Urgent: Philadelphia Phillies
For the second consecutive season, the Philadelphia Phillies are NL East champs, and you can shop for all the authentic gear to get ready for the playoffs.
The Milwaukee Brewers play their first postseason game since 1982 this evening when they open the best-of-five National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
With eight innings of two-hit ball, Cole Hamels guided the Phillies over the Brewers, 3-1, in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday.
Behind their top two arms, the Phillies grabbed their first postseason victory in 15 years.
Two months ago, after pitching well in two starts for the Phillies, rookie J.A. Happ received the news that he was being sent back to the minors.
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The Phillies squandered a six-and-a-half game lead with a ten-game losing streak to close the 1964 season, and lost the pennant by one game to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Hamels pitched eight brilliant innings, Lidge escaped a ninth-inning jam and Philadelphia took advantage of Mike Cameron’s miscue in center field for a 3-1 win over Milwaukee in their playoff opener Wednesday.
The current team colors, uniform, and logo date to 1992.
Jimmy Rollins won’t repeat as the Most Valuable Player this season, mainly because his hitting statistics weren’t nearly as good as they were in 2007.
Phillies ace Cole Hamels will pitch Game 1 of the division series when the NL East champions open Wednesday at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers or Milwaukee Brewers.
Though the Phillies moved into a permanent home at Baker Bowl in 1887, they did not win their first pennant until nearly 20 years later, after the likes of standout players Billy Hamilton, Sam Thompson, and Ed Delahanty had departed.
The Phillies have won one World Series championship and five National League pennants in their history, but the franchise has also experienced long periods of struggle.
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Cole Hamels put Philadelphia in position to win, then Brad Lidge barely hung on.
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The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Long reputed as a players’ manager and hailed for his ability to maintain a positive mood in the clubhouse, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel appears to have won over even his staunchest detractors this season by demonstrating that he can be tough and fair and proving that he has the unyielding respect of his players.
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Photo: Cole Hamels, who did not allow a hit until the fifth, struck out nine.
Manuel has two rules hustle and be on time and he benched Jimmy Rollins, the reigning National League MVP, twice during a seven-week span for violating both.
Charlie Manuel took over the reins of the clubs from Bowa in 2005, and general manager Ed Wade was replaced by Pat Gillick.
Phillies fans are encouraged to register now for the chance to purchase tickets for potential World Series games to be held at Citizens Bank Park.
A bright spot came in 1915, when the Phillies won their first pennant, thanks to the pitching of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the batting prowess of Gavvy Cravath, who set what was then the modern major-league single-season record for home runs with 24.
Ryan Howard made a cameo appearance in the Phillies’ win over the Nationals, and although the MVP candidate didn’t drive in a run on Sunday’ he finished the year with a league-leading total of 146 RBIs 22 more than the runner-up, David Wright.
Manuel has two rules—hustle and be on time—and he benched Jimmy Rollins, the reigning National League MVP, twice during a seven-week span for violating both.
The new owner, Bob Carpenter, Jr., tried to polish the team’s image by unofficially changing the name to the “Blue Jays”; however, the new moniker did not take, and it was quietly dropped by 1949.
Brad Lidge is nominated for the 2008 Delivery Man of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher, and fans can help the Phillies’ closer earn the honor.
After a run of three straight division titles from 1976 to 1978, the Phillies won the NL East in 1980 behind pitcher Steve Carlton, outfielder Greg Luzinski, and infielders Mike Schmidt, Larry Bowa, and Pete Rose.
