Articles by Danielle (337)
Posted by Danielle Wilson Today's game was the Civil Rights Game which featured the throwback uniforms from the 1970's, and who doesn't love the powder blue uni? Roy Halladay started against Tim Hudson in the rubber match of this series in Atlanta. This game was scoreless going into the fourth inning until Freddie Freeman singled […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Prior to the start of this day game, the Phillies and Braves made a few quick changes in wardrobe. The Phillies brought back the uniform of the Philadelphia Stars, the Negro League team which was founded in 1933, and disbanded in 1952. The Braves wore the uniform of the Atlanta Black […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Phillies fans were overwhelmed with emotions tonight; frustration, anger, hatred towards the runs that didn't score early on, excitement, joy, more hatred once Kendrick came in, relief when Kyle made it out of the eighth inning alive, and more excitement in the last few minutes of the game. Hanley Ramirez homered […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson It's the matchup that means a whole lot to Phillies fans, Roy Halladay against Josh Johnson. Roy Halladay (5-1, 2.15 ERA) has no difficulty against the National League East, posting a 26-5 record in 34 career starts. As for Josh Johnson (3-1, 1.68 ERA), he had an interesting record of 1-1 […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Not quite a matchup that Phillies fans were too excited about, but Joe Blanton, fresh off of the disabled list, started tonight against Javier Vazquez who has a 5.40 ERA against the Phillies in his one start this season back on April 15th. Jimmy Rollins led off this game with a […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Cole Hamels went for his fifth consecutive win tonight against Jair Jurrjens in the rubber match of this Phillies-Braves series, which much to our dismay was on Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. Here come the endless cheesesteak and Rocky mentions from Bobby Valentine, Orel Hershiser, and Dan Shulman. The Braves marked […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of blogs.phillynews.com Yeah, that Kyle Kendrick. Believe it or not, Kyle pitched five shutout innings for the Phillies in a game that would have been started by Roy Oswalt, but he's on the disabled list with a sore back. It's safe to say that everyone expected Kyle to have a […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson In this edition of "Insane For Shane", there's no need to talk about statistics, because Shane is going above and beyond off of the field to give back to the community. The photo above was taken today during Shane's book signing, which was written by Alan Maimon. Both were there to […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Roy Oswalt has been sent to the disabled list with lower back soreness/inflammation, according to Jim Salisbury of Comcast Sports Net Philadelphia (Via Twitter- http://bit.ly/jBUHCl). However, it is backdated since he last pitched on April 26th. Possible return date is next Friday in Atlanta. Scott Mathieson has been recalled to take […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Roy Halladay against the Nationals, sounds like a win already, doesn't it? An extra gift to the Phillies' lineup: John Lannan starting for the Nats. The Phillies did some damage early, starting in the third inning. Shane Victorino gave the Phils a 2-0 lead with a 2-run homer to left field, […]