Uncategorized
The Phillies had eleven no-hitters in club history heading into Monday's Labor Day matinee: Charles Ferguson, August 29, 1885 Red Donahue, July 8, 1898 Chick Fraser, September 18, 1903 Johnny Lush, May 1, 1906 Jim Bunning, June 21, 1964 Rick Wise, June 23, 1971 Terry Mulholland, August 15, 1990 Tommy Greene, May 23, 1991 Kevin […]
If you have not been watching this Phillies game, it's time you put down the grilling utensils now and get to a television. Cole Hamels left the game after the sixth inning with a high pitch count and has left the game. Jake Diekman and Ken Giles followed with hitless innings of their […]
#453162996 / gettyimages.com The Phillies traded infielder/outfielder John Mayberry Jr. just in time for the August 31 deadline. That move not only helps clear playing time for players on the Phillies already-crowded roster, but also clears a 40-man roster spot that could go to a September call-up. According to a report, Maikel Franco […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen With a series loss the the New York Mets, the Phillies four-game winning streak is a thing of the past. However, they're still on a stretch in which they have won seven of their last ten games, and will continue to play against other National League Eastern teams with today's contest. Today's […]
The Phillies made one additional trade before the August 31 waiver trade deadline. According to Todd Zolecki of MLB.com, the Phillies shipped out extra man John Mayberry Jr.: Phillies trade OF John Mayberry Jr. to Blue Jays for minor league 3B Gustavo Pierre. — Todd Zolecki (@ToddZolecki) September 1, 2014 The Phillies likely had […]
#452991404 / gettyimages.com The Phillies entered Sunday having won eight of their last 11 games and hoped to take down the New York Mets on their own territory for what could have been their fourth straight series victory. Instead, the Phillies combined sloppy play with a rough A.J. Burnett start, losing to the Mets […]
#453493344 / gettyimages.com Will some padded stats for Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard help trade him this offseason? Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote the other day that the Phillies are playing Howard in the hopes that they can move him in a trade: The front office's hope, according to sources familiar […]
#454396936 / gettyimages.com On a night that was Marlon Byrd's 37th birthday, Jerome Williams and Byrd delivered a present to the Phillies fans, who watched the Phillies take down the Mets on enemy territory. Williams continued to give the Phillies a chance to win, and Byrd showed baseball that he was one of […]
#450690824 / gettyimages.com Who will be the leader of this year’s Sixers team? Who is going to pick this team up after another long losing streak in the middle of February and continue to keep fighting when everyone feels like waving the white flag on the season? Someone must step up and take control […]
Former Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling was pretty quiet after undergoing cancer surgery back in February. Schilling has undergone his fair share of troubles and then some after retiring from baseball: a bankruptcy, heart attack and subsequent stint placement, and now cancer. For the first time, Schilling opened up to Boston radio station WEEI. […]
