Articles by Rich Wilkins (406)
The Phillies are 74-74. They are 3.5 games out of the playoffs. They are the height of mediocrity. They could still win the World Series. What a weird season. The Phillies will play in New York tonight against the Mets, and they will start the game one game behind the Brewers and Pirates, two and […]
The Phillies won today. In fact, they won twice. In fact, they swept the series with the Rockies. In fact, they've won 7 of 9. They're just six games behind St. Louis for a playoff spot, and suddenly, instead of four teams between them, it's just two. Now look, calm yourself now. The Phillies are […]
Close, but no cigar for the 2012 Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Despite their second straight winning season, and having the Pitcher of the Year in the International League, the IronPigs were eliminated over the weekend from playoff contention, then rained out on Sunday, to finish at 75-68. A year after losing in the Governor's Cup Finals, […]
I recently had an "exchange" with another baseball blogger who took some offense at my use of the term "saber-nerd." I know, it's certainly not as nice as calling them a sabermetrician, but hey, I'm not that nice. I have a love-hate relationship with sabermetrics on the whole. There are stats like OPS that have […]
The Phillies will not win a sixth consecutive NL East in 2012. That's a sure thing. The Washington Nationals are likely to finally get to call themselves champs of something. The Phillies' fate in the East has been decided for weeks. But is there hope? The Phillies are eight games out in the Wild Card […]
Darin Ruf broke Ryan Howard's Reading home run record with his 38th, he's driven in 103 runs, and he's second in the league in hitting at .319. For those of you who aren't following, he's a heartbeat from the triple crown with two games to go, if he can get past a .322 hitter. In […]
When the Phillies started trading on July 31st, all of our goals for 2012 were pretty much re-set. Get out of last, try to get to .500, hopefully get to third place, get the guys who were hurt going good, and develop the young guys. They've actually done pretty well at these. The Phillies are […]
You knew these kinds of stupid headlines were coming as soon as the Nationals pulled away from the Phillies, but still, seriously? Nats Park North? The Nats have had a really good year, playing their way to the front of the pack, even if I count myself as one of those saying it's lucky, and […]
I was hoping to see Jon Pettibone tonight pitch for the Iron Pigs, but it rained. This is what becomes of a fan for a baseball team that isn't in the race. You are trying to see the prospects. With that in mind, I wanted to go with my top prospects rankings. Here we go, […]
You go to work every day, and you work hard. You try to do your best. Do you always have the same effort level? Every minute of every day? Yesterday, 97.5 in Philly, on their digital billboards, called out Jimmy Rollins for his perceived lack of effort running to first on a ground ball where […]