Philly Live 215

2008-05-17T01:17:00.001-04:00

Philadelphia Phillies Jason Werth (R) is congratulated by teammate So Taguchi (99) at the conclusion of their MLB Interleague baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 16, 2008. Werth hit a solo home run in the fifth inning, a grand slam home run in the third inning and a three-run home run off starting pitcher David Purcey in the second inning.

2008-05-04T01:19:00.000-04:00

Philadelphia Flyers' Mike Knuble celebrates his empty-net goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the final seconds of the third period in Game 5 of a second-round NHL playoff series, Saturday, May 3, 2008 in Montreal. The Flyers beat the Canadiens 6-4 to win the best-of-seven series 4-1 and move on to the next round.

2008-04-25T23:03:00.000-04:00

The Sixers proved their Game 1 victory was no fluke, doing everything Detroit normally did on the way to five straight trips to the Eastern Conference finals: Hit clutch shots, never lost composure and kept the pressure on all game to never let the Pistons go on a serious runs.

Miller had the best all-around game, but he had plenty of help as four others scored double figures, including Dalembert’s double-double.

2008-04-07T12:07:00.001-04:00

Philadelphia Phillies' Pat Burrell, middle, is congratulated at home plate by teammates Chase Utley, left, and Geoff Jenkins, right, after Burrell hit a two-run home run off Cincinnati pitcher Josh Fogg in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, April 4, 2008, in Cincinnati.

2008-04-07T09:22:00.001-04:00

The U.S. Postal Service is considering a request from grassroots supporters to issue a Wilt Chamberlain postage stamp. The notion was addressed to the USPS by Philadelphia Tribune sports writer Donald Hunt, citing Chamberlain's achievements that rank among greats such as Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis and Jesse Owens, who already don commemorative stamps. Chamberlain's sister Selina Gross couldn't agree more, adding that the honor would have been a pleasant surprise to her brother, who died due to heart failure in 1999.

"I'd be very proud if that happens, and I'm sure he would be too, if he was alive," Gross told the Associated Press. "I think he'd be honored and probably wouldn't believe this could happen to him."

2008-04-06T13:37:00.002-04:00

By virtue of their 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils and the Carolina Hurricanes’ 4-3 loss to the Florida Panthers, the Flyers clinched their first playoff berth in two years Friday night and can determine their first-round playoff opponent on Sunday when they face the Pittsburgh Penguins at home.

2007-02-19T19:58:00.000-05:00

"I am a little shocked," Forsberg said. "I kind of knew about it. ... I was being fair to give up my no-trade clause so they could get something for me. I get to go to a good team, so it worked out. I liked it here, but it was hard when I couldn't commit (to signing a new contract). That's why they had to move me, and I understand that."

2006-10-24T05:12:00.000-04:00

"Jamie was one of our more effective pitchers down the stretch," general manager Pat Gillick said. "He was an asset to our ballclub not just for his performance on the field, but also for his presence in the clubhouse."

2006-10-09T02:14:00.000-04:00

TO had 3 catches for 45 yards vrs the eagles

"I'm not going to sit up here and point a finger, so you guys can create a story," Owens said later during the press conference, refusing to blame Bledsoe for the loss. "It's not about that."

"It's frustrating," Owens said. "Opportunities were there and we didn't make them. I'm a competitor. I do not like to lose. Maybe I need to work harder."

2006-10-03T20:17:00.000-04:00

Allen Iverson tryin to lead the 76'ers back to the playoffs

"It's the same song and dance every year," Iverson said glumly. "I come into this press conference and say the same thing. I'll do anything it will take to win, and I'll play as hard as I can play and I give it everything that I have. I think every year that I've done that."

"It's taken longer than people would have thought," Iverson said. "The only thing I can do is keep going and see what happens."

2006-09-26T02:34:00.000-04:00

Jeremy Shockey rips his head coach after the game

"We got outplayed, and outcoached. Write that down," Shockey said.

"I think when Eli gets to call his plays, get his formations, I think we play better football, when he gets to decide a little bit more than just the set play and then you get to go for it," Shockey said. "But you can't play always in a no-huddle situation."

"You've got to go by their plays," Shockey said. "They're the coaches. They get paid money. They call the plays. Every coach out there is trying to help everybody to move the ball and help his team win. You can't just go out of no-huddle all the time."

