John Mayberry, Jr.

PHILADELPHIA — The blistering sun is beating down on the field at Citizens Bank Park. Most players are sheltered from the stinging rays and high humidity in the more friendly confines of the clubhouse. Yet one face, the same one that emerges nearly...

If you're a diehard tuning in as the Phillies play out the string on a disappointing 2012 season, you've probably heard the ads for the team's upcoming winter cruise. The original guest list included Charlie Manuel, Richc Dubee, John Mayberry Jr. and...

Both starting pitchers in Tuesday's Game 3 of the NLDS between Cincinnati and San Francisco should be familiar to IronPigs fans. Ryan Vogelsong spent just over half the 2010 season in an IronPigs uniforrm, appearing 12 times at Coca-Cola Park including...

The Phillies may not be mathematically eliminated, but with the way they played the last two days, it’s hard to believe they have any sort of a shot at getting to the postseason. A day after having only three hits,......

The Phillies have about as good a chance of making the playoffs as I do of growing five inches. As much as I’d like that to happen --- and believe me, at 5-foot-2, I’d love for that to happen ---......

He always says he loves the big stage. He showed why again on Sunday afternoon in the 12th inning. With one out and runners at the corners, Jimmy Rollins hit a line drive up the middle to give the Phillies......

The home run ball continued to be problematic for Cliff Lee. Lucky for him, his teammates bailed him out. Lee allowed three home runs Sunday against the Diamondbacks (giving him 18 for the season), and when he left in the......

Today is supposed to feature a new "What Is It?" but the Phillies shakeup -- which also affected the IronPigs in a big way -- is so fresh that I decided to go with that instead. I'll post "What Is......

 Thanks to strong pitching from Gio Gonzalez and Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper’s burst of energy and Adam LaRoche’s slugging, the Washington Nationals won enough from April through September that even a loss on the first day of October could...

Darin Ruf homered for his first major league hit, Carlos Ruiz and Domonic Brown also went deep and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the playoff-bound Washington Nationals 6-3 Tuesday night. Cole Hamels (16-6) overcame five shaky innings to set a career...

Kyle Kendrick pitched effectively for 6 2/3 innings and Jimmy Rollins drove in a pair of runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night. Kendrick (7-9), one of seven pitchers used by Philadelphia,...

Cliff Lee threw seven innings and scored on Jimmy Rollins' inside-the-park home run to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to an 8-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. On the same day Philadelphia traded outfielders Shane Victorino to the...