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Today huge for Cole, Phillies

A must-win game in April? The 14th game of the year? You better believe it. As awesome as the Phillies have been so far in this young season, things could change very quickly should the team not own first place after today. The...

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Phillies Chooch finally getting his props with endorsements

Carlos Ruiz is one of Mrs. DailyPhiladelphian’s favorite Phillies. She loves Chooch so much that she lightly applauded for Carlos Lee last week, thinking she had heard Dan Baker say Carlos Ruiz. Now, I guess I can expect ...

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Injury bug killing the Phillies mojo

Two All-Stars. Two hitting studs. Two potential Gold Gloves. Two spots on the DL. That’s what the Phillies have right now in Chase Utley and Placido Polanco. Both men were placed on the DL Tuesday — Utley with a thu...

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Which Phillies deserve All-Star consideration?

By FRANK WARD DailyPhiladelphian.com Editor With the voting for the 81st MLB All-Star game in the final stages, and the Phillies offensive leaders in the midst of an unthinkable power outage, the red pinstripes may not be as we...

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Chooch injures knee in loss to Rockies

With backup catcher Brian Schneider already on the DL, the Phillies can ill afford to lose starter Carlos Ruiz. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened in the fourth inning of Wednesday’s 4-3 loss to the Rockies...

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