Tag: Philadelphia Phillies
Impotent Phillies Look to Back Blanton as All’s Wells Probably Won’t End Well
| 1 Comment on Impotent Phillies Look to Back Blanton as All’s Wells Probably Won’t End WellImpotence. The Philadelphia Phillies in a word, against a pitcher who had an 8+ ERA last night. Now how will…
Read more »Phillies Drop First of Four Game Series to Cubs, 5-1
| 1 Comment on Phillies Drop First of Four Game Series to Cubs, 5-1It's safe to say we're all tired of these kinds of losses. Roy Halladay was pitching himself a beauty of…
Read more »Halladay Set To Take Hill Against Cubs In Series Opener
| Leave a Comment(Photo: Philliedelphia/Lindsey Crew) The Phils are coming back from a West Coast road trip in which they finished 5-5. They…
Read more »Tigers Release Brandon Inge; Possible Infield Depth for Phillies?
| Leave a CommentToday, the Detroit Tigers released third baseman Brandon Inge after a 12-year tenure together. Inge, who was batting .100 (2-20)…
Read more »Mets’ Pelfrey “Likely” To Have Tommy John Surgery
| 1 Comment on Mets’ Pelfrey “Likely” To Have Tommy John SurgeryThe third place New York Mets may be three games over .500, but they have some bad news to break….
Read more »Dontrelle Willis Can’t Make a Bad Team; Demands Release as if Someone Would Take Him
| 1 Comment on Dontrelle Willis Can’t Make a Bad Team; Demands Release as if Someone Would Take HimWell, Dontrelle Willis could not make the Phillies. So, to increase his chances of making a major league team,…
Read more »Pence, Howard Remain Out With Injuries; Pence Gets MRI, Howard “A Week” Away
| 4 Comments on Pence, Howard Remain Out With Injuries; Pence Gets MRI, Howard “A Week” AwayEarly this afternoon, Ruben Amaro Jr. updated the statuses of both Hunter Pence and Ryan Howard. For starters, Pence will…
Read more »Phillies Drop to Padres, 6-1; Leave San Diego After 2-2 Series
| 2 Comments on Phillies Drop to Padres, 6-1; Leave San Diego After 2-2 Series(Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani) This is getting old. The Phillies tried to avoid a series split this afternoon in San Diego…
Read more »Joe Blanton Aims To Avoid Series Split In San Diego
| 1 Comment on Joe Blanton Aims To Avoid Series Split In San DiegoPhilliedelphia/Steve Trapani It had been 13 games since the Phillies had lost a game at Petco Park. But as we…
Read more »Phillies End Winning Streak in San Diego; Drop 5-1 to Padres
| 1 Comment on Phillies End Winning Streak in San Diego; Drop 5-1 to Padres(Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani) It's games like these that really make you wonder how the rest of this season will treat the…
Read more »Cliff Lee Placed On DL With Left Oblique Strain
| 2 Comments on Cliff Lee Placed On DL With Left Oblique Strain(Photo: Philliedelphia/Lindsey Crew) It never ends, does it? Cliff Lee has been placed on the DL with a left oblique…
Read more »Halladay Looks To Continue Dominance As He Takes On Struggling Padres
| Leave a Comment(Photo: Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani) The Phillies have already won the first two of four games against the Padres, totalling their stretch…
Read more »Phillies Extend Winning Streak at PetCo Park with 4-1 Win Over Padres
| 1 Comment on Phillies Extend Winning Streak at PetCo Park with 4-1 Win Over PadresFormer Cincinnati Red Edinson Volquez took the mound tonight for the Padres against Cole Hamels who has been victorious in…
Read more »Cole Hamels Returns To Sunny California To Face Hometown Padres
| 1 Comment on Cole Hamels Returns To Sunny California To Face Hometown PadresThe Phillies have won 12 consecutive games at Petco Park in San Diego. Currently, that is the longest active winning…
Read more »Cliff Lee, Matt Cain Set To Clash In Series Finale
| Leave a Comment(Photo: Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani) The series is split one a piece thus far. Roy Halladay beat out Tim Lincecum and the…
Read more »Former Phillie Jamie Moyer Becomes Oldest Pitcher To Win MLB Game
| Leave a CommentIt took him two previous tries that both resulted in losses, but last night 49 year-old Jamie Moyer took to…
Read more »Right on the Niese: Jon Niese and Mets Blank Phillies 5-0
| Leave a CommentUgly, ugly, ugly. No, not the Mets. The Phillies' offense and pitching. Vance Worley started his second game of the…
Read more »Lee and Company Host Dickey, Mets In Series Opener
| Leave a Comment(Philliedelphia/Lindsey Crew) The Phillies finally won their first series of the season. Last night, Joe Blanton was spectacular through 7…
Read more »Philliedelphia Remembers Harry Kalas on the Three Year Anniversary of His Death
| 1 Comment on Philliedelphia Remembers Harry Kalas on the Three Year Anniversary of His DeathThree years ago to this day, Philadelphia lost the greatest voice in the world; Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Kalas….
