Articles by Rich Wilkins (406)
Pete Rose was supposed to appear at the IronPigs game on Father's Day to sign autographs and throw out the first pitch. He's not now, because it violates his "Lifetime Ban." Rose had voluntarily agreed to that ban to avoid having the Commissioner's office find that he had bet on baseball. At the time he denied […]
I was going through old posts of mine the other day, and found a ranking of prospects that I did in the middle of 2011. There were some names on there that are really interesting now- Pettibone, Hernandez, De Fratus, and even Galvis and Biddle in my honorable mention area. There were also some real […]
I remember when Dom Brown arrived in Allentown in 2010, and we all were just watching him amaze us. Brown's name had really reached prominence already with it's inclusion in rumors for Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee, but now we were watching him live. He could hit, and hit for power. He could run, and […]
Picture by Richard Wilkins Jr. Ryan Howard's gonna have to play through knee pain this season. Lovely. Since, you know, he's been so good. He doesn't strike out entirely too much, insist on trying to pull everything, and can play great defense. That's just the news the Phillies needed to hear. After last night's 9-3 […]
Well, after a very awful game yesterday, the Phillies are 24-26. Today, they start a few days playing the Red Sox, a team they have traditionally struggled with. Here's the weekly preview: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (24-26, NL EAST-3) vs. BOSTON RED SOX (31-20, AL EAST-2) WHERE: Fenway- Monday, Tuesday; Citizens Bank Park- Wednesday, Thursday; WHEN: Monday, […]
The Phillies are 24-26 at Memorial Day, so I think giving the team a grade is easy- it's a C. Now though, grades for the players- POSITION PLAYERS: Jimmy Rollins– Jimmy's line of .256/.300/.385/.685 is neither good, nor is it terrible, it's extremely mediocre. His 14 doubles and 18 extra-base hits isn't bad, but his […]
Harry Kalas would not be enjoying this season. The Phillies are not a good baseball team. Today's 6-1 loss was absolutely ugly, and dropped them to 24-26 on the season, third in the NL East on a day they could have pulled into a tie for second, and now sit seven games out of first […]
Don't even think you'll see Asche…. Tonight at the IronPigs game, we saw Joe Savery, Mike Stutes, and Jake Diekman all throw scoreless innings in a 14-5 win. This prompted my buddy Drew to ask why these guys are down, and B.J. Rosenberg is up. I suppose the company line is that Rosenberg is stretched […]
Another winning week against decent competition. After a 4-3 trip out West, now the Phillies put up a 3-2 trip out East, and things are not necessarily looking up, but at least looking okay at 21-23, 4.5 out in the NL East. Philadelphia Phillies (21-23, NL East-3) @ Miami Marlines (12-32, NL East-5) Where: Marlins Park […]
"DDDeeeeeeellllllmmmmmoooonnnnn! Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. The week ahead…. Philadelphia Phillies (18-21, NL East-3) vs. Cleveland Indians (21-16, AL Central-2) Where: Citizens Bank Park When: Tuesday 7:05, Wednesday 1:05 TV: CSN Pitching Match Ups: Tuesday- Scott Kazmir (2-1, 4.87) vs. Jon Pettibone (2-0, 3.63) Wednesday- Corey Kluber (2-2, 5.64) vs. Cole Hamels (1-5, 4.18) On […]