... View full size photo » Thursdays news that the Phillies signed Placido Polanco is ... ESPN's Buster Olney had to say about the Polanco signing: And the Phillies also believe that Polanco will help them do a better job of manufacturing runs at the top of ... Shane Victorino was the primary No. 2 hitter for the Phillies last year and struck out 71 times, not a particularly high ...

... your MVP award, Chase. Someday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Browse more photos & ... s core has been remarkably durable.    Phillies FA Preview: Third Base   According to Baseball-Reference ... -worst percentage in the National League. With a man on third and less than two out, the Phillies scored just 48 percent of the time, which ranked ...

... Matt Capps recorded 27 saves last season. Six games with the Philadelphia Phillies — including two in Citizens Bank Park April 2-3 &# ... Can baseball help bring US and Cuba together? 10, 2008 file photo, a girl holds up a Cuban flag next to Cuba’s Mangos ... stars golf for children’s home Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU Retired Major League Baseball pitcher Jason ...

... The Inquirer ran a great article last week about form Phillies relief pitcher, Dan Plesac who rescued one of ... on Plesac's farm in Indiana. Plesac, who retired from the Phillies in 2003, always had a love for standardbreds and estimates "to have ... United States Trotting Association was able to identify Captain Zoom from a photo on the internet and contacted Plesac. Plesac didn't think ...

According to Mark J. Miller of Yahoo Sports, the Phillies have begun preliminary talks with ace Cliff Lee ... a long-term investment. Lee was brilliant for the Phillies last year and there’s no reason to think that he can’t be great again over the course of a full season. Philadelphia is built to win now, so it would make sense that they lock up their ace with an extension. Photo from fOTOGLIF

Photo from fOTOGLIF From an email sent out by the Phillies: Filling a void at third base for the departed Pedro Feliz, the Phillies have signed free agent infielder Placido Polanco to a three-year, $18 million deal. Polanco hit .285 with 10 home runs and 72 RBIs in 618... ...

... at 19th. Rookie of the Year: This was a nailbiter, as J.A. Happ finished 2nd to the Braves’ Tommy Hanson in a photo finish. Happ racked up 5,473 points to Hanson’s 5,487. To my knowledge, no other Phils rookies received ... : The Phightin Phils, The Sporting Life, award tour Post tags: charlie manuel, chase utley, Cliff Lee, Internet Baseball Awards, J.A. Happ, Phillies, Ryan Howard

Caught in a rivalry nearly as fierce as that of Phillies vs. Mets, Pat’s and Geno’s have been slinging steaks on the grill in a perpetual stare-down since Geno’s first opened its ultra-florescent stand in 1966. Cheesesteaks aside, Geno's Vegas-like décor wins the brightness prize, attracting diners 24 hours a day. (Photo by G. Widman) Geno’s Steaks

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... photos for you. They’re all saved at 300 dpi for 4×6 printing, so if that’s something you’re interested in, just click on the photo in question to open the Flickr page and help yourself. Thanks for the memories Phillies, and you too Fightins. I’ll see you next year from the west coast. For B Love’s ...

... 2pm. Greg Gross of the 1980 World Series-winning Phillies will stop by to chat and sign autographs. PARTIAL LIST OF ... World Series Philadelphia Bulletin newspapers,one from the day after the Phillies won the Series and one from the following day, when the city held the parade ... Sox) autographed baseball ** Dan Koppen (Patriots) autographed photo with COA ** Super Bowl XLIII stadium edition program ...

Photo courtesy of Jordan Bastian. Mob scrum courtesy of Scott Boras. Let's get straight to ... ; Rosenthal also speculates with a couple of qualifiers, most notably that the Phillies would have to rid themselves of Job Blanton to make room for ... 't "think there's any likeliness. None" that the Phillies would get Halladay. Oh the intrigue! 11:45 AM Ever wonder how much sway ...

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... . Knowing that, you can guess how excited I was to learn that this weekend will be the Phillies annual holiday sale and tree lighting ceremony where all fans can get their photo with the hairiest Santa since Santa Claus The Movie. From the Phillies press release, ... lighting ceremony (Saturday only), complete with carolers, Phillies Ballgirls, Phoebe and the Phillie Phanatic as Phanta ...

Photo by Flickr user j_bischoff Will the SEPTA strike and eventual contract agreement embolden the city's municipal ... , but it's clear that Philly is far from economic stability. The Phillies have declined to pick up Pedro Feliz's $5.5 ... might the Blue Jays lower the trade price for Halladay enough that the Phillies will take a run at trading for him? The Sixers allowed Steve Nash to go ...