2006-09-21T01:59:00.000-04:00

Phillies beat the cubs 4-1 behind Jaimie Moyer

"You have to give your bullpen an opportunity to pitch quality innings, not mop-up innings," Moyer said. "I wanted to go as deep as I can and throw as few pitches as possible."

2006-09-13T12:41:00.000-04:00

"You could read it on the wall," Primeau said Tuesday night.

"Since we're trying to find another center, somebody is on their way out, and the obvious assumption would be that I was not going to be returning," Primeau said.

2006-09-12T10:53:00.000-04:00

"It was a great play-action by Westbrook and the offensive line," McNabb said. "The safety at one point was in great position to make the play and then he came down pretty quickly to try to make a tackle on Westbrook and that gave Donte' a chance to get back and make the play."

2006-09-01T17:03:00.000-04:00

Philadelphia Phillies 1B Ryan Howard hit his 49th home run of the season Thursday, Aug. 31, breaking the franchise record for home runs in a season. The previous mark was held by Phillies great Mike Schmidt and was set in 1980. He also became just the sixth player in major league history to have 49 home runs entering September.

2006-08-23T00:52:00.000-04:00

"We got some big hits at the right time tonight," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "We kind of divided our offense. It was consistent throughout our lineup."

"He pitched like I've always seen him pitch," Manuel said. "He got a lot of ground balls, a lot chopped back. He pitched real good and he fits in."

"It's nice to be able to come in here and put some zeros up on the board and get some run support," Moyer said. "Compared to the situation I just left, there's a lot more fun involved with this."

2006-08-22T02:43:00.000-04:00

"They came together pretty good," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "It was fortunate someone didn't get hurt worse."

"I hope it's not broken," he said. "I want to get back out there soon, because I've been swinging the bat better lately. I'll keep my fingers crossed."

"My foot wasn't planted when I hit Chase," Rowand said. "We'll see what happens. The doctor said that if he had to guess, he didn't think" it was broken.

2006-08-20T01:26:00.000-04:00

"This guy is a good player and he's done a good job here for a number of years," Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi said. "A lot of people in this organization have a lot of fond memories of what he's done here. He's meant a lot to this franchise. But you've got to do what you've got to do."

"We feel we have good information on these guys and we ended up making a fair deal," Bavasi said. "We're happy with the guys that we got and the Phillies are happy with getting Jamie over there."

2006-08-18T15:00:00.000-04:00

"Not where I want to be, but definitely some improvement," Owens said after the nearly 2 1/2 -hour practice. "I just felt like with the things I was doing rehabwise, I could do some limited stuff. We're not going to go overboard. They're going to work me in until I get my endurance."

"I just prayed about it, right before I got out here. That's the God's honest truth," Owens said. "I feel like a lot of people have been speculating with me sitting on the bike every day. ... I'm not going to let anybody, as far as mediawise, coachingwise, speculate as far as my health is concern. I feel like I've got nothing to prove to anybody."

"I don't want to have any friction with anybody," he said. "But I feel like at some time, when someone starts to question my heart or my injury, it does get under your skin a little bit."

2006-08-18T14:58:00.000-04:00

"Can you get a little frustrated from time to time? Yeah," Parcells said. "But that's all. We'll see. Things will work out. ... I don't want to jeopardize the early part of the season by making a mistake here. I really don't."

"That doesn't mean he would play," Parcells said. "He has missed a lot of time. It wouldn't be so much whether he practiced or not, as to how he looked, how much he practiced and did he get enough practice to make a good judgment about playing him."

2006-08-01T23:28:00.000-04:00

Chase Utley extends his hitting streak to 33 games

"He was hitting his spots with all his pitches," Utley said. "He was throwing the ball where he wanted to and he was keeping us off balance."

"Hopefully he breaks all of them, the way he's going right now," Rollins said Monday. "We need it."

"It would be nice to get out of the heat, but I hear it's pretty hot in St. Louis," Utley said.

"I usually make that play," Uggla said. "He's hitting the ball hard, but I normally would make that play."

"A hit's a hit," Utley said.

