July 22, 2008Pat Gillick, Senior Vice President & General ManagerPhiladelphia PhilliesCitizens Bank ParkOne Citizens Bank WayPhiladelphia, PA 19148-5249Dear Mr. Gillick,With the recent trade for Joe Blanton from the Oakland Athletics, it has become apparent that the Phillies are not going to   more...
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Everyone knows that the Phillies are in the market for a legitimate starting pitcher, especially after their National League rivals the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers made serious acquisitions last week. They have been trying to work out a deal for Erik Bedard from the Seattle Mariners, and   more...
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The Phillies have been actively working the phones over the past several weeks trying to make a trade that would bolster their pitching rotation. The Phillies lack of serious starting pitching was made to look even weaker after the Milwaukee Brewers traded for Indians' ace CC Sabathia and the   more...
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All you people out there telling me that the Phillies have one of the best offenses in the league and have no need for Matt Holliday (.343 AVG, 17 HR, 60 RBI, 60 R, 13 SB), I want you to look me in the eye (figuratively of course) and tell me you still think that. I agree with you that this is one   more...
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Find out if your fellow Phillies fan would, or would not, make the rumored Holliday/Fuentes deal if they were in Pat Gillick's shoes.
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Jason Bay is just one of several big name players likely to be dealt before the July 31st trade deadline. Read about some of the possible landing spots for him and the many other hot trade rumors in this week's Clearing The Bases column.
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FoxSports senior baseball writer Ken Rosenthal is reporting that in addition to Colorado's Matt Holliday, the Phillies have inquired about right-handed hitting outfielders Xavier Nady and Matt Kemp. Beerleaguer: These are two of the National League's top five leaders in batting average on balls in   more...
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The latest from FoxSports Ken Rosenthal finds the Phillies in pursuit of Colorado outfielder Matt Holliday and closer Brian Fuentes. [Link] "The Phillies were working multiple fronts before acquiring right-hander Joe Blanton from the A's," Rosenthal writes. "Among the possibilities that reached a   more...
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The latest from FoxSports Ken Rosenthal finds the Phillies in pursuit of Colorado outfielder Matt Holliday and closer Brian Fuentes. [Link] "The Phillies were working multiple fronts before acquiring right-hander Joe Blanton from the A's," Rosenthal writes. "Among the possibilities that reached a   more...
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Yesterday, Major League Baseball announced its rosters for the 2008 All-Star Game to be played on July 15 at Yankee Stadium. Now, we take a look at the National League roster, to see who doesn't deserve to go and who got shafted. We don't have quite as many problems with the NL Roster as we did   more...
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Rosenthal says that a Holliday-Fuentes package would have required the Phillies to give up Shane Victorino, J.A. Happ, and a couple of prized prospects in pitcher Carlos Carrasco and catcher Lou Marson.The snag in the deal revolves around the payroll.
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The Phils have an off day after dropping back into a first place tie with the Mets, but there is still a ton of news and information to pass along:*Manuel upset Charlie Manuel is upset with the hitters after not coming through with more offense to support Cole Hamel's good outing yesterday. He was   more...
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With the All-Star break complete and play set to resume Thursday, the final push toward the finish line begins in earnest. The next significant event in Major League Baseball is the July 31 trade deadline which, we've come to learn, isn't really a deadline.
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It's official -- the NL Central race is on as the Cubs have answered the Brewers acquisition of CC Sabathia by picking up P Rich Harden and P Chad Gaudin from the A's for OF Matt Murton, P Sean Gallagher, IF Eric Patterson and C Josh Donaldson.But the Brewers aren't done. CNNSI believes the Crew   more...

*Who, among the Pirates is untouchable going into the deadline? It doesn't seem like anyone. While OF Xavier Nady and reliever Damasco Marte are the big names being dangled, their price tags may be too high for most teams to pay. However, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that SS Jack   more...
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