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Upcoming Autograph Signing: Mike Schmidt

GameSetMatch — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:55:44 +0000

Mike Schmidt
HOF 1995
Upcoming Signing – 7/23/2010

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Where: The Tunnicliff Inn
When: 7/23/2010
Phone: (908) 258-7228

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Flats & Balls: $75
Caps, Equip, Bats & Jerseys: $95
Inscriptions: $20

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‘Whiz Kid’ Roberts dies at 83

GameSetMatch — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:21:26 +0000

Robin Roberts, the Hall of Fame pitcher who led the Philadelphia Phillies to the 1950 National League pennant as part of the famed “Whiz Kids,” has died. He was 83.

Roberts died Thursday morning at his Temple Terrace, Fla., home of natural causes, the Phillies announced, citing Roberts’ son Jim.

The right-hander was the most productive pitcher in the National League in the first half of the 1950s, topping the league in wins from 1952 to 1955, innings pitched from ‘51 to ‘55 and complete games from ‘52 to ‘56.

He won 286 games and put together six consecutive 20-win seasons. Roberts had 45 career shutouts, 2,357 strikeouts and a lifetime ERA of 3.41. He pitched 305 complete games, but also holds the dubious distinction of giving up more home runs than any other Major League pitcher.

Click here to read the full article – By Associated Press of ESPN.com

A little schooling for Kendrick in Phillies’ loss to Nationals

GameSetMatch — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:07:52 +0000

For the next 5 days, the pitch that Kyle Kendrick will try to avoid dwelling upon was a changeup. It is a pitch that has occupied a large chunk of the last year of his life, from his 2009 season at Triple A Lehigh Valley to his recent spring-training performance that propelled him back to the big leagues. But it is also a pitch that Kendrick sent floating over the plate in the fourth inning yesterday, resulting in a deafening, two-run homer by Willie Harris that served as a pivotal blow in the Phillies’ 6-5 loss to the Nationals.

The lesson for Kendrick: There are still plenty of lessons left to be learned, and that his staying power in the Phillies’ rotation will depend largely on the speed in which he does so.

The list of pitchers who struggled in their first starts of 2010 reads like a fantasy team: Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano (eight runs in 1 1/3 innings), Red Sox ace Josh Beckett (five runs in 4 2/3 innings), Yankees ace CC Sabathia (five runs in 5 1/3 innings).

But those pitchers also have proven their ability to adjust between starts, to both identify their kinks and massage them out. As Kendrick stood in the visitors’ clubhouse at Nationals Park, where the Phillies would depart with a 2-1 record, he did not sound like he would struggle with the first part. His problem, he said, was leaving too many pitches up and over the plate, a sentiment that manager Charlie Manuel had expressed only minutes earlier.

Click here to read the full article – By DAVID MURPHY of philly.com

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Three minor league players added to Phillies’ 40-man roster

GameSetMatch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:55:19 +0000

Outfielder Quintin Berry, lefthander Yohan Flande and righthander Jesus Sanchez had their contracts selected to the Philadelphia Phillies’ 40-man roster, the club announced today.

Berry, who turns 25 on Saturday, spent this past season with Double-A Reading. He hit .266 with five home runs, 28 RBIs and 48 stolen bases in 135 games and played exclusively in center field. A fifth-round selection in the 2006 draft, Berry has 173 stolen bases in four minor league seasons.

Flande, 23, split the season between Single-A Clearwater and Reading. In a combined 25 starts, he went 10-5 with a 3.40 ERA and allowed six home runs in 145.2 innings. Flande, a native of the Dominican Republic, was originally signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent in 2004.

Click here to read the full article – By of The Morning Call

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Phillies dethroned in Bronx

GameSetMatch — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:53:15 +0000

For 371 days, over thousands of miles — from spring training in Clearwater, Fla., to 18 cities across the majors, even on an afternoon in May at the White House — they were hailed as champions of baseball. It was an impressive reign, filled with star-making performances and countless memories.

And it ended so abruptly.

