Tag: baseball

The Phillies had two players in AA named to the Eastern League All-Star team, including a player that most fans likely don’t know about.

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs led all of MiLB in total attendance and average attendance during the 2023 season.

Cole Hamels announced Friday afternoon that he will be retiring alongside Padres teammate Craig Stammen (via Bob Nightengale of USA…

Focusing on the relatively worthless ball, itself, is beside the point. Rather, it’s bringing it home and proudly displaying it on our mantelpiece as a memory-triggering device that constitutes the value. It’s this process that transforms a valueless ball into a priceless artifact.

Posted by Stephen Gallo  Courtesy philly.com Well, that couldn’t have gone any better, now could it? The Phillies had a…

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Read “With Depth Tested, Perhaps Phillies Farm System Better Than Credited” and more articles at SportsTalkPhilly.com

While I have no issue with any fan who wants to surrender their hard-won foul ball to a kid or anyone else, I find the social enforcement of this newfangled tradition unsettling, telling, and sad.  And I want to explain – right now, so there will be no misunderstanding later – why I’m never giving your kid the ball I catch no matter what.

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Villanova baseball got swept in their three-game series at home against Seton Hall. Game one of the series was on Friday 4/16, game two was on Saturday 4/17, and game three was on Sunday 4/18.

Villanova baseball gets swept by Creighton in their first series of Big East play. The three-game series started on 4/9 and ended on 4/11.

The Branch Rickey story is a narrative heist that once again leaves the Black men and those in the alternative press who did the hard work to right an entrenched wrong on the sidelines, spectators to their own history.  As baseball celebrates yet another Jackie Robinson Day it might be worthwhile to ask: whose story is it really celebrating?

Villanova baseball gets the series sweep against St. Joe’s, extending their winning streak to 12 games, their longest since 1989.

Originally published in The Villanovan. This article is about Villanova baseball’s two game series sweep over Delaware, game one on 3/13 and game two on 3/14.

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A deeper look inside the big league debut for Phillies righty Adonis Medina.

According to multiple sources, the Phillies have signed first baseman Greg Bird, 27, and catcher Jonathan Lucroy, 34, to minor league contracts. Both players will be added to the 60-man player pool and assigned the alternative training site in Lehigh Valley.

A breakdown of the seven game series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins, including potential pitching matchups and playoff implications.

Breaking down Zach Eflin’s weird 2020 season and why he is better than his base numbers indicate.

Having last pitched 11 days prior, Spencer Howard picked up his first major-league win Monday night against the Washington Nationals in an 8-6 Phillies victory.

In this latest edition, Frank Klose, Geoff Mosher and Greg Hall (filling in for Hunter Brody) talk the 2020 MLB Trade Deadline and the acquisition of David Phelps, the current state of the National League East, and the Phillies chances with half the season down and half to go.

The Phillies and Atlanta Braves play for the final time in 2020 as they kickoff a three game set in Philadelphia with Zack Wheeler starting on Friday night.

Free agent acquisition Zack Wheeler is showing he has been worth every penny of his five-year $118 million deal for the Phillies.

The game between the Phillies and Nationals set for Thursday Aug 27 has been postponed.

Alec Bohm has arrived in the big leagues and is here to stay. We take a deep dive into the top prospects time so far with the Phillies.

A close look at Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins as he continues to heat up in the 2020 shortened season.

The Phillies sent RHP Addison Russ to the New York Yankees in exchange for fellow righty David Hale.

The Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays are set to play a doubleheader at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, NY with game one beginning at 1:07 pm ET. Spencer Howard and Vince Velasquez are set to start the games.

Phil Gosselin deserves to play almost every day during this 60-game shortened season. The question is, where?