Last night as Cole Hamels walked to the dugout in the eighth inning he had a completed another brilliant outing. Hamels pitched seven-and-a-third innings, allowing five hits and no earned runs. With the Phillies leading 4-0 and Chad Durbin entering the game, most fans would be happy the Phillies   more...
Original Story: http://www.hotstovephilly.com/2008/09/03....

First off, I would like to say I love speculating about possible trades in all 4 major sports. That being said, I thought I'd throw some ideas out there. I know I'm going to get ripped for this, but I'll post it anyway. The Blue Jays have been rumored to whisper about a trade involving Roy   more...

Jeff Freier, Hot Stove New York - If everybody were healthy, I'd say the Mets. But right now they're both in the same boat a€" they have three guys they can count on (Hamels, Meyers, Moyer / Santana, Pelfrey, Perez) and then it's a crapshoot. Joe Blanton's been pedestrian, Kendrick's been terrible,   more...
Original Story: http://www.hotstovephilly.com/2008/09/06....

Last year, the Mets managed to blow a seven-game division lead with just 17 remaining, allowing the Phillies to take the NL East pennant on the final day of the season. Yesterday, the Mets blew a 7 run lead, for just the fourth time in franchise history, to allow the Philadelphia Phillies to   more...
Original Story: http://pcpsports.com/2008/08/27/lucky-se....

Despite the Phillies losing four straight to the Los Angeles Dodgers, there is a diamond a€" albeit a small one a€" hidden in all that coal: Brett Myers is officially back. He turned in his fourth straight quality start in five starts since coming back to the Majors after his demotion after his   more...
Original Story: http://crashburnalley.com/?p=189.

As the Phillies 2008 baseball season steamrolls into its final two months, you can't help butthink of the possible bullets in next year's gun. A position-by-position look at what the Phillies might trot out next year suggests a potentially new look for a team trying to capture a playoff berth for   more...
Original Story: http://pcpsports.com/2008/08/12/a-look-t....

*Jamie Moyer may pitch until he's 50, and declared he'll be back with the Phils in '09.*Brett Myers and Charlie Manuel got into a war of words. All is good in the hood though.*The Phils won 4-2...yippie!For the full article that includes Moyer's statement about pitching another year or so, the   more...
Original Story: http://pabaseball.blogspot.com/2008/08/m....

While speculation about the Phillies going after a starting pitcher remains only that, talk now surfaces about the Fightin's going after a relief pitcher. Philly.com reports the Phillies have declined an offer by the Colorado Rockies for left-handed reliever Brian Fuentes.
Original Story: http://theaddshow.com/2008/07/13/phils-t....

There's nothing to be alarmed about. There is no team chemistry issue, Myers isn't a bad influence in the clubhouse, and the Phillies' offense isn't despicable presently because Myers has anger problems and uses swear words. These arguments occur between players on all thirty Major League Baseball   more...
Original Story: http://crashburnalley.com/?p=186.

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...
Original Story: http://allthingsphillysports.blogspot.co....

It was finally a good week for the Phillies, who start this week in first place in the National League East standings, two and a half games up on the second place Florida Marlins and three games up on the third place New York Mets.The Phillies won five out of six games this week, including a three   more...
Original Story: http://www.hotstovephilly.com/2008/08/04....

Last week Pat Gillick told the media that if things on the trade front didn't progress as he hoped, he would have to turn to his "B List". I thought it was just another example of Gillick smoke-screening the media, and not letting them see his hand. Unfortunately after hearing the most recent   more...
Original Story: http://www.hotstovephilly.com/2008/07/15....

After leading the Phillies to an impressive victory over the Red Sox in the first game of the series, Cole Hamels suggested that a Red Sox/Phillies World Series is destined to happen. Hamels said that the Phillies could compete with the Red Sox "any day of the week". He should have rephrased that   more...
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Well it seems Brett Myers three weeks in the minors didn't do much good. He said he worked hard on his fastball. He said how he realized a lot of things about himself. He said he found his swagger. He might have talked a good game, but after walking four consecutive batters in the first inning,   more...
Original Story: http://www.hotstovephilly.com/2008/07/25....

The day after the Midsummer Classic is always the slowest day in sports. With only the AAA & AA All-Star games going on, it's one of the few days of the year where there's not one major sporting event. It doesn't stop the trade rumors from flying around. The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting the   more...
Original Story: http://www.hotstovephilly.com/2008/07/17....