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Posted by Mike Frohwirth Chase Utley makes his long-awaited return to the Phillies lineup tonight, as the Phillies face soft-tossing right-hander Bronson Arroyo and the Cincinnati Reds. Wilson Valdez, and his .551 OPS (.252 wOBA), has been relegated to the bench. Pete Orr, and his .578 OPS (.258 wOBA), has been exiled to the scenic […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth (Note: The following post is free of Rapture puns and/or references. If you crave such puns and/or references, please visit one of the other 847 Phillies blogs.) In a game that Fox Television thought was only of interest to a small, select portion of the country, the NL-leading Philadelphia Phillies defeated […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth On Saturday, we examined some possible courses of action that the Phillies could take, assuming that the world will come to an end on Saturday, May 21st. The Phillies have, apparently, chosen to go in another direction. For their Monday night game against right-hander Jake Westbrook and the Cardinals, they have […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth As the end of humanity is a mere seven days away, the Phillies need to make certain that they are factoring the world's impending doom into their personnel decisions. Only seven (or eight) games remain in franchise history, depending on whether the Phils are able to get their May 21st matchup […]
Posted by Stephen Gallo courtesy scoringposition.org I’m sure this post won’t make me too many friends amongst fellow Phillies fans, but I feel like it needs to be said. I’ve seen countless people on Twitter mention how we should all vote for Chase as an all-star this year. Hell, even the Phillies have been promoting […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson It's the matchup that means a whole lot to Phillies fans, Roy Halladay against Josh Johnson. Roy Halladay (5-1, 2.15 ERA) has no difficulty against the National League East, posting a 26-5 record in 34 career starts. As for Josh Johnson (3-1, 1.68 ERA), he had an interesting record of 1-1 […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of blogs.phillynews.com Yeah, that Kyle Kendrick. Believe it or not, Kyle pitched five shutout innings for the Phillies in a game that would have been started by Roy Oswalt, but he's on the disabled list with a sore back. It's safe to say that everyone expected Kyle to have a […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson In the first of this three-game series against the Washington Nationals, Cole Hamels (3-1, 3.13 ERA) took the mound against Livan Hernandez (3-2, 3.20 ERA) for Jayson Werth's homecoming game. The reaction from the fans was already posted by Stephen Gallo on this fabulous website. Cole Hamels was doing what he […]
Posted by Frank Klose Our blogger Christina Angelos was supposed to do tonight's recap, but about 12:30 a.m., she begged for mercy, as she is set to take a final exam tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. Okay – granted. Fans at Citizens Bank Park got many more innings than they expected for their dollar, […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth The Phillies are off to a great start, playing .692 ball (18W, 8L), good for the best record in the National League. With identical records at home and on the road, the Phils lead the NL East by one and one-half games. Philadelphia has been succesful in fattening their record against […]
