Vance Worley
Posted by Danielle Wilson Polanco gets plunked in the elbow in the seventh inning I don't know about you, but I'm getting really, really sick of rain and rain delays. At 8:57, this Phillies-Braves game finally started, and it started with a bang. In the bottom of the first inning, Chase Utley homered for the […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Photo courtesy of Zimbio.com I still remember where I was when I got that text from a beat writer on Twitter; James Anthony Happ had been traded to Houston for starting pitcher Roy Oswalt. My heart was broken. J.A. was coming off of his best year in the majors, 2009, […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Worley strikes out Scott Hairston in the seventh inning for the final out Vance Worley has easily become the fourth ace, now fifth ace with Roy Oswalt back, and is doing so with incredible pitching and an awesome mohawk. Shane Victorino scored the first run of the game with a solo […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Mayberry homers into the ominous sky as storms approach In the rubber match of this Diamondbacks-Phillies series, Vance Worley took the mound against one of the better starters in the National League. Fear not, for Vance Worley has not lost a game since May 31st. I know, I know, wins and […]
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 […]
Posted by Frank Klose Approximately 12:57 a.m. early Wednesday morning, Phillies pitcher Vance Worley joined the Twitter world. Despite being so late, Worley amassed over 1,000 followers within 30 minutes, with no tweet beyond the one posted above. @MikeStutes tweeted him, so it's likely legit… If you were sleeping, add him…
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Drew Hallowell/Getty Images Oh, man. OH, MAN. This game was just exciting to watch, especially because of the smack-talking Giants fans who could have sworn that their team would win this game! Oh, how they were wrong. Not only was their ace starter, Tim Lincecum, scratched from tonight's game […]
Posted by Frank Klose Photo courtesy usatoday.net Well, it's that time of the year again. Kevin Durso just wrote a nice piece called "The Bigger the Better: A Look at Possible Big-Name Trades" that takes a look at some of the big-name pieces that could be coming to Philadelphia. However, Twitter is abuzz with paranoid […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Finally, Phillies baseball! It has only been five days since their last game, but it seems like weeks. It's a good thing they won tonight, huh? Sorry, spoiler alert… Well, Vance Worley's last outing against the Marlins was a beauty. However, his last outing against the […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth Vance Worley Vance Worley threw seven shutout innings on Monday, as the Phillies beat the host Marlins, 1-0. Worley has allowed only two runs, in his last twenty-five MLB innings, lowering his ERA to 2.20. For his efforts, Worley was dispatched to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs after the game. No cause […]
