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Posted by Mike Frohwirth Another blowout victory by the Phillies on Saturday, 10-2 in Atlanta. Winner Roy Oswalt pitched six strong innings, allowing two runs (one earned), and contributing .128 in Win Probability Added (WPA). Pinch-hitter Carlos Ruiz had the big blow, a seventh-inning grand slam, which was good for .113 in WPA. Game Graph! […]

Posted by Mike Frohwirth The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (AAA) fell to the Syracuse Chiefs (Nationals affiliate) on Sunday, 2-0. On Dog Day at the Park, the host IronPigs disappointed 8,690 humans, and an undisclosed number of canines. The 'Pigs fell to 1-2 on the season, and are back below the .500 mark, where they have […]

Posted by Mike Frohwirth Zombie Mike Schmidt, courtesy of Jeremy Scheuch Most Phillies fans have spent hours upon hours envisioning what their favorite players will look like, after the Zombie Apocalypse. In the case of Mike Schmidt, that question has finally been answered. Now we can focus on imagining Zombie Ricky Otero. (Art by Jeremy […]

Posted by Mike Frohwirth   Very impressive 11-0 win by the Phillies on Thursday afternoon. Seven scoreless frames from Roy Halladay, a 4 for 4 day from Wilson Valdez (!), and two-hit games from Shane Victorino, Placido Polanco, and Jimmy Rollins paced the Phils' 16-hit demolition of the Mets. Not a lot of strategy to […]

(Posted by Mike Frohwirth) (Spoiler Alert: This post was written on November 4th, 2011. It contains an account of the 2011 Phillies' season.) For the Phillies, the 2010 season was a bad one for injuries. But if 2010 was a "bad" one for injuries, what was the 2011 season? "Dreadful?" "Ghastly?" I think I'll go […]

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