Raul Ibanez
Photo: Philliedelphia/Lindsey Crew Beautiful city, beautiful ballpark, tons of Phillies fans… lousy performance. So the Phillies are 1-2, marked with frustration, impotent offense, and good starting pitching but frustrating bullpen performances. Let's take a look at some of opening weekend both for the Phillies and around the league and see where we stand. Think […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson What you see here is Raul Ibanez ruining the Comcast broadcast. In a Yankees uniform. Jerk. On a serious note, it was awesome seeing Raul with New York. Good for him. Wednesday's game was essentially a pre-pre-season game. Still a win, but, today's the day that *meaningful* games begin. Let spring […]
Posted by Kevin Durso The Phillies' franchise-record 102nd win of the season, ended the Atlanta Braves push for a playoff spot. Even in Game #162, baseball wouldn't go down without a fight. So, as the innings carried on, the excitement level just continued to pick up. This was as close to a Postseason preview as […]
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 Courtesy of Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Finally, Phillies baseball! It has only been five days since their last game, but it seems like weeks. It's a good thing they won tonight, huh? Sorry, spoiler alert… Well, Vance Worley's last outing against the Marlins was a beauty. However, his last outing against the […]
Posted by Frank Klose The official Phillies twitter page just tweeted: Wow. When the Phillies called up Perez last week over Mike Zagurski, the usual lefty making the drive down 476, it seemed like a stop-gap measure and that he would hardly pitch. After watching the Carpenter-Matheison-Baez-Herndon part of the bullpen struggle and with left-handed […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Daylife.com None of the Red Sox in tonight's lineup have faced Vance Worley before. Red Sox, meet the Vanimal. On top of that, Adrian Gonzalez starts in right field tonight for the first time since 2005. Some advice for the Phils' lineup: Hit it to Adrian. Vance Worley was […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth The Minion's fist struck Phillies' General Manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. squarely in the mouth. The captive Amaro remained emotionless and unperturbed. "I'll never tell you our secrets.", Amaro stated dispassionately, directing a mixture of blood and broken teeth at his interrogator. Red Sox' General Manager Theo Epstein was similarly unmoved, lifting […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth Typically, when a National League team plays in an American League ballpark, they have an inherent disadvantage: the lack of an acceptable Designated Hitter. This season's Phillies' squad is no exception, as their weak bench doesn't offer much in the way of offense. Even more troubling than the weak bench, is […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson The Phillies hopped on the train to Washington from New York to take on the Nationals for a three-game series. Roy Halladay who has won his last nine decisions against Washington/Montreal took the mound flashing a 2.58 earned run average. The pesky Nats took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of […]
