PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies made a surprising announcement Thursday afternoon when they revealed general partner and president David Montgomery is taking an immediate medical leave of absence while he recovers from jaw cancer surgery. Pat Gillick has assumed Montgomery’s responsibilities. ...
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Phillies Complete Sweep of Nats With 8-4 Win
By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies signed Grady Sizemore to a Minor League contract on June 24 because they had some of the worst production of any outfield in baseball, and if they could find a way to ...
Read More »Hamels Unhappy With Being Pulled, Phils Beat Nats Anyway
By Kevin Roberts, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Ben Revere knew he was safe. With a little help from replay review, he actually got the call — and went on to help the Phillies to a 4-3 win over the Nationals on ...
Read More »Phillies Consider Calling Up Franco
By Austin Laymance, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Maikel Franco is putting up some impressive numbers for Triple-A Lehigh Valley, but the Phillies say they have not decided if the corner infielder will be called up to the Majors once rosters expand Sept. ...
Read More »Burnett Racks Up 12 Ks as Phillies Beat Nationals
By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — A.J. Burnett pitched on Monday like a man not quite ready for retirement. Maybe he will pitch in 2015, after all. “You go out there and do that tonight and it makes you wonder,” Burnett ...
Read More »Williams Wins Again, Phillies Take 2 of 3 From Cards
By Erik Bacharach, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Five months and three cities later, Jerome Williams appears to have finally settled in. The journeyman right-hander proved to be an experiment gone wrong in stints with the Astros and Rangers earlier this year, ...
Read More »Phillies Ownership Member Sally Buck Passes Away
The Phillies are mourning a member of their ownership “family.” Sally Buck passed away at 83 Saturday. She’s the second member of the ownership group to die this year, following the death of Claire Betz. For more on this story, ...
Read More »Errors Hurt Phils in Extra-Inning Loss to Cards
By Erik Bacharach, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — There are just five weeks of baseball left in the 2014 season, but the Phillies are still struggling in an area that was highly stressed by manager Ryne Sandberg during Spring Training. Poor execution ...
Read More »Phillies Find Enough Offense to Support Kendrick, Beat Cards
By Erik Bacharach, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — It was another headache of a first inning for Kyle Kendrick on Friday night. But he wasn’t the only pitcher to endure early struggles in the series opener at Citizens Bank Park. Kendrick allowed ...
Read More »Sixers Coach Brown to be Inducted into Maine HOF
Report From Philadelphia 76ers On Wednesday morning, head coach Brett Brown took to the roof of the Sixers’ practice facility to complete the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. After toweling off and changing into dry clothing, he departed for Philadelphia International Airport to ...
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