As Ryan Howard's Fade Continues, Darin Ruf Must Play Now

By Phil Keidel (Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Grading Phillies Players, Manager Through 1st Quarter

by Marilee Gallagher

After a tough first month and a half of the baseball season, filled with both ups and downs, it is time to hand out the first-quarter grades for the Philadelphia Phillies pitchers, position players and the manager... Read More »
Latest on MLB Trade Front

by Jason Martinez

Four teams are already at least 7.5 games out of a playoff spot and two of them, the Angels and Blue Jays, were expected to be two of the top contenders in baseball. The Astros and Marlins, to no one's surprise, are the others... Read More »
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Kemp Makes Dodgers Fan's Day

by Gabe Zaldivar

At their best, sport stars allow us a respite from our daily worries and personal tumult. Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp was just the latest to lift the spirits of one particular fan ... Read More »
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Old, Brittle, Overpaid Team's Flaws Already Being Exposed

by Phil Keidel

The Philadelphia Phillies ' preseason was best summed up with Andy Dufresne's words to Red in The Shawshank Redemption : "hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies... Read More »
Despite Optimism, Phillies Proving They're No Better Than 2012

by Phil Pompei

Entering 2013, it was well-known in baseball circles that the Philadelphia Phillies were supposed to be the hungriest club... Read More »