Mural Arts Program Enlists Fans To Help Paint Homage To Phillies
Wednesday morning, children at the "Please Touch" Museum painted a section of the mural to be affixed to a building near 24th and Walnut Streets.
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Wednesday morning, children at the "Please Touch" Museum painted a section of the mural to be affixed to a building near 24th and Walnut Streets.
Righthander Scott Mathieson has been released by the Philadelphia Phillies, allowing him to sign with a team in Asia.
The Phillies have acquired utilityman Ty Wigginton and cash from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for a player to be named later or cash.
Jonathan Papelbon and the Philadelphia Phillies have completed a $50 million, four-year contract.
A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the Philadelphia Phillies and closer Jonathan Papelbon have agreed to a $50 million, four-year contract.
A group of 30 candidates were at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia, hoping to make the cut as Phillies' ball girls.
According to reports, the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to sign infielder Jim Thome to a one-year contract.
At the top of the list is first baseman Ryan Howard, who suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon on the final swing of the NLDS against the Cardinals.
Oswalt gets a $2 million buyout instead of $16 million next season. Lidge receives a $1.5 million buyout instead of $12.5 million next year.
Ryan Howard could miss the start of next season after the Phillies' slugger had surgery Wednesday to repair his torn Achilles' tendon.
"And I guarantee you right now, when we go to spring training... we will be talking about winning the World Series," says Charlie Manuel. "That will be our goal: to win a World Series."
Jordan spent the last seven season serving as the Baltimore Orioles' director of amateur scouting.
A team that won a single-season franchise record 102 games, a team everyone assumed would reach the World Series—and win it—saw everything come crashing down in the 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals last Friday in the National League Divisional Series.
As the wounds of the Phillies' loss in five games to the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS begin to heal, some key Phillies took time to reflect and look ahead at Citizens Bank Park.
An all-or-nothing season in which only a World Series title would be considered a success turned out to be an abysmal failure. The Phillies didn't even make it out of the first round of the NL playoffs.
