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Do Philadelphia fans, whose behavior is as notorious as it gets, deserve to enjoy a world championship?

Buster Olney writes that the Phillies have already tried to gauge teams' potential interest in Cole Hamels and Shane Victorino, so if they continue to struggle they'll have a sense of what the trade market is for both players.

Blog | Conversation | May 12, 2012

Breaking down the winners, the losers, and every award-winning performance before they even happen.

Eric Karabell takes a look back at Monday's notable fantasy performances, including Josh Outman's return to the bigs and Corey Hart's first homers of the season.

Blog | Conversation | May 24, 2011

Take six days of games from early June, or mid-August, and you would never see the kind of sweeping conclusions or panic or euphoria that you see extracted from the first week of every season. It's one small slice, only a touch of frosting on a ...

Blog | April 06, 2011

If you took a six-day period from any other point in the season, it wouldn't seem like a big deal, but the six days that kick off the baseball season can feel like a segment where a lifetime of information is processed. So what's real, and what's not?

Blog | Conversation | April 06, 2011

The San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies take the field tonight for a Game 2 matchup featuring Jonathan Sanchez and Roy Oswalt on the mound. San Francisco won the first game of the series 4-3, and if history is any indication, the Giants no...

Fantasy baseball postseason pools can be a blast. The important thing to remember is the best players from the regular season often don't get the chance to show their stuff enough in October. Take Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto, for ex...

Blog | October 04, 2010

Eric Karabell ranks the top 100 players for fantasy baseball leagues taking place specifically during the playoffs.

Blog | Conversation | October 04, 2010

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Chase Utley homered again and the Phillies beat the Nats to take over first in the NL East.

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Tom Glavine pitched 5 2/3 effective innings to earn his first win for Atlanta in six years and the Braves held on for an 8-6 victory over the Phillies on Wednesday night.

When Jimmy Rollins boldly predicted the Phillies would win the NL East, he didn't expect it would take Philadelphia this long to reach first place.