Game 3 Preview: Kendrick looks to give Phillies series win

Kyle Kendrick makes his 2014 debut in the Phillies series finale against the Texas Rangers. (Photo by Kevin Durso/Philliedelphia) The Phillies chance to claim an early series vanished at the hands of the bullpen on Tuesday night. Wednesday night's game becomes the swing game. The Phillies (1-1) may have a bitter taste of defeat in […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Apr 2014
Report: Phillies Working On Major Deal For Jose Bautista

  The internet is buzzing.   Earlier tonight, Howard Eskin of Fox 29 tweeted this: I'm told #phillies working on a major trade. Details tonight at 10:50 @FOX29philly news. Will tweet after news. — Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) November 13, 2013 On the newscast, Eskin identified Blue Jays outfielder/third baseman Jose Bautista as the player the […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  12 Nov 2013
Cliff Lee, Mike Minor Open Up Weekend Series In Philly

The Phillies are coming off of a 1-2 series loss to the Nationals this past week. After losing Wednesday night's game 3-2, the Phillies got an off day before beginning this weekend's series with the first place Braves. Cliff Lee (11-6, 3.09 ERA) will take on the Braves as they will send out Mike Minor […]

Erik Seybold  •  06 Sep 2013
Sinister Lineup Will Be Problematic For Phillies In 2014

Ben Revere is young and talented…but may have to go The Phillies have a problem… a left-handed problem. The word "sinister" may be the best word to describe the Phillies lineup for next year.  No, there's nothing evil about it (definition 1), but I would say that dictionary.com's point three and point four explain the […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  11 Aug 2013
Domonic Brown Activated From DL; Laynce Nix Designated For Assignment

Domonic Brown has been activated from the DL after suffering a concussion back on July 23rd in St. Louis. Brown, who had been hitting .271 with 24 HR and 69 RBI before headed to the DL, went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in his rehab start with Class-A Lakewood. In response to […]

Erik Seybold  •  06 Aug 2013
With Dom Brown On DL, Kyle Kendrick And Phillies Look To Salvage Finale Against Red-Hot Cardinals

It's just looking darker and darker for the Phillies, who have lost four straight – four out of five since coming back from the All-Star break. Hoping that they would have a good series in St. Louis, the Phils have been shut down completely in the first two games. Now three games under .500 once […]

Erik Seybold  •  25 Jul 2013
Nepotism: David Wright Takes His Childhood Friend Over More Deserving Candidates

The best policy in life is to pick your friends and family instead of those who are more deserving.  I'm sure that all of us have not gotten a job we were better qualifed for so that someone could hire their relative.  Heck, "The Office" made an entire episode about how ridiculous that is.   But […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  08 Jul 2013
Domonic Brown Is Better Off Not in Derby, But Damn Were The Phillies Screwed

This is good news/bad news.   Generally, I am not a fan of what the home run derby can do to someone's swing, as we witnessed in Bobby Abreu's Home Run Derby championship.   Abreu won the 2005 derby hitting an unprecedented 24 home runs in the first round.    Abreu had 18 home runs […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  08 Jul 2013
John Lannan Makes Second Start Against Nationals In Series Opener

The Phillies are coming off of a must-win series victory over the Atlanta Braves this weekend. Despite getting whooped on Saturday, 13-4, the Phillies were able to rout their NL East rivals 7-3 yesterday. Jonathan Pettibone was solid through 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball en route to his fifth win of the year. With […]

Erik Seybold  •  08 Jul 2013