Quotable: Shane Victorino and Ryan Howard
After the Phillies’ glorious three game HOME sweep of the Mets, we finally get a quote from Shane Victorino that is worthwhile. Yes, there is nothing like kicking the junk out of a lifeless Mets team to complete a wonderful holiday weekend…
“Yeah, they’ve got a lot of guys injured, but you know [...]
Report: Howard Could Be Back Tuesday
The Associated Press is reporting that Ryan Howard could return to the lineup as early as tomorrow in Tampa Bay after being hospitalized with acute sinusitis over the weekend.
Phillies GM, Ruben Amaro Jr. said in a statement that Howard was at home and would catch up with the team in Tampa if he felt well [...]
Toronto’s Scutaro Catches Phils Sleeping
In case you haven’t seen it, here’s video (click the image) of the Phillies being pickpocketed in the third inning of yesterday’s game by Toronto’s Marco Scutaro, who stole second base on a walk – yeah you read that right.
“It was one of those things where he made a good play and everybody [...]
Phillies Fail To Take Advantage Against Mets
The Philllies offense came through tonight as Ryan Howard, Raul Ibanez, Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley each hit home runs off Johan Santana. However, the Phils’ bullpen could not hold the lead and they eventually lost the game to the Mets, 6-5 at Citi Field.
Home runs by David Wright, Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church provided [...]
‘October’s A Long Way Away’
Ryan Howard, Carlos Ruiz and Shane Victorino homered and the Phillies beat the Dodgers 7-2 last night to split a four-game series between the squads with the two top records in baseball.
“October’s a long way away,” Howard said. “The Dodgers have been playing great, and obviously their record has shown that they’re on their way. [...]
Hamels Smokes ‘Em In Hollywood
Cole Hamels (4-2) threw 97 pitches – 12 in the ninth inning – retired 18 of his last 20 batters and allowed only two runners as far as second base – one of them on defensive indifference to lead the Phillies over the Dodgers, 3-0.
“The kid is good. What can you say? When he’s on [...]
Phillies Head To L.A. On A Roll
Ryan Howard belted a two-run homer and J.A. Happ threw seven scoreless innings to lead the Phillies over the Padres, 5-1. It was the Phillies’ sixth straight win.
We also welcome back J.C. Romero who returned from his 50-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance. The left-hander pitched 1⅓ innings, allowing an unearned run [...]
Phillies Big Three Among Top 15 MLB Players
Sporting News’ has made a list of the 50 best players in baseball playing today – selected by a panel of 100 Hall of Famers, major award winners and other baseball personalities.
The panel includes 13 Hall of Famers, 13 Cy Young Award winners and 12 league MVPs including Willie McCovey, Stan Musial, Brooks Robinson, Tony [...]