Phillies Hire Joe Jordan as Player-Development Director
Jordan spent the last seven season serving as the Baltimore Orioles' director of amateur scouting.
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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.
Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard might miss the start of spring training and possibly part of the regular season after tearing an Achilles tendon.
A crushing defeat has ended the Phillies season, well short of the World Series. The St. Louis Cardinals outalsted the Phils 1-0 in last night's winner-take-all contest.
Chris Carpenter tossed a three-hitter to outpitch old pal Roy Halladay in a duel for the ages and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 Friday night in the deciding Game 5 of their NL playoff series.
The trolley, with a police escort, made its way through city streets for about and hour and a half as beads, bracelets, cheer cards, and rally towels were tossed to pedestrians.
A season with lofty expectations could end or the Phils could move on to the League Championship series. It is the first time the Phillies have played a decisive final series game since the split season in 1981.
Friday night's Game 5 of the NLDS between the Phillies and the Cardinals falls on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
Twice in the last two Phillies' playoff games, a squirrel has run onto the field at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
David Freese homered, doubled and drove in four runs as the St. Louis Cardinals tagged playoff nemesis Roy Oswalt and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 Wednesday night, forcing a deciding fifth game in their NL division series.
Eighty years ago, Philadelphia was also facing St. Louis in baseball although it was different in all sorts of ways.
Pinch-hitter Ben Francisco and closer Ryan Madson made manager Charlie Manuel's moves look smart, and the Philadelphia Phillies held off the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Tuesday for a 2-1 lead in their NL playoff series.
So the dilemma is, should I go home or catch the early part of the game and take advantage of happy hour?
