So far this season, the Philadelphia Phillies have been as good as advertised. They are 21-9 and have a two-game lead in the division. The Phour Aces – Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels – have been brilliant. Hell, even Joe Blanton has been very good after a rough first couple of [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies are batting Jimmy Rollins in the leadoff spot tonight against the Washington Nationals, mainly because his production as the No. 3 hitter has been poor when it comes to driving in runs. They have a great No. 3 on the roster, but he’s been pretty useless since he’s been hurt all year. [...]
Former Philadelphia Phillie and current Phillies television color man, Gary Matthews, is now a bonified music star. We’ve pasted below his first hit, “Jerk off the Ball (featuring DJ Tom McCarthy)” Matthews, aka Sarge, has made some great one liners in his day, but they probably didn’t come out as expected. So, someone got bored [...]
It may have gotten a wee bit tougher for us to sell our brilliant “99 Problems but a Pitch Ain’t One” t-shirts. While the Philadelphia Phillies’ starting pitching has lived up to all the hype, their bullpen is starting to break down a bit. With closer Brad Lidge already on the DL, we learned today [...]
Numerous media outlets are reporting that the Philadelphia Phillies have decided move on from 2B Luis Castillo. The 35-year old was brought in this spring to try to fill the void left by the mind-boggling Chase Utley knee injury, but the Mets apparently released him for a reason. This means that the Phillies will stick [...]
It’s nice to have four studs in your pitching rotation, and the Philadelphia Phillies certainly have that. However, their lineup has taken quite a beating since the end of last year, and it isn’t looking good, at least not for Chase Utley. For a while, it seemed like a little bit of rest would help [...]
Hit Me! The Philadelphia Phillies have pitching out the wazzou and everyone knows it. However, this is not a flawless team. They have problems. 99 problems? Jay-Z might think so, but probably not that many. Then again….it’s early. In 2008, it was the young Cole Hamels that fooled batter after batter, team after team as [...]
The New York Mets finally severed ties with Luis Castillo this week. He was due $6 million this year, is 35-years old, hit .235 last year and supposedly has no range whatsoever left. But that doesn’t mean that there is no interest in him. According to ESPNNewYork.com, Castillo is generating interest from the Philadelphia Phillies, [...]
When the Philadelphia Phillies signed Cliff Lee late in 2010, there was joy across the entire tri-state area. With Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Cole Hamels and now Lee, there was no way the Phillies could not win the 2011 World Series. Well this is the kind of crap that could derail them. 2B Chase Utley [...]
Every year, people cheat when it comes time to come up with their fantasy team names. Whether it’s football with names like “Forsett Down Her Throat” or “Somewhere Over Dwayne Bowe,” someone in your league will find these names on a website and use them. OTR thinks this is criminal because you should be responsible [...]
Despite what many of their fans say, the New York Yankees could really use more starting pitching. For a team with World Series aspirations, having four out of the five starting spots filled with question marks is a tenuous situation at best. And the Yankees seem to be aware of this. They have been linked [...]
Philadelphia Phillies former prospect Dominic Brown fractured his hamate bone in his right hand on Saturday and is likely to miss three to six weeks. Don’t let the ‘former’ reference fool you. He is still on the Phillies, but his horrible play has downgraded his ‘prospect’ status to being Ben Francisco’s prospective backup. PHOTO CAPTION: [...]
So many people in the baseball world had pretty much penciled in the Phillies as one of the two teams playing in this year’s World Series after they added Cliff Lee to their already powerful rotation. With four aces that also include Cole Hamels, Roy Halladay and Roy Oswalt, the Phils were a lock, right? [...]
There were many people who were concerned with the health of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee. He had a bit of a strain in his abdomen that was giving him some discomfort in the past month or so. Still, he and GM Ruben Amaro insisted at the start of spring training that he was perfectly [...]
In case you missed it, the Phillies are back at it. And now they’re targeting a right-handed bat. Reports have been confirmed that the Phils contacted the Texas Rangers about 3rd baseman Michael Young. Before you get excited, there wasn’t much these two teams had in common. It was just a call to see what [...]
A gunman opened fire outside of a Safeway grocery store in Tucson, Arizona, yesterday killing six people and wounding 14 others. Today it has been revealed that one of the victims was 9-year old Christina-Taylor Green, granddaughter of Phillies senior advisor and former manager Dallas Green. Her father, John, is a scout for the Dodgers. [...]
Over the course of a year, a lot can happen in sports. And probably in business. And in life too, we guess. But definitely in sports, things happen quite a bit. So much so, that things can get hidden. Sure, everyone saw the big touchdown pass or penalty shot or ill-timed bathroom break, but did [...]
According to T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com, the Philadelphia Phillies have re-acquired the services of Cliff Lee. This is absolutely unreal. “Cliff Lee is going to the Philadelphia Phillies, industry sources said Monday night. The Rangers were told Monday night that Lee is going to the Phillies, It is a done deal,” Sullivan tweets. The Texas [...]
This certainly came out of left (or right) field. With all the speculation about where Jayson Werth would sign, we hadn’t heard about the Washington Nationals. The last we heard, the talk was about him maybe accepting arbitration from the Phillies. We also heard about the potential interest of the Boston Red Sox. But…the Nationals? [...]
Stunning news from Michigan, Roy Halladay from the Philadelphia Phillies was awarded the NL Cy Young award today from people who vote on such matters. It was unanimous and rightfully so. Halladay went 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA and 1.04 WHIP over 33 starts. Those who follow the Phillies know that he probably should have [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies got a pretty decent season out of Jose Contreras this year. He was 6-4 with a 3.34 ERA, even if he didn’t always seem to know where the ball was going. The Phillies have rewarded that nice season by re-signing him to a two-year, $5.5 million contract, with a club option for [...]
Oh, who to believe. Isn’t journalism awesome? Different people hearing different things and reporting them? It’s great. Remember when we mentioned the other day that the Phillies have “no chance” to retain Jayson Werth based on a report from ESPN’s Jayson Stark? According to SI.com‘s Jon Heyman, that’s not exactly true. “heard #phils making big [...]
Perhaps the biggest question about the Phillies offseason is whether or not they’ll find a way to keep outfielder Jayson Werth. Most are assuming that the Phils would make him a somewhat decent offer, but that he could get more elsewhere. The Phils are just not going to break the bank when they have Dom [...]
As the 2010 season moved on, most believed that it was a foregone conclusion that the New York Yankees would scoop him up after the World Series at some point. However, Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com reports that there are as many as eight teams that have inquired about Lee. “7-8 teams have shown interest in [...]
As you can imagine, Ruben Amaro, Jr.’s end-of-year press conference was peppered with questions about rightfielder Jayson Werth, who is a free agent this offseason. Werth will probably command a decent-sized contract, especially with Scott Boras running the show. But, the Phillies say that they want Werth to return, but, according to Amaro, that will [...]
