Jimmy Rollins Shares His Thoughts On Ryan Howard: No Howard This Season?

Posted by Erik Seybold The professor has spoken once again. This time it's not about being the team to beat, nor is it a claim to win 120 games. This time, it's about his injured teammates.  Phillies' shortstop Jimmy Rollins is practically the only starting infielder playing any games this Spring. Chase Utley is being […]

Erik Seybold  •  14 Mar 2012
Phillies Roster, Daily Update: Chase Utley Injury Concerns

Starting today, I will do a daily update on the Phillies roster, and what I think it looks like. So, here we go. In my view, the top decision facing Ruben and Charlie is what to do with Domonic Brown. We all knew it would be in the end, right? The dude's insanely talented, and […]

Rich Wilkins  •  14 Mar 2012
Phillies Slugger Ryan Howard Has Joined Twitter

Posted By: Stephen Gallo It's a slow Phillies news day, but this is worth noting. Ryan Howard, fresh off his torn achilles and all has joined the world of Twitter. You can follow him @RyanHoward6  (whether you like that nerdy hat he's wearing in his pic or not). For all those non-believers, Jimmy Rollins confirmed […]

Steve  •  28 Feb 2012
Phillies 1B Ryan Howard Injury Update 2/26

Posted by Erik Seybold Yesterday afternoon, the Phillies stated that Ryan Howard would be making a trip to Baltimore to see a specialist for a "routine checkup" related to his left Achilles'. Although the Phillies said it wasn't a "setback", many of us wondered what was really going on. Well today it was cleared up a […]

Erik Seybold  •  26 Feb 2012
Phillies’ Ryan Howard Has A New Contract

Posted by Erik Seybold. Photo courtesy of (@ToddZolecki) Ryan Howard has a new contract. No, not with the Phillies. Sorry if I led you on wrong, but I couldn't resist. But seriously, Howard has signed a contract with the Baltimore-based sporting equipment company Under Armour.  Howard has notably endorsed Adidas over the past few years, but […]

Erik Seybold  •  24 Feb 2012
What To Watch In Clearwater- First And Second Base

Posted by Rich Wilkins In the Phillies front office, there is a lot more to watch in Spring Training than just the big leaguers and if they get their needed at-bats before the season. There's an entire system to build, at each position, to give maximum future payroll flexibility to build the team up. Two […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  09 Feb 2012
Ruptured Achilles Will Keep Ryan Howard out of Phillies Lineup Until “At Least May or June”. Now What?

Posted by Frank Klose According to Howard Eskin, Ryan Howard has indeed torn his achillies and will be out until at least May or June. So, what can the Phillies do until then? 1) Play John Mayberry Jr. at first base and pick up another outfielder. John Mayberry mostly played first base in college.  However, […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  08 Oct 2011
Phillies’ Ryan Howard’s At-Bat Music: “All I Care About is Money and the City That I’m From”

Posted by Frank Klose What an awful loss, and what an awful injury to Ryan Howard.  An achilles tear could knock Howard out for much of the 2012 season. At last night's game, Ryan Howard stepped to the plate in the 7th inning (the infamous 3-0 swing at-bat).   His choice of music of "I'm […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  08 Oct 2011
Road to the Show goes through Redbirds #Phillies #StlCardinals

Posted by Kevin Durso Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso The Phillies had a choice, play the Cardinals and get the franchise record, and manager record for Charlie Manuel, or fold for the Braves and see what a one-game playoff got you. The Phillies grabbed the record, and now they get the Cardinals in the NLDS. The St. Louis […]

Kevin Durso  •  30 Sep 2011