The Phillies’ Problem: They Have No Options (Literally)

One major goal of the Phillies' offseason was to beef up their bench.  They invested in veterans Ty Wigginton, Jim Thome, Juan Pierre, and Laynce Nix.  The effect is, they have (literally) no options. The Phillies offense has scored just 43 runs this whole season so far, and continues to deliver underwhelming results: Team batting […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  23 Apr 2012
Fixing The Phillies? Not Yet.

The Phillies are off to a 7-9 start. To hear some tell it, they might as well be 2-14. They are on the panic button, and want drastic action taken now. I'm not with them. I think a harder road might be a better road than winning 102 games like last year, which incidentally didn't […]

Rich Wilkins  •  22 Apr 2012