Philadelphia Phillies News

He started the season in the bullpen. He ended the postseason as a reliever. In between, though, lefthander J.A. Happ pitched well enough as a starter to stabilize a rotation that was beset by injuries and ineffectiveness , helped the Phillies win their third straight division title and earned serious consideration for the Jackie Robinson National ...

Long-standing Mitel customer and Major League Baseball team the Philadelphia Phillies has extended its 25-year relationship with the Ottawa company with the selection of Mitel for a new installation at its spring training facilities in Florida.

The latest out of the Philadelphia Phillies camp is that they want to feel out the market before they move in free agency.

Coming off their second straight World Series appearance and third straight National League East title, the Phillies have raised some ticket prices for 2010.

Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the team will look to add three bench players this offseason, with an emphasis on defense.

GENE MAUCH used to say, "Close only counts in dancing and grenades, podnah." Marlins hitting machine Chris Coghlan edged J.A. Happ, Charlie Manuel's Musical Chairs lefthander, by less daylight than you can see in one of those steamy "Dancing With The Stars" tangos.

Paul Hagen wrote a story in yesterday's Philadelphia Daily News informing fans to expect a few fireworks in free agency.

SEVEN YEARS AGO, the Phillies publicly pursued free-agent slugger Jim Thome. At the stroke of midnight on the deadline that teams could make formal offers, then-general manager Ed Wade fired off an e-mail and followed it up with a long, from-the-heart letter.

Philadelphia Phillies The Phillies have been the class of the NL the past two seasons and the farm system has had plenty to do with it.

Giants ace Tim Lincecum won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday for the second consecutive season to become the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson, emerging from one of the tightest votes in the history of the honor.

In about eight hours - at midnight, to be precise - baseball's shopping season will begin.

Phillies second baseman Chase Utley won his fourth straight National Leauge Silver Slugger award yesterday.

Starting pitcher Andy Pettitte #46 of the New York Yankees pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Three of the 2009 MLB World Series at Citizens Bank Park on October 31, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Colorado Rockies have rewarded manager Jim Tracy with a three-year contract.

The Philadelphia Phillies have released Eric Bruntlett, who scored the winning run in the 2008 World Series.

The Phillies added two pitchers and an outfielder to their 40-man roster yesterday.

SI writer Jon Heyman stated that the Phillies are still the main suitors for the services of speedy third baseman Chone Figgins.

Archbishop Dolan's Taste of Victory BALTIMORE, Maryland, NOV. 17, 2009 .- For Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the New York Yankee's World Series win "never tasted so good." The archbishop of New York wrote this Monday on his blog after Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, paid up on a bet the two had made on the outcome of baseball's World ...

It often seems like Seattle is a city mostly made up of people from other places -- countless refugees from Spokane, a growing number of immigrants from other countries, and an alarming number of people from those flat states collectively known as "the Midwest." What do these people do when they find themselves a little homesick? Naturally, they ...

When Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro declined the $5.5 million contract renewal of incumbent third baseman Pedro Feliz, he suggested the Phillies could upgrade the position.