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EIGHT MONTHS after the Phillies finally kicked down the door, all of the talk is about windows.

If you've ever been watching Yankees catcher Jorge Posada or Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels and wondered what their home lives are all about, E! television will satisfy your needs tonight in the form of "True Hollywood Stroy: Baseball Wives." The New York Daily News has an interview with Posada's better half, Laura, who is a law-school ...

The Phillies are looking into signing former Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez. Philadelphia Phillies special assistant to the general manager, Charley Kerfeld, will be in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday to watch former Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez throw a simulated game, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer .

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Chase Utley hit a three-run homer and Shane Victorino and Greg Dobbs each had two-run shots during a 10-run first inning, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 22-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.

Could first place be around the corner? The current batch of Mets players have been berated in all forms of media all week.

This time, J.A. Happ could not do it alone. The young lefthander who ended the Phillies' last losing streak with a complete-game shutout, pitched seven gritty innings tonight, but the offense and bullpen did nothing for him.

On one side of the clubhouse, the shortstop sat in his freshly pressed shirt and his blue jeans, trying to make some sense of another hitless night.

Jair Jurrjens allowed his first hit with two outs in the seventh inning on a night the Atlanta Braves finally gave him some run support, beating the reeling Philadelphia Phillies 11-1 on Wednesday.

Left-hander Antonio Bastardo was placed on the 15-day disabled list late Monday night because of a strained shoulder.

Along with a numbing series of Baseball games, the Phillies may have lost something they needed to lose on this road trip.

Phillies reliever J.C. Romero is accused of grabbing a baseball fan by the neck after the fan said something to him about steroids.

Only about 15 hours after they held a 20-minute, closed-door, stop-the-losing team meeting, everything was different for the Phillies in Saturday's 10-0 giggler over the Blue Jays.

One of manager Charlie Manuel's complaints, which eventually led to a team meeting Friday night, was that the Phillies could not seem to pitch and hit well in the same game.

The Phillies may be in first place now, but they won't be much longer if the starting pitchers don't start going deeper into games.

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Rod Barajas, left, is accompanied by head trainer George Poulis, center, and manager Cito Gaston as he walks off the field with an undisclosed injury during second-inning interleague baseball game action against the Philadelphia Phillies in Toronto on Friday, June 26, 2009.

In quite unique fashion, Cole Hamels became the first Phillies player to be ejected this year during Friday's contest at Rogers Centre.

Phillies to rest Rollins for two games Jimmy Rollins. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

Champing at the bit to get off the disabled list are Phillies leftfielder Raul Ibanez and closer Brad Lidge, who is due to be reactivated today.