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Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of AP Photo/ Tom Mihalek The Phillies and Marlins start a four-game series including a day-night double header on Wednesday, June 15. The day game is being made up from April 16th's game which was rained out. Tonight, Cole Hamels took the ball for the Phils, and Chris Volstad took […]
Posted by Philliebot BEEP BEEP If you're a female phan chances are you've been pining over Chase Utley for the better part of seven years now. You've been making vodoo dolls of Jen Utley, hoping that Chase would realize you two were meant to be together. You were probably devestated to here the she woman […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr. Cliff Lee toed the rubber, grasped the ball, and before he could even toss the first pitch of the game, the rain came down causing a 32 minute rain delay. Cliff wasn't pleased with the weather, and you could definitely tell by his reaction […]
Posted by Jorge Suarez Yeah, after swinging at ball 4 and ball 5, most of us were pretty pissed off. So was Ryan Howard too, apparently.
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Drew Hallowell/Getty Images Davey Lopes, Rod Barajas, and the rest of the Los Angeles Dodgers are here to visit for three games, this one starting Cliff Lee and Ted Lilly, both are lefty's. Dom Brown started in right field tonight for his first start against a lefty in his […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Phillies hoped to avoid a sweep in Pittsburgh (I can't believe I just typed that) with Roy Halladay taking the bump against James McDonald this afternoon. The Pirates took an early lead in the first inning when Neil Walker homered to score Xavier Paul. […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson The Phillies hopped on the train to Washington from New York to take on the Nationals for a three-game series. Roy Halladay who has won his last nine decisions against Washington/Montreal took the mound flashing a 2.58 earned run average. The pesky Nats took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson It might take me a few days to shut up about last night's game and Wilson Valdez's pitching performance, but this game was greater in terms of offense. For the record, I don't care how many runs the Phillies scored today, I'm still excited over Valdez pitching. I mean, Valdez was […]
Posted by Frank Klose Commonly heard at Citizens Bank Park and and Twitter many times this year: "I love Raul, but he is just too old to play anymore". Blah, blah blah. Well, let's compare some stats of a few players and see if we can put this into some perspective. 2011 Player Stats Through […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth Chase Utley makes his long-awaited return to the Phillies lineup tonight, as the Phillies face soft-tossing right-hander Bronson Arroyo and the Cincinnati Reds. Wilson Valdez, and his .551 OPS (.252 wOBA), has been relegated to the bench. Pete Orr, and his .578 OPS (.258 wOBA), has been exiled to the scenic […]
