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Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Len Redkoles/Getty Images After last night's 9-1 victory over the Marlins, the two teams had two games to play today, the first was a make up game from April 16th's washout. Kyle Kendrick pitched tremendously in the first game, allowing just one earned run, a home run to Logan […]
What do Chris Pronger, Kimmo Timonen, and Janne Niinimaa all have in common? They were all drafted in the 1993 NHL Entry draft. How many were drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers? Only Janne Niinimaa. Pronger went second, to the Hartford Whalers, while Timonen could be considered the hidden gem of the draft going 250nd to […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of AP Photo/ Tom Mihalek The Phillies and Marlins start a four-game series including a day-night double header on Wednesday, June 15. The day game is being made up from April 16th's game which was rained out. Tonight, Cole Hamels took the ball for the Phils, and Chris Volstad took […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth Earlier this week, Phillies closer Ryan Madson made an interesting comment about a possible All-Star Game selection: "It would be a dream come true. It would probably beat going to the World Series, to be honest with you." The Closer Mentality-possessing reliever is known for his jocular personality. This particular […]
Posted by Rich Wilkins Rookie Elih Villanueva, Courtesy milb.com Philadelphia Phillies (40-26, NL East-1) vs. Florida Marlins (32-33, NL East-3) Pitching Match-Ups: Cole Hamels (8-2, 2.58) vs. Chris Volstad (2-6, 5.51) Kyle Kendrick (3-4, 3.47) vs. Elih Villanueva (MLB debut) Roy Halladay (9-3, 2.39) vs. Anibal Sanchez (6-1, 3.06) Cliff Lee (6-5, 3.41) vs. Javier […]
Posted by Rich Wilkins In 1950, on the final day of the regular-season, the Phillies won the National League Pennant. In 2007, on the final day of the regular-season, the Phillies won the National League East. So much of what people under 65 understand baseball to be is based on the divisional era. Yankees-Red Sox. […]
Posted by Philliebot BEEP BEEP If you're a female phan chances are you've been pining over Chase Utley for the better part of seven years now. You've been making vodoo dolls of Jen Utley, hoping that Chase would realize you two were meant to be together. You were probably devestated to here the she woman […]
Posted by Christina Angelos Courtesy of US Presswire Roy Oswalt did not look like his dominate self in the first inning as he gave up three runs (including 2 run homerun). However, he held the Cubs scoreless for 6 innings. He allowed seven hits, two walks and struck out five (he notched his 1,700 strikeout). […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr. Cliff Lee toed the rubber, grasped the ball, and before he could even toss the first pitch of the game, the rain came down causing a 32 minute rain delay. Cliff wasn't pleased with the weather, and you could definitely tell by his reaction […]
Posted by Danielle Wilson Courtesy of Daylife.com Roy Halladay, who is 0-3 lifetime against the Cubs, took the bump tonight against Carlos Zambrano who has won four of his last five starts against the Phillies. It would appear that Shane Victorino, who switched spots in the lineup with Polanco tonight, has the best stats against […]
