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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- As the good vibes from another World Baseball Classic reverberate through San Pedro de Macoris, here's a fascinating suggestion from a two-time WBC participant from the U. S. of A. on how this event can build on the groundwork it'...

The Phillies and Cole Hamels' agent have picked up the pace of discussions in recent days, sources said, and those intensified discussions are an indication the Phillies have started a major push to sign Hamels before the July 31 trade deadline.

Shortstop Jimmy Rollins is healthy, but first baseman Ryan Howard won't be ready to play anytime soon and second baseman Chase Utley is hurting.

The Phillies are feeling out other teams' interest in third baseman Placido Polanco, but are only interested in trading Polanco if they can't re-sign free-agent shortstop Jimmy Rollins, sources told ESPN.com Tuesday.

Phillies second baseman Chase Utley will miss at least two games with what his team believes is a "very mild concussion," Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Wednesday night.

One year after calf issues tormented Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins for virtually the entire 2010 season, he told ESPN.com: "The best advice I can give Derek Jeter is, 'You're going to get healed in the offseason.'"

Rumblings and Grumblings examines five players heading toward free agency as the faces of their franchise.

The Phillies' aces rode into spring training, where teammate Jimmy Rollins was waiting with a nickname for a rotation with the potential to do historic things.

Matt Cain and Cole Hamels have more in common than sharing the same mound for Game 3: They've both learned valuable lessons about hard luck.

The Phillies, in their series-evening, 6-1 victory over the Giants, were once again reminded by Roy Oswalt why they traded for him.

Jimmy Rollins was removed from Philadelphia's lineup after being announced as the leadoff hitter during pregame introductions for the Phillies' home opener.

Andy Pettitte was in trouble early in Game 3, but he calmly found his way out and ended up with yet another postseason win. Make that a huge postseason win.

Facing Mariano Rivera is usually a helpless situation for most hitters, but Jimmy Rollins says the Phillies may now know the key to the closers' success.

A title in 2008 wasn't enough. Not for these Phillies, anyway. Philadelphia finished off the L.A. Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLCS to return to the World Series for the second straight year.

Jimmy Rollins' two-out, two-run, game-winning double in the bottom of the ninth didn't just win Game 4 for the Phillies and give them a 3-1 NLCS lead over L.A. — it also finished a game that will live in postseason history.

The Phillies compiled the perfect season a year ago, but now a new year starts and they must forget about the past.