2006-08-01T23:27:00.000-04:00

2006-08-01T17:32:00.000-04:00

"Bobby is a good fit for us right now at a position where we were trying to find something on a day-to-day situation," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "What he brings to the table certainly helps us."

"We talked to Bobby a week to 10 days and got a pretty good indication on the clubs he would go to," Gillick said. "And most of the players of his caliber want to go to contending clubs. So we had a group to work with and were fortunate to make this deal with the Yankees."

"This club is fighting for everything it can get and I wanted to do my part to help them," Cashman said. "Before the trade was made I needed to see if our owner (George Steinbrenner) was willing to step up like he has so many times in the past and he did once again."

"It is hard to prepare (for a trade)," Abreu said. "You have some friends over here, being here in this organization for many years (nine). This organization gave me the opportunity to play the game and show I can play in the big leagues. They have treated me good."

"I was in Philadelphia for nine years and received plenty of support," Abreu said. "If it was up to me I wouldn't leave here but baseball is a business."

2006-08-01T17:28:00.000-04:00

"I had been hearing my name for a couple of weeks now since the All-Star break," Lidle said. "I have been in the game long enough. I know what's going on. It is a business."

2006-08-01T17:25:00.000-04:00

"I wasn't expecting anything like this to happen," Bell said. "But at the same time, you know that there's always that chance."

"It was disappointing because we didn't win," Bell said. "That's why I came here, to be part of a winning team. Other than that, I would say I enjoyed my time here."

"Probably three or four days ago," Gillick said. "They've had some problems over there with Koskie, and they contacted us."

2006-08-01T17:24:00.000-04:00

"We're throwing him into the fray," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "He hasn't played in a few days, so we'll see where we are."

"He's very professional the way he goes about his business," Torre said of Fasano. "We just thought he was a better option. We just have a lot of firsthand knowledge about him."

2006-07-28T19:18:00.000-04:00

"It won't sell unless he's talking about me," McNabb said, adding that he didn't read the book and is waiting to play himself in the movie.

"He told me, 'Hey, I was open on that. Throw me the ball,"' McNabb said in a soft voice. "And you guys believe that, I'm sure. I mean, you think about that."

"It's funny how they would just come to him," McNabb said sarcastically. "Why wouldn't they just say something to me? To say that I can't play in big games, I don't think that's a true statement at all, so I don't get offended by anything he may have said in his book that he was misquoted."

"I can sit here and say that's not true," McNabb said. "If I had that much pull, a lot of changes would be made."

"He's a great player. He works hard. He gets out on the field and makes plays. That's all you ask," McNabb said. "Now, what you may get other than that, you never know nowadays."

"I've never felt I lost the locker room and I don't feel I need to get the locker room back," McNabb said. "To be honest with you, the way that you win anything is by winning games. The way of handling it for me is just to get out on this football field, make plays and then win games."

"The good thing in life is that you can put the past behind you and move on and kind of create your own future," McNabb said. "This team is definitely hungry. This team is looking forward to getting out there and answering the critics."

2006-07-28T19:15:00.000-04:00

"We've put behind the 2005 season. We have moved forward," Reid said. "All the players feel that way. All the coaches feel that way. We're ready to go. I don't think we're worried about what happened in 2005."

"I was impressed the way they came in upbeat and positive," Reid said, referring to the players' attitudes when they arrived for the first minicamp in May.

"I think everybody thinks they need to do a little better," Reid said.

2006-07-28T19:14:00.000-04:00

"(Heroic) was one of the words that Jason used," said Owens, after signing his book for about 400 fans and collectors at a Wal-Mart near the Cowboys' headquarters. "... I can't say that I called it 'heroic."'

2006-07-24T00:06:00.000-04:00

“My fight in the ring is over but my fight for the kids of this City has just begun. The stakes are higher and the price for crime is too great for them today to make a mistake. I didn’t accept this job for show and I will take the responsibility as Commissioner with the same level of seriousness I showed throughout my career.”

2006-07-23T14:03:00.000-04:00

"I think he'll be able to handle it," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said of the fans' reaction to Myers. "I want him to do good. I want everything to run smooth and get it behind us."

"We'll find out tomorrow," Manuel said. "I think he'll treat it like an ordinary game."

