Marlins Talking Big During OffSeason

Jose Reyes

Don’t look now, but the Miami Marlins could be making a splash this off-season? Jose Reyes joined team owner, Jeffrey Loria and Ozzie Gullien for lunch at Joe’s Stone Crab Wednesday afternoon, to talk baseball.
Reyes with not the first premiere ball player the Fish have dined with. Just days before giving Reyes a tour of [...]

Phillies Decline Options On Oswalt & Lidge

Philadelphia Phillies v Washington Nationals

The Phillies made their first significant moves of their offseason today, declining club options on starting pitcher Roy Oswalt and reliever Brad Lidge.
Oswalt was due to make $16 million, and Lidge was set to take in $12.5 million. The Phillies will instead pay the two former Astros buyouts of $2 million and $1.5 million respectively. [...]

Phillies Season Ends In Utter Disgrace

Phillies' Ibanez reacts to grounding out to end the seventh inning of their MLB baseball playoff game against the Cardinals in Philadelphia

The 2011 Phillies  won a franchise record 102 games in the regular season. They finished the regular season with the best record in baseball. They assembled one of the strongest pitching staffs in modern history. They even pulled off a blockbuster trade at the July deadline to acquire the righthanded power bat that their offense [...]

Game 5 Could Be A Defining Moment For Halladay

St Louis Cardinals v Philadelphia Phillies - Game 1

If you listen to any Phillies players speak to the media regarding Game 5 of the NLDS, you get a sense that they’re very confident about their chances in the decisive game of the series. The reason for that sense of confidence? Their starting pitcher, Roy Halladay.
“If we’re going to have one guy to get [...]

Lifeless Bats, Disappointing Pitching Cause Phillies To Lose Game 4

Phillies' Oswalt delivers a pitch to the Cardinals during their MLB National League Divisional Series baseball playoffs in St. Louis

For the first time in the five-year playoff run that the Phillies have been on, a series has been pushed to a decisive final game. The Phillies dropped Game 4 in a disappointing fashion on Thursday night, going down 5-3.
Early on, it looked like the Phillies might be on their way to ending the series [...]

Hamels Showed Us All That He’s As Mentally Tough As Anybody In The Game

Cole Hamels

I’ve got to give Cole Hamels all the credit in the world for how he performed against a tough team in a tense atmosphere while not having his best stuff. Hamels remained poised and composed during all those jams that he worked out of last night in St. Louis. The former World Series [...]

Heroic Efforts Lift The Phillies Past Cardinals In Game 3

Ben Francisco, Yadier Molina

The Phillies fought a tough battle with the Cardinals on Tuesday night, but escaped with a critical 3-2 victory, and a 2-1 series lead. The Phillies won this game thanks to a trio of heroes.

The first hero had become a popular whipping boy in Philadelphia after hitting .167 and playing his way out of the [...]

Game 2 Preview: Phils Must Take Advantage Of Carpenter On Short Rest

Chris Carpenter

Just one game into the series, the Phillies already have the Cardinals in a desperate situation. In the second game of the series, St. Louis will hand the ball to their ace Chris Carpenter, who will be pitching on short rest. The righthander last pitched on Wednesday is season finale against the Astros, in a [...]

Howard, Phillies Offense Bails Out Halladay In Game 1

St Louis Cardinals v Philadelphia Phillies - Game 1

The Phillies have picked up their first win of the postseason, taking down the St. Louis Cardinals 11-6.
The NLDS got off to a sour start for the Phillies, as Roy Halladay opened the playoffs by putting his team in a 3-0 hole after the first inning. In my preview article, I discussed how Halladay had [...]

Game 1 Preview: Halladay Must Avoid A Slow Start

Philadelphia Phillies v Los Angeles Dodgers

Game 1 of the NLDS between the Phillies and Cardinals will get underway at 5:00 p.m. today, with Roy Halladay on the mound for the first pitch and Kyle Loshe will take the hill for St. Louis.
Halladay has put together another superb season in his second year with the Phillies, posting a 19-6 record with [...]

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