Phillies Nation

Between last year’s participants and this year’s new signups we have had a tremendous amount of entries into the Phillies Nation fantasy baseball leagues.

However, ESPN will not let any drafts happen until the league is full and all people who were invited have accepted. If you have not accepted your invitation by 9 p.m. tonight, we will have to delete your invite in order for the leagues to be filled. Drafts well be held throughout the day on Saturday.

Good luck this season!

With Opening Day just days away, it’s time to start another Phillies Nation fantasy baseball season, where it’s free to enter and winners of each division get prizes at the end of the season!

If you are interested in playing this year, sign up below and we’ll email you an invitation.

With the Phillies season wrapping up last week, so too comes the announcement of this year’s Phillies Nation Fantasy League Winners! The 2009 season saw our biggest year yet with fifteen divisions and over 150 players.  Here are division winners:

Mayfair – La Salle Explorers managed by hockeyfan9090
Fishtown – Pacifico Beer #1 managed by SABBATH
Manayunk – dock ellis’ trip managed by LloydC
Kensington – Victory!no managed by daww10
Center City – HowardsPower6 managed by AveryC
Roxborough – Big League ChewGrape managed by maichrow23
Chalfont – Pat the Glove managed by Manny
Fairmount – Game5WasSweet managed by surly24
Port Richmond – Belfast Bullies managed by belfastpa76
Grays Ferry – Phanatic’s Phloozies managed by Christopher Z
Brewerytown – Clemente……#21 managed by lopez198336
Bustleton – Two Burrels One Cup managed by setabkcir87
Olney – PhilsWFC09 managed by Phil P
Germantown – The Lee Elias managed by Chris
Nicetown – Utley’s Puppy Mill managed by onetransmission

All these masterminds will receive free t-shirts! If you’re one of them, you will soon receive an email with instructions for claiming your prize.

To get a head start on the 2010 season, sign up now using the form below and you will receive an email during Spring Training with details on your team.

Like many other aspects of the game, the All-Star break creates the perfect opportunity for an assessment on the first half of the fantasy baseball season. There are 150 teams competing in this season’s Phillies Nation Fantasy League; here are the division leaders:

Mayfair - Pat the Bat
Fishtown - Pacifico Beer #1
Manayunk - dock ellis’ trip
Kensington - Victory!no
Center City – HowardsPower6
Roxborough - Big League ChewGrape
Chalfont - Pat the Glove
Fairmount - Game5WasSweet
Port Richmond – Belfast Bullies
Grays Ferry – Phanatic’s Phloozies
Brewerytown - Clemente……#21
Bustleton - Two Burrels One Cup
Olney - PhilsWFC09
Germantown - The Lee Elias
Nicetown - Utley’s Puppy Mill

Pat the Bat and Pat the Glove both representing the resurgent former Phil…classic. The Phillies Nation teams are not faring as well, with an average of penultimate place across the divisions. Hopefully there’s still plenty of time to turn the season around.

Everyone who has signed up to play in this year’s fantasy baseball league has been sent an invite.  Please check your inbox and register your team as soon as possible so we can finalize the divisions (which are named after Philly neighborhoods).  If you haven’t received your invite or would still like to sign up, send us an email and we’ll sort you out.  Drafts are scheduled for Monday at 7:30pm.

Here are the divisions (the links only work if you have been invited to that division):

Olney, Germantown, Nicetown, Port Richmond, Grays Ferry, Brewerytown, Bustleton, Center City, Roxborough, Chalfont, Fairmount, Mayfair, Fishtown, Manayunk, Kensington

With the 2009 baseball season soon approaching, that means it’s time for fantasy baseball as well.  We will be organizing the league through ESPN with several 12-team divisions depending on how many people sign up.  Winners of each division will receive prizes and the overall winner will receive an even cooler prize.  If you are interested in playing, fill out the form below and we will send you an invite before the end of the month.

Check it, here are some updates on the on-goings of Phillies Nation.

Fantasy League

Congrats to the first-half winners of their respective fantasy baseball divisions.

• Delaware – Shannon Newell
• Schuylkill- Justin Evans
• Poquessing – Craig Horleman
• Rittenhouse – Todd Hamm
• Brandywine – J.K.
• Overbrook – Carl Dietz
• Pennypack – C. Groody and Jeff Maichrowycz

MLB08 Giveaway

More congrats, this time to Lindsey McClennen of Philly and Scot Sedley of Norwalk, CT winners of a copy of MLB08 the Show for PlayStation3. We have one more game to give away so if you haven’t signed up yet, you can do it here.

Bus Trip to DC

Thanks to everyone who has reserved their spot on the Labor Day Bus Trip to DC to see the Phils take on the Nationals in their new park. The party is just six weeks away, so if you want to go, reserve your place now.

Boo? F*ck You Shirts

For all those that have ordered a “Boo? F*ck You” shirt, they should be arriving soon. I can’t wait for mine. But if anyone is planning to attend any of the Phillies-Mets games next week in Shea, please buy one now to ensure you get it on time. If you’re really going, email us, and we’ll send you one for free! Let’s use these shirts the way they were intended – to stick it to Mets fans!

Go Phils!

Opening Day for Phillies Nation Fantasy Baseball is Monday, so make sure you’re ready. The drafts will be held tomorrow around 8pm (check your league for the exact time) on account of the Red Sox-Athletics series in Japan this week. If you are already signed up, don’t forget to show up to your draft or pre-select your players beforehand.

If you have not yet accepted your invitation, please do so today. Last week you should have received an email from “espnfantasy” with a link to sign up. If you registered on Phillies Nation, but have yet to receive that email, please contact us .

Phillies Nation Fantasy Baseball is back again for the third year. We’re organizing it through ESPN.com and you have to be specifically invited to join a league. We got plenty of spots, so you’re all invited. However, to get your official email invite, you will need to fill out the form on the Phillies Nation Fantasy Baseball Signup page. This year you will be able to request placement in one of our 6 (or more) divisions – so invite some friends. Prizes for the 6 winners last year included Phillies tickets, Howard-Utley ’08 gear, Phillies hats, and Phillies travel bags.

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Being that we are at the halfway point of the baseball season, I thought it would be appropriate to give an update on the fantasy baseball season.  As you remember we have six divisions and here are the first-place teams and their owners:

• Schuylkill – Shadyside Swingers, Julie Michael
• Delaware – Mark the Shark, Mark McClure
• Poquessing – Chevy Chase Hill Raiders, Hank Park
• Cobbs Creek – Kruk and Nails, Parker Dixon
• Pennypack – Let’s Play Two, Larry Beckler
• Wissahickon – Flatutory Apes, Rocco Qatar

The Chevy Chases Hill Raiders lead the entire league with a score of 108, though the Flatutory Apes are not far behind at 107.5.  Remember the overall winner will take home a Phillies grab bag of merchandise.  So stop neglecting your team like I do and get those injured players out of the starting lineup.

Speaking of injuries, the second half of the season has got to be more favorable to the Phils when it comes to the disabled list.  Jon Lieber, Matt Smith and Freddy Garcia are already done for the season; but Brett Myers and Tom Gordon should be back by the end of the month.  Although Jayson Werth is the only current casualty of the lineup, there’s always a chance Ryan Howard would have to return to the DL – same with Rowand and Burrell.  Baseball executives sometimes like to say that having a player return from the DL is as good as a trade in the second half of the season.  But with Myers and Gordon slated for the bullpen, the Phillies will still need to make a move for a starter.