Ryne Sandberg
Former Philadelphia Phillies player and manager Ryne Sandberg lost his valiant battle with prostate cancer. Sandberg was 65 years old. Originally a 20th round pick of the Phillies in the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft, Sandberg played 13 games with the Phillies during the 1981 season. He had one hit in 1981, his only in […]
View image | gettyimages.com A struggling offense has been the primary reason for the Phillies (3-6) current four-game losing streak. There aren't many bright spots in the lineup and it has shown as the Mets dominated a three-game series sweep earlier this week. The Phillies next series comes in Washington as they meet the […]
Photo courtesy piratesprospects.com We learned late last night that the Phillies lost out on Bryan Price, a candidate for the open pitching coach position. Price accepted the manager's job with the Cincinnati Reds. Today another name emerged as a candidate for the Phillies open position for the first time: Pittsburgh Pirates executive Jim Benedict. […]
We knew even upon his dismissal that the Phillies offered former Phillies manager Charlie Manuel a job; we were only left to figure out what job that might be. Many of us assumed he would be in an advisory role to General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. It appears now that we were wrong. […]
Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. appeared on the Mike Missanelli Show on 97.5 the Fanatic this afternoon, and gave some interesting insights into both the 2014 Phillies and the 2014 Phillies coaching staff. Missanelli, always a good interviewer, jumped right into the question of new manager Ryne Sandberg's coaching staff. Here is the […]
Roy Halladay wasn't brilliant yesterday afternoon, but his team still came through in the clutch to pull one out against the Cubbies. In Ryne Sanberg's return back to Wrigley Field, the place where he made himself a Hall of Famer over 15 years, the Phillies were able to come back from behind and take the […]
Ryne Sandberg's first project as the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies is a monumental one—fix Jimmy Rollins. Having notched his first major league victory as the club's skipper, Sandberg can turn his attention to the future. The rest of the 2013 season becomes an evaluation period, where Sandberg can determine which members of the current […]
A lack of justice. That is what bothered most Phillies fans today after the team let go the winningest manager in the club's history, who led the team to one of the team's two World Series victories. He should have had a better fate, they say; it's only fair. But, lost in the Charlie […]
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. I've been a huge proponent of this team selling off at the deadline. I think they're toast. I think that age and health caught up to them in 2012, and at this point it's clear that time will not be reversed in 2013. There are plenty of fans who think […]
The Phillies were crushed yesterday, 13-4 at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays. John Lannan was lit up for 12 earned runs on 14 hits through four innings in yesterday's ball game. Lannan's response to his horrific start? "Got my butt kicked, gotta move on." Great response and attitude. Given that it is […]
