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Posted by Frank Klose According to Howard Eskin, Ryan Howard has indeed torn his achillies and will be out until at least May or June. So, what can the Phillies do until then? 1) Play John Mayberry Jr. at first base and pick up another outfielder. John Mayberry mostly played first base in college. However, […]
Posted by Frank Klose What an awful loss, and what an awful injury to Ryan Howard. An achilles tear could knock Howard out for much of the 2012 season. At last night's game, Ryan Howard stepped to the plate in the 7th inning (the infamous 3-0 swing at-bat). His choice of music of "I'm […]
"PHILLIES RALLY SQUIRREL"~@AntsinIN "Dude, that squirrel was unbelievable"~Shane Victorino "I thought it was hilarious. They were treating it like it was a streaker"~Ryan Howard "Cardinals batters are 1-for-1 with a squirrel on the field. #NLDS #factoids"~Phil Sheridan "In Philly, we would've thrown batteries at that squirrel."~@OfficialReview "Shoulda tazed it"~BobEv5900 Here is the video: Incidentally, this […]
Posted by Frank Klose Allen Craig triples off of Shane Victorino's glove in the 7th inning. Last night's productive first inning against the St. Louis Cardinals, characterized by high-pitch counts, walks, and an overall inconsistent Chris Carpenter was shut down, partially due to the impatience of one Shane Victorino. Jimmy Rollins doubled on the third […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth When St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony LaRussa announced his postseason pitching rotation, there was jubilation- among the Phillies' fanbase. As Cardinals' ace Chris Carpenter pitched in the division-clinching win on Wednesday, he will be unable to pitch until Game 3. But LaRussa also made the surprising move of holding his 2nd […]
In a previous post, we determined that the Phillies' postseason roster would likely include (at least in the first round) fifteen position players. They have one open spot for a position player who was not on the MLB active roster on 8/31, provided they don't use that spot on a reliever. The "definites" we projected […]
In the previous post, we determined that the Phillies are likely to carry ten pitchers in the postseason's first round. The projected definites: Starting Pitchers (4): Halladay, Lee, Hamels, Oswalt Relief Pitchers (3): Madson, Bastardo, Worley This leaves three postseason roster spots open, with eight candidates to fill them: Brad Lidge, David Herndon, Kyle Kendrick, […]
With a postseason berth guaranteed, the Phillies will look to lock up the NL East, and to assure themselves of homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. The Phillies, through their impressive regular season performance, have afforded themselves two luxuries: they can use these final two weeks to give their regulars some much-needed rest, and to determine […]
They are in some stores ready to be released at a clincher's notice. What do you think? I like them better than last year's.
Posted by Frank Klose I remember back in 2008 wrapping up the night courses I was teaching at Holy Family University. Class ended just after 9p.m., and there was one thing I did every time I was there: I raced to nearby Whitman Tavern to watch the end of the night's baseball games on their […]
