Who is ready for some baseball? The Phillies first competitive exhibition of the Spring is upon us – a five inning intrasquad game starting at noon. Team One, led by Jonathan Pettibone, will do battle with Team Two, led by Adam Morgan. Here are the line-ups, first reported by Ryan Lawrence and Chris Branch: Team ... read more...

Heading into last season, the Phillies were the kings of the NL East, capturing the Division crown five straight times from 2007 through 2011. However, 2012 was a season fans would like to forget.  2012 was not only a down year for the Phils on the field, but it was a season that saw secondary ... read more...

Since I have been here, I haven’t seen any leadership Jonathan Papelbon, February 21, 2013 I wish I could have written about this quote sooner. But, to be honest, I don’t think there is much to say; I believe Papelbon’s misspoke during a period of quick reflection. A reflection on a season’s worth of disappointments ... read more...

A scheduling quirk has the Phillies off Monday and Thursday this week, with a two-game series against the Cleveland Indians coming Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by a three-game weekend series with the Cincinnati Reds. The Phils were 0-5 against those teams in Ohio. The Indians are still rolling. They've won 12 of 14, and lead the majors in slugging percentage and OPS. They ... read more...

Former big league third baseman Chris Truby is entering his fifth season as a manager in the Phillies’ developmental ranks.  The 39-year-old began his coaching career in 2008 in the Pittsburgh organization after retiring from playing a year earlier. He joined the Phillies in 2009, spending two seasons as the manager for Class A short-season ... read more...

Call it a reverse black cat. Call it anything you want. But this Phillies team, which is four games out of first place, is not only not making the playoffs.They are not going to finish .500.So many things had to go right for the Phillies to contend this year. For the most part, it is just not happen... read more...

Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard was diagnosed with inflammation in his left knee and a supposed change in his meniscus following an MRI that was conducted on Monday. After sitting out Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds, Howard will be listed as day-to-day and will miss Monday’s contest against the Miami Marlins. Howard has admitted that his knee has ... read more...

Philadelphia Phillies infielder Freddy Galvis added to his case today that he should be given a chance to start for the team. Galvis hit a walk off homerun in today’s win over the Cincinnati Reds as the 23 year old switch hitter showed again his ability to hit in the clutch. While one heroic at bat does not warrant unseating a former MVP and All Star that is the team’s bes... read more...

The Philadelphia Phillies head to Miami bit will be without three key players as Carlos Ruiz heads to the disabled list while Ryan Howard and Mike Adams remain sidelined. Ruiz was diagnosed with a grade 2 hamstring pull and was placed on the 15 day DL. Humberto Quintero will replace Chooch on the roster. Howard has change in meniscus and inflammation in knee. He had a shot... read more...

Ryan Howard is day-to-day with inflammation in his left knee, per Ryan Lawrence of Philadelphia's Daily News.That isn't all. The magnetic resonance imaging test of Howard's knee identified... read more...

Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard missed Sunday's 3-2 win over Cincinnati with a sore knee. Instead of flying to Miami with the rest of the team, Howard stayed behind to get an MRI on the knee, the Phillies themselves report. The Phillies very well could find themselves placing both catcher... read more...

Cole Hamels had just six losses in 31 starts last season. In 2013, he has seven defeats through 10 starts. It has been that kind of year for Hamels. It's also been that kind of year for the unpredictable Phillies. Hamels pieced together another respectable outing, throwing six innings of two-run ball against the last-place (13-32) Marlins, while striking out 10. The offense, ... read more...

In the 1970's, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari proposed that modern psychiatry, particularly modern psychoanalysis, had really screwed things up. Far from the reactionary moral position that usually follows that particular proposal... read more...

For those wondering where Ryan Howard was yesterday in the Phillies' matinee against the Cincinnati Reds, he was nursing a sore knee.  The knee is sore enough that the team is sending Howard for an MRI.  He, much like teammate Carlos Ruiz, did not travel with the team after the game.  The Phillies are heading to Miami to take on the Marlins. Stephen Pianovich of MLB.com... read more...

Cole Hamels has not looked like himself this year. After ERAs of 3.06, 2.79, and 3.05 from 2010 through 2012, Hamels now has a 4.61 ERA nine starts into this season. By itself, that doesn’t mean he’s doing anything wrong. Pitchers are vulnerable to random fluctuations and luck in nine — or even in 30 — starts. For example, take the Hamels from 2009: After the left-hander f... read more...

Remember that time this season when everything was going right for the Phillies? It was, like, 24 hours ago.  For about 20 minutes.  It was starting with Erik Kratz’s home run and after all the post game shows ended following Freddy Galvis’ home run.  Let’s take a trip back to that magical time in our lives. ... read more...

Yesterday, the Phils walked off via back-to-back homers in the ninth inning for the first time since MLB began collecting official records in 1930. If that wasn’t unlikely enough, the Phillies who hit the two home runs were Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis, who came into the game with 11 and five MLB homers respectively for their careers. And how about the pitcher they did it ... read more...

Like all of us, Dom Brown is from somewhere. ... read more...

On the way to work this morning I had this conversation, as I do just about every morning with my dad. POPS: You see that game? ME: Just like they scripted it in spring training. 4 pitch walk to Delmon, pick off... read more...

With two swings on Sunday, the Phillies earned a thrilling win reminiscent of the 2008-11 period and some positive momentum heading into an eight-game road trip. Aroldis Chapman was the fourth closer the Phillies have tied the game against or beaten in the ninth inning this season. It was the third time in two weeks (Sergio Romo, Heath Bell). A win brought them to within two ... read more...