Posts Tagged ‘ Luck ’

Cornelius Ingram has cyst on back of his knee drained (The National Football Post)

The bad luck continues for Philadelphia Eagles tight end Cornelius Ingram. He missed his rookie season last year...
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Cornelius Ingram has cyst on back of his knee drained (The National Football Post)

The bad luck continues for Philadelphia Eagles tight end Cornelius Ingram. He missed his rookie season last year...
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Thumb’s up for Utley after return from injury

Do not misunderstand. Jayson Werth's reaction was the same as most of the rest of the Phillies-following world. Chase Utley back in the lineup? For a team that already had won 18 of its previous 23 games? Good luck finding a downside. But as he talked ...
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Hamels gets no support again

NEW YORK - Although it's seemed that way, this season hasn't been all hard luck for Cole Hamels. In the fourth inning Friday against the Mets at Citi Field, the Phillies lefthander was hit on the inner part of his upper right thigh by a vicious line dr...
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Dickey pitches one-hitter, Phillies lose, 1-0

NEW YORK - Although it's seemed that way, this season hasn't been all hard luck for Cole Hamels.
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Stupid & Carless

While everyone is marveling how gritty this depleted Phillies team has been it's worth noting they had been lucky two straight nights, against Florida Thursday and versus New York Friday, before their luck ran out Saturday night. The ugly truth is th...
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Talkin’ Phils-Mets with Mets Gazette

Timely hitting, good pitching, Big Chooch, and a little luck helped the Phillies complete a three-game sweep in South Florida Thursday night. For Mike Baumann’s write-up, go here. (Or just press the down key a few times.) At 60-48, twelve games over .500 for the first time all season, the Phillies come home to take...
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Resilient

You have to admire the Phils' resilience. In the wake of Ryan Howard's injury the players left standing collectively sucked it up and went out and took two straight from Florida in steamy Miami.No one is walking around moaning about bad luck. Fieldin...
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Kendrick Lays an Egg as Phillies Drop Another

“Lucky” is an HBO documentary that follows the lives of people who have won the lottery and those who strive to be one of those to cash out on a huge jackpot. A family from the Princeton, NJ area won $110 million. A woman from Newark, DE has spent nearly $100 every day for...
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Bob Ford: Is this the year the Phils’ luck runs out?

There are only two days on the crowded yearly calendar when American sports fans are required by guarantee to go cold turkey from their daily obsessions for at least one revolution of the earth.
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Viva Villa! Spain beats Paraguay 1-0 in quarters

Spain found just enough of the beautiful game _ and a touch of good luck _ to advance to the World Cup semifinals, beating Paraguay 1-0 on Saturday night.
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Paul Hagen: Injury-ravaged Phillies should not act out of desperation

IT OFTEN WENT unheard in the celebratory din that has enveloped the Phillies over the last few seasons. But if you caught a club official in a reflective mood, he'd wipe the champagne from his eyes and allow that luck had played a role in (take your pi...
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Are We Ready for Some Futbol?

One day after the U.S. soccer team proved that luck is not enough to win at the highest levels, the Philadelphia Union (finally) made its debut and showed that grit, resolve and a rabid fan base are sufficient for success at a lower tier. Instead of su...
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Phils turn it on late

They had needed a big hit for weeks, it felt like. Rarely anything had gone the Phillies' way, so there was little reason to believe luck could change with one Ben Francisco swing.
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Phillies outlast Marlins, 10-8

They had needed a big hit for weeks, it felt like. Rarely anything had gone the Phillies' way, so there was little reason to believe luck could change with the swing of Ben Francisco's bat.
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Video: Sixers Get Outlucked In North Jersey

- It was crazy last night at the Meadowlands. Just bad luck on this one. Share this link: Email
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