Oakland Athletics reliever Andrew Bailey and Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan have been named the American League and National League Rookies of the Year for the 2009 season. Bailey is a native of Haddon Heights, New Jersey and was a struggling minor league pitcher as recently as the 2008 season. Coghlan is a native of [...]
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On the Verge of History
The Philadelphia Phillies are on the verge of history with their 5-4 come from behind win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night in South Philadelphia. With the win, the Phillies have a commanding 3-1 series lead in the NLCS, and are only one win from their second consecutive National League Pennant in an [...]
Surprises at the Deadline
Even though the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone, there will still be plenty of wheeling and dealing prior to the August 31st waiver deadline. The deals that take place from here until the end of the month will be more difficult to get done for some teams because the player placed [...]
Phillies Land a Lee
The Cleveland Indians have traded their Cy Young pitcher from the previous year for the second year in a row. The Indians traded left-handed pitcher Cliff Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco to the Philadelphia Phillies for four minor league prospects. Those prospects are right-handed pitchers Jason Knapp and Carlos Carrasco, shortstop Jason Donald and catcher [...]
Where Will the Jay Land?
Trade rumors have been swirling for a couple of weeks now about American League All-Star Roy Halladay and where he will wind up once the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline comes and goes at 4pm Friday. In some of the most recent reports the Blue Jays claim that Halladay will likely still be with the [...]
Updated: Phillies Fan Killed in Brawl; Charges Filed
Saturday’s 14-6 Phillies win over the St. Louis Cardinals was marred by a melee in the parking lot that had spilled over from McFadden’s at the ballpark. There was a bachelor party going on inside the restaurant, which is connected to the stadium, when the fight broke out and spilled into Parking Lot M at [...]
Phillies Score 10 in First, 22 Overall
The Philadelphia Phillies scored 10 runs in the first inning of their game versus the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night en route to a 22-1 win. It was the Phillies largest margin of victory of the 2009 season and the first time they scored 20 or more runs since June 13, 2008 when they defeated [...]
JC Romero Involed in Altercation with Fan
Phillies reliever JC Romero was involved in an altercation with a Tampa Bay Rays fan following a game in Tampa earlier this week. Remainder of story coming…
Baseball Blowups
Baseball has been America’s past-time for quite some time now and it has provided fans all over the country with exciting moments from no-hitters to perfect games, from walk-off homeruns to record breaking homeruns, from underdog stories to surprising stories and many other exciting moments throughout the illustrious history of the sport. But, with every [...]
Me? Pitch?
Five Major League Baseball players have asked their manager this question during the 2009 season and that number will surely increase as the season wears on into the summer months. Blowouts are common in the Majors each year and when some of those blowouts, also known as laughers, get really out of control managers will [...]
