Another Rain Delay, and Another Loss to the Nationals in the Most Unlikely Way

Posted by Danielle Wilson Another game, another rain delay. That's three in the past four games. Halladay got five innings under his belt before the storms came, but barely made it out alive in the first. He allowed two runs to score, one on Zimmerman's sacrifice fly, and another on Espinosa's RBI single. Carlos Ruiz […]

Danielle  •  21 Aug 2011
The Merits of a Six-Man Rotation: Why The Phillies Should Consider it for the Short-Term

Posted by Laurie Dougherty It is mid-August and the Philadelphia Phillies have had an amazing season thus far. They have arguably the best rotation in baseball. Following the games of August 17, 2011, the Phillies have an 8 ½ game lead on the Atlanta Braves in the National League East. Talk has surfaced in the […]

Laurie Dougherty  •  18 Aug 2011
Victorino, Howard Crush Dodgers, Phils Win 5-3

Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of SportsIllustrated.CNN.com No questions asked, Shane Victorino and Roy Halladay had great games. Surprising, because I thought for sure that this would be another great game for Kuroda, not the Phillies. Kuroda has the most success against the Phillies in the Dodgers starting rotation. His 0.84 ERA is the lowest […]

Danielle  •  09 Aug 2011
Ruben Amaro Resembles Mentor in Hunter Pence Deal

Posted by Kevin Durso Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso Sunday, July 24th. The Phillies are in the middle of a four-game series against the Padres, working on their fifth straight win. But, while all that is going on, the man behind the 2008 World Champion Phillies was receiving baseball’s highest honor. Pat Gillick was being inducted into baseball’s […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Aug 2011
Phillies Wild West Show Starts with Sweep of Rockies

Posted by Kevin Durso After watching two games that looked like a familiar brand of Phillies’ baseball, today’s game was just plain goofy. And in the end, the Phillies were the ones on the good end again. The Phillies managed to complete their second straight sweep, and sixth straight win, by taking a wild afternoon […]

Kevin Durso  •  03 Aug 2011
Hunter Pence Knew He Would be On the Phillies All Along

Posted by Frank Klose Well, at the All-Star game, new Phillies OF Hunter Pence asked Roy Halladay what it was like to be on the Philadelphia Phillies.  From Kevin Cooney at Phillyburbs.com: Apparently, Pence had his eye on Philadelphia as well. Starting pitcher Roy Halladay said on Friday night that Pence and he had a […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  30 Jul 2011
Just in Case You Were Wondering

The Phillies won. There's your recap.

Danielle  •  29 Jul 2011
Halladay Fatigued by Heat, Cubs Tack on Six against Phils

Posted by Danielle Wilson     Courtesy of David Banks/Getty Images Brutal, brutal, brutal. The heat in Chicago was brutal. The Cubs were brutal. The Phillies' offense was brutal, and not in a good way. Looking ahead at this series, and examining how the Cubs have been playing thus far, it looked like an easy couple of […]

Danielle  •  18 Jul 2011
Schadenfreude? Nationals Struggle With $126 Million Jayson Werth; Vernon Wells and Barry Zito All Over Again?

Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy washingtonpost.com Nationals fans are growing weary with Jayson Werth already, as evidenced by some "Jayson Werthless" chants the other night.   Today's piece by the Washington Post describes how the Nationals' ownership cannot be too pleased either and weighs the pressures afforded to a $126 million player: Werth’s lack of production […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  14 Jul 2011