Baseball Historians

Now that we are done with the latest stretch of interleague play, it is time to reload.  The Phillies started their new look yesterday by demoting Brett Myers to AAA.  Myers has been struggling all year except for 2 starts.  I have been saying for a while that they needed to do something with him.  I […]

After dropping 6 games in a row, the Phillies beat the Oakland A’s last night 4-0 behind a strong performance from Kyle Kendrick on the mound and Chase Utley at the plate.
Kendrick gave up just 4 hits and struck out 4 in his 8 innings of work before handing the game over to JC Romero […]

The Phillies lost to the Los Angeles Angels last night 6-2 to run their losing streak to 4.  Once again the offense was shut down getting only 5 hits.  Jayson Werth homered and Pedro Feliz drove in Chris Coste in the 7th inning to tie the game at 2.  The Angels then scored 2 runs […]

It’s very difficult to win a game when you only get 2 hits in 9 innings.  That’s what happened yesterday as the Phillies lost the opener to the Angels 7-1.  Shane Victorino and Chris Coste were the only Phillies to tally a hit, and Victorino and Ryan Howard each drew walks.  The Phillies were even […]

As many of you might know, there are a lot of starting pitchers who either are, or are expected to become available for trades.  Since Day 1 we have known that starting pitching was a weak point for us.  That was even with the assumption that Brett Myers might be able to pitch a little.  […]

Kyle Kendrick gave up a 3-run homerun to Boston’s JD Drew, and then gave up a solo shot to the next batter, Mike Lowell.  The Phillies added a run of their own in the bottom of the inning, but after Boston put up 2 runs in the 3rd, the game basically became out of reach.  […]

Well Boston definitely responded in yesterday’s game.  When a game gets handed over to Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon with a lead to close out the last 2 innings of a game, things don’t look good for the opposition.  Sadly, the Phillies were in that position last night as Red Sox starter Jon Lester handed […]

The Phillies beat the Red Sox 8-2 last night.  Ryan Howard plowed the way going 3-5 with 2 homeruns and 4 RBIs.  Now I respect the Red Sox and how they play, but I sure don’t like them.  I hardly ever saw anybody wearing a Boston ballcap until they won the World Series a couple […]

So I think it should be a rule that Tom Gordon should not be allowed to pitch in the 9th inning or later of a game.  Granted tonight’s loss, 7-6 in 10 innings, is not all his fault.  There were two errors in the inning that led to Rick Ankiel scoring for the Cardinals.  One […]

Losing a series on the road 2 games to 1 against a good team is never fun. The thing to remember is that the road team is supposed to lose. It’s called a home-field advantage for a reason. Just look at the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs. These two teams […]

Shane Victorino went 3-5 on Sunday against the Braves, scored 3 times, and drove in a run of his own.  Ryan Howard, who is still above .200, was also 3-5 with all three hits being doubles.  He drove in 4 Phillies, mostly Victorino, on the way to a 6-3 victory.
As the guys on TBS said, […]

Saturday the Phillies beat the Braves, or should I say Chipper Jones, 6-2.  Jones hit a 2-run homerun in the bottom of the 6th inning to then tie the game at 2.  Those would be the Braves only runs in the game.  Thankfully 2-run 8th and 9th innings for the Phillies cemented the victory.
Pat Burrell, […]

Shane Victorino just won the game for the Phillies!  Not only did he score what would be the winning run, but he just won it with a great defensive play.
Brad Lidge came in up 2 runs for the save in the bottom of the 10th inning.  He gave up a week bloop hit, then the […]

Well Cole Hamels returned to form last night.  He pitched a complete game shutout for the second time this season.  The Phillies beat the Reds 5-0 to win 3 of the 4 games they played.  Hamels struck out 4, walked 3 and gave up only 3 hits in his 9 innings of work.
The Reds committed […]

The Good News:
Brett Myers appears to have fixed whatever was wrong earlier in the season.  After his first inning against Florida in his last start and his start last night, he looks to be much better.  Last night he carried a no hitter into the 7th inning!
The Bad News:
The one hit that Myers did give […]

