Shane Victorino Heads To Disabled List Will Miss Phillies-Red Sox Series

Phillies fans will be disappointed next week when the Phillies take on the Boston Red Sox.  Former Phillies outfielder and current member of the Red Sox Shane Victorino has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained hamstring.   The depleted Red Sox are now without third baseman Will Middlebrooks, Victorino, and closer […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  24 May 2013
Also Appearing as a TV Analyst for Playoffs: Former Phillies OF Shane Victorino

Well, Jimmy Rollins is not the only one.  According to reports, Shane Victorino will join TBS as a studio analyst for postseason coverage.   Victorino's Los Angeles Dodgers were eliminated from playoff contention in the final couple days of the regular season.   The elimination was a great disappointment to the Dodgers, who sunk lots of […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  08 Oct 2012
Dodgers OF Shane Victorino Fires Agents Amid Steroid Controversy

Former Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino is going to be a free agent soon.  Since the Dodgers are not going to re-sign Victorino, having agreed to take on the contract of the currently-injured Carl Crawford in a trade with the Boston Red Sox, Victorino needs a good agent.  CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports that Victorino's […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  02 Oct 2012
Phillies, Dodgers Complete Shane Victorino Trade With IF Stefan Jarrin

Courtesy Stefan Jarrin via Twitter The Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers today completed the July trade that sent outfielder Shane Victorino to the Los Angeles Dodgers and reliever Josh Lindblom, minor-league pitcher Ethan Martin, and a player to be named to Philadelphia.  That player's name is Stefan Jarrin, Phillies.com reports. Jarrin was a rookie-ball […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  28 Sep 2012
In Acquiring Carl Crawford, the Shane Victorino Dodgers Stay Could Be Very Short

May 2, 2012.  That's the day the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers was finalized under a new ownership group assembled by former Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson for $2 billion.  But the new ownership had money left over and opened their wallet at the non-waiver trade deadline.  One of the players they acquired at the […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  25 Aug 2012
Shane Victorino Billboard Thanks Philadelphia “For 8 Amazing Years!”

Photo Courtesy: Philly.com Remember when David Akers left a huge billboard for all of Philadelphia to see when he moved on and signed a deal with the San Francisco 49ers? Well Shane Victorino has followed him in that way. Along with renting out a space in the Philadelphia Daily News, the former-Phillie now Dodger Shane […]

Erik Seybold  •  10 Aug 2012
Shane Victorino to Teammates: “You MFers Better Show Up Earlier”; Shane Wants to Re-Sign With Dodgers

Shane Victorino has already taken a role as a leader in the Dodgers clubhouse.  I missed this on Sunday, but Shane seems to have taken issue with James Loney in the Dodgers' clubhouse, according to ESPN Los Angeles reporter Arash Markazi: If that is the case, consider me impressed.   Also from ESPN Los Angeles, […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  08 Aug 2012
His Phillies Return is Only Eight Games, but Domonic Brown is Impressive

Domonic Brown was the untouchable.  The Phillies would not trade him.  Not for Cliff Lee.  Not for Roy Halladay.  He debuted to a standing ovation in 2010 as the Phillies entered an offensive funk down the stretch.  But soon the magic died. Brown hit just .210 in his late season call-up in 2010, and Spring […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  07 Aug 2012
Shane and Melissa Victorino Thank Philadelphia Phillies Fans With Full-Page Ad

Shane Victorino may have driven some of us crazy time to time with his play, but the man is a true class act.   He took out this full-page ad in tomorrow's Philadelphia Daily News.  I'm shocked he got this out so fast. Bob Ventrone, Jr. shared the picture on his Facebook page that I noticed […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  02 Aug 2012