Read more »Victorino, Wigginton Go Yard in 3-1 Win Over Miami; Blanton Spectacular in First Start of Season
| 1 Comment on Victorino, Wigginton Go Yard in 3-1 Win Over Miami; Blanton Spectacular in First Start of SeasonIncoincidentally, Joe Blanton started his first game of the season on the first Dollar Dog Night at Citizens Bank Park!…
Read more »Pat Burrell To Retire a Phillie; Will Throw Out First Pitch for Giants Against Phillies Next Week
| Leave a CommentCourtesy brschaferphoto/Flickr That's right. Pat "The Bat" Burrell will sign a one-day contract with the team he began his career…
Read more »Phillies “Haven’t Called” Cole Hamels in a While; I Say Sign Him Now or…Trade Him
| 1 Comment on Phillies “Haven’t Called” Cole Hamels in a While; I Say Sign Him Now or…Trade HimExpect to hear Cole Hamels' name a lot this upcoming season. The second week of the season people are already…
Read more »Phillies Even Series with 7-1 Win; Offense Finally Breaks Through
| Leave a CommentNot tonight, Miami. Freddy Galvis and the Phils had other plans. Tonight was all about this Phillies lineup. Charlie Manuel…
Read more »Doc, JJ Set For Pitcher’s Duel In Philly
| Leave a CommentPhilliedelphia/Lindsey Crew The first time Roy Halladay and Josh Johnson faced off on the mound was May 29, 2010. Roy…
Read more »Cole Hamels and Phillies Host Ozzie Guillen and His Marlins In Home Opener
| 2 Comments on Cole Hamels and Phillies Host Ozzie Guillen and His Marlins In Home OpenerThis weekend wasn't delightful. Coming out of Pittsburgh with a 1-2 record and just six total runs scored over three…
Read more »Easter Special: Vanimal Takes On Pirates In Series Finale
| Leave a Comment(Photo: Philliedelphia/Lindsey Crew) Happy Easter, everybody! I hope the Easter Bunny brought you all of the eggs and chocolates you…
Read more »Pirates Tie Series with 2-1 Extra Inning Win
| Leave a Comment(Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani) Cliff Lee was being squeezed tonight, no doubt about that. In his first start of the 2012 season,…
Read more »Roy Halladay Pitches Eight Scoreless, Jonathan Papelbon Earns First Save in 1-0 Opening Day Phillies Win
| Leave a CommentHappy Opening Day! The best day of the year for fans of baseball young and old. And what better way…
Read more »Phillies Trump Pirates, 7-2; Sweep in Exhibition Series
| Leave a CommentPhilliedelphia/Lindsey Crew Ah, finally, the last game of spring training. It certainly didn't feel like spring at Citizens Bank Park…
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