Phillies ace Cristopher Sánchez is having a great and unusual start to his season. Pitching yet another gem at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday in a 6-0 Phillies win, Sánchez …
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5 Phillies thoughts: A soft schedule, some bad luck and not nearly enough walks
by myphillyconnection 9 viewsIt's pretty remarkable what the Phillies have accomplished since they fired Rob Thomson. They've leaped from a 9-19 record and looking like the worst team in baseball to a 10-3 …
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Phillies starting pitching confidence meter: Who can you trust right now?
by myphillyconnection 10 viewsThere is an excessive list of reasons why the Phillies have one of the worst records in baseball and are off to their worst start in decades. But any list …
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Standouts from the Phillies’ first winning series – a sweep! – since Easter weekend
by myphillyconnection 12 viewsBefore this week, the last time the Phillies had won a series was more than three weeks ago, against the Colorado Rockies, in Denver, on Easter weekend. Before Thursday, the …
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Phillies closer Jhoan Duran throws major heat in bullpen session, nearing return
by myphillyconnection 11 viewsThere has been improvement for the Phillies offensively and with the starting. pitching since Don Mattingly took over as manager last Tuesday for the fired Rob Thomson. The bullpen has …
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Don Mattingly saying ‘you could feel this coming’ after Phillies blowout showed Rob Thomson needed to go
by myphillyconnection 10 viewsIt had to happen. Rob Thomson is a classy man, a good baseball guy, and was the perfect soothing voice at the right time roughly four years ago when the …
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MLB rumors: Phillies seriously considering manager swap, from Rob Thomson to Alex Cora
by myphillyconnection 17 viewsThe Phillies have a manager, and one who's led the team to four straight playoff berths in Rob Thomson. Could he really be expendable before the end of April? Philly …
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5 Phillies thoughts: Are they still Wild Card contenders? The defense is how bad?
by myphillyconnection 17 viewsIt wasn't supposed to be this bad again. At least not for a very long time. After a decade of futility, the Phillies have spent four years contending for World …
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Winners and losers as Phillies end 10-game losing streak, start new one in Atlanta
by myphillyconnection 15 viewsThe Phillies ended their 10-game losing streak this weekend — but then immediately started another one, taking only the middle game of their three-game set against the Braves in Atlanta. …
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Checking in on recent former Phillies: Somehow, they’re playing even worse
by myphillyconnection 17 viewsIt's hard to imagine things being worse for the 8-16 Phillies. They can't pitch. They can't hit. They've been outscored by 50 runs this season, the highest margin by far …