Philly Sports Jabronis

By Alex Halsted, Phillies.com ST. LOUIS — There was a sense that one big hit or one shutdown inning could have helped the Phillies avoid heading back to Philadelphia on a sour note after a week away. Yet that sense ...

ST. LOUIS — Precedent said the matchup of Cole Hamels and Adam Wainwright would make each pitch and the few mistakes count. That held up Saturday in a battle of the aces. The pitchers wavered back and forth, with each surrendering one lone run ...

By Alex Halsted, Philies.com ST. LOUIS — When A.J. Burnett’s grandmother arrived in town to watch him make a Major League start in person for the first time, his start was already on track to being a special one. What would ...

By Alex Halsted, Phillies.com ST. LOUIS — Ryne Sandberg’s laugh filled the small manager’s office deep below Busch Stadium on Thursday night when he heard the question come out. Could he believe, he was asked, that the Phillies hadn’t won ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com ATLANTA — This should give the Phillies’ front office something more to think about, shouldn’t it? The Phillies swept the Braves in a three-game series with Wednesday’s 10-5 victory at Turner Field to move within 4 ...

The wrong mid-summer trade is being criticized three years later.  By Joe Darrah At the MLB trading deadline during the summer of 2011, the Philadelphia Phillies were well on their way to a fifth consecutive National League East title. Roy ...

ATLANTA — The Phillies are entering a strange area. They have won six of their last eight games following Tuesday night’s 5-2 victory over the Braves at Turner Field. They can sweep the series with a victory Wednesday afternoon before ...

ATLANTA — Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon sounded like a frustrated, but relieved man early Tuesday morning at Turner Field. He had blown his second save of the season and his first since April 2 in the ninth inning against the Braves to ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Rollins rounded first base, clapped his hands, kicked out his right leg and smiled brightly. His history-making moment happened almost exactly the way he pictured it. He ripped a fastball to right field for a ...

By Michael Radano, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Before Sunday’s game against the Cubs, the Phillies took time to honor Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning. Bunning came to Philadelphia to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of his no-hitter at Shea Stadium against ...