National Leagues East is the pits
I was preparing to do a piece on how the best thing that has happened to the Phillies this season is that the Mets are even worse then they have been, and the rest of the division has been even worse still. The Phillies were 3-7 in their last 10 games coming into tonight’s game against the Atlanta Braves. The Mets have an equally as bad record in the same period. The only team with a winning record in the previous 10 games is the Florida Marlins with a r

Bastardo to DL; Happ to pitch Thursday
The Phillies‘ announced Monday that they have placed rookie pitcher Antonio Bastardo on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left posterior shoulder. The move generated serious speculation over who the Phillies would call up to pitch Bastardo’s spot in th

Romero charged with battery
The St. Petersburg Police Department has delivered a complaint against Phillies‘ reliever J.C. Romero following an incident last week with a fan. It is now up to the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s office to determine whether or not to charge Romero with batery. The complaint stems from an incident betw

Flyers to face the Bruins on New Years Day at Fenway
According to Ed Moran of the Philadelphia Daily News, the Flyers have been told that they will play the Boston Bruins on New Years Day in the 2010 NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park in Boston. According to Moran’s sources, the decision will probably not be announced until July 15, as the league is holding the news very close to its chest. Earlier in the week, reports were indicating that the Washington Capitals would be taking the ice, but tha

Phillies glad to be back home, er, on the road
After one of the worst homestands in team history (1-8), the Phillies were quite happy to get out of the recently unfriendly confines of Citizens Bank park Tuesday with a 10-1 walloping of the Tampa Bay Rays. The Phillies beat the Rays with timely hitting, homeruns, good defense, smart baserunning, and quality pitching from both the starter and the bullpen, all things they were lacking in their nine game homestand. The Fightins went up early over their 2008 World Series opponents by tac