By James Bailey Phillies fans will have a rare chance to watch what might have been match up against what they still hope will be on Wednesday night as two of the principals in the offseason’s biggest blockbuster face off for the first time in the Eastern League. Righthander Kyle Drabek, who was ranked by [...]
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By James Bailey It’s too early to panic or celebrate, with only a week in the books. But one week of regular season says more than a month of spring training. What have we learned so far? Roy Halladay is even better in the National League. Jon Rauch might just be up to the task [...]
By Bill Begley The easy thing for the Philadelphia Phillies to do — looking across the field at the talent-laden, big salary-packed New York Yankees walking off with the World Series trophy — is to figure opening up the wallet is the answer. Want to compete with the Yankees? It’s possible, but it ain’t cheap.
By Thom Henninger When the New York Yankees secured their 27th World Series title with a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, it was eight years to the day that Luis Gonzalez delivered a broken-bat single off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 2001 Fall Classic. That hit [...]
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By Thom Henninger If the New York Yankees win their first World Series title in nine years this week, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel will face an offseason of chatter about his decision to start Joe Blanton in Game 4. The Yankees turned to CC Sabathia on three days’ rest, but Manuel chose to go with [...]
By Thom Henninger Backed by solid outings from Cliff Lee and Pedro Martinez, the Philadelphia Phillies have shown they aren’t going to roll over for the New York Yankees, who are widely perceived as the favorite in the 2009 World Series. Now the Phillies need a strong performance from the rotation member who has been [...]
By Thom Henninger The Phillies are in the midst of six days off before opening the 2009 World Series in the Bronx on Wednesday. Going into the 2007 World Series, the Colorado Rockies were on a 21-1 surge before sitting for eight days and were swept by the Boston Red Sox. Time off worked against [...]
By James Bailey If some of those guys bashing home runs for the Phillies this week looked vaguely familiar to the Dodgers, it’s because they should. Right fielder Jayson Werth, who launched two dingers Wednesday night and three on the series, and center fielder Shane Victorino, who hit two of his own in the five-game [...]
By Thom Henninger Manny Ramirez was in the shower when the Los Angeles Dodgers were one out away from tying the NLCS on Monday, but he’ll be towel-dried and ready to go with the Dodgers on the brink of elimination tonight after their walkoff loss in Game 4.
By Thom Henninger Philadelphia starter Cliff Lee just keeps rolling along, making his case as the best trade-deadline acquisition of 2009. On Wednesday, the 6-foot-3 lefty pitched a two-hitter and tied a career high with 11 strikeouts in a complete-game, 8-1 victory over Arizona. He’s now allowed just seven earned runs in seven second-half starts, [...]
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