up Carlos Ruiz

  What a busy 24 hours it has been in Major League Baseball.  With free agent signings and trades, this…

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Lou Marson Among Non-Tendered Players Who Could Give Phillies Catching Depth

The Phillies are pretty short on catching depth.  Yes, the team re-signed catcher Carlos Ruiz to a three-year deal, but…

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Peter Luukko Quits Comcast Spectacor, Flyers

Luukko with the Rolling Stones via the Comcast Spectacor Facebook Page In a very abrupt and stunning move, Comcast Spectacor…

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Time For Phillies To Make Decisions On John Mayberry, Jr., Kyle Kendrick, Others

December 2nd is the deadline for teams to make arbitration offers to their players.   It is also the time…

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The Nationals Want Taxpayers To Put A Roof On Nationals Park At $300 Million Cost

The Nationals have not shied away from spending millions of dollars on high-priced Scott Boras clients in their 10- year existence….

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Curt Schilling On The Hall Of Fame Ballot Again As Many Big Names Are Added

Last year's Hall of Fame vote netted former Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling 38% of the ballots.  Yes, an ironic number…

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Fox 29’s Howard Eskin: Phillies Looking To Trade Domonic Brown For Pitching

  In the latest trade rumor coming from Fox 29 Sports Anchor Howard Eskin, the Phillies could be offering up…

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Friend To Foe: Rich Dubee Joins Braves

Former Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee did not find a major league pitching coach job this offseason. He did, however…

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Former Phillies Reliever, 2008 World Champion Chad Durbin Retires

The Phillies 2008 World Championship seems further and further in the rear-view mirror as another member of the 2008 team…

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MLB, Japan Closer To Working Out Agreement For Posted Players While Masahiro Tanaka Waits

Major League Baseball and Japanese professional baseball moved closer toward an agreement today that would allow Japanese teams to "post"…

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Phillies Faithful Podcast Ep 2 – Free Agency, Coaches, and Roster Moves

On the second episode of Phillies Faithful Podcast, Dan DeFeo and Nick Boccella enjoy Buffalo Trace, a smooth, decent value…

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Braves Get Weaker: Brian McCann To Sign With The Yankees

Another major free agent dropped off of the board tonight as long-time Phillies foe Brian McCann agreed to a new…

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Chris Young Or Marlon Byrd? Wrong Comparison. Still, Phillies Fans Do Not Like Mets Signing

The Phillies signed outfielder Marlon Byrd to a two-year, $16 million contract.   The Mets today signed outfielder Chris Young…

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Phillies Will Retain Rod Nichols, Too

The Phillies liked Rod Nichols enough to retain him on the major league staff in 2014 after spending eight seasons…

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Phillies Have Plenty Of Left-Handed Bats…Except On The Bench

  Wikipedia Commons One of the more puzzling storylines surrounding Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. saying that he planned…

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Phillies Add Four To Roster, Protect Them From Rule 5 Draft

  Tonight's midnight deadline to set 40-man rosters for the Rule-5 draft meant that the Phillies had to protect some…

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Is Cuban Defector Dayron Varona A Good Fit For The Phillies?

The following is a special guest post from Andrew Shipotofsky Until recently the Phillies haven’t been major players in the…

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Phillies Reportedly Considering Mickey Morandini For Assistant Hitting Coach

Photo: Philliedelphia/Frank Klose The Phillies lost Wally Joyner, but a popular ex-Phillie could be taking his place.  According to CSN…

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Wally Joyner, Mick Billmeyer Take Jobs With Detroit Tigers

Well, in my post earlier, I failed to notice one possibility: the Detroit Tigers.  With former hitting coach Lloyd McClendon…

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Phillies “Have Some Form Of Interest” In Outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury

This is the first time that I have seen the Phillies linked to Jacoby Ellsbury in any way whatsoever.  But…

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Wally Joyner Quits Phillies Again

Initially, Phillies Assistant Hitting Coach Wally Joyner declined the Phillies' contract offer for 2013.  Then, he changed his mind and…

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Phillies Reportedly “Strongly Pursuing” Reliever Such As Edward Mujica

  The Phillies reportedly are in the hunt for an eighth-inning setup man.  And to do so, they're willing to…

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Ryan Howard For David Price?

Okay, so the "Ron and Ian" show on 96.5 WDAE in Tampa Bay, Florida came up with this latest Phillies…

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Where Are They Now? Former Phillies First Baseman Rico Brogna Gets Job With Angels

Currently for sale on Ebay by user thecatspajamas99 Former Phillies first baseman Rico Brogna has found his way back into…

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Rockies Reportedly “Move On” From Carlos Ruiz

The Phillies and whoever else is out there after Carlos Ruiz (Red Sox? Blue Jays?) have one less competitor toward…

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Phillies Sign Reliever Shawn Camp

The Phillies sign another free agent.  No, it's not anyone big.  Jon Heyman of CBS reports that the Phillies have…

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Reported Phillies – Blue Jays Trade Discussion Squashed

Last night's report by Fox 29's Howard Eskin that the Phillies were "deep" in discussions with the Toronto Blue Jays…

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