Shane Victorino
Posted by Mike Frohwirth Shane Victorino looking dapper at the Grammy Awards. As starting centerfielder Shane Victorino approaches his return to the Phillies, a difficult roster decision lies ahead. Which player do the Phils remove from the active roster, to open a spot for Victorino? The Phillies could option a reliever to AAA, and go […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth On Sunday, the Phillies announced the signing of veteran outfielder Scott Podsednik, to a minor league contract. It is anticipated that he will be assigned to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (AAA), but no associated roster move has been announced yet. Most of Podsednik's limited value comes from his speed, which has […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy of Exposay.com According to multiple baseball sources including Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Phillies have signed outfielder Scott Podsednik to a minor-league deal. Podsednik is a major league veteran who can play center field. This could prove fruitful for the Phillies, since the Phillies are currently without a major […]
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 Danielle Wilson Multiple sources have announced that Shane Victorino has been placed on the disabled list (right hamstring) and Domonic Brown has been recalled from triple-A LehighValley (!!!!) Joe Blanton has not been placed on the disabled list just yet, but David Herndon has been recalled and will take the place of Scott […]
Posted by Stephen Gallo The oldest team in baseball keeps on living up to their title. As posted by our very own Adam Gonsiewski, here, yesterday it was announced that Shane Victorino (calf strain) and Joe Blanton (elbow soreness) will be placed on the DL. It looks like Vance Worley will eventually make his […]
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 Danielle Wilson Cole Hamels went for his fifth consecutive win tonight against Jair Jurrjens in the rubber match of this Phillies-Braves series, which much to our dismay was on Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. Here come the endless cheesesteak and Rocky mentions from Bobby Valentine, Orel Hershiser, and Dan Shulman. The Braves marked […]
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 this edition of "Insane For Shane", there's no need to talk about statistics, because Shane is going above and beyond off of the field to give back to the community. The photo above was taken today during Shane's book signing, which was written by Alan Maimon. Both were there to […]
