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Alright, it's Opening Day, and here's my predictions for the upcoming season. National League East Washington Nationals 95-67 Philadelphia Phillies 90-72 Atlanta Braves 87-75 New York Mets 67-95 Miami Marlins 58-104 Central Cincinnati Reds 92-70 St. Louis Cardinals 85-77 Milwaukee Brewers 82-80 Pittsburgh Pirates 80-82 Chicago Cubs 68-94 West San Francisco Giants 93-69 Los Angeles […]
This is my time of the year sports fans. Without furthur delay here are my predictions: American League AL East winner: BaltimoreAL Central winner: DetroitAL West winner: AnaheimAL Wild Card winners: Oakland, Cleveland AL MVP: Mike Trout (LAA)AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander (DET)AL Rookie of the Year: Jurickson Profar (TEX)AL Manager of the Year: […]
(Photo: Erik Seybold/Philliedelphia) – Cole Hamels is predicted to be the NL Cy Young Award winner after a career-year last season.Tomorrow is Opening Day and hot dog am I excited! It's been a long offseason full of more Eagles dismay and a dramatic lockout-shortened NHL season and I'm ready for baseball. Last year was far […]
The Phillies and Blue Jays squared off one more time this afternoon in the final game of spring training. Kyle Kendrick took the hill for his team with Josh Johnson on for Toronto. The Jays jumped ahead to an early lead in the top of the first after Jose Bautista went yard to left field […]
Ryan Howard will not be an IronPig. Today, the IronPigs broke camp and went north, as will the other teams in Florida within the system. With their win on Thursday, the IronPigs assured themselves of a winning spring. Today, they assured us of their rotation, announcing that Tom Cochran is staying behind in Extended Spring […]
Ryan Howard's Game 1 homer in 2011's NLDS. The team is set. The season is here. There are no total shockers, but all the battles have been decided. The rotation has no news from it. Cole Hamels, Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Kyle Kendrick, and John Lannan were all pretty much shoe-ins to begin with and […]
The Phillies have played 32 Grapefruit League games over the past two months preparing for a hopeful 2013 season. With Opening Day two days away, the Phillies are closing the books on spring training and gearing up for a 162 game ride. The Phillies will host the Blue Jays at Citizens Bank Park for their […]
Photo courtesty of Monica on Twitter Cliff Lee made his final spring training start this evening at Citizens Bank Park. The Blue Jays are in town for two nights to wrap up this spring in an on-deck series. But of course, with an On-Deck series comes shananigans such as Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee launching […]
(Photo: Philliedelphia/Erik Seybold) Just earlier this week, Cole Hamels made a start against the Tigers sporting a full-fledged beard. Today, he sits in the dugout sporting a full-fledged mustache. Yes – a mustache. Hamels did say that he would be shaving off the beard after his start on Wednesday, but I wasn't expecting this. Either […]
Philadelphia Phillies (81-81 in 2012) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (73-89 in 2012). Preview: Two more totally meaningless games in Philadelphia will complete the exhibition schedule. Presumably, Cliff Lee will throw Friday for some period of time, as will Kyle Kendrick and John Lannan on Saturday, though not even ESPN is listing any pitching names for […]
