A 7th round draft selection in 2009 out of St. Thomas More High School, in Louisiana, Brody Colvin was originally committed to attend Louisiana State University, but signed with the Phillies at the deadline. The right-handed Colvin made his professional debut late in 2009, throwing 2 innings in a game for the Gulf Coast League [ ... ] ...
I’d been sitting on this topic for quite a while, wondering internally since the deal was made if it was a great move made by the Phillies. I’m talking about the Cliff Lee signing, which was all know was a very good, very prudent move by the organization. We’ve had it scanned into our brains [ ... ] ...
THERE IS NO question that Kevin Kolb's maximum value to the Eagles, as an asset to be traded, is right now - or, rather, as soon as the NFL's collective-bargaining high jinks are concluded. The problem is that, because nobody can accurately predict the new labor landscape, or the timing issues, to be forced to trade him for draft picks that don't arrive until 2012 is nobody's idea of maximum value ...
JUPITER, Fla. - Edwin Rodriguez knew something was up, because his phone would not stop ringing.One call. Then another. And another. By the Florida Marlins' manager's count, about half of the clubhouse dialed him up when the Phillies won the Cliff Lee sweepstakes this winter and made an already-strong rotation perhaps the most anticipated in baseball history ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. - As the pack of reporters departed the area around Cliff Lee's locker early Monday morning, the pitcher plopped into his seat and let out a sigh. Standing nearby, Roy Halladay cracked a smile and shook his head ...
The 76ers must simultaneously be nearsighted and farsighted.On Monday night at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, the team reconvened for practice after five days off for the all-star break ...
Score one for Christina Wearing a patch honoring Christina Taylor Green, righthander Justine Siegal became the first woman to pitch batting practice in a major-league spring-training camp when she threw to the Cleveland Indians Monday in Goodyear, Ariz. Christina was the 9-year-old granddaughter of former Phillies manager Dallas Green who was killed in last month's shootings in Tucson, Ariz ...