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While the Phillies were almost the victims of a no-hitter Thursday at Citizen’s Bank Park, starting pitcher Cole Hamels was hit by a liner off the bat of Prince Fielder in the fourth inning. The ball hit Hamels near his left shouler, which also happens to be his pitching arm. The Phillies later said Hamels suffered a left shouler contusion, which forced...

It was discussed a lot leading up the beginning of the 2009 baseball season, would Philly fans give their team a break from booing since they won the World Series last year? If the team started slow, would they just be appreciative that they were the reigning world champs? While it turns out the fans did not cut them much slack, that is of little concern...

Phillies are off to a poor start. Read more, follow link.

The good news: Hamels says he's fine and removing him from today's loss to the Brewers was precautionary and not due to major injury to his pitching shoulder. The bad news: J A Happ pitched like crap. 1.2 innings 3 hits 3 Earned Runs 3 Walks. A couple of days ago I had hoped he would replace Chan Ho Park.Now I'm not sure he ISN'T Chan Ho Park. Hopefully his struggles today were about...

Batting .169 with a .206 On Base Percentage is dismal,awful,unbelievably inept.Rollins should be removed from the lineup for Bruntlett more often.If you're still impressed with his defense at least remove him from the leadoff spot and let Victorino take over for awhile.

Talk about an offensive explosion. After 8 innings of baseball that looked just like Thursday's game against the Brewers where they nearly got no-hit, the Phillies offense finally came alive in a big way against the Marlins. After managing only 3 hits and striking out 8 times against young Marlins ace Josh Johnson, the Phils bats pounded Marlins relievers...

Cole Hamels looked like himself in yesterday's start. Yes he made a mistake giving up a 2 run homerun, but other than that he located his pitches well looked like he was ready to start his 2009 campaign in earnest. Then came a Prince Fielder line drive off of

#71 in our countdown is Lonnie Smith. Cocaine is a helluva drug Lucky Lonnie. Lonnie Smith was a talented, but flawed player who got to be a starter on five different World Series teams, three of which won Championships. He started for the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies, the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals,...

You know those Southwest Airlines commercials where someone does something really embarrassing and a voice-over asks, 'Wanna get away?' The Phils should star in one of those spots.

Joe Blanton and Jayson Werth think so, and I agree.  What says you?

With a grand slam from victorino to win the game and a 2 pt. shot with 2 secs left on the clock 2 steal the sixers game it was an action packed night for philly. Gotta love it!

Philadelphia Phillies (6-8) at Florida Marlins (11-4) Brett Myers (1-1, 5.03 ERA vs. Josh Johnson (2-0, 2.91 ERA) Time: 7:10 p.m. at Dolphin Stadium, Miami. Weather: Windy, 76 TV: The Comcast Network Twitter: Phillies Nation Sitting at the top of the National League East? Those Florida Marlins, with a strong 11-4 record. They were just swept by the Pirates, so [...]

Milwaukee Brewers (4-9) at Philadelphia Phillies (6-6) Braden Looper (1-0, 3.27 ERA vs. Joe Blanton (0-1, 9.00 ERA) Time: 7:05 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia. (...)

Milwaukee Brewers (5-9) at Philadelphia Phillies (6-7) Dave Bush (0-0, 5.40 ERA vs. Cole Hamels (0-1, 11.17 ERA) Time: 1:05 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia. (...)