Marlon Byrd
Embed from Getty Images After Phillies pitcher Daniel Stumpf was suspended 80 games for a violation of the joint drug agreement in Major League Baseball, we learned that more suspensions were pending in coming weeks. The first name appears to have surfaced and he had Phillies ties twice over. Also twice over is the […]
Cliff Lee led the Phillies to a series opening win in Los Angeles to help even up the road trip and get the Phils off on the right foot in their new series. Once again, the Phillies (9-10) have a chance to reach that elusive .500 mark. The Los Angeles Dodgers (12-8) look to bounce back from a tough […]
Kyle Kendrick makes his 2014 debut in the Phillies series finale against the Texas Rangers. (Photo by Kevin Durso/Philliedelphia) The Phillies chance to claim an early series vanished at the hands of the bullpen on Tuesday night. Wednesday night's game becomes the swing game. The Phillies (1-1) may have a bitter taste of defeat in […]
Marlon Byrd, the Phillies newest (and one of their oldest) players, spoke to CSN Philly's Michael Barkann about his 50-game suspension in 2012 for performance enhancing drugs. Byrd says that he has an explaination, and he shared it in his interview. Byrd explained that the positive test was the result of a botched breast reduction: […]
So the Twitterverse is freaking out. It's somewhat about Marlon Byrd, but fans seem to care more about the dollar amount he received. Here are some samples: Someone tell me that Byrd's deal is not for 16 million dollars, that is a fireable offense — Matt Winkelman (@Matt_Winkelman) November 12, 2013 Wait…There is literally […]
Not much is working in favor of the Phillies these days. After dropping the first two series of the season, Roy Halladay looked to get his first win of the year against Matt Harvey and the Mets tonight, but would see no such luck. Early on, Doc was struggling. In the top of the second, […]
