Philadelphia Phillies

By e chigliak lt;p>What I want for the Washington Nationals in 2009:</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. A .300 season at the plate out of Ryan Zimmerman. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">(After struggling through an injury-filled '08, Zim...

By dajafi lt;p><!--StartFragment--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>In&nbsp;</span><span><a href="http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/20081217_Bill_Conlin__Ibanez_may_fit_perfectly_for_Phillies_in_leftfi...

By Travis Hughes lt;p><i>Note: I wrote this on the Tuesday between Game 5.1.and 5.2. </i></p> <p>As I crossed the Delaware River from Burlington, New Jersey to Bristol, Pennsylvania on Monday night, I glanced out the window to my left at the Philadelphia skyline 20 miles down...

By David S. Cohen lt;p>The ultimate good guy is back.&nbsp; The Phillies today <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20081215&content_id=3717952&vkey=pr_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi" target="_blank">re-signed Jamie Moyer&...

By MattS lt;p>With this week's free agent signing of left-handed Raul Ibanez to reaplce right-handed Pat Burrell, a lot is being made of the Phillies being "too left handed".&nbsp; The backlash that has probably already started to develop is the following statistic about the Phillies i...

By WholeCamels lt;p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3764268" target="_blank">ESPN is reporting</a> that the Phillies have come to terms with Seattle Mariners left fielder Raul Ibanez on a 3 year deal worth $30 million.&nbsp; The Pat Burrell Era has of...

By dajafi lt;p>The Phillies took care of at least one important piece of business at the Winter Meetings, ensuring that manager Charlie Manuel will be at the helm for at least the next three seasons after guaranteeing Manuel's 2010 option year and adding another season at the end of his deal.&am...