Ok, so I’ve been hard on the Phillies so far this season, a nay-saying turd in the proverbial punch bowl. I was so consumed by acceptance of the end of this golden era and the resultantly bitter despair, that I was having trouble simply watching the games and enjoying the team for what it was. Do I think the 2013 Phillies are a real World Series contender? No. I’m still very far from convinced that a record over .500 will be attained. I am, however, impressed by the way the team is scrapping, clawing and fighting to keep itself …
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Horray Offense! Phillies Beat Marlins 7-3
The Phillies just lost to the Marlins, and were coming into this game at 21-24, facing Jose Fernandez who has not allowed 1 single run in 13 innings against the Phillies this year. Chase Utley was a late scratch, but Ryan Howard returned to the lineup to power the Phillies to a “nice and easy” 7-3 win.
Tyler Cloyd was looking for his first decision of the year as he faced off against Fernandez who again has owned the Phillies in 2 starts this year; Cloyd pitched well in his first start of the season on the road, and was looking to build off of that success. If you …
Short Term Fix, Long Term Fix: Phillies Edition
I will be doing a series on each of the four major sports teams in Philadelphia over the next few weeks. Each will highlight what each team has to do in the short run and the long run to benefit each respective franchise. Each team will be treated differently, as the Flyers are closer to a championship than the 76ers, and so on. The first edition of this series starts with our beloved Philadelphia Phillies. Should Charlie Manuel stay? Should Utley be traded? What are the Phillies plans for Tommy Joseph?
Short Term Fix: The Phillies are a .500 team at the moment, and they do …
Phillies Fall to Miami 5-1, Hamels now 1-7
Things are starting to look up, well at least a little more up than average. The Phillies just took 2 out of 3 against the Reds who swept them earlier this year while outscoring our Phillies 16-4, these same Reds were riding a 6 game winning streak when they came into town, and were in control of the wild card spot. A nice follow up to a big series win like that would be to play the Marlins, even though it’s a road series, there would be more people at a Harlem Globetrotters game than there would be at a Marlins home game. You are sending out Hamels and Cliff …
Phillies beat an Ohio team, win 6-2
The 18-21 Phillies are continuing their attempt to get back to .500, they hosted the 21-16 Indians last night to start the end of their weird “4-game-split-up-into-2-away-and-2-home-games -over-a-three-week-time-period” series. Game 1 (or 3) put the unbeatable rookie Jonathan Pettibone on the mound against Scott Kazmir who has been looking more and more like the old Scott Kazmir recently.
Charlie Manuel Decided to give Chase Utley a 2 day break, and decided to start Kevin Frandsen at 2nd base; this decision did not take long to pay off as Frandsen hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 1st inning to put the Phillies up …
The Phillies Aren’t Fooling Anyone
There were optimistic rumblings after the first few games of the west coast road trip against the Giants. Hey, the Phillies had taken two from the World Series champions! Cliff Lee out-dueled Madison Bumgarner, and Domonic Brown hit a one-hop splash homer into McCovey Cove. Then Kyle Kendrick continued his so-far Cy Young-ish season (this is a real thing I just typed out), while Chase Utley and Ryan Howard had two RBI a piece (including solo homers). The team was 16-18 and turning it around after a disgraceful finish to the Marlins series.
Except they weren’t. Three days and a three-game losing streak later, each a …
Phillies Split Final Two Games with Giants
Kyle Kendrick is the man, everyone of you reading this and everyone you know that has watched the Phillies has said the following sentence at least 1 time “Kyle Kendrick (insert any expletive, they all have been used) stinks, blows, sucks, needs to go, so forth and so on); I think that those days are over, at least for now. All you need to know is this, including last night in his last 17 starts: 2.44 ERA, .217 opponents batting average, 14 quality starts. He was not only great Tuesday night, he was also efficient in needing less than 90 pitches to get through 7 innings.
The 15-18 Phillies entered game two Tuesday against the 19-13 Giants riding a sweet …
Have We Seen The Last of Roy Halladay as a Phillie?
I remember where I was on May 29, 2010. I was at a hotel in Wildwood with a bunch of my friends watching the Philadelphia Flyers face the Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL Playoffs. We were waiting for the game to end to go out for Memorial Day Weekend. It was an exciting hockey game but during the first intermission I looked at my phone to check the Phillies score. Phillies were winning and I noticed the Marlins had no hits as of yet.
The second period of the Flyers game comes on and I keep watching my phone. Marlins finish another inning with no walks or hits. I show it to my buddy. We …
The Halladay Effect: What To Do If the Doctor Is No Longer In
Fresh off another embarrassing drubbing at the hands of the lowly Miami Marlins this past Sunday, Phillies ace Roy Halladay is at this very minute awaiting results of a medical exam that could determine his season, his future, and his legacy. Nothing about his current situation looks very promising, which is provoking both fans and players to ponder a future without perhaps the most dominant pitcher of the past decade. In a strange way, however, Halladay’s untimely demise and a Phillies run to the post-season could actually enhance his legacy and popularity.
This week has seen a blame game erupt among Phillies faithful over who is responsible for the Halladay situation. Many fans …
Phillies Show Signs of Life, Beat the Giants 6-2
I expected this game to be ugly, ugly in the sense that it would be a 1-0 late Giants victory or something close to that, and of course I was wrong. The 13-18 Phillies who just lost 2 terrible games to the Marlins traveled to the Bay Area to face the 19-12 Giants as they started a 7 game road trip on the west coast. These are my favorite parts of the season, where I fall asleep watching Pawn Stars while waiting for the game to start; which is what happened last night, but don’t worry… I have you covered.
The Phillies in non-2013 fashion got to one of the best pitchers in baseball this …
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