The Philadelphia Phillies latest woes seem a perfect fit to their unfortunate historical record. They are a team with too many losses and parentheses.
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The Philadelphia Phillies had not looked up to the task in the Dodgers series until Thursday afternoon and an afternoon in brutal heat.
The Philadelphia Phillies brought on one of baseball's legendary traders, but have they allowed Dave Dombrowski to do his job?
The Philadelphia Phillies appeared to be shut out at the trade deadline, but announced three acquisitions that should be useful. Will they be enough?
The Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi found himself for a second year in a row mired in .500 quicksand. He must have begun to think deviously.
The Phillies seemingly endless search for a center fielder has come around on the wheel to Travis Jankowski, who's performing very ably.
The Philadelphia Phillies had better not lose focus just because their second half schedule this season is less challenging on paper.
Many have criticized the Philadelphia Phillies bullpen this season, despite some improvement, but was that the team's primary first half problem?
The Phillies have two All-Stars this season for the first time since 2013, and the selections represent the team's half-baked season perfectly.
It was clear a year ago the Scott Kingery experiment in proactive overpayment was failing. Have the Phillies figured out how to fix that?
The condemnation of the substance checks by MLB has been swift, but it this entirely a matter of a governing body error?
The New York Mets have seemingly had MLB's top starters this season, but is that an illusion created by Jacob deGrom dominance?
Philadelphia Phillies fans were delighted with the team's two-game sweep of the New York Yankees, but problems faced the suddenly better team.
Cedric Mullins, who seems to own the Orioles center field position now, has suddenly exploded offensively, making some card collectors happy.
Aaron Nola has turned into something of a disappointment for Phillies fans, but that may be a somewhat unfair conclusion for a couple of reasons.
Why not simply declare a new metric like core-five RBI? Because it just doesn't work that way no matter how much you'd like it to.
A very popular notion among Philadelphia Phillies fans is that a basic problem with the team is a lack of homegrown players. This isn't exactly true.
The Phillies starting rotation is only a touch better than it was going into the past off-season. How can they remedy this situation?
There has been a lot of unfocused grumbling and speculation about MLB's newly deadened ball this year. What's the real story?
Is there a way to measure the effectiveness of a team's offensive core? Could core-five RBI numbers predict a team's success?