BY HOMER PLATE, Columnist
Okay, it looks as if the deal is done. And what a crazy deal it has been. I feel like I’m sitting at the final table at the World Series of Poker and Janet Reno is the dealer. But there is one thing that has really startled me over the past week [...]
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December 16, 2009
Out of Left Field: The known vs. the unknown
December 15, 2009
Halladay Season?
BY MATTHEW NADU, Contributor
No it wasn’t a dream, the Philadelphia Phillies are still haggling a deal to get righty ace Roy Halladay.
Yet going into day two of discussions over whose going where, the whole situation’s turning into a nightmare, at least for everyone not getting Halladay.
After speculation from various sources that the Phillies would not [...]
December 6, 2009
Same old answers
BY MATTHEW NADU, Contributor
Whoever said change is good wasn’t a professional sports franchise owner.
And as a mater of fact, they lied.
At least that seems to be the case in Philadelphia of late.
Headlines surrounding the city’s sports teams’ free agent signings have been overwhelming even overtaking the likes of Mr. Woods’ tiger like attacks.
With the return [...]
October 22, 2009
Celebrating back-to-back League Championships!
When the Phillies win, the city celebrates. Last night was no exception. Here are some clips from the celebrations after the game from across the city:
From Broad Street:
From across the city (stay with it until the end):
From Mayfair:
From Broad and Oregon:
[...]
October 15, 2009
Game one lineups
Tonight, the Phils and Dodgers kick things off from Chavez Ravine. Lineups are in for tonight’s NLCS Game one:
PHILLIES:
Rollins, SS
Victorino, CF
Utley, 2B
Howard, 1B
Werth, RF
Ibanez, LF
Feliz, 3B
Ruiz, C
Hamels, P
DODGERS:
Furcal, SS
Ethier, RF
Ramirez, LF
Kemp, CF
Blake, 3B
Loney, 1B
Belliard, 2B
Martin, C
Kershaw, P
July 28, 2009
Lee could be Phils’ deadline solution
So much has been made of the talks between J.P. Ricciarddi and Ruben Amaro, Jr. about bringing Roy Halladay to Philadelphia. In fact, too much. Philadelphians have obsessed over this “baseball god” and “savior” for weeks now. But as the deadline inches closer, maybe it’s time for Amaro to move on. The price for Halladay [...]
June 27, 2009
I’m back…
Through the last week and a half things have been pretty rough around here and I haven’t been keeping up with the site like I usually do. In these last couple weeks, which turned out to be a complete debacle for the Phillies, guest bloggers have done a remarkable job of filling the space here on Phillie Phanatics. I [...]
May 16, 2009
GAME CHAT: Phils in DC for Day/ Night Double header
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Phillies are back in Washington today, on the heels of their busy day yesterday, which included a trip to the White House to meet President Obama and a 12-inning win over the Nationals.
Here’s a brief recap of what happened last night: The Phils beat the Nats 10-6 in 12 innings at [...]
May 14, 2009
Rollins to star in Playboy
Phillies All-Star shortstop Jimmy Rollins and his fiance were Photographed by Playboy for the June issue. I got an advanced look at the feature, which brings out J-Roll’s sense of style and humor quite well. The currently slumping Phils lead-off man and his wife shot the feature over the winter in Florida. They model fashions from [...]
May 13, 2009
Phillies welcome Wolf back to Philly
The Phillies will take on former teammate Randy Wolf and the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight at Citizens Bank Park. After taking game one of the series last night behind Chan Ho Park, the Phils will look for a solid outing from veteran Jamie Moyer tonight. Moyer (3-2, 7.26 ERA) will search, for the third week [...]
