Philadelphia Phillies
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy phillies.com circa 2003 Several have asked, how can the Giants release Burrell while on the disabled list? Well, I don't think that they can, but there is some maneuvering they can do to achieve their purpose, which is to find room on the active roster and 40-man roster for newly-acquired […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of AP Photo/Matt Slocum The Phillies play two kinds of baseball these days: Score a bunch of runs and have the starting pitcher throw a gem, or, have the starting pitcher throw a gem and give no run support behind them. Tonight, they played the second version of Phillies baseball, […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy phillysportsdaily.com Yesterday's update on the status of Joe Blanton was not good. Here's a Ruben Amaro quote via PhillySportsDaily: “Blanton had an ultrasound. He has some inflammation of the nerve…He’ll have more studies tomorrow to see if there’s nerve damage.” Nerve damage is no small issue. While the Philly Sports […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Drew Hallowell/Getty Images Oh, man. OH, MAN. This game was just exciting to watch, especially because of the smack-talking Giants fans who could have sworn that their team would win this game! Oh, how they were wrong. Not only was their ace starter, Tim Lincecum, scratched from tonight's game […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Corey Shaw/Philliedelphia On this sweltering night in Philly, the Padres and Phillies celebrated throwback night, sporting their jerseys from the 80's. Clearly, the outfit fit Cole Hamels very well, seeing that he had a typical 2011 Cole Hamels game. Thankfully, the Padres were being the Padres tonight, and it really helped […]
Posted by Kevin Durso AP Photo/David J. Phillip The Phillies are opening a ten-game homestand tonight with the San Diego Padres, but the real highlight of the homestand comes next week when the defending World Series Champions are in town for a rematch of the 2010 NLCS. The picture above should give everyone the unwanted […]
Posted by Frank Klose Photo courtesy usatoday.net Well, it's that time of the year again. Kevin Durso just wrote a nice piece called "The Bigger the Better: A Look at Possible Big-Name Trades" that takes a look at some of the big-name pieces that could be coming to Philadelphia. However, Twitter is abuzz with paranoid […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast I almost didn't write a recap for tonight's game until the eighth inning, when the Phils finally scored a run. It was quite an ugly game prior to that inning. Of course, the pitching was spectacular from Cliff Lee and the 'pen, but it was […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy jasongrilli.com Foxsports.com's Ken Rosenthal writes that Philadelphia Phillies farmhand Jason Grilli's opt-out clause in his contract will hit in a few days, and that Grilli has at least one major-league contract offer. The Phillies bullpen sets up as follows: RHP Ryan MadsonLHP Antonio BastardoRHP Michael Stutes Then it gets dicey:RHP […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of David Banks/Getty Images Brutal, brutal, brutal. The heat in Chicago was brutal. The Cubs were brutal. The Phillies' offense was brutal, and not in a good way. Looking ahead at this series, and examining how the Cubs have been playing thus far, it looked like an easy couple of […]