It came to a close Wednesday night in the South Bronx. The Phillies passed the crown to the New York Yankees, 7-3, in Game 6 of the World Series, and when it was over, many of them lingered in the dugout and gazed at their vanquishers, who were celebrating with “We Are The Champions” blaring in the background.

“I watched it,” said tortured closer Brad Lidge, the reality only starting to set in inside a quiet clubhouse. “It makes you remember how last year we were able to do the same thing ourselves. We came really close this year, and I think every one of us feels like we have the capability to do it again next year.”

Click here to read the full article – By SCOTT LAUBER of The News Journal

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Utley’s record-tying 5th World Series HR helps Phils cut Yanks lead to 3-2

GameSetMatch — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:21:04 +0000

By the ninth inning, Phillies fans were preparing for the worst.

The New York Yankees were at it again, chipping away at a dwindling lead and threatening to take away the Phils’ World Series title right there at Citizens Bank Park.

Desperate to hang on, somehow Chase Utley and the Phillies did. Derek Jeter grounded into a double play, Mark Teixeira struck out, and Philadelphia staved off the Yankees and elimination with an 8-6 win in Game 5 on Monday night.

Click here to read the full article – By Associated Press of ESPN.com

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You can’t blame Pedro

GameSetMatch — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:28:46 +0000

Pedro Martinez was going to be forgotten quickly.

Remember when the Phillies signed him back in July, an aging pitcher who had a deplorable season, who went unwanted through the first half of the season?
Maybe he would give them a few good starts, flash some glimpses of his former self, and win a few games so that the Phillies could get through the rest of the regular season.
Then, he would surely be forgotten in the playoffs.
Yet look at Martinez now.
He has become, along with Cliff Lee, the Phillies’ most important starting pitcher.

Click here to read the full article – By MARTIN FRANK of The News Journal

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Phillies’ bats on fire

GameSetMatch — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:50:19 +0000

The toughest thing about the cross-country aspects of games like Sunday night’s 11-0 trouncing of the Los Angeles Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies isn’t just the long-distance travel, it’s the travel from the palm trees and balmy breezes of the West Coast to the deep freeze of the East.

Both California teams have had problems with the cold. On Sunday night it was the Dodgers looking flat and uncomfortable in Game 3 of the NLCS. They now trail 2-1 in the series, with Game 4 at Citizens Bank Park Monday night.

The Philly bats were alive, but it was starter Cliff Lee who contributed most to the Dodger woes with a masterful eight innings in which he allowed just three hits, with no walks and 10 strikeouts.

Click here to read the full article – By Richard Griffin of thestar.com

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Myers upset at being left off Phillies’ roster

GameSetMatch — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:32:17 +0000

Twenty-four hours after learning that he had been left off the Phillies’ roster for the National League Championship Series, Brett Myers still was having trouble digesting the decision yesterday.

“I’m upset,” the pitcher said before Game 1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers last night.

Myers, 29, had hip surgery June 4. At the time, team officials thought his season was over. The righthander stayed dedicated to a rehabilitation program and made it back in early September. The club hoped Myers could help in the bullpen, but he had a 6.43 ERA in eight games. He pitched just two-thirds of an inning in the division series.

“It’s tough going through all that [rehab],” Myers said. “This is the whole reason I tried to get back, to be in the postseason. Now they took that away.

Click here to read the full article – By Jim Salisbury of Philadelphia Inqurier

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Phiillies beat Rockies to clinch National League Division Series

GameSetMatch — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:42:45 +0000

The Philadelphia Phillies are headed back to the National League Championship Series, and a familiar foe awaits them.

Ryan Howard continued his clutch hitting with a two-out, two-run double to tie Monday night’s game with Colorado and Jayson Werth followed with what turned out to be the game-winning single in the Phils’ 5-4 win in Game 4 of the National League Division Series at Coors Field.

Philadelphia, which trailed by two going into the ninth inning, won the best-of-five series and now faces the Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven NLCS.

Click here to read the full article – By Mandy Housenick of THE MORNING CALL

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