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The Phillies at first glance have a solid lineup they are pretty well rounded all the way through in that they don’t do anything poorly but nothing spectacular either. This is what is keeping them from being that special elite franchise. In so many ways they mirror the Atlanta Braves of the 1990?s. Ryan Howard is the heart of the offense [...]

Monday’s signing of Dontrelle Willis by the Philadelphia Phillies for one year, $1 million is a bit surprising. In fact, we don’t see the point in it whatsoever. The 30-year-old lefty went 1-6 with a nice, round 5.00 ERA last season with the Cincinnati Reds, who saw just about enough of that. I mean, really. [...]

As if the Philadelphia Phillies didn’t already have one of the best pitching staffs in all of baseball, they added Jonathan Papelbon to the mix Friday afternoon.

The two sides came to an agreement with the former Boston Red Sox closer reportedly worth somewhere in the ballpark of $50 million [...]

Remember when the Philadelphia Phillies didn’t trust Ryan Madson as a closer? In my head, I’ve probably made it a bigger issue than it was, but I do recall that there was some hesitation. Then Madson became the closer anyway and saved 32 games this last season, with a 2.37 ERA. Then Madson became a free agent. Now Madson looks like he’s going [...]

It looks like Jim Thome has a little gas left in the tank after all.

The 41-year-old designated hitter signed on with the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday for one last season to the tune of $1.25 million, his second reunion with a former team after leaving the Minnesota Twins last season in August to end the year with the Cleveland Indians, the club he began [...]

A few caveats before I get into the substance of this post. First, I don’t listen to talk radio or follow discussions on grit and hustle blogs, so if this is already out there in some other form on the airwaves or the interwebs, I apologize. Second, this post is not at all normative (not about what I think should happen) and is entirely predictive (about what I think will happen). [...]

The Philadelphia Phillies have made the playoffs.

Insert a pause here for dramatic effect and to allow the reader to gather his or her thoughts at this stunning development.

The Phillies have made the playoffs for the fifth straight season. Even if they lose sixteen straight games, they’ll squeak in with [...]

Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra has been charged with indecent exposure in Los Angeles according to the AP. Dykstra allegedly exposed himself to several women he met on Craigslist.

The Los Angeles city attorney’s office says the 48-year-old could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for each count.

Dykstra supposedly found victims [...]

t’s amazing to me how much Roy Oswalt has become an afterthought in the Philadelphia Phillies rotation. This is Roy Oswalt we are talking about. Since 2005, only seven pitchers have a higher WAR than Oswalt. We aren’t talking about some ham n’ egger off the streets.
Oswalt has been an afterthought because he has been in and out of the Phillies’ rotation and hasn’t pitched like the Oswalt we have known[...]

In the NL East, the rich just got richer. Hooray.

With the Philadelphia Phillies’ acquisition of Hunter Pence on Friday, the team many experts already viewed as a World Series favorite solidified their place at the front of NL pack.

At this point, baseball fans have little choice but take their hats off the Phils. They’ve made [...]