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Jamie Moyer: At 49 years old, Moyer continues to defy all odds and has worked his way back into the game as a member of the Colorado Rockies’ rotation. He’s 2-3 with a 4.20 ERA in eight starts after being away from the game for more than a year. How can you not admire this [...]
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In the first of a four game set with the Milwaukee Brewers, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel opted to play a different lineup, resting Ryan Howard, Raul Ibanez, and the injured Chase Utley, and playing Wilson Valdez, Ben Francisco, and Michael Martinez all together at once.
For five innings, it looked as though the dramatically diluted lineup [...]
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The unfortunate reality is that injuries are inevitable throughout the course of a 162 game baseball season. Phillies third baseman Placido Polanco knows that unfortunate reality all too well this season and his latest injury could be a huge blow to the Phillies championship aspirations.
The All-Star third baseman, who missed a chunk of time on [...]
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Sunday afternoon, Roy Oswalt made his first start since being placed on the disabled list with a back injury in June. The former All-Star went a respectable six innings while giving up three runs in a loss to Tim Lincecum. The night before Oswalt’s return, Charlie Manuel sat in his office trying to decide who [...]
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Pirates pitcher Charlie Morton has made it a point to copy Roy Halladay’s pitching delivery. Though the two deliveries look nearly identical, the results for the two pitchers couldn’t have been any further apart on Friday night.
Halladay made quick work of the Pirates, cruising through seven scoreless innings, and allowing just one base hit. The [...]
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It’s the elephant in the room that Ruben Amaro, Jr. and the rest of the Phillies brass have pushed back as long as they possibly could. They have had more important things to take care of. The breathing room is almost up though as Jimmy Rollins’ contract is up at the end of the 2011 [...]
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The Phillies placed Placido Polanco on the 15-day disabled list when he was diagnosed with back spasms. At the time, Polanco was in an 0 for 15 rut and the trip to the DL provided some much needed time off.
With the all-star third baseman on the bench, Charlie Manuel looked for production out of two [...]
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Every Major League team has utility infielders at their disposal. Usually, these players are used sparingly for a spot start here or there in order to give the more talented everyday players a day off. These guys also come off the bench in a limited pinch-hitting role.
That hasn’t been the case so far [...]
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There were a couple of news stories for the Philadelphia Phillies over the last day or so and I promise I was going to put them all up in individual posts, but for the fact that I choose not to do so.
So here are a few bullet points on the Phillies (or “nuggets” as Peter [...]
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Phillies second baseman Chase Utley is set to make his return to the Major Leagues on Monday night for the beginning of a series with the Cincinnati Reds. His return comes at a time when the Phillies offense is in desperate need of a spark, having scored three runs or less in nine games in [...]
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