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Let’s start off with two cups and a string. Maybe that will allow the Phillies’ brass and their players to communicate a little better.
“As long as he feels like that he’s healthy and can pitch and things [and] the doctor says he’s healthy, then we got to send him back out there,” Charlie Manuel said [...]
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On July 28th 2011, Ruben Amaro completed a trade with the Houston Astros that sent Hunter Pence to Philadelphia is exchange for three minor leaguers, two of them (Jarred Cosart and Jonathan Singleton) were among the most highly coveted prospects within the Phillies organization.
With his team out of playoff contention, almost exactly one year later [...]
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Once considered an untouchable prospect and future star in the making, Domonic Brown has become afterthought after failing to find a place on the Phillies roster since debuting during the 2010 season.
Brown tore through every level of competition he played in until he was called up to the Phillies in the middle of the 2010 [...]
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Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. announced last night that Phillies All-Star first baseman Ryan Howard will activated on Friday, which is only nine months from his Achilles injury in the National League playoffs.
I think Howard is trying to rush back to save the Phillies season and taking a major risk in the process with his [...]
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Frank Fitzpatrick of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote a piece over the weekend about the events leading up to Ryan Howard’s torn Achilles which brings some interesting new information into light.
In the weeks leading up to Howard’s injury, the slugger had been battling some pain in his left heel. The pain become significant enough that the [...]
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More than a month into the regular season, former Phillie Roy Oswalt has yet to sign on with a team for the 2012 season. The righthander couldn’t find a new home in the offseason because his salary demands were too high, and he was very picky about his destinations, publicly announcing that he only had [...]
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Ruben Amaro Jr reached a deal with Ben Cherington that sent the once non-roster invitee, Scott Podsednik to the Boston Red Sox in return for cash. The move is good for the Phillies because Podsednik was not going to be playing at Citizen’s Bank Park this season and the team could use the extra cash.
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Ruben Amaro Jr. knows Cole Hamels should have been resigned before the season begun.The two sides have been constantly discussing a contract extension since Christmas but the deal has made as little progress.
Hamels got dinged up by an inconsistent Miami Marlins squad in his first start of the year, but regardless the California native is [...]
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Ruben Amaro Jr signed two utility infielders to minor league deals Wednesday morning, but has really left a lot to be desired in regard to finally that hole on his professional club. The two long shots to make the team haven’t turned any heads their entire careers and I don’t see them ever setting foot [...]
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The man who helped bring a World Series championship to Philadelphia in 2008 has moved on to the Washington Nationals signing a 1 year deal. Lidge was informed about 10 days ago that he wouldn’t be part of the Phillies plans in 2012. With such a rich market for relievers this off season [...]
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