Gamenight: Nationals (44-81) At Phillies (66-58)

When the Phillies take he field tonight against the Nationals, a familiar face should be manning the hot corner. Not Greg Dobbs or Eric Bruntlett, but injured third baseman Pedro Feliz. Feliz has been sidelined since July 25th with inflammation in his lower back. While Dobbs and Bruntlett have been adequate replacements in Feliz's absence, the Phillies have missed him. ...

Jayson Werth's tiebreaking home run lifted the Phillies over the Nationals 5-4 on a night when half of Citizens Bank Park showed Jimmy Rollins that carrying last year's playoff team on his back can't buy their affection. Werth smoked a hanging Steven Shell curveball into left-center for his 17th homer of the season, a new career-best. Werth's shot completed a modest...

While the Phillies offense has taken a nap with 38 games remaining in the season, lets take a look at some of the guys who could give this team a lift over the next few weeks. 1. Pedro Feliz - Feliz could be back either Wednesday or Thursday, he hit two home runs for Reading tonight and made an incredible play in the field. Getting him back should be a little lift, Eric Bruntlett...

Last night was both "Gay Community Night" as well as "Hatfield Dollar Dog Night" at Citizens Bank Park. Just sayin'.

Today's the day. Come join HHR and We Should Be GM's around 6 PM outside of McFadden's at the ballpark to promote tonight's "Campaign Cheer."

I wanted everyone to get a look at some new officially-licensed Phillies memorabilia by our friend Chris Speakman. (...)

Ryan Howard is struggling bad verse left-handed pitching, so bad that it might be time to take him out of the line-up when they pitch. His numbers against southpaws are so bad, that it might be time to find someone to take his place in the line-up when they pitch. Who takes his place, more on that later, but take a look at his numbers, would you continue to pencil in a guy who...

If fans are going to boo the guy, if the media is going to dissect his every syllable, this should be the reason: It's Aug. 20 and he's hitting .263. This time a year ago he was hitting .290 with 21 HR, and just getting warmed up for a September where he clinched the MVP award by helping the Phils clinch the division.

Let's be frank--Jason Davis pitched himself out of the rotation tonight. He was absoultely terrible. That's the bad news. The good news is--unlike a month or so ago when it was nearly impossible to pitch one's self out of the Pirates rotation--now a guy who came in with a 1.80 ERA is likely gone (since Gorzo and Ohlendorf are both throwing well in Triple-A). Shows you what Huntington...

According to Ken Rosenthal, the Red Sox and Phillies are showing serious interest in former Reds catcher David Ross. Both teams are envisioning Ross as a back up catcher; however, may give it a week before they sign him so he spends as little time in the minors before the rosters expand September 1st. Ross has only played in 52 games this year, batting .231 with a .381 OBP.He is...

I got around to reminiscing about the Phillies' offense ? it's been so long ? and I started wondering what the top ten Phillies moments of 2008 were. Luckily, FanGraphs exists and has a statistic known as Leverage Index. I went through each game log and logged each event with an LI of 5.00 or higher.

Tis true, Tribe fans. Though the object of much recent nihilism and vitriol from fans across the Midwest, Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge has been given a spot in the Hall of Fame. Now, before you flip out and assume that he will be perched right between Tris Speaker and Hoyt Wilhelm, realize that Wedge's situation may be a bit different. Actually, it is considerably...

While the Mets continue to search for a closer, not all games will be won in the 9th inning. Newly acquired Luis Ayala made his Mets debut in the 7th inning. Oliver Perez didn't have his best stuff tonight but found a way to limit the damage to a three run third. Perez ran out of gas in the 7th when he put runners on the corners while only recording one out. So many times this...

Tonight was "Campaign Cheer" night at the ballpark, a creation of the guys over at We Should Be GM's, and the Phillies woke up just in time to give the home crowd a win over the Washington Nationals. Joe Blanton had a short, unsuccessful outing for the Phillies which left the team in a 4-1 hole in the top of the 5th, but the Phillies fought back to tie the game and...