Writer: Frank Klose
Well, the curse words were so loud that we could hear them during the 8th inning Phillies' 1:00 Tuesday game against the Houston Astros. The issue was, to Charlie Manuel, umpire Bob Davidson got in the way of catcher Brian Schneider on a dropped third strike. Batter Jason Castro advanced to first base. […]
Phillies fans don't like Kyle Kendrick. In fact, I regularly shake my head at our friend Stephen Gallo's regular anti-Kendrick tweets. Last night he was positive: Why is it that our friend Steve and so many others have such deep-seated hate for our dear Kyle? Looking back to 2007 when Kendrick burst onto the […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani The Phillies need pitching. Badly. With Vance Worley's injury, the Phillies' pitching staff is about as injured as it was back in 2007, when they blew through an unbelieveable 28 pitchers. Where can you get a veteran pitcher in May when few options exist? Well, Buster Olney of ESPN thinks that Roy […]
Yesterday afternoon we witnessed once again the Phillies' major problem this season: starter has a dominant/decent/good start, and the bullpen quickly coughs up the 1-2 run lead that the team has. Yesterday's game was both a cause for frustration and a cause for hope. With their dominant closer unavailable, the Phillies had to turn to […]
Well, the real Tom McCarthy is on Twitter, apparently at @TMacPhils. And now he is actually tweeting. The account first tweeted on February 21, but his identity is seemingly confirmed by a host on MLBNetwork, which sent tweets flying, our @xochristinaxo reports. I wonder if he is familiar with @tommcarthyisms. What are the odds […]
UPDATE: According to @ToddZolecki, Vance Worley has been officially placed on the disabled list. Kyle Kendrick will take Worley's place in the starting rotation. Just optioned on Friday, Joe Savery is headed back up to the majors, according to Iron Pigs beat reporter Michael LoRe: Left-handed reliever Joe Savery was called up to the Phillies. […]
Not good. Jim Salisbury is reporting that Vance Worley will miss his scheduled start in Chicago tomorrow, due to soreness in his arm. Presumably, Kyle Kendrick will make the start in his place.
Scott Podsednik really felt he did everything he could to make the Phillies this year. This Spring Podsednik hit .309 with five doubles, a home run, and five walks. I personally felt he was superior to Juan Pierre in defense, power, speed, and would have been the better choice. But, the Phillies chose Pierre, perhaps […]
It's far from official; in fact, maybe Michael Schwimer purposely was trying to beat the media and a press release: We figured that Jake Diekman was headed to Philly. What about the rest? This would mean beyond Joe Savery headed to AAA two more players have to go. The Hector Luna and Raul Valdez […]
Well, the Phillies optioned LHP Joe Savery to the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Earlier today, our Rich Wilkins called for a move – SOMETHING to change the dynamic of this incredibly boring, unentertaining team. So who is it, and why can't the announce it now? Some possibilities: The player coming up has not been […]
