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Johan Rojas struggled to produce at the plate this season. Both his offensive shortcomings and roster flexibility resulted in his demotion to Triple-A.
The Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday afternoon announced they are placing star catcher J.T. Realmuto on the 10-day injured list with a right knee injury. Realmuto will be undergoing right knee meniscectomy surgery on Wednesday in Philadelphia, according to the team. The Phillies placed J.T. Realmuto on the 10-day IL (retro to 6/10) with right knee […]
The Phillies had two players in AA named to the Eastern League All-Star team, including a player that most fans likely don’t know about.
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs led all of MiLB in total attendance and average attendance during the 2023 season.
Cole Hamels announced Friday afternoon that he will be retiring alongside Padres teammate Craig Stammen (via Bob Nightengale of USA Today). The former Phillie hurled his last full season in 2019 with the Cubs, and went 7-7 with a 3.81 ERA. He last pitched in a game for Atlanta in 2020, and signed late in […]
Focusing on the relatively worthless ball, itself, is beside the point. Rather, it’s bringing it home and proudly displaying it on our mantelpiece as a memory-triggering device that constitutes the value. It’s this process that transforms a valueless ball into a priceless artifact.
Posted by Stephen Gallo Courtesy philly.com Well, that couldn’t have gone any better, now could it? The Phillies had a stellar opening weekend series against the Houston Astros. It was a series sweep that showed off their tremendous starting pitching and timely hitting. The hitting was definitely a question coming into this season with Chase Utley […]
(Posted by Mike Frohwirth) That post title doesn't seem too believable, does it? If there's one topic that pretty much all Phillies fans can agree on, it's Kyle Kendrick's suckitude. Last night, I was in a NE Philly bar, and met a gentlemen who thinks differently. After some conversation, he indicated that he was an […]
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While I have no issue with any fan who wants to surrender their hard-won foul ball to a kid or anyone else, I find the social enforcement of this newfangled tradition unsettling, telling, and sad. And I want to explain – right now, so there will be no misunderstanding later – why I’m never giving your kid the ball I catch no matter what.
