Gamenight: Phillies (30-20) At Padres (25-27)

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I hoped Brett Myers injury would be a signal to the Phillies that things aren't going to go as swimmingly as last season. It appears that it has, as the team has won 6 straight since the injury and have opened up a 3 1/2 game lead on the Mets (they lost this afternoon already, ha!). The day after the Myers injury, it seemed like we had no one we could count on in our rotation...

J.C. Romero is back! If the Philadelphia Phillies need help in the seventh or eighth inning, the savior will be on the other end of Charlie Manuel's phone ready to take the ball. While this is good news for the team and will bolster the Phillies bullpen, the circumstances behind the suspension have not been forgotten by J.C.Romero is still in a lawsuit with the manufacturers...

While currently a bit of a headache, the future of the Phillies starting rotation looks great. If Bastardo stays up and continues to be sick we'll have a complicated decision to make. Four lefties isn't going to sit well with Charlie Manuel. Moyer becomes the weakest (and it's weak man!) link. I would like to see Moyer enticed into a pitching coach position after he&...

Antonio Bastardo, aka Ol’ Dirty Bastardo, aka Tony Bananas, aka Dirt McHurt, aka Super Bastardo, aka Roll Phizzlesteak, aka AB Tha K Specialist, picked up the win in his major league debut against San Diego on Tuesday....

Cole Hamels turned in another dominating performance against the Dodgers, pitching a five-hitter for his third career shutout, and the Phillies extended their winning streak to seven games with a 3-0 victory Thursday.

where the boxscore writes itself: 97 pitches, 68 for strikes, 5 hits, no runs. Cole Hamels continued his mastery of the Dodgers and improved to 4-2 (4.40) as the Phillies extended their win streak to a season-high seven. The Phils' 3-4-5 guys knocked in a run each. With the win, the Phillies are four games up on the Mets in the NL East.

While there's a pretty big basketball game in Los Angeles this evening, Phillies fans will be focused on the series opener from Dodger Stadium, now the site of some of the best Philly sporting memories ever.Before they beat the Rays to be forever known as WFC, the Phillies played that incredibly memorable series against the Dodgers. Personally, once the Phillies reached the World...

The Phillies open a four-game series at Dodger Stadium tonight, and you can bet Los Angeles wil...

Phillies’ reliever J.C. Romero is eligible to join the team Wednesday, as his 50-game suspension for banned substances officially ends.Romero was arguably the Phillies best reliever in 2008, aside from the perfect Brad Lidge, with a 2.75 ERA.How will Romero fit into a bullpen that is already about a third of the way through the season? Manager Charlie Manuel addressed that topic last week....

PHILLIES 3, DODGERS 0 "King Cole out there on the mound." —Vin Scully Cole Hamels: 9.0 IP, 5H, 0R, 5 K's