For all the critics out there that are openly expressing their disapproval of Joe Blanton and his current standing on the team, have you not followed Blanton throughout his career? Blanton has, and will most
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Because of the popularity and, quite frankly, the dominating aspect that comes with the Phillies' rotation (minus Joe Blanton), I've decided to set up a tracker that will follow the Pheared Phour the entire season.
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Last year, the Phillies finished with 97 wins and just missed making their third straight World Series. In the offseason, Ruben Amaro, Jr. compiled arguably the best pitching staff on paper in the history of
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The offseason build up for the Phillies' pitching staff was through the roof. The expectations were overwhelming; many believed, or had hoped, the Phour Aces would each rack up 20+ wins with a sub 3.50
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Booing has been a specific practice in Philadelphia sports for decades. It goes all the way back to the Joe Kuharich days of coaching the Eagles at the legendary Franklin Field. Fans would shout “Joe
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The Phillies are off to the start that all fans hoped for all winter- if not better. The team has won 5 of its first 6 games, winning by dominant pitching at times, and an
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The Boogate 2011 saga continued tonight when Phillies fans did not boo starting pitcher Joe Blanton after he surrendered 7 runs to the New York Mets. Blanton, unlike Hamels blew a 7 run lead, gave
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A problem throughout the career of Cole Hamels has been issues with his focus and composure. While Hamels can be a dominating pitcher, he has had a number of games in his career in which
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The Philadelphia Phillies are all in. No longer an up and coming team, Ruben Amaro Jr and David Montgomery made it clear they are now one of the big boys in the MLB when they
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Yes, it's only spring training and anyone that knows anything about MLB knows that pitchers frequently do things during this time period that we wouldn't normally do in regular games. They like to experiment with
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