 Though the weather might not indicate it, we are a mere day away from the opening day in the MLB, and most teams are getting home from their respective spring training spots, including the Phillies who got home today to start their two game "On-Deck" series with the Pirates at Citizens Bank Park. The game tonight was the first played at the bank since October and gave the Phillies fans their...
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 In the past week, the Phillies have extended the contracts of both their manager, Charlie Manuel, and GM, Ruben Amaro Jr. Both have been key components in the team's success since 2007, when the team made the playoffs for the first time in over a decade. Both these extensions also take away some drama from the team in an already drama-filled spring.
Manuel's extension came f...
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 Today was a day the Phillies would like to forget. The Phillies received bad news regarding two key starters during their game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, most likely side-lining both of them, at least for now.
The problems started at around two o'clock when the team announced that Chase Utley had a cortisone shot to help the pain in his knee. Utley has patellar tend...
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 Charlie Manuel has been in the news fairly often lately, as he is in his contract year and wants to stay longer. In fact, it has become such a big deal, it has been more important than most stories about players this winter. I have no clue what the Phillies are thinking, but they have a great thing in Charlie Manuel and they need to keep him.
First of all, Charlie is a nice, quiet guy...
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 Well, it seems spring training is finally here. Pitchers and Catchers will report to Clearwater Florida tomorrow, and will begin to work out on Monday. Everybody else will report on the 18th, and the entire team will practice together on the 19th. Of course, that's still a week away, so to prep everyone for the next wonderful week, here are some Pitcher and Catcher story lines&nb...
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 Well, spring training is close. The buses have been packed, the countdown is nearing an end, and in only six days, pitchers and catchers will report to Clearwater Florida to start spring training. Of course the big names will be there, Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt, Cole Hamels, Carlos Ruiz, and Joe Blanton. Wait. Joe Blanton? He was supposed to be gone by now, ...
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 For all you basketball fans out there, remember ESPN's the decision? Remember how the world watched as Lebron James told us how he was going to take his talents to south beach to join Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade, creating a super-team? What happened next included ridiculous predictions of breaking every record, winning the NBA championship with no competition, and the most rad...
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 For those of you hoping to see a new free-agent signing by spring training (23 days!), you may be out of luck. Today, philly.com reported that the Phillies bought a $10 million 76x97 foot HD scoreboard, which is almost three times the size of the current scoreboard.
The full details are here, so I won't repeat them. However, I do have one question. What was wrong with the old sc...
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