Atlanta Braves
Posted by Kevin Durso The Atlanta Braves were just one of two teams to see a huge wildcard lead vanish on the season's final day. (Courtesy of Yahoo.com) “Baseball is just a game, as simple as a ball and bat, yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes […]
Posted by Kevin Durso The Phillies' franchise-record 102nd win of the season, ended the Atlanta Braves push for a playoff spot. Even in Game #162, baseball wouldn't go down without a fight. So, as the innings carried on, the excitement level just continued to pick up. This was as close to a Postseason preview as […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Polanco gets plunked in the elbow in the seventh inning I don't know about you, but I'm getting really, really sick of rain and rain delays. At 8:57, this Phillies-Braves game finally started, and it started with a bang. In the bottom of the first inning, Chase Utley homered for the […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Daylife.com …Sorry, no pictures available from today's game just yet. It's becoming quite habitual to start off a recap of a game started by Cliff Lee with: CLIFF LEE. Look at the title of this post. Everything under it does not need to be explained (except for the last […]
Posted by Frank Klose The official Phillies twitter page just tweeted: Wow. When the Phillies called up Perez last week over Mike Zagurski, the usual lefty making the drive down 476, it seemed like a stop-gap measure and that he would hardly pitch. After watching the Carpenter-Matheison-Baez-Herndon part of the bullpen struggle and with left-handed […]
Posted by Frank Klose According to a report on CBS Sports, the Phillies are "iffy" on Roy Halladay starting this year's All-Star game. Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee is quoted in the piece: "You're looking at a guy that's leading the league in innings pitched by a pretty good size," Dubee said. "I don't know […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Prior to the start of this day game, the Phillies and Braves made a few quick changes in wardrobe. The Phillies brought back the uniform of the Philadelphia Stars, the Negro League team which was founded in 1933, and disbanded in 1952. The Braves wore the uniform of the Atlanta Black […]
Photo courtesy of Phillies.com The night started off promising for the Phillies – they jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on the road, had one of their four aces on the mound, and were facing the Braves bullpen after only two innings. Despite having much in their favor, the Phillies did anything but cruise […]
Posted by Jorge Suarez I'm very happy 97.5 the Fanatic tweeted this video from TMZ about Roger McDowell's homophobic incident and subsequent lawsuit. Check it out below: 1) Why do the little kids have to be there to hear what happened all over again, and 2) Why aren't the guys he was screaming at […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy minorleaguebaseball.com The Atlanta Braves announced that their top pitching prospect Julio Teheran will make a spot start on Saturday to face the Phillies. Teheran has had much success this season at AAA Gwinnett, where he has given up six earned runs so far all season, giving him a 3-0 record […]
