A person familiar with the negotiations tells The AP that the Philadelphia Phillies and closer Jonathan Papelbon have agreed to a $50 million, four-year contract.
Carpenter outduels Halladay, Cardinals edge Phillies 1-0 to advance to NLCS
October 7, 2011 By
Chris Carpenter tossed a three-hitter to outpitch old pal Roy Halladay in a duel for the ages and St. Louis edged the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 Friday night in the deciding Game 5 of their NL playoff series. The wild-card Cardinals scored in the first inning when Rafael Furcal led off with a triple and Skip [...]
Cards beat Phillies 5-3 to force game 5
October 5, 2011 By
David Freese, shut down by Phillies aces the first three games, became a hometown star Wednesday night. He homered, doubled and drove in four runs as the Cardinals defeated nemesis Roy Oswalt and forced a deciding fifth game in their NL playoff series by beating the favored Phillies 5-3… read more on Yahoo Sports Video: [...]
MLB Highlights: Ben Francisco’s pinch-hit home run
October 4, 2011 By
Phillies prevail 3-2 to take 2-1 series lead
October 4, 2011 By
Pinch Hitter Ben Francisco hit a three-run homer off Jaime Garcia in the seventh inning to break open a scoreless game and the Phillies held on to win 3-2. Video recap: The Phillies survived Game 3 of the NLDS with a 3-2 win over the Cardinals, thanks in large part to Ben Francisco’s pinch-hit three-run [...]
Phillies/Cardinals: Game 3 Preview
October 3, 2011 By
Cardinals even series at 1
October 3, 2011 By
These feisty St. Louis Cardinals aren’t backing down from the mighty Phillies. Pujols hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning after Cliff Lee blew a four-run lead, and the Cardinals rallied past Philadelphia 5-4 Sunday night to even their NL playoff matchup at one game each. Down early, Jay jolted Philadelphia’s catcher on [...]
NLDS keys to victory: Cardinals vs. Phillies
September 30, 2011 By
Cardinals vs. Phillies Preview
September 30, 2011 By
The Phillybot sucks on so many levels. Not only that, but for a quarter I have a better robot.
April 21, 2011 By
Really, the Phillybot didn’t even reach the plate. Not close at all. For a measly quarter, less than two blocks from my house I can get a robot to throw a pitch at 40-90 mph and hit the zone 80% of the time. Of course this IS Philadelphia we are talking about so we kind [...]
