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  View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Phillies (3-3) will look to spoil the home opener of their rival New York Mets (3-3) in a Monday afternoon matinee at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. So far in the early going the Mets have faced the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves.  The Mets bested the Nationals in their […]

Photo courtesy @jrad13 on Twitter Russ Canzler had a decent enough Spring Training for the Phillies.  However, the Phillies signed him mainly to man a few different positions in AAA Lehigh Valley.   Canzler has played some outfield, first base, and some third base in his professional career up until today, making him a good […]

  View image | gettyimages.com Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard spent the offseason in a legal battle with family over the management of his money.  It turns out that Howard was not the only one in the Phillies organization fighting with kinfolk over money.  This time it goes to the top: Phillies part-owner John Middleton […]

  WP: Aaron Barrett (1-0, 0.00 ERA) LP: Jake Diekman (0-1, 3.50 ERA) SV: Drew Storen (2) The Washington Nationals, for the third game in a row, struck first. Bryce Harper went to the opposite field in his first encounter with Sean O' Sullivan for his second home run of the season. After a couple of quiet […]

  View image | gettyimages.com When the Phillies announced that Sean O'Sullivan would be the Phillies' fifth starter to open the season, we knew that someone had to go.   With just two left-handed relievers on the roster, it seemed that Luis Garcia had to be the one to go since he had major league options.  […]

April 6, 1968 After the NHL expanded its league from six teams to twelve in the 1967-68 season, all six expansion teams were placed in the "West" Division. With the Flyers finishing first and the St. Louis Blues finishing third, they faced off in a Quarterfinal Round, best-of-seven series. Although it took two days later […]

  Odubel Herrera. The kid has been the top story for the Phillies, putting aside the Cole Hamels trade talks, and he keeps getting hotter. Herrera, the twenty-three year old rookie from the Rule 5 draft back in December, made a huge splash in spring training by posting a .343 batting average, two home runs, […]

  After an impressive 4-1 win against the World Series favorite Washington Nationals, the Phillieslook to ride Cole Hamels onto another big win today. Hamels looks to redeem himself after a rough start to the 2015 season against his top trade suitor, the Boston Red Sox, giving up four homeruns in five innings of work. […]

Following Mets pitcher Matt Harvey's triumphant return to the mound, Stephania Bell of ESPN published what I feel is the must read article of the week, taking a look at the facts and the myths of Tommy John surgery.  While the press screams for Masahiro Tanaka to get the surgery, it serves as a great […]