New York Yankees
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy of jeffcrupper.com According to the Cubs blog Cubbies Crib, pitcher Brian Schlitter has been returned to the Chicago Cubs after the waiver claim was voided by Major League Baseball, just under two months after it was made. But wait – wasn't Schlitter claimed from the Yankees? Yes – but then […]
Posted by Frank Klose New Era commercial The pre-game show on Fox Saturday baseball was all about the Red Sox and Yankees, even though locally we were to see the Phillies take on the Atlanta Braves. The commercial apparently were also for that series, though the one Phillies reference in a Red Sox – Yankees […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy of penachemag.comIn today's New York Post, Joel Sherman thinks back to the New York Yankees' 2010 in-season and post-season pursuits of Cliff Lee and where they went wrong, and I could not help but thinking about the Phillies' 2009 pursuit of an ace pitcher to help make up for the […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth I hate Predictions posts. First, I predict the most likely outcomes. Second, crazy random happenstances cause less likely outcomes to occur. Third, I am told that my predictions were "wrong." I'm "wrong" because some experts thought giving Derek Jeter a Gold Glove was a reasonable course of action? I'm "wrong" because […]
Posted by Adam Gonsiewski The second of a five-day series of predictions from Philliedelphia's contributors. American League predictions AL East division winner – Red Sox AL Central division winner – Tigers AL West division winner – Athletics AL Wild Card team – Yankees AL MVP – Miguel Cabrera, Tigers AL Cy Young – Jon Lester, […]
Posted by Frank Klose In a new study from the research group Brand Keys, Philadelphia Phillies fans were ranked "most loyal" In this piece from Bloomberg Business News,Brand Keys' president Robert Passikoff recognized the personal involvement of Phillies fans: “With the Phillies, every game seems to count to the whole team. They seem to take […]
Posted by Stephen Gallo Courtesy www.phillies.com It’s a slow Friday in the Phillies universe, so why not talk about one of the more head scratching issues going on right now? I know Spring Training 2011 is only two weeks old, but should we be worried about the long term health of fan favorite, Chase Utley? […]
Posted by Stephen Gallo R-E-S-P-E-C-T As we all know, Aretha Franklin sang about respect back in the late 60’s. The catchy lyrics have crept into your mind and loitered for a while at some point. Rodney Dangerfield also made a living talking about how little respect he’d received over the years. […]
The Phillies sent RHP Addison Russ to the New York Yankees in exchange for fellow righty David Hale.
For the first time in Phillies (1-3) franchise history, the team will be playing a doubleheader comprised of two seven inning games. Both games against the New York Yankees (8-1) will be played in a mostly-empty Citizens Bank Park, however, the teams will split home team duties as the Phillies will play the “road” team in the first game and the “home” team for the second. Game one is scheduled to begin at 4:05 with game two starting roughly 35 minutes after game one concludes.
