Phillies Fans are Overthinking Kevin Frandsen Signing

Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy pe.com The Phillies have signed IF Kevin Frandsen to a minor league deal, ESPN's Jerry Crasnick is currently reporting. Fans of course, are overreacting and reading too much into this. Here is a sample from the Twitterspehere: "Kevin Frandsen? It's this bad with Utley? Castillo was one thing but Frandsen? […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  28 Mar 2011
Stutes Goes to Philly (for On-Deck Series)

Posted by Mike Frohwirth Photo courtesy www.philliesnation.com As the Phillies prepare for their final Spring Training games, they made a somewhat surprising addition to their traveling squad. Despite the fact that he was recently assigned to their minor league camp, right-handed reliever Mike Stutes was selected to accompany the squad to Philadelphia. Stutes, who is […]

Mike Frohwirth  •  28 Mar 2011
An Early Look at the Phillies HD New Scoreboard

Posted by Frank Klose Nbcphiladelphia.com In a recently posted story by NBC10, the Phillies' new scoreboard gets its first sight. The article details the Phillies' flight taking a quick wrap around by Citizens Bank Park so the Phillies players could see the stadium. Chopper 10 took an image of the scoreboard, pictured above. There it […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  28 Mar 2011
Day Two of 2011 Philliedelphia’s MLB Predictions: Adam Gonsiewski

Posted by Adam Gonsiewski The second of a five-day series of predictions from Philliedelphia's contributors. American League predictions AL East division winner – Red Sox AL Central division winner – Tigers AL West division winner – Athletics AL Wild Card team – Yankees AL MVP – Miguel Cabrera, Tigers AL Cy Young – Jon Lester, […]

Adam Gonsiewski  •  29 Mar 2011
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia… Except Roy Halladay and Opening Day?

Posted By Christina Angelos Courstey of weather.com The 2011 Major League Baseball season gets into full swing in four days when the Philadelphia Phillies host the Houston Astros at Citizen Bank Park. If you have not heard bad weather might be a threat during the game on Friday April 1, 2011 at 1:05 p.m. According […]

Christina Angelos  •  29 Mar 2011
ESPN’s Buster Olney Picks the Braves in N.L. East; Twitter Goes Crazy

Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy ESPN.com It was not exactly new news, as Buster Olney appeared on 97.5 the Fanatic two Fridays ago and said the same thing, but Phillies fans on Twitter had plenty to say to ESPN's Buster Olney when they got wind of Buster's prediction that the Atlanta Braves will win the […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  21 Mar 2011
Phillies Fans Rated “Most Loyal”; Pass the Red Sox, Yankees

Posted by Frank Klose In a new study from the research group Brand Keys, Philadelphia Phillies fans were ranked "most loyal" In this piece from Bloomberg Business News,Brand Keys' president Robert Passikoff recognized the personal involvement of Phillies fans: “With the Phillies, every game seems to count to the whole team. They seem to take […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  21 Mar 2011
Phils add Luis Castillo in Smart Depth Move

(Posted by Mike Frohwirth) Courtesy mlb.com The Phillies added another name to the 2B competition today, signing veteran Luis Castillo to a minor league deal. Castillo will compete for a roster spot with Josh Barfield, Pete Orr, and Delwyn Young. Wilson Valdez is currently expected to open the season as the starting 2B. Is this […]

Mike Frohwirth  •  21 Mar 2011
Philadelphia Phillies Are “Ready to Make a Pitch for Michael Young”

Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy prorumors.com Buried in the "It's a Madd, Madd, World…" section of the New York Daily News, columnist Bill Madden calls the Phillies in "full panic mode" and "ready to make a pitch for Michael Young". Madden writes: "The likelihood that No. 3 hitter Chase Utley is going to miss the […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  22 Mar 2011