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View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Phillies have signed Gloucester Catholic High School alumnus RHP Greg Burke to a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training, according to Phil Anastasia of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Former Gloucester Catholic pitcher Greg Burke "fully healthy this off-season," excited about signing with Phillies, his […]
PHILADELPHIA – While a dream is often viewed as fantasy, for Jayson Stark it is reality. Stark has been a senior baseball writer for ESPN since 2000. Prior, six years removed from earning his bachelor’s degree in newspaper journalism at Syracuse University in 1973, Stark joined The Philadelphia Inquirer to serve as the Philadelphia Phillies […]
View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Phillies are reportedly interested in acquiring outfielder Marcell Ozuna from the Miami Marlins, according to ESPN Deportes' Cristian Moreno. The organization's interest in Ozuna dates back to "early in 2015", according to Moreno, and that the Phillies are the "most aggressive currently pursuing" him.
View image | gettyimages.com BOCA RATON, Fla. – The General Managers Meetings in Boca Raton, Florida is underway, and one of the names being discussed throughout the league in trade speculation reportedly involves Philadelphia Phillies closer Ken Giles, according to Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com. Salisbury writes: "The Phillies lost 99 games, the most in […]
PHILADELPHIA – Even though the 2016 Major League Baseball amateur draft is seven months away, the Philadelphia Phillies are making necessary preparations this offseason ahead of their first overall pick, the first of its kind for the franchise since its 1998 selection of outfielder Pat Burrell. On Monday, the Phillies met with one of their […]
View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – Dan Baker grew up a Phillies fan in the 1950s. Starting in 1954, his father would take him and his brother to see games at Connie Mack Stadium, which induced a wide range of sights, smells and sounds – green grass, light standards, hot dogs, sausage sandwiches, cigars […]
View image | gettyimages.com SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Giants have declined the $8 million club option for outfielder Marlon Byrd, according to Janie McCauley of The Associated Press. Byrd, 38, earned $8 million in 2015, half of which was paid by the Philadelphia Phillies as a part of the Dec. 31, 2014 […]
View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Phillies have claimed RHP Dan Otero off waivers from the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, according to MLB.com's Todd Zolecki. Otero, 30, has allowed 205 hits, 77 runs (71 earned), 11 home runs and 29 walks over 184 2/3 career innings in relief. Hardball Talk's Aaron Gleeman […]
View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – The Cliff Lee era in Philadelphia is officially over — again. Tuesday afternoon, the Philadelphia Phillies declined the left hander's $27.5 million team option for 2016, and will instead pay the $12.5 million buyout, according to Todd Zolecki of MLB.com.
PHILADELPHIA – Playing in their home opener for the 2015-16 NBA season, the Philadelphia 76ers largely disappointed in front of their 17,122 attending fans at the Wells Fargo Center. Trailing for the majority of the contest against the Utah Jazz, the Sixers were ultimately defeated by a margin of 28 points, 99-71, to fall to […]