Posted by Stanley Alston on Dec. 9, 2011 at 3:50 PM
As the Phils continue trying to resign Jimmy Rollins to a new contract, although presently disrupted by the Angels’ signing of Albert Pujols to a ten-year deal, the Phils announced their signing of Laynce Nix to a two-year deal. Nix, formerly of the Nationals, a nine-year vet, is a corner...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Nov. 30, 2011 at 5:03 PM
Earlier today the Phils had announced that they have invited eight players in their minor league system to try out with the main team during spring training, 2012. Four of the eight players are pitchers, two are infielders, one is an outfielder and one is a catcher. Among the four...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Nov. 21, 2011 at 5:07 PM
The Phils have announced that they had just concluded a trade with the Colorado Rockies, getting Ty Wigginton for either a player to be named later or cash. Wigginton, who has played first base, third base, left and right field in his career, will most likely be the team’s main...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Nov. 18, 2011 at 2:23 PM
The Phils have announced that they are adding four players from their minor-league system to their 40-man roster to protect them from next month’s Rule 5 draft. The four minor leaguers are right-handed pitcher Phillippe Aumont, left-handed pitcher Jake Diekman, catcher Sebastian Valle and outfielder Tyson Gillies. Aumont and Gillies...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Nov. 17, 2011 at 4:08 PM
The Phils have just announced that they have resigned catcher Brian Schneider to a one-year deal. Schneider, who had appeared in 41 games in 2011, batted a low .176 batting average, with 4 doubles, 2 home runs and 9 RBIs. With that out of the way, the Phils now have...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Nov. 17, 2011 at 2:58 PM
Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels ended up in 2nd, 3rd and 5th place, respectively, in the voting for the 2011 National League Cy Young Award, which was won by Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers, as most people had expected. Roy Halladay, the ace of the Phils pitching staff,...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Nov. 14, 2011 at 5:12 PM
Major League Baseball had just announced who was voted the NL and AL Rookies of the Year for 2011, and the Phils’ Vance Worley had ended up in third place among NL Rookies. Worley, who pitched in 25 games for the Phils, 21 of which was as a starter, for...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Nov. 12, 2011 at 1:48 PM
According to reports yesterday, the Phils have signed former Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon to a four-year contract worth $50 million dollars, with a possible vetting for a fifth season that could lead to a total of $60 million, all pending on him passing a physical. If this is true,...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Nov. 5, 2011 at 2:12 PM
Jim Thome, who had played first base for the Phils from 2003-2005, before being traded to the White Sox after the 2005 season, allowing Ryan Howard to become the everyday first baseman, will return to the Phils as he signed a one-year contract worth $1.25 million dollars, to become mainly...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Nov. 2, 2011 at 4:07 PM
Last night, Major League Baseball announced that Placido Polanco has won his third Rawlings Gold Glove Award, this time as a third baseman. His previous Gold Gloves were won as a second baseman of the Detroit Tigers in 2007 and 2009. With his win, he becomes the second man to...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Oct. 21, 2011 at 3:34 PM
…that all of their coaches will be back for the 2012 season. This means that pitching coach Rich Dubee, hitting coach Greg Gross, bench coach Pete Mackanin, bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer, first base coach Sam Perlozzo and third base coach Juan Samuel have all signed contracts for 2012. I will...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Oct. 17, 2011 at 7:00 PM
But I’m still getting over the Phils getting kicked out of the playoffs so early in the run. Hopefully I’ll have something to report either tomorrow or Wednesday. Anyway, congrats to both the Cards and the Rangers for getting to the World Series. I hope the Rangers win it all....
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Oct. 8, 2011 at 2:11 PM
The Phils are knocked out of the playoff, as they are three-hit by Cards’ ace Chris Carpenter, losing a 1-0 pitchers’ duel. The Cards took a 1-0 lead in the first as, with a runner on third, and with nobody out, Skip Schumaker hits an RBI double, knocking in Rafael...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Oct. 6, 2011 at 3:48 PM
The Phils once again allow an early lead to slip away as they lose to the Cards, 5-3, forcing a game 7 in Philadelphia. The Phils took the lead in the first as, with one man on, and with nobody out, Chase Utley hits an RBI triple, scoring Jimmy Rollins,...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Oct. 5, 2011 at 4:17 PM
The Phils retake the lead in the divisional series as they ride Ben Francisco’s pinch hit three-run home run, before hanging on to defeat the Cards, 3-2. The first six innings of the game featured a pitchers’ duel between Cards’ starter Jaime Garcia, who kept the Phils off-balance, while giving...
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