DEITCH COLUMN The really hardcore pessimistic sports observers -- the true cream of the crap -- had a thing for scoffing at all the attention the Taney Dragons and their ace pitcher, Mone Davis,...
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The Phillies had to find a replacement for fired director of amateur scouting Marti Wolever, even though the general manager is on unstable ground, the team president is serving in an interim rol...
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Here is the unofficial schedule for 2015 for the Phillies. Subject to mild tweaks, but all in all this should be dates for all the games. April 6, 8-9 vs. Boston 10-12 vs. Washington 13-15 @ Ne...
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For the third straight night the final three outs of the Phillies' win were delivered by Jonathan Papelbon, who has 22 saves, a 1.24 ERA, a 0.853 WHIP and hasn't allowed a long ball all year. Tho...
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MILWAUKEE -- The general manager is ready to do some shaking up to the Phillies. While that could include a flurry of trades in the next three weeks, Ruben Amaro Jr. made it plain Monday afternoo...
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Cliff Lee's first rehabilitation start since going on the disabled list with a strained elbow was cut short. The good news for the Phillies is that the outing wasn't limited due to a physical iss...
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Cliff Lee's first rehabilitation start since going on the disabled list with a strained elbow was cut short. The good news for the Phillies is that the outing wasn't limited due to a physical iss...
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Here's the transcript of Cliff Lee speaking about his injury: HOW LONG HAS IT BUGGING YOU? "For the last three or four starts. The game I pitched against Atlanta, after the game it was pretty so...
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Cliff Lee had an MRI on his elbow. That's never good news. Here is what GM Ruben Amaro Jr. had to say about it: “I guess three weeks ago was the first time that Cliff was a little bothered by...
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The Phillies were going to need to figure out a solution to their reserve outfielders, particularly when it came to a right-handed-hitting outfielder. The choices were unpopular John Mayberry Jr....
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I wrote this story about Jeff Manship the other day. I'd make him the slight favorite in the battle to replace Cole Hamels in the rotation for April. David Buchanan & Mario Hollands are in th...
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Cole Hamels, after a couple of strong bullpen sessions, was supposed to throw to hitters today. That didn't happen, and it had nothing to do with the rain in Clearwater. He had a setb...
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Apparently the Phillies’ television broadcast this season is going to have more combinations than a six-man tag team event at Wrestlemania. At first it seemed that the overhaul of the booth h...
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Caught up with Bob McClure to comment on Cole Hamels' first mound session of spring after having biceps tendinitis over the winter that set him back about two weeks to open camp: What did you...
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By DENNIS DEITCH ddeitch@delcotimes.com, @DennisDeitch CLEARWATER, Fla. – While Monday represented the beginning of what many people hope is a long and entertaining career for Jamie Moyer ...
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... Roberto Hernandez! Hernandez will start Wednesday's home game against the Blue Jays. Phillippe Aumont, whose straightened-out mechanics has been one of the more encouraging signs early in ca...
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The Phillies decided Saturday to address the controversy over the reporting of two of their 2013 draft picks to the NCAA after both decided to return to college for their senior seasons after the...
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The Phillies haven't had the best offseason from a PR standpoint, but most of that has involved turning Citizens Bank Park into Jurassic Park by signing players with stats from their days in the ...
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While A.J. Burnett officially joined the Phillies' rotation Sunday, one of the pitchers expected to be in competition for the final opening in it had a setback. Jonathan Pettibone, who had a stro...
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By DENNIS DEITCH ddeitch@delcotimes.com, @DennisDeitch CLEARWATER, Fla. – Twenty-one years ago, on these same fields where the Phillies are getting their bodies ready for the long journey ...
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By DENNIS DEITCH ddeitch@delcotimes.com, @DennisDeitch CLEARWATER, Fla. – In Day Minus-1 of spring training, the Phillies revealed the highest-paid player in franchise history isn’t goin...
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Six weeks after unceremoniously canning Chris Wheeler and Gary "Sarge" Matthews from the Phillies' broadcast team, NBC/Comcast has ended its search for replacements by coming to terms with a pair...
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According to NBCUniversal and Comcast SportsNet, the network and the Phillies have completed the details for their television contract extension, which will keep the team on the air with them for...
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According to NBCUniversal and Comcast SportsNet, the network and the Phillies have completed the details for their television contract extension, which will keep the team on the air with them for...
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By DENNIS DEITCH Ddeitch@delcotimes.com, @DennisDeitch LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The Phillies did not leave the Winter Meetings empty-handed. The question is whether they left with a hand...
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