The Phillies go to guy on the mound this year should receive serious consideration in the Cy Young balloting.   He didn’t hurt his cause with a masterful performance tonight, including a 2nd inning run scoring two out single.

But time to talk about his pitching folks.

Halladay was near perfect with a no hitter, only one walk, 104 pitches.

The Phillies main offensive weapons didn’t have much impact after Volquez got… Finish Reading

Hamels dropped his ERA below 3.0 with a 3-1 6 hitter win on Monday, then Halladay followed with win #20 on Tuesday and Oswalt completed the trifecta today with a 7 inning one hit effort to drop his ERA to… Finish Reading

For those of you who know, I am a 40 year die hard Eagles fan and not a Vick supporter by any means.

I don’t neccessarily agree with the team’s decision to bring him on, nor did I agree with the team’s decision to let McNabb go.

But it is what it is and with the injury to Kolb, there… Finish Reading

This team has been so good in September and October in recent years, fans have come to expect this kind of result, but what the Phillies accomplished tonight was truly remarkable.

They entered the bottom of the ninth inning trailing the Nationals by three runs.  Washington brought in a new pitcher for the final three outs and he got… Finish Reading

And in the past 2 weeks, despite missing out on several opportunities as the Braves mosey into September, the Phillies HAVE inched closer.  Before tonight’s games,… Finish Reading

They did this, beating Colorado 12-11, mostly by virtue of a 9 run 7th inning where the team had a serious bataround.    Polanco doubled, Ultey singled, Howard homered, Werth homered, Ibanez flied out, Victorino singled, Schneider singled, Francisco pinch hit and singled, Rollins singled, Polanco (in his second at… Finish Reading

Much has been made of Ryan Howard’s performance since his return from the disabled list, and now sources are saying there may still be something wrong with the big man preventing him from playing at 100%.

Last night, the first 6 innings were relatively uneventful as the teams played to a 1-1 draw.  The Phillies looked lifeless after being swept by the Astros in a 4 game series that included losses to former Phillies… Finish Reading

The Braves looked awful, losing 6-2 to the basement dwelling Nationals.

Cole Hamels was shaky at best, giving up 5 runs in his first 4 innings, allowing 7 hits, striking out 5 and walking 1 while San Francisco’s Sanchez pitched a 1 hitter through the first 4.

Victorino was the only batter to get a hit early, continuing his torrid pace since returning… Finish Reading

Maybe he should have.  As easily as the Phillies at times seem to score runs in bunches, they are equally prone to have their pitching staff do likewise.  The starting pitchers have actually shone for the most part of late, with Hamels getting… Finish Reading

That tells very little of the whole story.  

The whole story is that the Phillies rallied from 8 runs down in the 8th inning, and managed to score 4 runs in the ninth while only collecting 1 hit.   Here is how it played out.   Polanco was hit by a pitch, then Sweeney walked to put runners on 1st and 2nd.  Werth became the second walk of the inning… Finish Reading