Scott Mathieson News

Back in February, when the Phillies still had highlights of the 2008 World Series running through their heads, the club talked about what it would take to win back-to-back championships.

Two throwing errors and three walks nearly handed the Desert Dogs the win in the 9th inning of Tuesday's AFL action.

So, the GM meetings have ended, the winter meetings don't begin until Dec. 7, and teams can't begin to sign free agents until Friday.

After it was over, after some remained in the dugout to watch the New York Yankees celebrate, the Philadelphia Phillies said the things the losers say every season.

Pirates prospect Donnie Veal is aware of the Arizona Fall League's reputation as a hitter's paradise, but his numbers tell a different story.

With baseball reaching a fever pitch in Philadelphia, ita s time to dial it down a notch with some buzz-killing minor league updates.

The New Britain Rock Cats eliminated Trenton and claimed the last Eastern League playoff berth for themselves yesterday, posting a 6-4 victory over the Thunder.

Reading Eagle Hitless through six innings, the Reading Phillies sent 10 batters to the plate and scored six runs in the seventh inning to beat the Connecticut Defenders 6-0 Sunday and clinch their first Eastern League playoff berth in eight years.

The second-place Rock Cats lead Trenton by one game in the race for the final Northern Division playoff spot.

Game recap: Three pitchers three-hit the Rock Cats and the Phillies squeaked out a critical Eastern League win at New Britain Stadium Thursday night.

Two games into their last homestand of the season, the Reading Phillies had a pair of victories and a 21/2-game lead in the race for the final playoff spot in the Eastern League's Southern Division.

The Phillies will have eight players in the Arizona Fall League, including top prospect Domonic Brown.

Struggling to score runs and in desperate need of a break, the Reading Phillies got one in the eighth inning.

The 355 miles from Erie to Reading takes more than six hours, as the Phillies' Double-A team found out recently.

The 355 miles from Erie to Reading takes more than six hours, as the Phillies' Double-A team found out recently.

The 355 miles from Erie to Reading takes more than six hours, as the Phillies' Double-A team found out recently.

Brett Myers missed his scheduled, one-inning, rehab start on Saturday, as a result of a left eye injury.

Two months ago, when the Phillies were playing the Rays in Tampa, I took a drive over to the Carpenter Complex in Clearwater, where I caught up with a few other players who happened to be rehabbing there at the time.

Due in large part to committing 2 throwing errors himself, Brad Lidge blew another save yesterday, his 8th of the season and 2nd in 5 days.

Game recap: Chris Malec hit a two-out, two-run homer in the first inning and five Trenton pitchers combined to hold the Reading Phillies to single runs in the third and ninth innings of an Eastern League win Wednesday night at Waterfront Park.