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Four Phillies Named to List of Most Overrated Pitchers

Sports Illustrated recently asked 227 Major League Baseball players to name the most overrated pitcher in baseball. Four Phillies were named in the top 15 […]

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Phillies Pitching Prospect Spinning House Music Can’t Be Worse Than the Actual Phillies Playing Baseball

Would you rather… watch the Reading Phillies play a home game against the Harrisburg Senators and then hear Phillies pitching prospect Trevor May—also known as […]

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Paula Abdul Hugged Charlie Manuel and Danced With the Phanatic

Paula Abdul is at the Phillies game today. Why? Perhaps to distract everyone from the fact that the team’s lost five six (the game went […]

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Mike Lieberthal to Be Inducted to Phillies Wall of Fame

Mike Lieberthal will be inducted to the Phillies Wall of Fame prior to the team’s August 10th game against the Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park. […]

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Second Opinion on Roy Halladay’s Shoulder Brings Good (?) News

Phew. We were treated to some good news (?) from the Phillies on Roy Halladay’s shoulder today. After getting a second opinion, the Phils have […]

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Chase Utley Hits Another Home Run

On Monday, Chase Utley returned to live baseball action as a DH in an extended spring training game. He earned three hits and homered to […]

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Will Cole Hamels Stay or Will He Go?

Amid this season of unhappiness with the Phillies, one question has been hanging over everything: What of Cole Hamels? The 2008 World Series MVP is […]

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Carlos Ruiz Is Fourth Among National League Catchers in All-Star Voting

The #VoteforChooch campaign isn’t working out so well for the Phillies catcher. Today, we learned that Ruiz—who’s batting .368 and slugging .600—is fourth among National […]

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Phillies Roster Stands Out Amid Decline of Black Baseball Players

Only about eight percent of Major League Baseball players are African-American. In 2002, the Phillies had six black players on the roster. This year, they […]

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What Keeps Philly From Being a Real City?

I grew up being told by one of my parents that Philadelphia would always be a second-class city, no matter what. The other one told […]

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Charlie Manuel Reads Tweets from Phillies Players

Charlie Manuel admittedly doesn’t know what Twitter is. In a video for the MLB Fancave, Shane Victorino tries to explain it to him as Cholly […]

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VIDEO: Cole Hamels Talks Ice Cream, Bedtime With 10-Year-Old Awesome Emma

Popular Phils blog Zoo With Roy sent 10-year-old Awesome Emma to interview Cole Hamels at an event for The Hamels Foundation on Friday. The two […]

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Hunter Pence Hosts Let’s Go Eat: Food and Fun Fest on the Moshulu

Last night a who’s who of healthy Phillies and other Philly pseudo celebrities were on the Moshulu for Hunter Pence’s charitable “Let’s Go Eat: Food […]

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Vote for Chooch in 2012!

My fellow Philadelphian Americans, I imagine that many of you rejoiced four years ago as history was made. The road we’ve traveled since then has […]

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Don’t Hold Your Breath for Ryan Howard’s Return

Howard Likely Out Through June. If you were holding your breath for Ryan Howard’s return to the Phils lineup, it’s probably in your best physical […]