Wild Card

Embed from Getty Images By Jennifer McGraw, Sports Talk Philly Contributor The Philadelphia Eagles (9-7) are at home for their season closer with long-time division rival, the Dallas Cowboys (11-5). Though this game doesn’t mean much for Philadelphia, they are still able to hold Dallas out of a higher playoff seed, should the Eagles win. […]

Embed from Getty Images By Matt Rappa, Sports Talk Philly editor PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Phillies (67-82) rookie right-hander Alec Asher will take the mound for his 10th career start in the series finale against the Miami Marlins (73-75) Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. Asher, 24, will oppose seven-year veteran RHP Andrew Cashner, who is […]

Embed from Getty Images By Matt Rappa, Sports Talk Philly editor Final: Phillies 8, Marlins 0  ❖  Attendance: 24,597 PHILADELPHIA — Behind their eight-run, 11-hit offensive outburst and a shutout performance from veteran RHP Jeremy Hellickson, the Philadelphia Phillies (67-82) moved the Miami Marlins (73-75) further away from Wild Card contention with their 8-0 victory […]

Having clinched the National League East division last night during the Nationals 2-0 loss at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies, but home field advantage still on the line, the Nationals have decided to rest their regular players. This is tonight's lineup vs. the Phillies: Lombardozzi 2B,  Harper CF Moore LF LaRoche 1B Tracy 3B […]

The Phillies have been eliminated from playoff contention and are fighting to finish the season with a winning record.  As the season winds down and I am realizing that I will have a lot more time on my hands than I have the last five years, one question remains:  Who will I root for this […]

I really thought they had a shot. The way the Phillies were playing in the beginning of this month made us all think that they could pull it off and enter the playoffs through the second Wild Card spot. That thought was put to rest last night as the Marlins beat the Phils, 2-1 via […]

Even after last night's 6-3 rout over the NL East-leading Nationals, the Phillies remain 5 1/2 games out of the Wild Card standings. With eight games left in the regular season, the Phillies basically have to go 8-0 to have a shot. Even if they do go undefeated the rest of the season they still […]

Please.  Enough is enough.  Ryan Howard is killing the Phillies right now.  The Phillies are killing him.  Can't we get a break from him?  Can't he get a break from himself?  The Phillies are playing on all cylinders, not willing to concede anything in hopes hey win a surprise Wild Card birth, which is why […]

Three games out of the Wild Card lead, the Phillies seemed like a team for destiny as they had what seemed to be a gift four-game series against arguably the worst team in baseball.  The team went from exciting to watch because of the youngsters and aged veterans finally getting a chance to contenders.  Perhaps […]