Writer: Frank Klose
I am testing out my new iPhone app to write this so I apologize if it comes out a little weird. After last night's demoralizing loss to the Colorado Rockies, the atmosphere online was eerily quiet. The beat writers and presumably the players were all silent. The storyline was the same: poor offense, poor bullpen, […]
Well, at least it wasn't someone TOO important. The latest 2012 Phillies casualty to the disabled list is left-handed reliever Raul Valdes. Valdes has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right hip strain, and left-handed reliever Joe Savery has been recalled from AAA Lehigh Valley to take his place. Valdes has […]
During the All-Star break, Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard teamed up with StateFarm to answer a few questions from our blog, Philliedelphia. Check out the video as Ryan looks forward to the second half and how he thinks the Phillies can do. Ryan teamed up with State Farm and helped spread State Farm’s initiative, […]
Some more help could be on the way. Today the Phillies announced that OF/1B Laynce Nix will begin a rehab assignment tonight at Class A Clearwater. The Phillies really missed Nix's bat the last few months as the offense has struggled along. In 22 games before he was injured, Nix was hitting .326 with […]
Photo Courtesy of Corey Shaw There seems to be a ton of talk about former Phillies outfielder and current Atlanta Braves leadoff man Michael Bourn. Bourn has developed into one of the top leadoff hitters in the game since being traded as part of the deal that landed Brad Lidge and Eric Bruntlett. You […]
Your browser does not support iframes. Kansas City Royals fans provided the highlight of what was otherwise a dull Home Run Derby. Bitter that Kansas City's hometown hero Billy Butler was left off of the Home Run Derby as captain Robinson Cano picked other players despite Cano stating that he would take a hometown […]
Who is the better catcher, Buster Posey or Carlos Ruiz? While the voters may have said Posey, National League manager Tony La Russa thinks that Ruiz is best suited to handle the most difficult catching challege of the day: New York Mets pitcher and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. Today, Tony La Russa said he will have […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani Shane Victorino was scratched from the Phillies lineup today and first launched speculation that Victorino had been traded. Then, the word was that Victorino's absence from the Phillies lineup was not due to a trade and not due to an injury, but simply the "manager's decision," reported Todd Zolecki. Here's the […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani In the end it sounds like a good old fashioned benching by the manager. The underperforming Shane Victorino and subject of many trade rumors this season was pulled from the Phillies starting lineup within an hour of game time with no explanation, prompted many to speculate that he had been traded. Some […]
According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the Cincinnati Reds are interested in Phillies left fielder Juan Pierre, "as the Phillies prepare for possible sell-off". Some felt Juan Pierre was a fit for the Reds this offseason, including Tyler Grote of the Reds blog "Blog Red Machine": For as many fastball-annihilators the Reds already employ, I was […]
