I'll start off with our plump green fuzzy homeboy the Philly Phanatic being named sports' best mascot ever. Growing up a Phillies fan I always loved the Phanatic's playful shenanigans and to this day still appreciate the humor he brings to the ball field. Glad to see he got top honors in Sports   more...
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Damn, that was one helluva f'ugly game. How f'ugly was it?*The Mets scored 8 runs on only 5 hits.*One error, two error, three error, four! Allow me to put that into perspective- 7 teams haven't committed that many errors all season, and the Phils stellar defense has now made 4 blunders in a game   more...
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The MLB free agency period has officially began. Fifty-seven players filed papers to become free agents Monday. Big names on the list include: Barry Bonds, Torii Hunter, Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera, Kerry Wood, Trot Nixon, Shawn Green, Paul Lo Duca, and Shannon Stewart.Check out the entire list.
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Today I give to you a special edition of the Check Your Head interview series. Eric Mack and David Gonos fantasy baseball analysts for CBS.com have taken time from rummaging through statistical evidence that Derek Jeter sucks to do a Q&A session with yours truly about the upcoming fantasy season.   more...
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With Abraham Nunez in the midst of a historically bad season, Sportszilla decided to take a look at the top ten worst seasons since 2000. It's definitely worth a chuckle especially when reading about how a handful of mendoza line seasons triggered few key dominos to fall. Sure Einar Diaz hitting   more...
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Phillies' veteran lefthander Jamie Moyer pitched 6 1/3 solid innings t0 win his 11th game. 1st baseman Ryan Howard wiped out a 2-1 Braves lead by pounding a one out, three run homer to leftfield in the 5th inning and the bullpen totally shut down Atlanta as the Phillies took 2 of 3 winning a very   more...
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Still basking in the glow of making the post-season for the first time in 14 seasons, yet sorely disappointed with the speed with which they were dispatched from the playoffs, the NL East Division Champion Phillies begin planning and preparing for a 2008 season in which they seek to reach the next   more...
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Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth got 3 hits and drove in 4 runs, leftfielder Pat Burrell smacked 3 hits including a solo homer, his 15th and catcher Chris Coste also got 3 hits as the Phils built a 7-1 lead only to see the Chicago Cubs get 6 of the runs back. But the Phillies finished with a   more...
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The Beer Leaguer takes some parting shots at the current Phills squad before Pat Gillick and the front office do some major house cleaning over the course of the next few days. Philadelphia is 44-53 and probably lucky to have a record as good as that. Poor Coaching, terrible defense, and failed   more...
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Pedro Feliz is mighty, and had the Mets shaking in their boots once it was announced that the Phils signed him. The Mets counteracted with some dude named Johan....never heard of him!My initial reaction to the Pedro Feliz deal was not positive. I saw a 32 year old, field first, strikeout second   more...
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The Phillies won the NL East Division crown with a convincing 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on the last day of the regular season as veteran lefthander Jamie Moyer pitched a clutch 5 1/3 innings giving up 1 run on 6 hits to win his 14th game of 2007. Amidst the chants of "MVP, MVP"   more...
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The Phillies bats fell largely silent other than for rightfielder Jayson Werth's lead-off homer in the 3rd inning and Washington's starter Tim Redding beat the Phils with both his pitching and hitting as the Nationals nipped the Phillies in game 2 of their 3 game series by a 4-2 score.
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Back with another installment of the Phillies/Star Wars parody...enjoy.Abe Nunez as Stormtrooper - Is anything more pitiful than an Imperial Stormtrooper. A bunch of clones in white plastic outfits whose general purpose seems to be getting killed. And not just by Jedi or Rebel fighters...freaking   more...
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The Phillies jumped on Pirates lefthander Paul Maholm for 4 runs in the 1st inning and 2 more in the 2nd, but veteran lefty Jamie Moyer couldn't hold 4-0 and 6-4 leads and was pounded for 8 runs and chased with none out in the 5th as Pittsburgh came back to club the Phillies by an 11-6 score in   more...
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The Phillies pulled the trigger on the first big move of the MLB general managers' meetings in acquiring closer Brad Lidge and infielder/ centerfielder Eric Bruntlett from the Houston Astros in exchange for outfielder Michael Bourn, relief pitcher Geoff Geary and a minor league third baseman.
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