Making Memories: Reliving the Phillies’ First Half

Posted by Kevin Durso The halfway point of the season is now officially upon us, an after playing 91 games, the Phillies are sitting atop the standings in all of baseball. Just as we all expected, right? Well, maybe not completely as expected, because this Phillies’ season has been anything but ordinary so far. With […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  12 Jul 2011
Derek Jeter’s Absence Sullies All-Star Game; Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels Crave Home Field for Phillies

Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy mopupduty.com Well, today's the day: the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.   Today is the day where all of baseball's best come together to showcase their talents in a fierce, battle-of-the-best fight.  Right? Uh, not anymore. This year, a total of 16 players that were named all-stars will not play.  Some, […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  12 Jul 2011
Report: Phillies Don’t Want Roy Halladay to Start the All-Star Game

Posted by Frank Klose According to a report on CBS Sports, the Phillies are "iffy" on Roy Halladay starting this year's All-Star game. Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee is quoted in the piece: "You're looking at a guy that's leading the league in innings pitched by a pretty good size," Dubee said. "I don't know […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  05 Jul 2011
Mr. Romero Goes to Washington (Bad Pun, Yeah); Madson Miss All-Star Chance?

Posted by Frank Klose Beautiful photoshop by Philliedelphia staff So, the Phillies jettisoned J.C. Romero, and we all knew he would be picked up by someone, since the Phillies are paying most of his salary.   But, it looks like they will face him plenty down the stretch, as Romero has signed with the Washington Nationals. […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  29 Jun 2011
Guy Who Caught Two Foul Balls Sunday is the Same Guy Werth F-Bombed

Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy walkoffwalk.com Remember this incident last year?   Well, it turns out that this fan, Patrick Boyle, was the lucky fan yesterday who caught not one, but two, according to NBC Philadelphia. Kelly Bayliss of NBCPhiladelphia did some fancy math to determine the liklihood: Based on an MLB.com report, approximately 30 to […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  27 Jun 2011
Halladay Reaches Ten Wins, Phils Defeat Athletics 3-1

Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Daylife.com Thanks to our very own Christina Angelos, I get to write the recap today and was told to do so in the ninth inning, so I'll make this short and sweet. Roy Halladay pitched his 63rd career complete game striking out four, and allowing one earned run on […]

Danielle  •  26 Jun 2011
Charlie Manuel, Master Tactician

Posted by Mike Frohwirth (Spoiler Alert: The following is an excerpt from Digipedia, Version 5.0. It may contain spoilers, if read prior to December 31, 2061.)   Charlie Manuel, Master Tactician Despite being the most successful manager in the history of his sport, Manuel was not always regarded as a great strategist. While his ability […]

Mike Frohwirth  •  23 Jun 2011
Phillies Score Nine in Eighth Inning, Crush Cardinals, 10-2

Posted by Danielle Wilson  Courtesy of AP Photo/ Jeff Roberson Following Monday's off day for the Phils, they started a three-game series in St. Louis, starting with Roy Halladay against Kyle McClellan. The Cardinals were quite obviously without Albert Pujols, and will be for the next 6-8 weeks. Whomp.  Speaking of the number six, that's […]

Danielle  •  21 Jun 2011
Phillies – Mariners Series Preview June 17-19

Posted by Rich Wilkins Courtesy mariners.mlb.com Philadelphia Phillies (44-26, NL East-1) @ Seattle Mariners (35-34, AL West-2) Pitching Matchups: Roy Oswalt (4-4, 3.14) vs. Michael Pineda (6-4, 2.72) Vance Worley (2-1, 3.75) vs. Felix Hernandez (7-5, 3.30) Cole Hamels (9-2, 2.49) vs. Jason Vargas (4-4, 4.13) How the opposition rolls in- From U.S.S. Mariner: Per […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  17 Jun 2011