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Articles Written by: BEN SHPIGEL
The Mets — remember them? — do not plan to exercise their $9.1 million option on J.J. Putz — remember him? — and will pay him a $1 million buyout. As a free agent, Putz will be free to sign with any team, but it would be hard to imagine him returning ...
After making the last out in the World Series, Shane Victorino did not run back to the Phillies’ dugout. He did not jog, either. He lingered, ever so briefly, making sure to give the Yankees’ celebration a good, hard stare as he walked past the mound. “ ...
A crowd of reporters was waiting outside the Phillies’ clubhouse late Wednesday night, maybe 15 minutes after the game, when someone said that Pedro Martinez had just left and was walking toward the Yankee Stadium exit. It seemed bizarre — why would ...
In the shadow of his famed mango tree, survival skills came naturally to Pedro Martinez. His family slept on the floor of a tin-roofed house, two, sometimes three to a mattress. Instead of a bat, he would swing a broomstick. Instead of a ball, he would ...
The easy answer to the question, “will the Phillies change their Lineup?” is no way, no chance, not at all.
Manager Charlie Manuel used different lineups in Games 1 and 2 because of that pesky designated hitter rule. But when the series shifted to ...
Philadelphia Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel has referred to Brad Lidge as “our closer” no fewer than 900 times over the last two months, even on days Lidge does not even leave the bullpen bench to warm up while Ryan Madson pitches in a save situation. ...
PHILADELPHIA Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel used to say that Kirby Puckett was his favorite player. And then he met Chase Utley.
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“The only thing Kirby might have on Chase is he’s more ...
PHILADELPHIA Home plate is still 17 inches wide and the pitching rubber stands 60 feet 6 inches away. Ninety feet separate the bases. Baseball’s sacred measurements have not changed this postseason, but the ramifications of every misstep are magnified. ...
The Phillies are mouthing all the right cliches. However, the shocked look on their faces at the end of the game 4 says they’re done.
I am not so sure about the pitching advantage in Game 6 — Pettitte on 3 days’ rest against Martinez, after seeing how ...
PHILADELPHIA Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel nodded as the reporter asked his question. He was paying close attention, or at least seemed to be, then he heard, “After sleeping on it, did you come up with the same answer today?”
Phillies Manager Charlie ...
