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Papelbon Says Philly Knows Baseball Better Than Boston

Jonathan Papelbon hasn’t even thrown a pitch in Philadelphia yet and he’s already finding ways to endear the city’s fans. On Angelo Cataldi’s 94WIP morning […]

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Phillies Fall to Houston 10-3 in Spring Training Game

The Phils couldn’t turn back-to-back wins into a streak as they lost a spring training game to the Houston Astros today. Dontrelle Willis gave up […]

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Phillies Score Seven, Blank Blue Jays

The Phils won their second straight spring training game today as they shutout the Blue Jays 7-0. Victorino hit a two-run double and Cliff Lee […]

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Q&A: Curt Schilling Talks Video Games, Game of Thrones and What It’s Like to Be the Best

Once upon a time, Philadelphians cheered a right-handed pitcher vying to be the ace of the Phillies. Then, he went 16-7 in the 1993 regular […]

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Phils Beat Yanks 9-3, Earn First Win of Spring

Jimmy Rollins hit two singles, stole two bases and scored a run. Michael Martinez hit a two-run homer. Jim Thome hit a double and a […]

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Lenny Dykstra Sentenced to Three Years in Jail

The Dude was sentenced to three years in prison by an L.A. County Superior Court judge today. The judge issued the sentence after denying Dykstra’s […]

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The Phillies Are Back!

I was stopped at a red light, on my way to the grocery store Saturday, idly flipping through the presets on my car radio. That’s […]

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Major League Baseball Offically Expands Playoffs

Major League Baseball has officially announced its playoff expansion. Starting this season there will be 10 playoff teams—five each from the AL and NL. The […]

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Shane Victorino Wants the Playoffs to Last Forever

Major League Baseball will have an extra wild card team starting this season. The extra team will play a one-game playoff with the other wild […]

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Ryan Howard Has an Uncommon Infection in His Surgical Wound

The slugger was in Baltimore to see Dr. Mark Myerson yesterday. Dr. Myerson cleaned Howard’s sutures and discovered an infection in The Big Piece’s wound […]

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Raul Ibanez Says He’s Over the 2009 World Series

Raul Ibanez—the latest hired muscle to sign up to play home games in The Bronx—has informed the public that he’s officially gotten over the 2009 […]

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Don’t Get Your Hopes Up About Ryan Howard

Last week, as Ryan Howard ran straight ahead, fielded lightly hit grounders and took batting practice, Phillies fans envisioned the first baseman’s early return to […]

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7 New Phillies Need a Nickname

Though it’s felt like spring for a few months already, spring training—that magical time of the year when everyone is undefeated, every player is in […]

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President Obama Was One of 27 People Who Lied to Me This Week

Want to own a small business? It’s not as romantic as you may think. Very few entrepreneurs go on to become the CEOs of publicly […]

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Banning Phillies Fans From Nationals Games Won’t Create Nationals Fans

The Phils were tossed from the first round last year, the Dream Team barely showed up, the Sixers are on a three-game skid and Philly’s […]