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| Diamondbacks place P Gordon, Scherzer on DL |
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04/05/2009 |
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| zer on the 15-day disabled list, the club announced on Sunday. Gordon, who agreed to a one-year contract in the offseason, is suffering from a right elbow ailment that cut his season short last year. The 41-year-old appeared in only 34 games for the Philadelphia Phillies prior to being placed on the DL on July 6 with right elbow inflammation. He went 5-4 with a 5.16 earned run average in 29 2/3 innings with two saves. Gordon, a three-time All-Star, has a career record of 138-125 with 158 saves and a 3.94 ERA over 88 |
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| Phils start defense of title against Braves at Citizens Bank Park |
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04/05/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Philadelphia Phillies begin defense of their World Series championship this evening, as they lift the lid off the 2009 season with the opener of a three-game set against the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park. After capturing its second straight National League East title, Philadelphia steamrolled its way through the postseason to capture its second World Series title in team history and its first since 1983 with a Game 5 victory over the surprising Tampa Bay Rays. Behind a strong rotation, |
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| Braves place Glavine on DL |
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04/03/2009 |
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| on the DL retroactive to April 2 while Ross, who has a strained right groin, hit the DL retroactive to April 1. Also on Friday, the team optioned pitchers Manny Acosta and Boone Logan along with outfielders Gregor Blanco and Brandon Jones to Triple-A Gwinnett of the International League. Pitcher Kris Medlen, infielder Brooks Conrad and catcher J.C. Boscan were re-assigned to minor league camp. The Braves open up their regular season on Sunday in Philadelphia against the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies. |
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| 2009 MLB Outlook |
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04/02/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - After what seemed like the longest Spring Training in history, we are finally ready to lift the lid on the 2009 Major League Baseball season. A lot has changed since Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske to clinch the Philadelphia Phillies' second-ever World Series title, while delivering the City of Brotherly Love its first major sports championship of any kind in 25 years. Philadelphia is again an odds-on favorite to win the NL East, as it returns basically the same team from a year ago with the ex |
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| Toronto Blue Jays 2009 Preview |
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04/01/2009 |
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| ll emerge as the team's starting shortstop, ahead of Marco Scutaro. McDonald is a career .236 hitter, but is a sterling defender. Behind the plate will be veteran Rod Barajas, who reneged on a contractual agreement with the Blue Jays in favor of the Philadelphia Phillies before the 2007 season but turned into the team's No. 1 catcher in 2008 after signing as a free agent. He led all AL catchers, as pitchers pitched to a 3.32 ERA with him behind the plate and he threw out 34.4 percent of potential base stealers. OUTF |
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| Phillies release Jenkins |
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03/31/2009 |
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| Clearwater, FL (BettingExpress) - The Philadelphia Phillies released outfielder Geoff Jenkins on Tuesday. Jenkins came to the Phillies in 2008 after spending the first 10 years of his career in Milwaukee. He posted his worst offensive season in 2008 since his rookie year, hitting .246 with nine homers and 29 runs batted in during 115 games. The Phillies are still obligated to pay Jenkins $6.75 million in 2009 plus a $1.25 million buyout for 2010 unless he is claimed on waivers. For his career, Jenkins has 221 homer |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 2009 Preview |
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03/31/2009 |
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| s Network) - This coming season could be a historic one for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Unfortunately it will be for all the wrong reasons, as the team tries to avoid a major league record 17th consecutive losing season. Last season the Pirates tied the Philadelphia Phillies (1933-48) in futility, finishing below .500 for the 16th straight year, going 67-95. However, there are some reasons for optimism in the Steel City, despite the fact that the team went a miserable 17-37 record following the trades of veteran outfiel |
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| Phils' Hamels ruled out for Opening Day |
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03/31/2009 |
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| Clearwater, FL (BettingExpress) - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher and reigning World Series MVP Cole Hamels has been officially ruled out for Opening Day against the Atlanta Braves on April 5. Hamels was initially expected to start the defending champs' season opener but experienced elbow inflammation this spring, causing the team to take every precaution that its star pitcher would not miss extended time this season. Hamels had an MRI and a dynamic ultrasound in Philadelphia earlier in the month, and the tests revea |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 2009 Preview |
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03/30/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (BettingExpress) - For just the second time in franchise history, the Philadelphia Phillies will enter a season as defending World Series Champions. It had been a long drought for the City of Brotherly Love. Twenty-five years and 100 seasons between titles, the Phillies gave their city its first championship since the Philadelphia 76ers in 1983. It was also just the Phils second title since forming in 1883 and first since 1980. Not that it came easy. After overcoming a seven-game deficit with 17 ga |
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| New York Mets 2009 Preview |
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03/30/2009 |
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| in baseball, Johan Santana, is hardly a minor upgrade. Instead, the Mets might have fooled themselves into thinking that was enough. One year removed from another late-season collapse, this time blowing a 3 1/2- game September 10th advantage to the Philadelphia Phillies, again, New York knew it needed to fix what went wrong in 2008. Boy did they ever. The Mets' bullpen took most of the heat for the 2008 version of the great collapse. New York ended last year with 29 blown saves and its relief group went into disarr |
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