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From Any Angle, Phillies Big Winners With Cliff Lee

December 14, 2010   Tom Krasovic   No comments

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Anyone remember the San Francisco Giants?

You know, the guys in orange and black loaded with pitching and personality. They beat the Phillies only two months ago in the National League Championship Series. They beat up on Cliff Lee in the World Series.

Our West Coast dudes are reigning World Series champions. No matter how many millions of dollars the Phillies or the Red Sox spend on ballplayers this offseason, nothing is decided in December.

True, when the Phillies and ace Cliff Lee reached terms Monday, the phrase embarrassment of riches applied.

“Best pitching staff in the game!” Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers texted in reply to FanHouse after Lee, a bona fide ace, joined a rotation that already boasted Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt.

When asked about Lee later on Tuesday, an NL East scout pondered the next few Octobers, and sounded resigned to the prospect of seeing a shade of red too familiar. “You would have to think the Phillies would get close to the World Series for two or three more years,” he said.

 

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Greatest Starting Rotations of All-Time; Where Will Phillies Fit?

December 14, 2010   Andrew Johnson   No comments

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Cliff Lee / Roy Halladay / Roy Oswalt / Cole Hamels
The Phillies‘ shock agreement to a five-year, $120 million deal with Cliff Lee late Monday night gave them what appears to be not just the best starting rotation in baseball heading into next season, but one of the greatest in the history of the sport.

Lee joins Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt in the City of Brotherly Love to form a fearsome foursome that has won a collective three Cy Young Awards, World Series MVP and made 13 All-Star Game appearances.

That quartet should make life awfully difficult for National League hitters over at least the next two seasons — Hamels can become a free agent after 2012, while the Phillies possess a ’12 club option on Oswalt — but what kind of competition will they have to match up with to make history as one of the greatest rotations ever?

Let’s start with the modern canon:

 

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Giants Only Need One Win, but Phillies Confident for NLCS Game 6

October 22, 2010   Jeff Fletcher   No comments

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PHILADELPHIA — The NLCS will resume Saturday with Game 6, and the Phillies have the Giants right where they want them.

And vice versa.

If ever a 3-2 series could seem to be even, this is it. Obviously the Giants have the mathematical edge, needing to win just once to go to the World Series, but the Phillies are going to be at home, with the momentum of a Game 5 victory – for whatever that’s worth – and a pair of aces to take the mound in the next two games.

Roy Oswalt is 10-0 in his career at Citizens Bank Park, including a stifling eight-inning performance against the Giants in Game 1. The Giants will give the ball to Jonathan Sanchez, who is talented but less experienced.

 

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Umpire Watch: Five for Fighting

October 20, 2010   Andrew Johnson   No comments

Jimmy RollinsControversial calls have become as much a part of the Major League Baseball postseason as Derek Jeter and patriotic bunting. In Umpire Watch, we intend to document those calls, at least until commissioner Bud Selig puts us out of business.

Game 4 of the NLCS between the Phillies and Giants Wednesday night was the best to date of the 2010 postseason. It was a wild night, and so, fitting then, that there were a host of controversial calls — more, by my count, than we’ve seen in any other game so far. Let’s dispense with the pleasantries and go right to the review session.

Balking at a Call

The Situation: Phillies shortsop Jimmy Rollins is on first base with two out in the top of the second inning and his team trailing 1-0. Carlos Ruiz is at the plate, facing Giants lefty Madison Bumgarner.

The Play: After putting Ruiz in an 0-2 hole, Bumgarner throws over to first twice. On the second throw, he catches Rollins leaning. The shortstop takes off for second, and Giants first baseman Aubrey Huff relays the ball to shortstop Edgar Renteria who tags out Rollins.

 

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Pitching Reigns in October, and Giants Have More of It Than Anybody

October 20, 2010   Terence Moore   No comments

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Tim LincecumSAN FRANCISCO — So the San Francisco Giants need the greatness of Tim Lincecum‘s arm on Thursday night at AT&T Park to reach the World Series before the morning fog rolls across McCovey Cove. Oh, and the Philadelphia Phillies need the greatness of Roy Halladay‘s arm to give them the chance to add two or three more games to their season that is hanging by one of the hairs on the Phillie Phanatic.

It’s always about pitching in October, particularly when one game — like this game — can decide so much.

We’re taking about Lincecum with two Cy Young Awards in his recent past matched against Halladay, the owner of a perfect game during the regular season and a no-hitter in the playoffs.

Let that sink in.

In fact, soon after the Giants‘ 6-5 thrilling win over the Phillies on Wednesday gave them a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series, Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval thought about the latest pitching showdown for the ages during the postseason, and then he eased into a smile nearly as wide as his jumbo-sized body.

“We come tomorrow prepared no matter what the situation is going to happen,” Sandoval said. “We come here to play, play hard, have some fun. And it’s an important game for us, important game for them, too, but we try to fight every inning, every pitch.”

 

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Phils Confident Despite Daunting Deficit

October 20, 2010   Tom Krasovic   No comments

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Roy OswaltSAN FRANCISCO — Shaken but not overly stirred, the Philadelphia Phillies cited three reasons why they expect to still win the National League Championship Series that, after San Francisco’s 6-5 thriller Wednesday, favors the Giants three games to one.

