Bone Spur

MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Delmon Young's first impression as a Phillie was mighty impressive -- hitting an opposite field homer in his first at-bat in Cleveland back on April 30 -- after spending the season's first month...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH When Chase Utley felt a burn in his side on his fourth swing of batting practice Tuesday afternoon in Miami, it appeared that the Phillies season -- already burned by the injury...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Tyler Cloyd wasn't atop the list when the Phillies lost left-hander John Lannan to a knee injury and had to call down to the farm for a starting pitcher. The team instead called...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH The Phillies fortunes in the 2013 season began with the health of the three former All-Stars who all missed significant time in 2012: Roy Halladay, Ryan Howard and Chase Utley....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH When Jonathan Pettibone was first called up to the major leagues to replace John Lannan in the Phillies starting rotation, the expectations were not too high. After all,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH One of the things that the inconsistent Phillies could least afford to happen to them would be a number of injuries to some of their key players. Well, it is already starting...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH They say that numbers never lie. But when you look at the case of the Phillies after 25 percent of the season has been put into the books, the numbers don't give you any kind...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH There is a chance that Roy Halladay could still pitch this season for the Phillies. Team doctor Michael Ciccotti said it is very possible the two-time Cy Young Award winner could...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH There are some guys who would look at facing the American League co-leader in home runs in a tight game as the go-ahead run in the eighth inning when you've just been called...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Maybe it was a veiled threat. Or perhaps, it was an innocent slip of the tongue by a manager that is known to occasionally get the words mixed up. But when the subject of whether...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH At the beginning of the Phillies seven-game west coast trip through San Francisco and Phoenix, Kyle Kendrick held the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants to two runs...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Late Friday night, Justin De Fratus arrived in Phoenix to join the Phillies bullpen. He wasn't needed Saturday. On Sunday, the 25-year-old right-hander was asked to get an...