Writer: Frank Klose
Almost THREE HOURS after the Phillies were supposed to throw the first pitch against the Colorado Rockies, the Phillies finally decided to postpone the game. The game will be be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Sunday, September 9th at Citizens Bank Park. The 1:35 game will be moved back to 1:05. […]
Photo Courtesy of Corey Shaw AT&T sponsored a "Win at Home" contest for Phillies fans last season. The top prize was to be a redesign of a family room and a barbecue with a Phillies player visit. This visit was from Kyle Kendrick. The winner was excited: Fanning herself and repeatedly telling her friends how […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Frank Klose Ryne Sandberg is perhaps baseball's most famous and most anticipated up and coming manager. Sandberg has his heart set on being a major league manager and has put his time in as a minor league manager both in the Cubs system and now two season with the Phillies. After being passed up […]
Wow, I did not see this coming. As recently as last week, the Phillies seemed to indicate that Carlos Ruiz would not be back in 2012. Given the Phillies incredibly small odds of a postseason birth and the danger of playing on an injured ankle, I personally did not expect to see Chooch again in […]
The Phillies have 25 games left. Most are against lousy teams. The Phillies have shown recently they can beat good teams! So what does it all mean? I have no idea. The Phillies next 13 games are against losing teams: Three games at home against the Colorado Rockies Three games at home against the Miami […]
I can say I did understand where the Phillies were coming from when they drafted utility player Michael Martinez in the Rule 5 draft prior to the 2011 season. But why he continues to 1) Be on a major league roster, 2) Actually play some games and 3) Start some of them is out […]
It was 1947 that Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, but it took a while for our Phillies to break their own color barrier. The Phillies never had any African-American players until 1957 when John Kennedy, formerly of the Negro leagues, joined the club. Only two teams, the Detroit Tigers and Boston […]
In the 5th inning of Tuesday night's game, Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins reached another milestone in his career. Rollins doubled down the right field line, picking up number 2,000. Rollins is behind just three Phillies all-time and may have a shot to be the all-time Phillies hits leader, should he finish his current contract with […]
The Phillies have added an extra position player with the addition of utility infielder/outfielder Pete Orr to the active roster. Orr, taken off the 40-man roster earlier this season after playing 23 games for the Phillies early on. The Phillies created space for Orr by outrighting Hector Luna off of the roster, who opted […]
In today's 4-2 win over Cincinnati, the ninth inning chance was given to Phillippe Aumont, not Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon. Friday in Atlanta Papelbon earned his career 250th save the day after he earned his 249th save. One day off and Papelbon was back, blowing the save in Sunday's tough loss to the Atlanta Braves. […]
