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Change is Constant, Except in Philadelphia

The latest talk coming out of this weekend's series loss to the perennial cellar-dwelling Tampa Bay Devil Rays concerns the potential replacement...

Phils Swept by Mets, Call Up Mathieson

Just realized the site has been experiencing some downtime over the past 24 hours, my apologies.  We moved Phillies Nation to a...

Armed Forces Night – Citizen’s Bank Park

Wagner Has the Last Laugh on Tuesday

The Phils lost a heartbreaker last night to the Mets by a score of 9-7.  It was a wild one which featured...

An International Perspective

Since it's World Cup season and I'm living in Europe, I feel obliged to drawn in some Phillies story lines from the...

Batting Disorder

The Phillies have off today and they sure need it after a rough weekend in the nation's capital.  Although the Phillies Nation...

DC Trip Recap

The morning of the trip to Washington I was reserved and content on how I thought the day would end up. I...

Phillies Nation Bus Trip – RFK Stadium

The Weekend Edition

Last night, in the Phillies extended rain-delayed extra-inning game against the Nationals, Brett Myers experienced his worst outing of the season.  Things...

Let’s All Go to DC!

Tomorrow the day is finally upon us, the Phillies Nation bus trip to DC!  For those of you who are going, please...

Phils Bite the Diamondbacks

The Phils completed a three-game sweep of the NL West leading Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday and finished 5-2 on their west coast swing. ...

Youth Movement

Following on yesterday's and today's draft theme, Cole Hamels reminded us of the impact a quality draftee can make.  Cole shook off...

A Rough Draft

Today is draft day in the world of major league baseball and the Phillies have picks number 18, 37, 65, 97, 127, 157. ...

Today is My Birthday

The Phils, led by Chase Utley, pulled out a 6-4 win yesterday to split their series with the Dodgers.  Besides smacking a...

Key Phillies Stats

As this morning's Inquirer pointed out, key hits propelled the Phillies to a 8-6 victory last night in Los Angeles.  All year...

Gavin Floyd Dejected and Rejected

It did not take long after Gavin Floyd's horrendous outing last night for Pat Gillick to realize that Floyd could no longer...

Rollins Rebirth is Stillborn

After the first few games of having Jimmy Rollins back in the leadoff role after a short-lived stint in the six hole,...

As the Starting Rotation Turns

In today's Inquirer, Bob Ford spectacularly deduced that Phillies pitching could be their downfall this season.  Even though has been painfully obvious...

More Roster Moves for the Phils

Are you tired of the constant flow injury news yet?  I hope not because we have got plenty to discuss today. Jon...

Howard Power

The Phils salvaged the season series against the Brewers yesterday afternoon behind the bat of Ryan Howard.  Like Pat Burrell, but probably...

Another Tough Loss for the Phils

The Phils lost another tight game after battling back to send it to extra innings.  Ryan Howard drove in two runs with...

“Shane led the way,” Rollins said.

Well there you have it folks, you got your wish, Shane Victorino batted lead off and the Phillies won yesterday.  They are...

Player Movement

The Phils lost another close one to the Mets last night by a score of 5-4.  Jon Lieber pitched ok but did...

Cole Hamels Scratched and Injury Updates

Cole Hamels will be scratched from his start tonight against the Mets and Jon Lieber will replace him.  Too bad for Ryan...