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Michael Young scored the go-ahead run from first base on a single in the eighth inning, and Domonic Brown homered and hit an RBI double as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 5-3 Saturday night.

One of the first major impacts Bill James made as a sabermetrician was pointing out the huge effect that ballparks had on statistics. I mean, people always knew that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field were good hitting parks, or that the Astrodome was a l...

Getty Images/USA TODAY Sports The Mets face (l to r) Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Kyle Kendrick this week in Philly. METS (4-2, second place/NL East) at PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (2-4, fourth place/NL East) Monday: RHP Matt Harvey (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP...

Buster Olney takes a look at the Phillies, a team that has showed a lot of positive signs this spring. But one not-so-good sign has been the performance of Roy Halladay.

Blog | Conversation | March 18, 2013

Charlie Manuel is tired of talking about his contract.

Let's play a little Hall of Fame game. I'm going to present two players with similar statistics. One is in the Hall of Fame and the other is on this year's ballot. Presented two lines of numbers, can you guess which player is the Hall of Famer? Check...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg to their coaching staff as third-base coach and infield instructor. Read the entire story....

Ryne Sandberg is back in the big leagues.

With the season winding down, we're starting to get a sense of which teams might have managerial openings. But who might fill those holes? Here are the names that will be discussed most frequently this winter. Ryne Sandberg, manager, Triple-A Lehi...

Blog | September 20, 2012

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Ryne Sandberg takes a brief hiatus from his managerial duties each July and heads to Cooperstown, N.Y., for the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. It's a nice opportunity to play some golf, relive old memories and enjoy the...

Ryne Sandberg has been in his minor league managing limbo for six seasons now. His shot at a major league job is overdue.

CHICAGO -- Make no mistake about it, Darwin Barney's errorless streak has reached triple digits. After a putout and three assists Monday, Barney has now gone 100 games without an error to extend the longest such streak in a single season in Chicag...

Before the Olympics began, Kobe Bryant suggested this year's Olympic basketball team would defeat the fabled 1992 Dream Team that featured Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley and Larry Bird. Bryant later adjusted his thoughts, saying the D...

How many indignities can one Hall of Famer endure? That question comes to mind after seeing Ryne Sandberg -- currently the manager of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate -- wearing a Santa Claus-ish uniform for the team's ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- The iconic Chicago Cubs Hall Of Fame players who made their way to upstate New York for Ron Santo's induction seem relieved that the nine-time All-Star has finally received credit for his extraordinary career. "Ronnie was dese...