If you predicted "Diving stop by Bruntlett and scoop by Howard" as the play to end the game, you win a prize...Big win for the Phils. Getting swept is bad, but getting swept by the Mets is unthinkable. Some random notes:Gavin Eaton continues to pitch adequately. He had 5 good innings last night,   more...
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Clouds in my coffee. That's what that four game sweep of NL East leading Mets looks like now, 2 wins and 4 losses later. And that's what this Kyle Kendrick 5 inning start and the Phillies 5-0 and 8-2 leads look like after the Braves scored 4 runs in the 8th inning, and another 3 in the 9th.   more...
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Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth got 3 hits and drove in 4 runs, leftfielder Pat Burrell smacked 3 hits including a solo homer, his 15th and catcher Chris Coste also got 3 hits as the Phils built a 7-1 lead only to see the Chicago Cubs get 6 of the runs back. But the Phillies finished with a   more...
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The Chicago Cubs erased a 3-2 Phillies lead by scoring 3 runs in the 6th inning and 2 more insurance runs in the 7th as the injury-depleted Phillies were beaten by a 7-3 score in the 2nd of their 4 game series.Despite losing, the Phillies lost no ground to the NL East 1st place Mets who lost a 13   more...
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The Phillies got 3 homers, 2 by 1st baseman Ryan Howard (31st and 32nd HRs), pounded losing Marlins' starter Rick VandenHurk for 6 runs in 2 1/3 innings, capitalized a Florida error and 7 walks issued by Florida pitchers and saw veteran lefthander Jamie Moyer and young J.D. Durbin combine to hold   more...
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With the game tied at 4-4 in the 9th inning, Phillies reliever Brett Myers gave up a double to Cubs rightfielder Matt Murton, wild-pitched him to 3rd base, walked the next two htters, got the 1st out and then threw a wild-pitch to pinch hitter Cliff Floyd scoring Murton as the Cubs beat the Phils   more...
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Prepare yourself for a tale of a man who had so much promise yet so little success. This legend has intrigue, pitfalls, triumphs, drama, and defeat. The main character of this melancholy story is Eric Bullock, a lad who was drafted not once, not twice, but three times. You may be saying to   more...
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