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Embed from Getty Images By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor Final: American League 4, National League 2 SAN DIEGO — Beautiful Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, hosted the 87th annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game about as well as possible. The weather was, well, San Diego weather. The field looked about as […]
Embed from Getty Images By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola has a 4.69 ERA at the All-Star break, having lost his last five starts while allowing 27 runs. The Phillies skipped Nola's final start before the All-Star Game, hoping Nola could recharge for a strong second half. Former […]
Aaron Altherr is finally going to get to show the Phillies what he can do (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) It is time once again for a Phillies 97.3 ESPN Monday Mailbag. We take your questions every Monday and then we talk about them during the Sports Bash with Mike Gill on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30 p.m. If […]
Ricardo Pinto pitched two-thirds of an inning in the Futures Game (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) The Phillies had two players in last night's futures game. Ricardo Pinto represented the Phillies organization for the World team. Dylan Cozens represented the Phillies organization for the U.S. team. Unfortunately for Phillies fans, neither player was much of a factor […]
Sunday, the Phillies welcomed back left-handed reliever Daniel Stumpf after serving an 80-game suspension for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The positive test came during Spring Training for the drug commonly known as Turinabol, an oral steroid tied to performance. Now that Stumpf has served his suspension and returned to the Phillies, he is claiming innocence. […]
Embed from Getty Images Seventh-round picks aren't supposed to become starters in their rookie season. They're supposed to sit on the bench, land on the practice squad and learn for a year or two before being thrown into the fire. They aren't supposed to capture the imagination of a fan base during a dominant […]
Embed from Getty Images By Josh Liddick, Sports Talk Philly Staff Writer In 2005, and Phillies right fielder Bobby Abreu was at the peak of his career. Coming off of a career year in 2004, where Abreu was elected to the All-Star Game, he continued his success and was selected to the All-Star game […]
By Josh Liddick, Staff Writer Final: Phillies 10, Rockies 3 ❖ Attendance: 32,113 DENVER— The Phillies headed back to Coors Field to finish a four-game series against the Rockies. After a back and forth series that saw the Rockies win the first and the third game of the series, the Phillies looked to win the final […]
Embed from Getty Images By Greg Vince, Sports Talk Philly staff writer The Phillies have announced that Rule 5 draft pick Daniel Stumpf has been reinstated from the restricted list following a 60 game suspension for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. Stumpf has been rehabbing in the minor league system posting a 6.48 ERA […]
Embed from Getty Images By Theo DeRosa, contributor Final: Rockies 8, Phillies 3 DENVER—The idea of "momentum" in sports is debatable, but on Saturday night "Big Mo" was visible, flowing through the thin air in the Mile High City into the home dugout at Coors Field. It all started on the second major league […]
