Cole Hamels

New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies MLB Picks:The Philadelphia Phillies scored three runs in the ninth and held off a Mets comeback attempt in the bottom of the ninth to win the series opener on Friday night.

Phillies will meet up against Jason Werth for the first time this season. Werth turned down $90 million to go to DC for $126 million.

A look at the offseason moves and spring training progress that puts the Phillies in prime position to go for a third straight National League Championship.

The Phillies had a good night last night, despite some late struggles. Some extra negativity came with reports that Brett Myers and Cole Hamels fought over Hamels' words from a recent press conference. However, the team and Myers denied these reports.

Cole Hamels loss to the Rockies yesterday now has a scapegoat. With Hamels' wife giving birth minutes after the game, Philadelphia now wonders whether concerns for the baby helped make it easier for the Rockies to get to Hamels.

This is an article on game one of the World Series.

The Tampa Bay Rays (97-65 in the regular season) are this year's feel good story.

OK - we didn't make it this year - but wait until 2012! We can do it in 2012!

When the Philadelphia Phillies called him up from the minors in mid-August, Michael Schwimer joined an elite group with a tiny membership -- Major League Baseball's small band of Jewish players.

As the Phillies get ready to face the Braves for the second time in 2011, Phillies fans contemplate whether or not They should worry about the 2011 Braves.

It's not that the Philadelphia Phillies quartet has pitched badly. It is just the opposite. They have pitched pretty much as expected, but the Phillies have become an offensively challenged team.

Joe Blanton is the odd-man out in the Phillies' star-studded rotation, but that doesn't mean he isn't a solid pitcher. He has a tendency to struggle early in the season, but come the summer months, Blanton transforms into a completely different pitcher.

Comparing past baseball greats to present day players is futile. Today's game is entirely different then in the past and trying to say today's players are not as great is absurd.

The 2011 MLB season is almost upon us and the biggest storyline this season is going to be the starting pitching staff of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Some of the biggest tickets in baseball are starring the Phillies due to their new super powered rotation. As such, fans are rushing to get tickets more than usual, as individual seats went on sale this morning for home games.

After four straight division titles, Phillies fans are somehow scared stiff. Lets take a step back from the ledge.

The Philadelphia Phillies completed a three game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds to advance to the National League Championship Series.

A recap of Davey Johnson's managerial career with the Mets, Reds, Orioles, and Dodgers.

The New York Mets pay lots of money for star players, but the team seems to fall short of the desired post-season berth every year these days.

Last week, the Phillies were rumored to lead the race for Roy Oswalt, but appeared to back off. A week later, the team is hot again, and new rumors have them all but set to make a deal this time, pending Oswalt's approval.

Yesterday, the Phillies were rumored to be close in landing Astros ace Roy Oswalt. However, his 2012 option could be a deal-breaker, although the Cardinals - who have already pounded the Phillies this week - are rumored to have a better chance now.

The Philadelphia Phillies made a huge investment in their future, signing two-time all-star first basemen Ryan Howard to a 5 year extension worth $125 million. This deal keeps a strong Phillies nucleus intact for several years.

The Phillies had a real shot to get closer to an NL East title, and move up in the National League, by beating the sub .500 Astros at home. But yet again, the Phillies couldn't handle Houston, and are closer to paying the ultimate price in October.

On Tuesday night, a Phillies fan lost a foul ball because his 3-year-old daughter threw it back when he wasn't looking. But in a time where many ugly stories have dominated sports lately, this incident became a rare heartwarmer for sports and baseball.

The Phillies have once again slain the New York Mets during a stretch run for the playoffs. The difference this time is that the Mets aren't in competition for the playoffs and the Phillies have basically locked up the NL East division title.