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Earlier today there was a report that the Phillies were discussing a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks that would send starting pitcher Cliff Lee to the desert in exchange for talented outfielder Justin Upton.
Upton hit .280 for Arizona last year with 17 home runs and 65 RBI’s. He’d solidify one of the outfield positions, give [...]
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2012 Expectations
Coming off of a season in which he finished the year with a 17-8 record, a 2.40 ERA, and six shutouts, the Phillies had high very high expectations for Cliff Lee.
As a member of the vaunted starting rotation, Lee was being counted on to be one of three guys that the Phils could count [...]
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The Phillies won their third straight game on Saturday afternoon, taking down the Braves 5-1 in Atlanta. The victory improves the Phillies to 64-69.
The Phillies were anchored today by another stellar start from Cliff Lee. Lee threw seven scoreless innings, and allowed just five hits while striking out five. His ERA has now dipped to [...]
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The Phillies lost their second straight game Thursday night, falling 7-4 to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Cliff Lee turned in a fine start, lasting 7.2 innings, giving up five hits, and striking out 12 batters. All three of the earned runs he surrendered came on solo home runs.
For the second straight game, the bullpen suffered an implosion [...]
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When Joe Blanton has the second most wins within a $70 million starting rotation, you know something has gone horribly wrong.
A year ago, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee were centerpieces of a Phillies team that won a franchise record 102 games. Halladay went 19-6 with a 2.35 ERA, throwing eight complete games and one shutout. [...]
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After their failures in Atlanta over the weekend, the Phillies must now put to rest any remaining fantasies about making a run at the playoffs and concentrate on making deals to improve the team for the 2013 season. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. has a number of veterans to sell, but which ones are most [...]
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The Phillies won their third straight game on Tuesday night, rallying to defeat the Brewers 7-6. The win puts the Phils 10 games below .500, 14 games back in the division, and 9.5 games out of the Wild Card.
The first two games in this series have been almost identical. The Phillies have an ace turn [...]
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The stage was set up perfectly for the Philadelphia Phillies to turn their season around.
In the middle of 10 game homestand, the team had already won a series against the Colorado Rockies, and put together an exciting victory on Saturday night, capped by a walk-off home run from Jim Thome. On Sunday, they had their [...]
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The Phillies won a series for the first time in several weeks, taking two victories from a three game set against the Colorado Rockies. While the success against Colorado was a good start to a 10-game homestand, Charlie Manuel’s group will face a much more difficult challenge with the Tampa Bay Rays coming to town [...]
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The month of June hasn’t been kind to the Phillies. After fighting to go 27-25 in the first two months, and stay within three games of first place in the National League East, the Phillies are now a putrid 4-12 since the calender has flipped to the third month of the baseball season. They’ve fallen [...]
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