By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies keep hoping and waiting for a run. They insist they have one in them, but it will take more than positive thoughts to make it happen. “Everybody has to have the same ...
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Soul Squanders Another Late Lead in Loss to Tampa Bay
Report From Philadelphia Soul TAMPA (June 7, 2014) – Soul QB Dan Raudabaugh’s pass to Ryan McDaniel fell incomplete in the endzone as the final horn sounded as the Philadelphia Soul (6-6) fell to the Tampa Bay Storm, 56-49, in ...
Read More »Union Plays to Draw Vs. Vancouver
Report From Philadelphia Union Chester, Pa. (June 7, 2014) – The Philadelphia Union (3-7-6) scored three consecutive goals Saturday evening at PPL Park on the way to earning a draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps. After being down by two first-half ...
Read More »Phillies Squander Chances in Loss to Reds
By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com CINCINNATI — The Phillies just want a clear explanation and consistent application of the collision rule at home plate. They ended the sixth and seventh innings Saturday at Great American Ball Park with a runner being ...
Read More »Temple Product Among Phillies 2nd-Day Draft Picks
By Erik Bacharach, Phillies.com After drafting LSU’s Aaron Nola with the 7th overall pick in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, the Phillies were hoping to make it clear they were looking for “now stuff.” Players who are capable of making an ...
Read More »Phillies End Skid, Hamels Dominates Reds Again
By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com CINCINNATI — If Cole Hamels could not beat the Reds on Friday at Great American Ball Park, it might have been time for the Phillies to drive the ‘For Sale’ sign into the front yard. Hamels ...
Read More »Flyers Add Reading Royals as Minor League Team
Report From Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers today announced a two-year affiliation agreement with the Reading Royals of the ECHL. The Royals will join the Lehigh Valley Phantoms as a Flyers minor league affiliate, which gives the Flyers an entirely ...
Read More »Phillies Nab Pair of College Hurlers on Draft Day 1
By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com WASHINGTON — The Phillies hinted last week they preferred a polished baseball player, not just an athlete with the proverbial “high ceiling” with the seventh overall pick in Thursday’s First-Year Player Draft. They followed through and selected ...
Read More »Phillies’ Losing Streak Hits 6 in DC
By Ben Standig, Phillies.com WASHINGTON — Starting in 2007, the Phillies reached the postseason five straight seasons, winning one World Series championship. Many of those title-winning players remain, but the 2014 version isn’t at that pennant-raising level. It hasn’t been ...
Read More »Rain Delay Can’t Save Phils in Loss to Nats
By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com WASHINGTON — The Phillies keep coming to the ballpark, hoping that one afternoon or one night something will change. But change hasn’t come. The Phillies lost a rain-delayed game to the Nationals on Wednesday night at ...
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