Philadelphia Phillies
Posted by Kevin Durso Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso Sunday, July 24th. The Phillies are in the middle of a four-game series against the Padres, working on their fifth straight win. But, while all that is going on, the man behind the 2008 World Champion Phillies was receiving baseball’s highest honor. Pat Gillick was being inducted into baseball’s […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Wow, what a quick game this was at AT&T Park in San Fran. We can thank Cliff Lee for that, who pitched a beautiful game and was backed up by some early home runs by the Phils. The first run of the game scored on Hunter Pence's first home run as […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Harpo42 on Flickr With a smile like that and blue eyes that pierce right through your soul, it's hard not to want to have children with this man. However, that's Sarah Madson's job. The Mad-Dog family has added a baby boy to their lineup and they now have four […]
Posted by Kevin Durso After watching two games that looked like a familiar brand of Phillies’ baseball, today’s game was just plain goofy. And in the end, the Phillies were the ones on the good end again. The Phillies managed to complete their second straight sweep, and sixth straight win, by taking a wild afternoon […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson The Rockies took an early 2-0 lead in the third inning when Seth Smith homered to score Ty Wigginton. Raul Ibanez (who else?) doubled in the first run for the Phillies tonight in the seventh inning. Hunter Pence scored after he had singled to get on base. Cole Hamels pitched tremendously, […]
Posted by Frank Klose When the Phillies needed a roster spot for Placido Polanco, they opted to send down a reliever rather an a position player, since Roy Oswalt is due back in a week anyway, and that could buy the team time to make a tough decision. However, the six-man bullpen got a lot […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images Hunter Pence and Placido Polanco were both in the lineup tonight, fielding their usual positions behind Cliff Lee. That alone should be enough to want to watch this game. An Ace, a brand new right-fielder fresh off the plane from visiting Milwaukee, and a returning veteran who is […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson AP Photo/Matt Slocum We can all agree that last night's game was rather ugly. Tonight's game was uglier. If you had a bad day today, do not read the following recapitulation. Pablo Sandoval destroyed a changeup from Kendrick to give the Giants a 1-0 lead in the second inning. In the […]
