RIP Andy Musser Growing up in Northeastern/Central Pennsylvania it was a long haul to Philadelphia so it was not every day we were able to go see the Phillies play at the Vet. Sitting at home we would catch the games on TV on WTAF 29, WPHL 17, and on Prism and on the radio [More...]
Another Fall has led to another fall. A fall that has Phillies fans everywhere trying to recover from broken dreams. For the second year in a row, the best team in baseball failed to live up to the hype and the faith that the Phillies fans put into them. Unlike last year however, this team [More...]
With Placido Polanco being diagnosed with a sports hernia and his status unknown for the foreseeable future the Phillies once again have some questions about third base. This is still a question that deserves an answer, despite the Phillies motoring along at a high rate with the best record in baseball again. Right now super [More...]
A few days ago the Texas Rangers designated Arthur Lee Rhodes for assignment. He didn’t have very good overall numbers for the AL champions after signing with them as a free agent in the offseason. The 41 year-old lefty pitched to a 4.81 ERA in 32 games with 1.479 WHIP in 24 1/3 innings. At [More...]
By Barry Jeffrey, Jr.: The Phillies have solid starting players, from the on field eight through the rotation and the bullpen. No one really can question that, if everyone is healthy, but what about the bench and the depth below the major league levels. Any team that suffers injuries to key members of their starting [More...]
By Barry Jeffrey, Jr.: If there is a weakness on the Phillies, most of the experts point to here. Many questions pertaining to the pen often come up. Among these questions is which Brad Lidge will show up? Lidge is still the closer, and a pricey one ($11.5 million) whose in game stability has been [More...]
By Barry Jeffrey Jr.: The offense may have lost a big part in losing Werth but the Phillies went out and trumped that by getting the one thing people always say brings wins, pitching. The rotation that was already running three top flight pitchers in Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, and Cole Hamels, adds another World [More...]
By Barry Jeffrey Jr. Spring Training is finally here, so it is time to break down the 2011 Phillies, Spring Training version. Additions: LHP Cliff Lee, RHP Eddie Bonine, RHP Brian Bass, LHP Ryan Feierabend, LHP Dan Meyer, LHP Juan Perez, RHP Jason Grilli, OF-1B Brandon Moss, 1B-3B-OF Jeff Larish, 1B-3B-OF Rob Quinlan, 2B-OF-3B Delwyn [More...]
By Barry Jeffrey Jr.: Every now and again I will post an article like this on a few potential players that one of the Philly teams could or should (in my own opinion) target as an acquisition. The first of these will be in this article today and of course deals with the Phillies. What [More...]
By Barry Jeffrey Jr. Has there ever been a more anticipated Spring Training than this one? Maybe the 1981 season or the 2009 season, but both of those were teams coming off World Series wins. Last year’s Phillies squad, as we all know, is coming off losing in the National League Championship series to the [More...]