Phils extend their Halladay from good baseball
It looks like ugly has gone and flipped on us again. With the exception of a really nice start from Cole Hamels, not much went well for the Phillies this weekend against the Boston Red Sox. Kendrick...
View ArticleBig swing from J-Roll keeps Phils rolling
It took a day, but the Phillies got the spark they were looking for from Jimmy Rollins. If J-Roll’s first eight at-bats after returning from the DL didn’t wow a whole lot of folks his ninth sure did....
View ArticleThe replacements
Injuries to Jimmy Rollins and Carlos Ruiz have meant that some unexpected players have had a major impact on the Phillies this year. We might as well start expecting them, though, cause the recent...
View ArticleHalfway display
The Phils hit the halfway mark of what has been a mostly disappointing season last night. Coming off an ugly series in which they lost three of four to the Pirates, the Phils relied on a two-run shot...
View ArticleNew life of Brian
Brian Schneider returned to the starting lineup with a bang last night. After going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in his first four at-bats, one of which came with a man on third and nobody out,...
View ArticleLights outish Lidge
There wasn’t much about yesterday’s game that was pretty except that the Phillies found a way to win. The Phils are suddenly hot. They came into their four-game set with the Rockies having lost six of...
View ArticleJason and the who?
Mariners, apparently. The Phils dropped two of three to the Mariners in Seattle this weekend. After splitting the first two games, Jason Vargas flummoxed the Phils yesterday, holding them to three...
View ArticlePeak peek
There have been some low moments in Phillies history, but yesterday marks one of the high ones. With a 6-4 win over the Reds, the Phils completed a four-game sweep and moved to 41 games above .500,...
View ArticleSame old story same old act
One step up and two steps back. After winning the opening game of the series with the Rays on a walkoff homer by Thome, the Phils lost both games of a double-header yesterday to drop back to six games...
View ArticleWalking haul
In 2012, NL batters walked in about 7.9% of their plate appearances. Right-handed hitters like Delmon Young walked in about 7.3% of their plate appearances. In their chances against righties they drew...
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