Volstad Act: Phils Hang on, Start Weekend Above .500

Carlos Ruiz and Roy Halladay led a great Phillies effort and survived a late-inning Cubs rally.

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Phillies Nation Interview: Prospect Harold Martinez

Last year’s 2nd round draft pick of the Phillies, Harold Martinez has begun to get hot after a bit of a slow start to his 2012 regular season. After beginning the season rehabbing his injured left hand and playing some games in extended spring training, Harold joined the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws on April 24th.  [...]

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Friday Morning Fly By: I Still Blame Ryan Parent For 2010

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes…

Eric wrote about The Pronger Effect – where a star player makes a tremendous impact on a team’s puck possession: [NHLN…

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Phils Extend Win Streak To Five With Sweep Of Cubs

For the first time since April 5th when they were 1-0, the Philadelphia Phillies are on the right side of .500. It took 38 games, six blown opportunities to get above .500, and a five-game win streak, including a two-game sweep over the Cubs to get there, but the Phils finally seem to be gaining [...]

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Gameday: Phillies (19-19) at Cubs (15-22)

Philadelphia Phillies (19-19) at Chicago Cubs (15-22) Roy Halladay (3-3, 3.20) vs. Chris Volstad (0-5, 6.92) Time: 8:05, Wrigley Field TV: CSN Weather: Sunny, 55 Media: Twitter and Facebook The Phillies are in a position to do something tonight that they haven’t done since the first game of the season–and that’s come away with a record [...]

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LeSean McCoy Signs Five-Year Extension

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Phils Chat: Roy Halladay Returns to the Scene of the Heat Exhaustion

Roy Halladay 3-3, 3.20 returns to that same mound at Wrigley Field and will look to get his first win in over a month ! and help the Phillies advance their season-long winning streak to five games.

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Jonathan Papelbon Is Just Like a Great White (But Only When He’s Cinco)

Jonathan Papelbon was on Boston sports talk radio recently and equated his pitching persona to that of a Great White Shark.

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We’re Going Streaking… Phillies Win 4th Straight

RECAP – the Afternoon Edition.   Please accept our apologies, Phillies Nationers , we strive to bring you timely and informative Phillies news and views, and like Juan Pierre last night, we dropped the ball on this one.  This is late, so I’ll be brief… but how about those Fightin Phils!?  They’ve managed to climb back [...]

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Sixers Show Massachusetts Delegates at the Constitution Center What’s Up

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The NHL’s Final Four, and why the Flyers are really good and always have been

As you may or may not know, there are now only four teams remaining in the playoffs. While some are convinced that anything short of winning a Stanley Cup represents a failure, I would contend that making it to this final four st…

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Video: Paul Pierce Sure Screams A Lot When He Dunks

Why…why…why are you yelling at me?

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Thursday Morning Fly By: Let’s All Laugh at Marc-Andre Fleury Again

Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes…

Part two of Tim’s three-part series focusing on the defense: [CSNPhilly]
On Matt Read and salary cap projections: [Bil…

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Mike Vick at Sixers-Celtics: ‘Philly, I Love You.’

Mike Vick, Brian Westbrook, Fletcher Cox, Flyers Owner Ed Snider… the Wells Fargo Center had all the big names on Wednesday night for Sixers-Celtics.

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Video: Thad Young’s Nasty Block and Fancy Layup

On a night when the Sixers looked like crap, at least Thad Young gave a hell of a performance.

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