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Thursday 29th July, 2010

    • Gonzo: Domonic Brown hype goes into overdrive

    Philly.com

    As far as the merger of hype and Philly sports goes, you'd have to put the Spectrum farewell toward the top of the list. When Comcast-Spectacor finally finishes with its interminable goodbye and level...

    • Phillies give up two prospects but keep Singleton

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    As part of the deal that sent righthanded pitcher Roy Oswalt and cash consideration to the Phillies on Thursday, the team surrendered J.A. Happ and two minor-league prospects. The Astros acquired out...

    • John Smallwood: For starters, work of Phillies GM Amaro is unprecedented

    Philly.com

    WELL, IF NOTHING else, Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro certainly thinks big. Exactly 1 year ago yesterday, Amaro made a blockbuster move to acquire Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Cliff Lee from ...

  • Lidge help close Phillies' deal for Oswalt

    Philly.com

    FIRST, THE former teammates exchanged texts. Then there was a late-night phone call. Brad Lidge was giving whole new meaning to the concept of being the Phillies' closer, explaining to Astros ace righ...

  • 25 things to ponder about Roy Oswalt

    Philly.com

    THE PHILLIES not only landed one of the best pitchers in baseball, they also got a player who is so country he makes Kevin Kolb look like a metrosexual. Roy Oswalt married his high school sweetheart,...

  • Kendrick keeps it going as Phillies win eighth straight

    Philly.com

    Again, a 1.50 ERA. Lower than Roy Halladay's, lower than Cole Hamels', and lower than Roy Oswalt's. Yet the Phillies didn't eke out a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks until the 11th inning. And ...

  • Phillies add Oswalt to already potent rotation

    Philly.com

    THE ONLY THING missing from the dimly lit conference room was a haze of cigarette smoke and a row of slot machines. Wearing a checkered blazer that hung loosely from his shoulders and a thin shadow of...

  • Moyer's season is over, but he says not his career

    Philly.com

    Jamie Moyer admits his 2010 season is pretty much over. But if you think he is calling it a career, you haven't paid attention to his first 24 seasons in the big leagues. A visit to renowned surgeon ...

  • For pitcher who got his start in Philly, a bittersweet farewell

    Philly.com

    A few minutes before 3 p.m., as another late-July sun beat down on the warning track at Citizens Bank Park, a solitary figure strode out of the tunnel in rightfield wearing blue shorts and a T-Shirt e...

  • Nationals thunder past Braves, 5-3

    Philly.com

    Scott Olsen returned from the disabled list to win his first appearance in more than two months, Adam Dunn and Ian Desmond each homered and doubled, and the last-place Nationals beat the NL East-leadi...

  • Paul Hagen: Phils should have just kept Cliff Lee

    Philly.com

    IT'S ALL RIGHT to be unhappy with the trade that sent Cliff Lee packing last December. There were good, sound arguments for pairing him with Roy Halladay at the top of the Phillies rotation and going ...

  • Buck up, Baltimore! O's hire Showalter as manager

    Philly.com

    Buck Showalter was hired to manage the Baltimore Orioles yesterday, his latest rebuilding project in a major league career full of them. Baltimore had the worst record in the majors at 31-70 going in...

  • Nationals put Strasburg on disabled list

    Philly.com

    WASHINGTON - Rookie righthander Stephen Strasburg went on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with inflammation in his throwing shoulder, the latest indication of how careful the Washington Nationals ar...

  • Inside the Phillies: Oswalt a trade for Phillies future

    Philly.com

    Admittedly, that's an about-face from what appeared in this space in recent weeks. But now that Ruben Amaro Jr. has acquired righthander Roy Oswalt from the Houston Astros for lefthander J.A. Happ an...

  • Minor Leagues: Durham edges IronPigs, 2-1, in 11

    Philly.com

    ALLENTOWN - J.J. Furmaniak's two-out double in the 11th drove home the winning run as the Durham Bulls beat the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 2-1, in the International League on Thursday. John Mayberry Jr....

  • Low & Outside: AL Notes

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  • High & Inside: NL Notes

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  • A tough day for departing Happ

    Philly.com

    Early in the afternoon, J.A. Happ walked out of the Phillies' dugout in his red shirt and blue shorts. He started running sprints on the right-field warning track until Rich Dubee came up and put his ...

  • Bob Ford: Phillies' philosophy in Oswalt deal is a little late

    Philly.com

    Never mind. All that talk about restocking the farm system and balancing the need to win today with the need to put a team on the field in the future? Well, that was then. This is now, and now the Ph...

  • Rays' Price sets down Tigers, 4-2

    Philly.com

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - David Price keeps on pitching like an all-star. Price became the AL's first 14-game winner, Carlos Pena had four RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers, 4-2, Thur...

  • Oswalt becomes Phillies' latest ace

    Philly.com

    For 20 minutes late Wednesday, Roy Oswalt and Brad Lidge talked on the phone. It had been two months since Oswalt, the Houston righthander, had demanded a trade from the Astros. He had been presented...

  • Phillies Notes: Victorino on DL; Rollins still aching

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  • Oswalt Traded to Phillies; Tejada, Cantu Also Move

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    Filed at 1:11 a.m. ET Roy Oswalt granted his own wish: He's now part of a pennant race. Miguel Tejada, Jorge Cantu and Matt Capps joined the mix, too. The trade wheel of fortune kept spinning Thursd...

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