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PHILADELPHIA -- Terry Francona and Charlie Manuel go back a ways. In the summer of 1988, Francona logged a 62-game cameo with the Cleveland Indians near the tail end of his playing career. He had bad knees and minimal power for a first baseman-DH, as...

Cliff Lee shut down the Giants once again with eight strong innings, Michael Young hit a two-run double among his three hits and the Philadelphia Phillies stopped San Francisco's season-best six-game winning streak with a 6-2 victory Monday night.

Cliff Lee said that the Philadelphia Phillies need to have "a little more pride" following their second straight lopsided loss to the Cleveland Indians.

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Terry Collins said he knew Charlie Manuel would counter with Ryan Howard as a pinch hitter with two on, two out and the score tied in the seventh inning once Collins replaced Jonathon Niese with Scott Atchison. But, Collins decided, Niese was done...

WHAT IT MEANS: Jonathon Niese showed no effects from the comebacker that struck him in the right leg. The lack of support came from teammates. Scott Atchison allowed a pair of runners inherited from Niese to score in the seventh inning and the Phi...

Associated Press/USA TODAY Sports The Mets face (l to r) Kyle Kendrick, Jonathon Pettibone and Cole Hamels this weekend at Citi Field. METS (10-10, second place/NL East) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (9-14, fourth place/NL East) Friday: RHP Dillon G...

Eric Karabell and I discuss which manager may be the first to be fired. I go with the obvious choice but Eric has a surprising answer about a manager who better keep winning....

Amazingly, one-third of the managers in the big leagues don't have a deal that extends beyond this season.

FIRST PITCH: After an off-day that included trips to the Mall of America and a Minnesota Wild game while dodging snowflakes, the Mets get back to work Friday with an interleague series against the Twins -- weather-permitting. The forecast for toni...

Domonic Brown and Chase Utley homered in a five-run first, Kyle Kendrick threw six effective innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 7-3 Wednesday night.

Roy Halladay has a 14.73 ERA after two starts. But Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Tuesday that the ace pitcher is in no danger of running out of time to fix what ails him.

Buster Olney takes a look at 10 of baseball's most inflammatory situations this season, including Charlie Manuel's future in Philadelphia and the battle for the L.A. market.

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Charlie Manuel figures he has plenty of time to see his grandchildren, play golf and travel the world during the offseason.

Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel and pitching coach Rich Dubee both expressed "concern" over ace Roy Halladay's rough spring training outing Tuesday.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Astute observer of the baseball universe that he is, Charlie Manuel has noticed something about leadership -- or the lack thereof. From 2007 to 2011, when that Phillies team of his was averaging nearly 95 wins a year and outwi...