Blogging about the 5x NL East Champion Phillies
PHI: 83-45, 1st in NL East; FLA: 58-72, 5th in NL East When: August 26-27 Where: Citizens Bank Park (Philly, PA) Probable Pitchers Friday: Roy Oswalt (6-7, 3.51) vs Clay Hensley (1-5, 5.47) Saturday 1: Roy Halladay (15-5, 2.56) vs Anibal Sanchez (7-6, 4.01) Saturday 2: PPD Broadcast Info Friday, 7:05, CSN Saturday, 1:05, PHL … Continue reading Series Preview: vs Florida Marlins
Dear Joe B, Roy O, Jose C, Ryan M and Brad L, Please get better soon. We can’t take any more of seeing guys like David Herndon and Andrew Carpenter in games for the Phils. Even Danys Baez isn’t immune from our pleas. Leaving a pitch in Mike Stanton’s wheel house, Baez became the third … Continue reading Stanton’s walk-off foils sweep bid for Phils
Not really. Playful as usual with his favorite Twitter following, the Phillies fans, Logan Morrison was a little irked by our warning, or lack there of, on how good this Vance Worley kid really is. Yea, uh sorry about that, LoMo. You know, you wouldn’t have to worry about facing Worley if you were on … Continue reading Uh oh, we made LoMo mad…
PHI: 40-26, 1st in NL East; FLA: 32-32, 3rd in NL East When: June 14-16 Where: Citizens Bank Park (Philly, PA) Probable Pitchers Tuesday: Cole Hames (8-2, 2.58) vs Chris Volstad (2-6, 5.51) Wednesday 1: Kyle Kendrick (3-4, 3.47) vs Elih Villanueava (0-0, -.–) Wednesday 2: Roy Halladay (9-3, 2.39) vs Anibal Sanchez (6-1, 3.06) … Continue reading Series Preview: vs Florida Marlins
The numbers didn’t favor Carlos Ruiz when the Phils had a player on 3rd with one out. Chooch is only a 30% fly ball hitter and with the score tied at two, a sacrifice fly would have been huge. But Chooch came through, hitting a sac fly to deep center scored Ryan Howard in the … Continue reading Small Ball: Ruiz Sac Fly Gives Phillies a 3-2 win
Why does it always seem a mediocre ex-Phillies kills them? Greg Dobbs came through with the bases loaded in the seventh, hitting a two-run single to give the Marlins the 4-3 lead and win Friday night. Roy Oswalt was pitching well until he exited the game after the sixth. Oswalt appeared to injure himself running … Continue reading Dobbs clutch in Marlins win
PHI: 9-3, 1st in NL East; FLA: 7-5, 2nd in NL East When: April 15-17 Where: Citizens Bank Park (Philly, PA) Probable Pitchers (UPDATED 4/16) Friday: Roy Oswalt (2-0, 2.25) vs. Javier Vazquez (1-1, 8.64) Saturday: PPD Sunday: Cole Hamels (1-1, 5.59) vs. Anibal Sanchez (0-1, 6.97) Broadcast Info Friday, 7:05, CSN Saturday, 7:05, TCN Sunday, 1:35, … Continue reading Series Preview: vs. Florida Marlins
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