2006-07-17T15:41:00.000-04:00

"I've been humbled greatly by this problem and I deeply regret any incident that happened," Myers said Friday before the Phillies played the San Francisco Giants. "Over the last several weeks I learned a lot about myself and I have a lot more to learn."

2006-07-11T10:18:00.000-04:00

"Basically, he told me to pretend that no one else was out there, that it was just Ramon and myself," Howard said, referring to batting practice pitcher Ramon Henderson. "Just get locked in that way. Just take pitches and try not to tire yourself out too early."

"I really didn't have to do a whole lot," Howard said. "It was really Ramon. He put it pretty much to where I could try to hit it to right-center. Some of them, I just kind of got out in front of and was able to hit."

"I liked it," Howard said of the rule change. "It allows you to have one good round and one bad round and not necessarily be punished for that bad round."

2006-07-05T09:27:00.000-04:00

Happy 4th of July

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2006-05-31T07:09:00.000-04:00

1980

Top vote getter on National League All-Star Team but was injured and did not play
Son Jonathan Michael born on July 14th
July 25th, breaks Del Ennis' team record for career home runs (260)
National League Player of the Month in July
Leads National League in home runs (48)
Leads National League in RBI (121)
Leads National League in slugging percentage (.624)
Leads National League in on-base percentage (.388)
Most home runs in a season by a third baseman (48)
World Series Achievements
- Game 1: scores two runs
- Game 2: doubles in winning run
- Game 3: hits home run in losing effort
- Game 5: hits 2-run home run and singles to start 9th inning rally
- Game 6: singles in first two runs
- .381 World Series batting average
- World Series MVP
National League Most Valuable Player
Sport Magazine Most Valuable Player
The Sporting News National League Player of the Year
The Sporting News National League All-Star Third Baseman
UPI National League Player of the Year
UPI National League All-Star Third Baseman
Named "Professional Athlete of the Year" by the Philadelphia Sportswriters Association
Wins MPBPA "Babe Ruth Crown"
Wins Gold Glove award
Wins Silver Slugger Award for offensive excellence

2006-05-31T07:08:00.000-04:00

1981

Voted to the National League All-Star Team
Begins "Mike's MVP Section" which provides tickets to underpriviledged youth
Hits 300th home run on August 14th, off of Mike Scott in New York, in the 3rd inning
National League Player of the Month for August
Hits 310th home run on September 20th surpassing Jimmie Foxx for most homers in Philadelphia history
On October 2nd, hits first pinch hit home run with 2 outs in the 9th inning to beat the Cubs, 9-7
Leads National League in home runs (31)
Leads National League in RBI (91)
Leads National League in walks (73)
Leads National League in runs (78)
Leads National League in slugging percentage (.644)
Leads National League in on-base percentage (.439)
Leads National League in assists (249)
Named National League's Most Valuable Player
UPI National League All-Star Team
AP Major League All-Star Team
The Sporting News All-Star Team
Wins Seagram's Seven Crown of Sports Award for the most consistant and productive player
Wins Silver Slugger award
Wins Gold Glove award

2006-05-31T07:07:00.000-04:00

1986

Moves back to Third Base
Breaks Phillies RBI record with 1,287 on April 26th, surpassing Ed Delahanty
Named National League Player of the Week (April 21st-27th)
Becomes first Phillie to play in 2,000 games on June 9th
Hits 475th home run on July 8th against Atlanta's Rick Mahler tying Stan Musial and Willie Stargell on the all-time home run list
Hits 476th home run on July 13th in Houston vs. Bob Knepper surpassing Musial and Stargell on the all-time home run list
Voted to the National League All-Star Team
- Draws a walk in his only All-Star at bat
Breaks Phillies record for at bats on August 13th
Hits 493rd home run on September 12th against New York's Dwight Gooden tying Lou Gehrig on the all-time home run list
Hits 494rd home run on September 15th against Pittsburg's Rick Rhoden surpassing Gehrig on the all-time home run list
Commits career low 8 errors
Strikes out a career low 84 times
Leads National League in home runs (37)
Leads National League in RBI (119)
Leads National League in slugging (.547)
Breaks team record for most intentional walks in a season (26)
Wins National League Most Valuable Player
Wins Gold Glove award
Wins Silver Slugger award

2006-05-31T07:06:00.000-04:00