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Numbers unjust for Oswalt, Hamels

Eric Schwartz — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:39:29 +0000

Disagreement is a major part of sports. After all, what fun would it be to discuss sports if everyone had the same opinion about everything?

It wouldn’t be fun at all.

But every great one in a while a topic comes up that just can’t be debated — at least it shouldn’t be.

This is one of those cases.

I will state is as unquestioned fact (or something like that) that no team in baseball has two pitchers with losing… Finish Reading

Trade more than just a rumour now.

Joseph Birmingham — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:31:01 +0000

It is looking more and more like the Phillies will acquire a new pitcher.

With Victorino, Rollins and Utley on the DL, and Moyer apparently done forever, the Phillies are trying to shore up a roster that looked a lot deeper and stronger at the beginning of the year then it does now.

Roy Oswalt may be the missing piece. Oswalt has not yet waived his no trade clause but appears very unhappy with his standing as the staff ace for… Finish Reading

Vote for Perdro … again?

Eric Schwartz — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:18:17 +0000

Will there be another Pedro Martinez sighting in Citizen’s Bank Park?

Well, maybe.

ESPN.com is reporting that the Phillies have been in contact with Pedro in regards to returning to the team in the second half of the season. Pedro was a pleasant surprise for the Phillies last year, rediscovering his fastball and giving the rotation some much needed depth. He was however tagged with two losses to the Yankees in the World Series.

Bellow is a statement… Finish Reading

Soft Hamels lets down team again

Eric Schwartz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:24:39 +0000

If Charmin ever needs a new spokesperson to talk about the how soft its brand of toilet tissue is, they need to look no further than the Cole Hamels.

The lanky left-hander showed once again Tuesday Night that no one knows more about being soft than him.

Hamels allowed a three run homer to Troy Gloss in the first inning then went back into the dugout during a rain delay that lasted all of one hour and four minutes.

When… Finish Reading

Ruiz Walks Off in Style

Erin — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:48:51 +0000

The Phillies were on the winning side of a pitching duel Tuesday, when they faced St. Louis. Both starting pitchers went 8.0 innings allowing only 1 run, and sending the game into extra innings. Cole Hamels had arguably his best outing of the season striking out eight, and setting Philadelphia up for a win in walk off fashion. The lefty threw 116 pitches and brought his ERA to 4.42.

Carlos Ruiz was the star on offense for the Philadelphia.… Finish Reading

Philles-Mets overreactions – Take 1

Eric Schwartz — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:06:49 +0000

There’s nothing like the first installment of the Phillies-Mets rivalry to bring out the most uneducated comments from Philadelphia and New York fans alike.

This rivalry, which will have 17 more meetings after tonight always gets folks talking on sports talk radio. It becomes more like comedy radio, actually.

The schedule makers have been nice enough to give each team a day of on Thursday leaving fans two full days to call in to 610 or 950 in Philly and… Finish Reading

Phillies offense on a tear

Joseph Birmingham — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:46:29 +0000

The Phillies put an exclamation point on their quick start this season by loading up early and often on the Nationals in their fifth meeting and winning 14-7.

Amid concerns that with the loss of Jimmy Rollins and Jaysen Werth, the team may struggle on offense; the rest of the team turned in another winning performance. Werth made a late performance as a pinch hitter so it seems obvious his absence from the starting lineup will be brief. Rollins calf… Finish Reading

Phils win home opener, now 6-1.

Joseph Birmingham — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:26:26 +0000

The Phillies won their home opener 7-4 behind Cole Hamels to run thier National League leading record to 6-1. They dealt Marquis his second loss of this young season. Hamels and Halladay are now both 2-0 and the Phillies bats are smoking hot.

Jimmy Rollins was a late scratch due to a calf injury but his replacement, Castro, was 1-4 with a double and an RBI. Rightfielder Jayson Werth left the game after the fifth inning due to a sore… Finish Reading

Strong start for Phitens-home opener today at 3

Joseph Birmingham — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:37:25 +0000

The Phillies finished thier opening road trip with a 5-1 mark, representing thier best start for a season since 1993 when they started 7-1. Not only did they win 5 of 6 games but did so by outscoring the opponent 43-18.

To be fair, the teams they played were not top echelon teams. The Phillies return for their home opener today at 3pm and face the Nationals for the 4th time already this season. This time the matchup is Cole… Finish Reading

1 down – 101 to go.

Joseph Birmingham — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:40:31 +0000

The Phillies got off to a good start, winning their opening game for the first time since 2005 behind new pitching ace, Roy Halladay. Polanco and Howard homered and Halladay held the Nationals to 1 run on 5 hits while continuing the AL pitcher habit of contributing at the plate, albeit with a 30 foot dribble that scored a run when it was put into play at the perfect time.

Tonight is game 2, seeing a matchup between previous staff ace… Finish Reading