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According to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Andy Martino, Phillies pitcher J.C. Romero is being sued by Robert Eaton, with whom Romero reportedly had an altercation during a game in Tampa Bay last June.
Eaton, 26, of New Port Richey, Florida, has filed a lawsuit in Pinellas County, alleging that Romero struck him after a [...]
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Join me today at 5PM ET for THIS CALL TO THE BULLPEN. My guest will be Bill Baer of the Phillies website Crashburn Alley and Baseball Prospectus and Randy Booth of the Red Sox website OVER THE MONSTER. If you can’t listen live then enjoy the podcast right here on [...]
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They’ve won two straight NL pennants. They have easily the most lethal lineup in the National League and among the best in all of baseball. Unwilling to rest on their laurels after losing to the Yankees in the ‘09 World Series, management traded for and signed the game’s best starting pitcher and another All-Star caliber [...]
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There are two thing Mets fans and Phillies fans can agree on, one is their hatred for one and other and the other is their love for Tug McGraw. Just the mention of the name of the great Mets/Phillies reliever could make two hated rivals smile and give each other a warm embrace; such was [...]
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It’s official, according to Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com. Roy Halladay is a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and will be introduced at a 5 PM press conference. The Phillies are expected to announce his contract extension that will keep him in Philadelphia until 2013, as well as the news that they have traded Cliff Lee [...]
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By Jonathan Atwood, Hot Stove Philly
Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. has repeatedly said that the team’s top priority this offseason, now that they have bolstered their bench and replaced third baseman Pedro Feliz, is to sure up a bullpen that bruised and battered for much of last season.
Brandon Lyon and J.J. Putz are both players [...]
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FoxSports.com MLB reporter Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Houston Astros have signed reliever Brandon Lyon to a three-year deal worth $15 million, pending a physical.
The news comes on the heels of a trade between Houston and the Florida Marlins that sent reliever Matt Lindstrom to the Astros for right-hander Robert Bono, infielder Luis Bryan [...]
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Tuesday’s blockbuster trade between the Yankees, Diamondbacks and Tigers has seemingly taken New York out of the running for Blue Jays’ pitcher Roy Halladay.
That has led to rampant speculation that the Phillies are now in the best position to pull off the trade that so nearly happened last July.
When asked about the possibility of acquiring [...]
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August 15, 1924
Uh-oh.
I never thought it was possible to destroy an enemy team and feel scared and guilty about it at the same time. Until today…
The first matchup at Cubs Park was a good one, Smokey Joe Williams against Vic Aldridge, and after the easy way the Bucs took care of us a [...]
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At the end of the award voting, I decided that since the Baseball Bloggers Alliance had come along so quickly, it might be nice to get an idea of who was actually in the group. To that end, I’m working through the roster and asking ten questions of each member. The first five [...]
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