The Florida Marlins were on the verge of acquiring future Hall of Fame outfielder Manny Ramirez from the Boston Red Sox before Thursday's trade deadline, but Ramirez ended up with the Dodgers instead. As a consolation prize, the Marlins traded for journeyman reliever, and former Phillies, Arthur   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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Drafting closers has been a touchy subject for me this season. My failure to evaluate this position properly has grown into a disgust for all big league stoppers (angry over the ones I drafted and pissed at the ones who are good that i passed up), forcing me to move 'drafting closers' up my   more...

Following the Texas Rangers' 30-3 demolishment of the Baltimore Orioles, many fans are now asking how reliever Wes Littleton could enter the game and be credited with a save where his club led by 11 runs upon his entry and ultimately won the game by 27 runs.It had me scratchng my head enough to get   more...
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I just read that Tejada is 33 going on 34 instead of his believed age of 31...uh-oh, somebody has been lying about more than just HGH.Ed Wade doesn't seem too concerned about this, but underneath his nutface facade he's probably steaming mad that his already showing signs of aging "slugging"   more...
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The Phillies lost the first two games of their series with the Dodgers on Friday and Saturday by scores of 14-3 and 4-3. The Phils have now lost 4 of their first 5 games of the homestand and 7 of their last 10 games.
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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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Washington Nationals' rookie lefthander Matt Chico held the Phillies' slumbering offense at bay while the Nationals registered single runs in the 1st and 4th innings off of losing pitcher Adam Eaton and charged to Geoff Geary and two more runs in the 7th inning off of Kyle Lohse on 2 Phillie   more...
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Phillies' young All Star Cole Hamels and Atlanta's Chuck James each gave up 4 runs in the 1st inning before they both recovered to battle each other for the next 5 innings, neither giving up another hit for the duration of their outing, before Hamels narrowly won the battle of lefties on points as   more...
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Other than the fact that he was 8-years-old when he had his first child and 13 when he had his second, we mean?
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Phillies hot-hitting leftfielder Pat Burrell pounded a two out 3 run homer to leftfield in the 7th inning off of reliever Jorge Julio to erase a 5-2 Colorado lead. 1st baseman Ryan Howard resolved the issue with a one out walk-off double to left off of Taylor Buchholz in the 10th inning as the   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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It's been a big day for so so signings. Added to the list is Jose Mesa. You might know Jose from such teams as the Orioles, Indians, Giants, Mariners, Phillies, Pirates and Rockies. Soon, you'll know him as a Tiger. Detroit signed the 40 y/o to a 1 year, 2.5M contract...a bargain this year.Mesa   more...
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Phillies manager Charlie Manuel made two controversial pitching moves which cost his team 8 runs and put them in a do-or-die situation on Saturday.
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The Phillies came back from a 5 run deficit in the 9th inning against the previusly untouched Brewers' bullpen to tie the game at 6-6. And then, 3rd baseman Wes Helms drilled an 11th inning 2 out, 2 run double to rightfield as the Phillies upended the Brewers in their series finale by an 8-6 score.
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