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Posted by Kevin Durso The halfway point of the season is now officially upon us, an after playing 91 games, the Phillies are sitting atop the standings in all of baseball. Just as we all expected, right? Well, maybe not completely as expected, because this Phillies’ season has been anything but ordinary so far. With […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy mopupduty.com Well, today's the day: the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Today is the day where all of baseball's best come together to showcase their talents in a fierce, battle-of-the-best fight. Right? Uh, not anymore. This year, a total of 16 players that were named all-stars will not play. Some, […]
Posted by Frank Klose courtesy mlblogs.com In a not-surprising, but "I hoped wouldn't be the case" move, Placido Polanco will be out for the All-Star game, presumably due to his back injury. Andrew Baggardly broke the news that Pablo Sandoval would be going in Polanco's place: However, almost at the same time an NBC report […]
Posted by Frank Klose On "Behind the Pinstripes" today Ryan Madson said that he planned to pitch a few games in Clearwater this week and then join the Phillies in New York. This is really good news for the Phillies, whose bullpen currently features Drew Carpenter, Scott Mathieson, David Herndon, Danys Baez, and Juan Perez, […]
Posted by Frank Klose The official Phillies twitter page just tweeted: Wow. When the Phillies called up Perez last week over Mike Zagurski, the usual lefty making the drive down 476, it seemed like a stop-gap measure and that he would hardly pitch. After watching the Carpenter-Matheison-Baez-Herndon part of the bullpen struggle and with left-handed […]
Posted by Frank Klose Cole Hamels look a little off when facing the Red Sox and the Athletics? He was a little itchy. Ditto Ross Gload. According to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com, Hamels, Gload, and Carlos Ruiz flew to Roy Oswalt's home in Weir, MO for a quick fishing trip. Not used to the Missouri […]
CBS Sports has it here, though I'm pretty sure the headline says it all. Here's something to compensate:
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy fbjunkie.com Jimmy Rollins appeared on 97.5 the Fanatic this morning with Harry Mayes and Brian Baldinger, and had this to say when looking at the future: "Business is buisness, and the numbers are the numbers…there's no such thing as a home-town discount" Hmm, well, if that's the case, then the […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy newsodrome.com Kyle Kendrick was not happy about being pulled last night after five innings. Apparently, his wife Stephenie La Grossa was not happy either, and was eager to battle any blogger with a smart comment. First, the one-time "Survivor Contestent" had this to say: Then, our very own Stephen Gallo […]