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The Phillies have seemed to have a way of not hitting for what feels like weeks at a time, and then their bats will put it together on a night the starting pitching stinks.

2) Josh Beckett, Gio Gonzalez and Jordan Zimmermann have held the Phillies to two runs on 24 baserunners with 16 and seven walks over 19 1/3 innings over the last three games.

In trying to stretch the consecutive division titles streak to six, the Phillies will likely be looking for a deadline upgrade.

Carlos Ruiz drove in two runs, while Hunter Pence and Freddy Galvis added solo homers as Philadelphia topped Boston, 6-4, in the opener of a three-game interleague series.

According to one rival official, Philadelphia Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. has "zero" interest in trading either Cole Hamels or Shane Victorino.

Jake Diekman proved in spring training that he can consistently get outs against Major League hitters.

You would assume that a major league veteran would know better than to have facial hair this terrible.

Cole Hamels was the final emerging member of the core four for the Philadelphia Phillies, which led to the 2008 championship.

Manager Charlie Manuel emerged from the dugout Monday and Joe Blanton cursed. The infielders stepped toward the mound.

Phillies outfielder Juan Pierre kisses his son Joshua, 4 months old, as his wife Liz Pierre, left, looks on before the Mother's Day game.

"Hard to Believe!" is the game-by-game story of the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies, from the first pitch on Opening Day to the final pitch of the World Series.

Roy Halladay will hurl the first dart today for the Philadelphia Phillies. A He will probably go at least 7 complete, while Jonathan Papelbon will shake hands after the 27th out.

Everybody knew what that meant. The Phillies executives sitting in the private boxes.

Coming into this season, they were expected to be the bunch of grizzled veterans that would be able to ride out the injury storm and keep their heads above water, playing like a force to be reckoned with at the top of the National League East and striking fear into the hearts of the rest of the division with the return of their All-Star right side ... (more)

We expect official word of the Phillies' bullpen makeover today, which, according to Michael Schwimer's Twitter feed at least, will Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren talked to the media for more than 25 minutes Thursday about this past season, next season, free agency and a lot NEW YORK - Going to the glitzy James Beard Foundation Awards gala is ... (more)

There's a stigma in baseball that closers need to only be used in save situations.

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"Hard to Believe!" is the game-by-game story of the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies, from the first pitch on Opening Day to the final pitch of the World Series.

THE PITCHING change came one batter too late, not because the manager spent the night huffing paint, but because his best option was in Indianapolis with his socks pulled high in a Triple A bullpen.

Starter Miguel Batista throws a pitch against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on May 8, 2012 in Philadelphia.