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2008 NL East Division Winners

Congrats to the Phillies and all their awesome fans on the division-clinching win today over the Nats at home! The photo below sums it up perfectly. Download Philscast’s latest episode for free in iTunes.

Thoughts on an Off Day

Every once in a while, something happens to remind us all that baseball is really a simple game. If you do the little things and play the game the right way, good things will happen. Take a look at last night’s win in St. Louis. It was the 8th inning, and Jayson Werth was on first [...]

Myers Sharp, Phils Win Again

I think we were all in agreement: This team was too good not to make a run. June was a bad month, there’s no doubt about that. July was only slightly better. But I don’t think any of us really believed they’d play .500 ball the rest of the year. This team has first place [...]

Philscast on WIP

I wanted to let you all know that I’ll be appearing on WIP this morning (Friday the 7th) at around 2:30am with Steve Trevelise. I hope this is the first of many appearances, and I hope you guys can listen. But if not, I am going to try to post some of the audio from [...]

Coming Soon…

I had planned for a big show tonight after the Phils took care of business in game one against the Reds, but as I sit here coming up on one in the morning and dreading work tomorrow, game five of the Stanley Cup Finals is still going. It’s triple overtime, and who knows how much [...]

Myers Turns Corner?

It started out pretty much like any other night for Brett Myers. The first inning was once again a rough one, highlighted by the lack of control Myers has shown all season. He fell behind almost every hitter, walked one on four pitches to load the bases, and had trouble with his fastball. If it [...]

Lidge Returns to Houston

I almost called this post “Lights Out Lidge”, but I hate that phrase with a passion. I hope I never start using it. The thing is, it’s incredibly accurate right now. Brad Lidge has been nothing short of spectacular. Watching Lidge pitch the 9th tonight against his old squad, I couldn’t help but draw comparisons to [...]

Hamels Stops the Bleeding

It wasn’t sexy, but it will have to do. The Phillies broke a three game losing streak tonight with a 1-0 win over the Nationals in Washington, D.C. The run came on a pinch-hit single by Greg Dobbs in the top of the ninth. They still didn’t hit with runners in scoring position. They still struck out [...]

Assessing Kyle Kendrick

I said last night that Kyle Kendrick was one of the Phillies who needed to improve the most, and I suggested not so subtly that now might be a good time for it. With the division rival Atlanta Braves in town, I thought it would be worthwhile to take a look at how Kendrick fared [...]

Another Epic Pitching Duel

I think one of the most underrated things about having a staff ace is that you get to run him out there against other great pitchers. It makes for great theater. Cole Hamels is a great pitcher, and it’s great to have him on the team. He’ll win games and he’ll rack up the strikeouts. [...]