Philly players talked liked pitchers Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels — the team’s so-called “H2O” trio of aces — will wash away the club’s recent troubles and bring a third consecutive NL pennant.

“We’ve got great people that can shut people down,” Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins said.

“We’re going to take it back to Philly,” said reliever Ryan Madson.

Saying that it’s time for “men” to prevail, center fielder Shane Victorino suggested the win-or-go-home context will extract the best from the Phils.

“We like it,” Victorino said. “I love this. I look at this as a positive.”

Listening to this stuff, West Coast Bias checked to make sure he was in the right clubhouse, but these Phillies players own one more World Series ring than I do.

 

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Giants vs. Phillies: San Francisco Walks Off With Commanding NLCS Lead

October 20, 2010   Tom Krasovic   No comments

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SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants are one victory from their first World Series since 2002.

The Philadelphia Phillies are still armed with three aces, but their 6-5 defeat in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series left the defending NL champions down three games to one in the best-of-seven series.
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Philadelphia’s offense finally busted loose against a Giants pitching staff that was on a historic run dating to last August. With four runs in the fifth inning, the last on a wild pitch by reliever Santiago Casilla, the Phillies claimed a 4-2 lead.

Back came the Giants.

San Francisco pulled it to 4-3 in the fifth and went ahead 5-4 on Pablo Sandoval‘s double in the sixth.

When the Philllies tied it 5-5 on Jayson Werth‘s double in the eighth, the Giants had one final reply.

Juan Uribe hit a one-out sacrifice fly in the ninth off Roy Oswalt — the Game 2 starter and winner — to score Aubrey Huff. The Giants mobbed Uribe, who, because of a bruised wrist suffered in Game 2, had been questionable to start Game 3 and didn’t start in Game 4.

 

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Playoff Pulse: Roy Oswalt Triumphs, Postseason Aces Face Off in New York

October 18, 2010   FanHouse TV   No comments

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The Phillies won a game with must-win feeling on Sunday night, locking up their NLCS with the Giants at one game apiece. As FanHouse TV’s Steve Phillips predicted, Roy Oswalt was the key, but who needs to step it up when the series shifts to the West Coast for Game 3?

In the ALCS, two of the most successful postseason pitchers ever will lock horns on Monday night when Cliff Lee takes on Andy Pettitte. In this edition of the Playoff Pulse, Phillips tells us why neither lefty will be the key figure in this pivotal Game 3. So who is, and is it possible that he plays for neither the Yankees nor the Rangers? Click to watch:

 

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Split Salvaged, Phillies Appear in Control as NLCS Shifts to San Francisco

October 17, 2010   Tom Krasovic   No comments

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Jimmy Rollins and Placido PolancoPHILADELPHIA — Getting into the spirit of NFL Sunday, Philadelphia’s baseball club unleashed a spread attack and tied up the National League Championship Series at a game apiece.

Led by an unlikely triple threat — pitcher Roy Oswalt — the Phillies won 6-1 by putting together their best all-around game in five this postseason.

Oswalt ran his fastball past Giants hitters to the tune of nine strikeouts, best of his postseason career, but he’ll be remembered more for running through a stop sign like a ballcarrier who smells the end zone.

Dusting off cobwebs, the Phillies also trotted out a more diversified offense, whether it was Shane Victorino bunting over the pitcher Oswalt as part of a late surge, or slump-ridden Jimmy Rollins blasting a three-run double off a scoreboard screen, or whiff-prone slugger Ryan Howard reaching base three times.

“We played a good game on both sides of the ball,” said Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth, sounding like a football coach.

Even after losing Game 1 on Saturday, the Phillies were still my pick to win a third consecutive National League pennant.

West Coast Bias isn’t going to slobber over the Evil Coast team, but I saw a few reasons beyond Sunday’s score to believe that Game 1 of the World Series will be in Philadelphia rather than San Francisco.

 

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Giants vs. Phillies: Roy Oswalt Does it All to Level NLCS in Game 2

October 17, 2010   Tom Krasovic   No comments

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PHILADELPHIA — When Roy Oswalt asked out of Houston this year, he envisioned fun times in October. The former Astros ace turned vision into reality Sunday night by pitching, hitting and running the Phillies past the Giants, a 6-1 victory that evened the National League Championship series at a game apiece.

Oswalt held San Francisco without a hit until the fifth inning. He sent a 6-1 lead into the ninth. Since losing his Phillies debut on July 30, the right-hander is 8-0 in 12 starts for the defending NL champions.

Naturally, the hit that broke up Oswalt’s no-hit bit bid was a home run by Cody Ross, the scorching-hot Giant who this month has channeled a young Willie Mays. Ross hit two home runs in Game 1 off Roy Halladay and a home run off Braves starter Derek Lowe in the final game of the Division Series. With his one-out drive into the left-field seats Sunday, off an inside fastball similar to those that Halladay served him, Ross nixed a no-hit outing for the third game in a row.

Oswalt helped himself with the bat as well. Batting to lead off the seventh, he singled off Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez to trigger a four-run surge that expanded Philadelphia’s lead to 6-1.

 

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