Well I fell asleep watching the game Tuesday night.  I was kind of awake when each team scored a run in the 3rd inning, and then I heard the sweet voice of Harry Kalas proclaiming victory.
The Phils ended up winning 3-2 over the Reds.  Pat Burrell hit a 2-run homerun in the 6th to put […]

So after what I wrote yesterday, Dusty Baker decided to sit Ken Griffey, Jr.  Luckily the game was not short on homeruns.  The Phillies homered three times while the Reds were only able to clear the fences twice.  Chase Utley hit his league leading 21st longball.  Pedro Feliz and Chris Coste each went deep in […]

This is quite possibly the most excited I have been for a 3 game series all season.  Not only are the Phillies in 1st place in the NL East, but I get the opportunity to see arguably my all-time favorite player hit his 600th homerun.
Ken Griffey, Jr.  is sitting on 599 career homeruns as he […]

Want to see what thesouthfloridafan has to say about the game?  Well here it is for you.
I had a lot of fun working with the guys over there.  They are passionate about their teams and I love that.  Don’t be surprised to hear more from them the next time these teams get together.  With the […]

Currently mlb.com is performing some maintainence on their site so I can’t watch the game right now.  Hopefully they get it working later.

Well last night was fun.  The game got a little boring after the 4th inning with only one run being scored.  The Phillies did all their damage in the 2nd and 4th innings scoring 7 and 4 runs in those respective innings.  Not only was the game good because of the outcome, but it was […]

I’m going to try to keep an update going throughout the game.  I’ll probably be updating in the comments so that anyone else can join in.  I’ll also be updating with ASponge here.
Meanwhile Myers has already given up a run in the first.  A single, a walk, and a double without an out is not […]

Go figure.  Not only will the announcer be comparing the middle infielders tonight, but ESPN.com started in on it too.  I would also like to point out that I will be working in conjunction with ASponge from thesouthfloridafan blog during this series.  He really does some nice stuff over there.  Check his stuff out here.  […]

Tonight is the first game in a series bound to shake up the standings in the NL East. The Florida Marlins hold the lead in the division, but only by a half game. After dropping their last 2 to the Mets, Florida comes in looking to rebound and get through a very tough […]

As I told the guys at South Florida Fan, Dan Uggla, no matter how amazing of a season he has, will never be the starting 2nd basemen of the All-Star game. The Marlins don’t have enough fans, plain and simple. End of story.
Through tonight’s games, the voting for NL 2nd basemen looked like […]

The Phillies were outhit by the Rockies 8-6 in tonight’s game, but still won 6-1.  The runs were due in large part to Colorado’s starting pitcher Greg Reynolds’ 8 walks in just 5 2/3 innings.
Shane Victorino got one of his 3 infield singles in the first inning, then stole 2nd.  Reynolds then walked Chase Utley, […]

Yeah the Phillies won last night.  But they only scored 7 runs in doing so.  Here I’ve grown used to seeing grotesque numbers on the board and they left me empty with only scoring 7.  The Phillies did all of their damage in the first 2 innings of the game.  So if you add up […]

When a team scores 20 runs in 8 innings, it’s down right impressive.  Pair that with the 15 runs that the Phillies scored on Sunday, and it’s just scary.  The 35 runs combined in two consecutive games is 2nd all time for the Phillies.  I think the most was in ‘79 against the Cubs with […]

After the Phillies went 1-2-3 in the first inning, Cole Hamels got the first two Astros out in the bottom of the inning before giving up a single to Miguel Tejada, and a week hit to Lance Berkman. Carlos Lee then came up to the plate. After fouling a ball off, Lee’s follow […]

Last night was absolutely the worst way that a team could lose a game.  Trailing by 1 with the bases loaded and 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, Shane Victorino hit a fly ball to left field.   Darin Erstad made the catch for out number 2.  Pedro Feliz, who was on third, tagged […]