Road To The 2012 World Series Begins Today In Pittsburgh
After the way last season ended, with Ryan Howard in a crumpled heap in the Division Series, Phillies fans have been eagerly awaiting 2012.
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After the way last season ended, with Ryan Howard in a crumpled heap in the Division Series, Phillies fans have been eagerly awaiting 2012.
Cliff Lee allowed one run over four innings in his final Grapefruit League start, and the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves played to a 7-7 tie in nine innings on Sunday.
The Phillies announced they have accepted the contract of outfielder Juan Pierre, and he is on on the 40 man roster. Pierre came to camp as a non-roster invitee.
Trading Ben Francisco and Wilson Valdez might come back to haunt the Phillies
Former major leaguer David Segui thinks human growth hormone could benefit Chase Utley.
More on the injuries of Chase Utley and Ryan Madson.
This Phillies season may depend on how they fill the holes of Utley and Howard.
The Phillies settled for a 3-3 tie with the Baltimore Orioles and lost to the Detroit Tigers 6-3 in split-squad spring training games on Sunday.
Chase Utley will miss the entire exhibition schedule for the second straight year and will not be in the Philadelphia Phillies' opening-day lineup due to his injured knees.
Chase Utley's style of play may have contributed to his injury problems.
The Phillies optioned Dom Brown to minor league camp, leaving 40 players remaining in major league camp, including nine non-roster invitees, the team announced today.
Ryan Howard is working out without a boot on his left foot. The 2006 NL MVP fielded grounders while sitting on a stool Thursday and wasn't wearing the protective boot on the field for the first time since a setback three weeks ago.
The most well known knees in Philadelphia currently belong to second baseman Chase Utley. The most famous knees of all time in Philadelphia, probably belonged to the greatest third baseman of all time, Mike Schmidt.
Chase Utley has hit a "plateau" in rehab, will see a specialist.
Phillies third baseman Placido Polanco is day to day because of a sprained left ring finger.
He's such a likeable guy, has lots of charisma. Still, from the very start of spring training you could see he was in pain. The huge ice pack he wore daily like a uniform.
The Phillies cut five players from major league camp today.
Ryan Howard is back with the Phillies after being diagnosed with an infection two weeks ago.
Chase Utley is still not taking ground balls or running, and the Phillies could be preparing a prospect to play second base.
The Phillies settled for a 4-4, 10-inning tie with the the Detroit Tigers in Clearwater, and lost to the New York Yankees 3-0 in Tampa in split-squad games on Sunday.
It's been a relatively quiet camp for the Phillies, which is good news. Usually the only real news that emerges from a spring training camp is the bad kind. But some interesting things to keep an eye on are the lack of an appearance thus far by Chase Utley in a Grapefruit League game and a good start by rightfielder Hunter Pence.
Dontrelle Willis is in Clearwater, hoping to make the Phillies roster as a left-handed specialist out of the bullpen. For him, being on the same professional team as Jimmy Rollins is a dream come true.
Hunter Pence grew up idolizing Jim Thome, and now he gets to be his teammate.
Cliff Lee's first spring start went about as well as it could have, he gave up two hits in two innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 Tuesday.
Mitch Williams thinks that John Mayberry Jr.'s career is mirroring that of another former Phillies player.
