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Scott Lauber
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The Morning Call
4h
When Nick Pivetta decided that this would be the offseason to relocate from western Canada, he and his wife considered a few options. They looked into Seattle. Maybe in California. Colorado, perhaps? That's when Pivetta's agent made a pitch that a...
Philadelphia Phillies
... in 2018. Then last season, at age 24, Giolito had the breakthrough that the Phillies hoped for from Pivetta. He won 11 of his first 14 decisions, took a 3.15 ERA ...
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Stephen Gross
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The Morning Call
6h
Vince Velasquez hopes Phillies'new pitching coach Bryan Price can help him be consistent.
Philadelphia Phillies
... best year of his major league career came in 2016 — his first year with the Phillies — when he posted a 4.12 ERA. It included his most impressive outing to date: ...
by:
Paul Muschick
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The Morning Call
24 Jan
Column: Pennsylvania finally is repealing some of its blue laws. A fracas over one law left a young man dead 99 years ago.
Philadelphia Phillies
by:
Stephen Gross
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The Morning Call
24 Jan
Joe Girardi has said all the right things since being hired as the new Phillies manager. He is looking forward to getting to know his players better in spring training.
Philadelphia Phillies
... ing training — which opens in just under three weeks — Thursday night as the Phillies Winter Caravan stopped at the Wind Creek Event Center in Bethlehem. The Phil ...
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Mark Wogenrich
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The Morning Call
22 Jan
The Phillies on Wednesday continued their plunder of the 2015 Pittsburgh Pirates, signing two players from that roster to minor-league contracts.
Philadelphia Phillies
... ttsburgh Pirates Neil Walker, left, and Josh Harrison are reuniting with the Phillies. (Gene J. Puskar / AP) The Phillies on Wednesday continued their plunder of ...
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Paul Muschick
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The Morning Call
22 Jan
Column: It’s time to let pitchers wear an earpiece so they can hear instructions from the dugout about what pitch to throw, similar to how football coaches send plays to quarterbacks from the sideline.
Philadelphia Phillies
... as the game has. In 1898, a Reds player literally unearthed a scheme by the Phillies when he snagged his spikes on a telegraph wire buried near third base. Accor ...
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Nick Fierro
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The Morning Call
21 Jan
New Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi steals show with personality and compliments at sports writers banquet.
Philadelphia Phillies
... ored to be here,” he said. “I can’t wait to see the work that the men in the Phillies uniform [are] going to do this year. I’m excited about the whole team. They’ ...
by:
Scott Lauber
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The Morning Call
20 Jan
The Phillies' center-field job is Adam Haseley's to lose, and they need him to win it and keep it.
Philadelphia Phillies
... leagues. But given that he started the season at double-A Reading — and the Phillies had Andrew McCutchen in left field, Odubel Herrera in center, and eventually ...
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Bob Brookover
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The Morning Call
18 Jan
The time is going to come when the Philadelphia Phillies ask J.T. Realmuto for an answer. A contract extension that will kick in at the start of the 2021 season will be on the table, and it’s going to be for life-changing money even for a man who...
Philadelphia Phillies
... not talked about an extension since the end of last season. Since then, the Phillies have actually given Realmuto another reason to be concerned about his future ...
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Scott Lauber
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The Morning Call
17 Jan
The Phillies have made it clear Alec Bohm is the third baseman of the future. Now it's just a matter of when the 2018 first-round pick is ready — and we may have to wait for his glove, not his bat.
Philadelphia Phillies
... At a time when the cream of the third-base crop is eminently available, the Phillies have turned inward. Could there be any bigger compliment for top prospect Al ...
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Janie McCauley
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The Morning Call
17 Jan
Alyssa Nakken has become the first female coach on a major league staff in baseball history after being named an assistant under new Giants manager Gabe Kapler
Philadelphia Phillies
... named an assistant under new Giants manager Gabe Kapler. Kapler managed the Phillies for two seasons, 2018 and 2019. Advertisement Major League Baseball confirme ...
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Matt Breen
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The Morning Call
16 Jan
Charlie Manuel is preparing to return home to Florida after surviving a recent health scare that forced him last month to travel to Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Phillies
... as an interim hitting coach for the final two months of the season after the Phillies fired John Mallee. His tenure was never scheduled to extend past the 2019 se ...
