Former 2008 World Champion Phillies Pitcher Joe Blanton Reportedly Retires

Wikipedia Commons The Phillies acquired starter Joe Blanton at the trade deadline in 2008.  While many fans at the time wanted the Phillies to acquire Rich Harden instead, Blanton proved to be just what the Phillies needed to help put them over the hump and win a World Championship.   According to a report, Blanton […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  13 Apr 2014
Collector’s Corner: April 13, 2014

Let this week's "Collector's Corner" post serve as a reminder that tickets for the annual Phillies Phestival go on sale at 9 AM tomorrow morning.   The Phestival benefiting ALS research has been a staple of the Phillies Community program for the past 30 years – raising over $14 million in the process.  It is […]

The Phillies Collector  •  13 Apr 2014
Second Period Comeback Not Enough to Give Flyers Win, Fall to Hurricanes 6-5

An epic second-period comeback was not enough to give the Flyers a win in their last regular-season game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday afternoon. Matt Read, Kimmo Timonen, Sean Couturier, and Wayne Simmonds (2) all scored for the Flyers, while Jeff Skinner (2), Eric Staal (2), and Manny Malhotra scored for Carolina. Skinner’s shootout […]

Kim Pollock  •  13 Apr 2014
Phillies Sweep the Marlins, Powered by Two Home Runs

The Phillies entered today looking for the first sweep of the year against divisional rival, Miami Marlins. Last night’s game ended in the trilling fashion as Jimmy Rollins hit a walk off homerun in the tenth inning. Jimmy said that he wanted to end it then, since Giancarlo Stanton was due to come up in […]

Andrew Shipotofsky  •  13 Apr 2014
Phillies Pitcher Justin De Fratus Is Heading To AAA: “You Guys Deserve Better”

Last night Phillies reliever Justin De Fratus' fastball connected with Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton's bat.  While that alone may not be too shameful or enough to warrant a demotion to the minor leagues, but the Phillies found themselves with a tired bullpen and with Mike Adams set to be activated as soon as Monday.   […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  13 Apr 2014
Game 82 Preview: Carolina Hurricanes @ Philadelphia Flyers

IMAGE COURTESY OF AMY IRVIN Carolina Hurricanes (35-35-11) @ Philadelphia Flyers (42-30-9), 3:00pm, CSN-Philly/SPSO Although Game 82 doesn't mean much to the Philadelphia Flyers this season, there are still a few things to watch for in their tilt today against the Carolina Hurricanes. With a few Adirondack Phantoms taking part in their first NHL game […]

Craig Forsythe  •  13 Apr 2014
RIP Harry

(Last night's victory celebration) On April 13th, 2009, the Phillies were visiting the Nationals on what was the home opener there. Harry Kalas was in the booth for pre-game, as usual. Nothing would end like usual though, as Harry would die in the booth a short time before the first pitch that day. For those […]

Rich Wilkins  •  13 Apr 2014
Flight Plan: Final Game and Preparing for the Post-Season

The Philadelphia Flyers celebrate a goal scored against the Buffalo Sabres in a 5-2 win last week at the Wells Fargo Center. Image c/o Amy Irvin of 38Photography. The Philadelphia Flyers will close out the regular season today with a game against the Carolina Hurricanes at the Wells Fargo Center. It’s been quite a year […]

Nick Dobrowolski  •  13 Apr 2014
Following Last Night’s Walk Off Heroics, Phillies Look for the Sweep

  With Stanton due up in the top of the 11th, I can't say I had the greatest feeling about the game that was running pretty long last night when Jimmy Rollins homered off Dan Jennings to spite a heckler but most importantly send the team and fans home with a really nice win. Those […]

Account Deleted  •  13 Apr 2014