Articles by Rich Wilkins (406)
Photo by Rich Wilkins Another week down, another week coming up. The Phillies welcome Delmon Young back tonight as the DH. Onto series one of the week- Philadelphia Phillies (12-14, NL East 3rd) @ Cleveland Indians (10-13, AL Central 4th) At: Cleveland's Progressive Field When: Tuesday 7:05, Wednesday 7:05 TV: Both on CSN. Pitching […]
Every game is the same- "The offense struggled today, getting ____ (between 0 and 3) runs early, while the starter was great today. _______ (any of the 5 starters) was flawless through 5, giving up a (or a pair) of runs in the 6th inning, before giving away to _________ (Horst, Valdes, Durbin, Aumont), who […]
So Jon Pettibone threw really well last night for a big league debut, which doesn't shock me. Sometimes a good debut means you're a future Cole Hamels, sometimes it means you're Carlton Loewer. You shouldn't get overly excited, or totally dismissive, because he did pitch good, but lots of young guys have quick success before […]
"Crahuhjahheuh!" Love the cracker jacks, and the dude is a cool dude. So, the Phillies had a losing opening 20 games. The last time they opened 8-11 didn't end so bad though- it was 2007. The real difference in that team and this one is two-fold: That team could hit anyone they faced. That team […]
Well, last week I got the Cardinals series right, and the Reds one way wrong. The Phillies are 8-11, and celebrate 20 games of baseball tonight. The Pirates come in for four, and then the Phillies head up to Gotham, to visit our friends in Queens, the Mets. Here's the match-ups for the week: Philadelphia […]
Photo by Rich Wilkins Well that was a garbage dump of a road trip. The Phillies were swept out of Cincinnati tonight and go home at 6-9. It was an awful trip, with two wins against the rat-awful Marlins being the saving grace. They did not score before the sixth inning of any of the […]
Photo by Rich Wilkins It's time for week three. Two series, two playoff teams from a year ago. We start in Cincinnati- Monday-Wednesday- Philadelphia Phillies (6-6) @ Cincinnati Red (5-7) Monday- Cliff Lee (2-0, 1.08) vs. Bronson Arroyo (1-1, 5.25) Tuesday- Kyle Kendrick (1-1, 5.40) vs. Homer Bailey (1-1, 5.73) Wednesday- John Lannan (0-0, 2.77) vs. […]
From Rat Marlins Back in 1991, my dad decided to get a 16 game (that was the size at the time) season ticket plan in section 205 at the Vet. We proceeded to watch some of the worst baseball teams assembled through the 90s, and it was a damn struggle. I learned to "boo" a […]
Photo by Rich Wilkins There are lots of ways to look at the 4-5 Phillies so far, and some blogs have made them all negative. Let me give you another one- Cole and Doc have made it close to impossible to win 4 of the first 9. That leaves just 5 games with a shot […]
Over the last three days, the Phillies put about $68 million in average-annual-value on the mound to start baseball games, and for two of those days the pitching stunk. In the case of Cole Hamels, I think this is simply a product of cold weather, and April in general. At the ripe old age of […]