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Good Grief

(I know you’re all hurting after last night, I am too. But those games- those endings- are character building. Let’s fight through it, in good part with laughter

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Jayson Werth May Secretly Be an Icelandic Supermodel

And the Phillies are making the call to the bullpen. Looks like  Chad Qualls   will be coming in to try and get the Fightins out of this seventh inning.

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This Poor Lady Can’t Believe It

Still Dead 

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A Tuesday Afternoon Michael Martinez Injury Update

Papelburn Roasted On occasion that which we care for trolls us mercilessly (if you’re the parent to a toddler you live that lesson). Baseball trolled Philadelphia baseball and its fandom hard last night, and all we can do is chuckle and tip our caps.

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Tale: Spun

I know I said earlier that I was done talking about Cole Hamels and his bean ball incident against Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, but when news breaks it changes plans quickly. Hamels has been suspended five games by Major League Baseball, and he will begin serving the penalty without contest immediately. As I said earlier today, by openly admitting to intentionally hitting Harper Sunday night Hamels automatically loses any right to appeal he would have had otherwise.

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Cole Hamels gets off easy with suspension

It looked ugly right away, and Jayson Werth’s reaction told the story well enough. The Nationals confirmed last night that their star right fielder suffered a broken wrist while trying to snag a ball in the outfield last night against the Phillies.

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Report: Jayson Werth to have surgery, miss 10-12 weeks

Has a Roy Halladay start ever been as overshadowed as tonight’s? While the baseball world is still buzzing over the Cole Hamels vs. Nationals incident , with Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo chiming in Monday morning, the Phillies return home for an important home stand.

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Roy Halladay faces Mets on national stage

natsenquirer.com screencgrab Concerning those incidents, Mike Rizzo calmly noted : “Some of the things that he did were disconcerting to me,” General Manager Mike Rizzo said. “A lot if it snowballed after that. Most of the incidents I really have little or no problem with at all.

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Mike Rizzo is a Gutless Scumbag Hypocrite

The fallout from Cole Hamels pegging Bryce Harper in the backside Sunday night in the first inning continues today, with the Washington Nationals getting in to the mix in ironic fashion. A general manager calling a player gutless? Real smooth move for a man who will defend himself from a luxury box in the stadium while the player has to work on the field

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Is Cole Hamels "fake tough," as Nationals GM suggests?