Yardbarker: Shane Victorino

Shane Victorino Invites Jon Gosselin to His Wedding; Chooch laughs.

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:40:08 -0500

So wrong on so many levels. Using the picture of Chooch is also uncool. [Sports Illustrated] (via)

Ummm…Yeah…Right…

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:11:57 -0500

Is the excitement over? Good, now I can get back to staring at drywall, which is only slightly less riveting than the last week in sports. Rollins shot off his mouth and backed it up with a scathing .217 — a number that dwarfed Ryan Howard’s 13 K explosion and Shane Victorino’s …ummm… why exactly do people like him again? Same goes for the Yanks, who watched their $8 trillion first baseman get trumped by a lame duck Japanese import who’s already booked a one-way flight to Seattle. And yeah, that’s about all I could muster about this series. I thought of a million ways to recap the week, but the guys at Sports Pickle just did it much, much better. Some highlights...

Quest for a repeat falls short in six games

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:34:00 -0500

Shane Victorino grounded to first for the final out of the World SeriesPhoto credit: Nick Laham/Getty ImagesNew York Yankees clinch their 27th World Series title, winning game six 7-3There was reason for the Phillies to be optimistic heading into game six. They were sending Pedro Martinez on regular rest and the Yankees were using Andy Pettitte on just three days of rest. But Martinez showed early signs of struggling and the Yankees took advantage early. In quick fashion the Yankees took a le...

2009 World Series Game Six: Pedro in the Bronx Round Two

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:00 -0500

After Jimmy Rollins walked, Shane Victorino singled, and the go-ahead run came to the plate in the form of Chase Utley to face the seemingly unbeatable Mariano Rivera during the eighth inning of game two, I turned to the New York fan sitting in the seat next to me at Yankee Stadium and said with a smile, "This is fun, isn't it?" She looked at me like I was crazy. That game didn't end as Phillies fans would have liked, but the Fightins' were in position to co...

Victorino in Phillies' lineup despite finger injury

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:13:45 -0500

All-Star center fielder Shane Victorino was in Philadelphia's starting lineup Wednesday night for Game 6 of the World Series despite a finger injury. "His finger is fine," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said before the game. "He already went down and took some swings and picked up a ball and he's been throwing it, and he showed me that he's fine. He's all ready to go, and he's hitting second. Going to get four or five hits, and he's going to be fine....

Victorino will start

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:05:22 -0500

Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino will start Game 6 Thursday night despite having a swollen right finger. Charlie Maneul said Victorino “was fine”. The centerfielder was struck by on the finger by Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett on a bunt attempt in the first inning of Game 5. X-Rays showed that Victorino did not fracture any [...]

Phillies CF Victorino will play despite finger injury

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:48:37 -0500

NEW YORK (AP) -- All-Star center fielder Shane Victorino was in Philadelphia's starting lineup Wednesday night for Game 6 of the World Series despite a finger injury.

Shane Victorino WILL Start in Centerfield Tonight

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:09:16 -0500

Despite taking a fastball off his right fore-finger, Shane Victorino will in fact be start the game. This is incredibly important, because if he had not been able to go, the Phillies would have been forced to use Matt Stairs, who has been in a slump as deep as a Mad Men... ...

Oh, NYPost, You Kings of Comedy

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:21:22 -0500

And here I thought Shane Victorino in a skirt was an awful Photoshop. The New York Post's Photoshopping intern is back at it today with Pedro Martinez's head being placed on a baby in diapers with the headline "Spank Him, Yanks!" People for the Ethical Treatment of Infants should be all over the Post for that one. And yet Phillies fans have one-upped the Post's efforts with a much more work intensive Photoshop below that is more predictive of tonight's ...

Victorino withstands finger beaning, X-rays turn up negative

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:28:10 -0500

PHILADELPHIA — When he finally emerged from the postgame showers, Shane Victorino(notes) acted like he was surprised to see a media crowd gathered around his locker. "Two thumbs up, everyone," the Phillies center fielder said while lifting a Philadelphia UFC shirt over his head. "That's all you need to know. No broke, no fracture." That, of course, was the diagnosis everyone had been waiting to hear from the Phillie himself, even though he kept insisting it wa...

Shane Victorino not very amused with New York Post cover

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:30:44 -0500

NEW YORK — The New York Post photographer wore the hesitant look of a man who normally wouldn't be doing something like this were it not for the fact he worked for a tabloid newspaper and his boss would fire him if he did not. And so there he stood silently during several questions about Jimmy Rollins' guarantee, through a couple on Charlie Manuel and even through a couple on the very newspaper he was holding in his hand.Finally, there was a lull in the questioning of Phillies o...

Thanks For Angering Shane Victorino, New York Post

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:14:59 -0500

You know what’s not a smart move for a ****** gossip rag of newspaper to do right before Game 1 of the World Series? Run a horribly photoshopped picture of Shane Victorino wearing a cheerleader outfit on the front page. I don’t know if you can remember last year’s playoffs, ****** newspaper, but when your [...]

Shane Victorino on FOX Business

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:31:48 -0500

The Flyin’ Hawaiian appeared on FOX Business yesterday evening. Shane gave an interesting interview — at one point, he talks about how he almost quit playing when he was in AA-ball several years ago. Wow. Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com

Shane Victorino Gets a Beer Shower, Makes the Catch Anyway

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:39:58 -0500

Seriously?