Posted by Stanley Alston on Sep. 26, 2011 at 7:18 PM
The Philadelphia Phillies losing streak ended at eight games as the offense exploded to score nine runs in the first four innings, as they defeat the Mets, 9-4. The Phils took the lead in the first as, with one man on, and with one man out, Hunter Pence hit a...
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Posted by Eisenhicks on Sep. 26, 2011 at 4:01 PM
The sleeping Phillies offense awoke yesterday for a 9-4 drubbing of the New York Mets, who still took two of three games in the series. Roy Halladay pitched six inning of shutout ball, 77 pitches, four hits, one walk and three strikeouts. Antonio Bastardo was shaky at best, but who...
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Posted by Eisenhicks on Sep. 24, 2011 at 9:47 AM
On a night when three division leaders claimed their titles, the picture in post-season baseball just got a little clearer. On Friday night, the Diamondbacks, Rangers and Brewers claimed the NL West, AL West and NL Central Titles. With the Phillies, Brewers and Diamondback winning the East, Central and West...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Sep. 8, 2011 at 3:53 PM
The Phils complete their sweep of the Braves with a ninth inning walk-off win via a single by pinch hitter Ross Gload, winning 3-2, as they increase their lead in the NL East to ten and a half games. The Phils took the lead in the second as, with two...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Sep. 7, 2011 at 4:28 PM
A charge in the late innings, after suffering through an almost two-hours rain delay, before playing most of the game in a light rain, the Phils defeat the Braves, 6-3, to once again place themselves nine and a half games ahead in the NL East. The Phils took the lead...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Sep. 6, 2011 at 6:16 PM
Cliff Lee pitches his major league leading sixth complete game shutout, as the bats erupt for nine runs, as the Phils clobber the Braves, 9-0. The Phils took the lead in the first as, with the bases loaded, via singles by Placido Polanco and Chase Utley, sending Polanco on to...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Sep. 5, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Click ME to Listen!!! And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles… Jeff, Allen and Johanna kick back on all the baseball drama comin' down the stretch including STRASMAS!, Verlander's MVP bid, Nyjer AHHHHHHH Morgan and several other topics sure to offend as much as entertain! The crew...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Sep. 4, 2011 at 2:30 PM
College football and the NFL have both come back with a vengeance but for MLB, there really aren't any compelling races at this point. How can baseball compete? Ryan Otsego, MI ___________________________________ Pardon my frankness here, Ryan, but... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT? No compelling races? How can...
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Posted by Eisenhicks on Aug. 19, 2011 at 12:53 PM
Neither rain, nor Ian Kennedy or the Braves’ dramatic win could stop the freight train that is the Philadelphia Phillies as they beat the Arizona Diamonbacks, 4-1, on Thursday night for their 80th win of the season. Rain caused a two-hour and 17-minute delay, but fortunately did not erase John...
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Posted by RJ PRICE on Aug. 11, 2011 at 12:01 AM
This last week the traveling Phillies battled the defending World Series Champ Giants where they took 3 of 4 games and had a bench clearing tussle. Then they come back from 6 runs down to beat the LA Dodgers which included a 14 pitch at bat for Jimmy Rollins to...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Aug. 9, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Click ME to Listen!!! And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles… "KEITH, GET A BUCKET!" After Jeff and Allen dragged Johanna's almost lifeless body out of the Lollapalooza bullpen, the RSBS crew sat down to smack down on all-things baseball. Joined midway by special guest, Tim Baffoe...
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Posted by Jjbmw on Jul. 27, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, the Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates played a marathon of 19-innings, before home plate umpire Jerry Meals handed the Braves a 4-3 win. With the score tied 3-3 in the bottom of the 19th, the Braves had runners on second and third with one. Braves relife pitcher...
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Posted by Jjbmw on Jul. 25, 2011 at 1:10 PM
On Sunday July 10, 2011 Dontrelle Willis made his first major league start since June 29, 2010. It marked his Cincinnati Reds debut and what the Reds hope will spark them to another National League Central division title. Quinn Roberts/MLB.com writes in his article "Dontrelle set to make big league...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Jul. 24, 2011 at 2:30 PM
A bunch of teams are clustered right around .500 and above and no division is even close to being set at this point. Does this mean baseball is starting to reach parity? Sean Caledonia, MI ___________________________________ Beware, my friend. I sense... something. This... parity you speak of... IT'S A TRAP!...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Jul. 19, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Click ME to Listen!!! And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles… After a rough night of Pirate inspired debauchery, Jeff and Johanna clear the cobwebs (and police reports) to make room for special guest, Paul Lebowitz. It doesn't take long for them to get riled up as...
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