The Phillies piled up runs early against Marlins' lefthander Dontrelle Willis as Jamie Moyer was one walk short of perfect for 3 innings before rightfielder Jeremy Hermida got Florida's first hit, a one-out single in the 4th. Catcher Carlos Ruiz struck a two run leftfield homer in the 1st inning   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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Phillies starter J.D. Durbin failed to record an out as the Florida Marlins routed him for 7 runs in the 1st inning enroute to a 12-6 drubbing of the Phils in game two of their series. The loss ended the Phillies 6 game winning streak which included a 4 game sweep of the NL East leading Mets.
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The Phillies wasted another fine pitching performance by rookie Kyle Kendrick as their offense slumbered garnering but 5 hits while being issued 5 walks and reliever Brett Myers was touched for the two winning runs in the 9th inning as Florida edged the Phils by a 4-2 score.
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For the Phillies, it's one down and three more to go as outfielder Jayson Werth, who went 5 for 5 with 4 RBIs vs San Diego on Sunday, stretched his consecutive hit streak to 9 with another perfect night. 2nd baseman Chase Utley returned to the lineup in grand style going 3 for 5 with a solo homer   more...
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1st Baseman Ryan Howard, leftfielder Pat Burrell and centerfielder Aaron Rowand staked the Phillies to a 5-0 lead after 3 innings, but it took 9th inning hitting and base-running heroics by rightfielder Jayson Werth and pinch hitter Tadahito Iguchi to set the stage for 2nd baseman Chase Utley's   more...
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One of the main reasons why Hendry was inserted into the General Manager position was for his knowledge of our system and prospects, as he was in charge of our drafts from 96-02, and responsible for much of the minor league stockpile we acquired through the draft and foreign free agency. Under   more...
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I'm going to assume that no human being -- especially a professional athlete -- can be as out of shape as Antonio Alfonseca looks this year.Wow, got to be a couple of chicken heads at least, or maybe he is using his stomach as an incubator.
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A long time ago, in an internet far far away, there was boredom around the blogosphere. The Hot Stove had cooled and pitchers and catchers were not close to reporting. And one lonely blogger, desparate for readers, set out to entertain at least himself with comparisons between Phillies baseball and   more...
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Starters Kyle Lohse and Shawn Hill were involved in a 6 inning pitchers duel as Hill retired the first 9 Phillies he faced before a 4th inning infield error put shortstop Jimmy Rollins at 2nd base to lead off an inning which ended uneventfully.After the Nationals chased Lohse in the 7th on pinch   more...
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Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz went 2 for 2 including a one-out, two-run homer in the 2nd inning to stake lefthander Cole Hamels to a 2-0 lead which Hamels held onto through 6 2/3 innings before being lifted for reliever Antonio Alfonseca with closer Brett Myers picking up his 11th save as the   more...
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Spring training officially begins tomorrow, albeit only pitchers and catchers reporting. Even with teams gearing up for the regular season there are still plenty of options on the free agent market for teams looking to fill a void, create competition, or build depth. I decided to give some of these   more...
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The Phillies, who had won 9 of their last 10 games, suffered a rare stretch run loss to the Washington Nationals. Ace lefthander Cole Hamels made his second start since coming off of the DL and went 5 innings giving up 1 run on 2 hits while walking 2 and striking out 6 in a 76 pitch performance.   more...
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During a Philadelphia Phillies players' meeting intended to remedy problems the team has faced this year, outfielder Aaron Rowand jumped up and ran head-on into a wall in an attempt to get teammates fired up.The random act of bravery/stupidity came during hour three of the meeting, in the midst of   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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