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Phillies to Re-Load with Chase Utley at Third

The Philadelphia Phillies crawled back from the dead this season and managed to become relevant in the NL Wild Card race down the stretch. The bulk of the success this season came after the club traded…Read More

Cardinals Swept in San Diego, Leave Door Open in Wild Card Race

The Philadelphia Phillies and the Milwaukee Brewers are each trying to be this season’s version of the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals. Meanwhile, the 2012 Cardinals are doing their best impression of the…Read More

Phillies Ruf May Follow Long Line of Late Bloomers

You have to give the Philadelphia Phillies this much, they like to make sure their prospects are ready before they give them the chance to prove it. Ryan Howard had to decimate pitching for three straight…Read More

Don’t Look Now: Phillies and Brewers Back in NL Wild Card Race

The Philadelphia Phillies hadn’t seen .500 since June 4. Aty the July Trade Deadline, they shipped off their starting center fielder, Shane Victorino, their starting right fielder, Hunter Pence,…Read More

Phillies’ Juan Pierre Quietly Comes To Work

One player who can be proud of his 2012 season amidst the Philadelphia Phillies’ wreckage is Juan Pierre, a guy who wasn’t even supposed to be there as the team strove for another World Series…Read More

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Baseball Players Can Be Great Athletes, Too

Former Philadelphia Phillie John Kruk once famously said he was a baseball player, not an athlete, but…Read More

Yankees, Reds Looking Safest

We are past the All-Star break. The regular season has less than two months to go. It’s going to…Read More

Cliff Lee is Staying Put

The early speculation is that it was the Dodgers who won the claiming rights to Cliff Lee, whom the Phillies…Read More

Phillies Place Cliff Lee on Waivers

Cliff Lee, the topic of hot trade talks right before the trade deadline passed, has been placed on waivers…Read More

Phillies Officially Dead Meat

These are the saddest of all possible words: dumping salary. That is a far more onerous phrase in modern…Read More

Dodgers Acquire Shane Victorino from the Phillies

The Flyin’ Hawaiian just went from last place to a pennant race.  Shane Victorino was traded…Read More

Hunter Pence Traded by Phillies to Giants

Hunter Pence has been one of the more productive Phillies on the offensive side of things.  He also…Read More

MLB Trade Rumors: Cliff Lee on the Market

It seems like a yearly thing.  Cliff Leeperforms well and earns himself a spot on the trading block.…Read More

Pete Rose Is Still Pete Rose

COOPERSTOWN–Pete Rose may be banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he is not banned from the…Read More

Cole Hamels and Phillies Agree to Extension

One of the hottest trade targets this season is no longer a target.  According to Bob Nightengale of…Read More

Tim McCarver Makes Hall Of Fame A Different Way

COOPERSTOWN–Tim McCarver has been a broadcaster for so long that new generations of baseball fans…Read More

MLB Trade Rumors: Zack Greinke, Cole Hamels No Longer on the Market?

The smell of the postseason can do a lot of things to a team.  It can cause them to play better, to…Read More

MLB Scoreboard: Matt Kemp Leads Los Angeles Dodgers to Extra Innings Win Against Philadelphia Phillies

NATIONAL LEAGUE Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3 (F/12) Matt Kemp had two hits Wednesday…Read More

Injury News: C.C. Sabathia, Roy Halladay Back Today

Two of the game’s premier pitchers will be back with their respective teams today.  Both C.C.…Read More

MLB Trade Rumors: Dodgers Interested in Jimmy Rollins

Another day, another rumor.  The fun of July is not just in the All-Star Game or the start to scoreboard watching…Read More