Philadelphia Phillies
Posted by Laurie Dougherty It is mid-August and the Philadelphia Phillies have had an amazing season thus far. They have arguably the best rotation in baseball. Following the games of August 17, 2011, the Phillies have an 8 ½ game lead on the Atlanta Braves in the National League East. Talk has surfaced in the […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Kate (Waterlady) on Tumblr What you're looking at is the 6' 8" relief pitcher Michael Schwimer, who walked to the bullpen at Citizens Bank Park for the first time, sporting Michael Stutes' old backpack. Schwim wouldn't be needed tonight though, because it was all about Cliff Lee for seven […]
Posted by Kevin Durso Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso Ryan Howard drove in four runs in the Phillies’ 11-3 win over the Nationals on Saturday night, improving his total to 95 on the season, taking over the National League lead. As the MVP winner in 2006, Howard has the potential to put up monstrous numbers in every season. […]
Posted by Frank Klose Todd Zolecki reports the Phillies have signed local boy Dave Bush to a minor-league deal. Bush hails from Conestoga High School. Usually Bush pitched very well against the Phillies, including this above start in which he was no-hitting the Phillies into the 8th inning, only to be broken up […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson To put it simply, Cole Hamels just didn't have it tonight, and the Nationals took advantage of that. His struggles started early, walking two in the first inning, but striking out Jayson Werth with two outs and a man on third. Disaster number one averted. In the second inning, Wilson Ramos […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy si.com The Phillies may have picked up the Matt Stairs of 2011 when they agreed to sign Jack Cust to a minor league contract today. Cust will become a left-handed power-threat off of the bench, who hopefully can show the Phillies something in the month of September before the postseason. […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of SportsIllustrated.CNN.com No questions asked, Shane Victorino and Roy Halladay had great games. Surprising, because I thought for sure that this would be another great game for Kuroda, not the Phillies. Kuroda has the most success against the Phillies in the Dodgers starting rotation. His 0.84 ERA is the lowest […]
Posted by Kevin Durso Shane Victorino didn't shy away from questions about his actions on Friday night. He knew this was coming, but what he didn't know was how long or for what he would be sitting out games for. Shane Victorino was suspended by Major League Baseball for three games due to actions in […]
Posted by Frank Klose According to today's Philadephia Inquirer, the Phillies went 49-19 in their final 60 games. I thought the Phillies were just so good that they won eight of their losses. But, it turns out the Phillies were 41-19 in their final 60 games. That's pretty good, I guess. The Phillies entered play […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of The 700 Level I wouldn't want to face a team with game faces like that. Yikes. Even worse for the Giants, Cole Hamels started today against Matt Cain. Some early offense to back up Hamels gave the Phillies a comfortable lead after one inning. Jimmy Rollins scored on Hunter […]
