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Phillies Semi-Weekly Report Card #7

Record in Last Seven Days: 4-2 Overall Record: 38-32, 3rd in division (2.5 behind Braves and Mets) After a month-long hiatus, the Phillies Semi-Weekly Report Card finally makes its return.  Since I handed out a slew of high grades and … Continue reading

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Phillies First Quarter Report Card

After last night’s win over the Red Sox in the first interleague game of the season, the Phils own the best record in the NL (26-15) as the season’s first quarter comes to a close.  The grades below are based … Continue reading

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The Next Steps…

There is absolutely no shame in the Phillies season.  But, it was not a World Series championship.  That means that there is room for improvement.  Hell, there is always room for improvement.  Last year, they won the World Series and … Continue reading

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Counting Outs & Measuring Blood Pressures

Well, here we go again.  After one much-needed day off (for the fans), we are right back to the heart attacks that are involved in being a fan of either of these World Series teams tonight with Game Six.  Andy … Continue reading

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Two Tough Ones Left to Go

A big Game 5 win is behind the Phillies and they now have today to catch their breaths and prepare for what is still an uphill climb to another title.  From the very start of this postseason, there have been … Continue reading

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Live Blog: 2009 NLCS, Game 5

6:40 PM:  We’re about 90 minutes from the start of Game 5, and the champagne and ice have already been shipped to Citizens Bank Park in anticipation of the Phillies winning their second straight National League Championship.  Joe Torre’s Dodgers have their … Continue reading

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One To Remember

Being a fan of a baseball team that’s still playing October is still a fairly new experience for me, and I’m starting to understand that certain games in a post-season run will be the ones that you remember and that … Continue reading

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Phils Can’t Rest on their Laurels

On July 29th, the Phillies were riding high.  Very high.  They’d won 19 of their previous 22 games to take a 7-game division lead over the second-place Marlins, and on that morning they made the biggest trade deadline splash in … Continue reading

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Phils-Mets Thoughts

The Phils lost to the Mets 1-0 in an entertaining game tonight.  It was a shame to see an otherwise great game be decided by a Phillie error, as Pedro Feliz threw a ball away, allowing Carlos Delgado to score … Continue reading

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Phils Sign Jenkins

The Phillies signed Geoff Jenkins today, beating out the Padres, with a two year, $13 million deal, with an option for a third year.  As I wrote a couple days ago, Jenkins will probably platoon with Jayson Werth in right field … Continue reading

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