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Most nights, it must not take Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel very long to fill out his lineup card.

Last night Pat Burrell hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth. But as Burrell plays for another team it did the Phillies no good... by Kevin McGuire Sports Last night Pat Burrell hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.

When the online voting ended at 4 p.m. yesterday, the Phillies centerfielder became the 33d and final player on the roster.

Jamie Moyer must be living right. Moyer allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings, but Philadelphia's offense bailed him out again.

Question. Would you make the following trade if you were Ruben Amaro Jr.? Cole Hamels, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Paul Hagen, Jim Salisbury, Pete Mackanin, J.A. Happ, the Phanatic, your dog and Paul Bako for Roy Halladay? Rumor talk gets a little hysterical, but we did learn some actual things today.

One day later, with the memory of a 22-run pounding still bringing a smile to his face, Charlie Manuel made no apologies for the no-mercy approach of the Phillies' hitters.

"he's batting .252what a god damn jokethe nl sends 4 1st basemen to the all star game...hilarious!so now i suppose Pujols plays maybe 4 innings to get the other guys in there.he needs to play all nine innings if the nl wants to win... by Kevin McGuire 3 60 reads Sports "he's batting .252 what a god damn joke the nl sends 4 1st basemen to the all ...

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

Former champion Ryan Howard, Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Adrian Gonzalez will represent the National League in the All-Star home run derby next week.

Ryan Howard, here making a defensive play against the Mets yesterday,has a lot of competition at first base for an NL all-star berth.

The Phillies might have more than Chase Utley, Raul Ibanez and Ryan Howard at the All-Star Game.

Ryan Howard and the Philadelphia Phillies knew they had a great opportunity to get back on track with a hurting New York Mets squad in town.

When the stars come out in St. Louis on July 14, the summer Midwestern sky might be a little jealous of the turf at Busch Stadium.

Rodrigo Lopez was pitching on 707 days' rest. The two-time 15-game winner had last climbed a big league mound on July 26, 2007, and last walked off one victorious on July 7, 2007.

Raul Ibanez is eligible to be activated from the disabled list tonight, just in time for the opener of the Phillies' three-game series against the rival Mets at Citizens Bank Park.

A year after a 9-0 record in Atlanta helped give Philadelphia momentum for its World Series championship run, three straight losses at Turner Field left the Phillies feeling flawed.

As recoveries from a terrible beginning go, you couldn't beat it. Down four runs before they had a chance to swing the bats Thursday night, the Rays didn't sit back and accept the same fate they met when the Phillies scored six times in the first inning of the series opener.

If y ou've been to a lot of book signings and autograph sessions, you know that you don't often get a lot of gab time with the person delivering the signature.

Analysis: It was the first multihit game since June 14 for Howard, who was 6 for 31 with 12 strikeouts in his previous nine games.

From left to right, Phillies' Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth, and Carlos Ruiz celebrate in front of Toronto Blue Jays catcher Raul Chavez after Werth and Ruiz were brought home by a Chase Utley two-run triple during Philadelphia's 5-4 victory.