Posts Tagged ‘ Ryan Howard ’

Chase Utley drove in six runs and hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run seventh inning Thursday night as the Philadelphia Phillies overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 12-11. Utley's six RBIs tied a career high and came after Ryan ...
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It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia's Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson were at the Phillies-Dodgers game on Tuesday night when Sweet Dee went into labor. The Inq's Michael Klein reports that the couple left the game, and Olson later gave birth...
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Chase Utley and Ryan Howard will be entered into the Guinnes Book of World Records. Chase, for his five home runs in last year’s World Series, which tied a record set by Reggie Jackson. And Howard, for reaching 200 career home runs in the fewest games (658). None of this...
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LOS ANGELES - Given the omnipresence of paparazzi in these parts, the most remarkable part of the power lunch that went down in SoCal on Tuesday was the fact that it went undetected. With the Phillies in town for their three-game series against the Dod...
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Is it a sign? Ryan Howard crushed a three-run homer to center field in the third inning last night in an 8-4 victory over the Dodgers. Phillies bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer mentioned it came about an hour before the...
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Make no mistake: One home run isn't going to vaporize all the talk about whether Ryan Howard returned from...
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The Phillies jumped on the Dodgers early using a pair of three-run homers, one by Brian Schneider, the other by Ryan Howard, to finish August with a win and set up a series rubber match for Wednesday afternoon. Howard's homer, a shot to straightaway ce...
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Brian Schneider and Ryan Howard each hit a three-run homer to power the Philadelphia Phillies past the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 on Tuesday night, keeping them three games behind first-place Atlanta in the NL East. The Phillies' lead over San Francis...
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Today, I got the opportunity to write a guest post over on Yahoo! Sports’ great baseball blog, Big League Stew. ‘Duk and the gang let post a follow-up to yesterday’s post by Alex Remington that the Braves would make the postseason. I felt the need to back up our fair team, even though last...
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Pete Rose sat down with Yahoo Sports, as part of some odd Captain Morgan promotion, and actually gave some pretty good insight about the current state of baseball. He also took a little shot at Ryan Howard- talking about guys who strike out too much and his inflated opposite field home run numbers. "Either...
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Philadelphia Phillies (73-57) at Los Angeles Dodgers (67-64) Roy Halladay (16-10, 2.22 ERA) vs. Hiroki Kuroda (9-11, 3.56) Time: 10:10 p.m at Dodger Stadium TV: Comcast SportsNet Weather: Mostly Sunny, 67 Twitter: @philliesnation This is what sets 2010 apart for the Phillies. Faced with a similar position the past two seasons – heading into a big road series in need of wins,...
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"I'm just embracing being here as a new member of the Phillies," said Sweeney, 37, who has never appeared in the postseason. "Any time I can go out there and play, whether it be a pinch-hit or giving big Ryan...
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The Phillies put up three runs in each of their first two games of this weekend series out in San Diego, with the way Cole Hamels has been pitching as of late, another three spot today would likely send the...
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Yesterday afternoon, recent top Sixers pick Evan Turner was kind enough to sit in on a conference call with some of the Philly sports blog cognoscenti. The Villain talked about matters ranging from NBA players similar to himself (prefers the...
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The ignominy of the Astros' four game sweep of the Phillies won't be eased any time soon.This was the first time the Phillies had been swept in a four game series at Citizens Bank Park since they took up residence. They chose to do it against an Astro...
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Ryan Howard's bat finally hit something late Thursday afternoon as he hurriedly exited the Phillies' clubhouse in an effort to catch the team bus to Philadelphia International Airport.
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