Announcers Were So Disappointed by Yankees Rookie’s ‘Inexcusable’ Play vs. Braves This was a brutal base-running blunder by Yankees' Jorbit Vivas. Sports Illustrated · Jul 19, 2025
Joe Buck will call the Brewers-Yankees game on opening day for ESPN Joe Buck will call his first nationally televised baseball game since 2021 on opening day The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025
Are Cubs fans too spoiled to throw their hearts into a wild-card-or-bust scenario? The innocent romances of pre-2016 playoff years are relics, but if we can find our inner rubes — they’ve got to be in there somewhere — it might be a lot of fun. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 26, 2023
Joe Girardi Q&A: Former Yankee talks catching perfection, managing Domingo German and Kyle Higashioka Having been behind the plate for David Cone’s perfect game in 1999, Joe Girardi knows what it’s like to catch baseball history in a Yankees uniform. Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023
How will you manage this baseball trivia quiz? Try not to get thrown out of the game while taking this quiz about big-league skippers past and present. Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2023
Mets' Max Scherzer ejected in 4th inning vs. Dodgers while being checked for sticky substance LOS ANGELES — Max Scherzer made an early exit from his start Wednesday, being thrown out of the Mets’ game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after a heated argument with umpires. Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2023
Bryce Harper, first baseman? Here’s why it makes sense for the Phillies. CINCINNATI — Think about what Bryce Harper usually does after he hits a ball sharply to right field. He takes off like a sprinter out of the blocks, arms and legs pumping, helmet flying, hair flowing, mind set on taking second base before he knows he can actually make it.… The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 13, 2023
Three isn’t a crowd on Marquee Sports Network with Sciambi, Deshaies & Girardi Joe Girardi is expected to be in the Cubs’ TV booth for about 50 games, most of them with Jon Sciambi and Jim Deshaies. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 6, 2023
Marcus Hayes: Give thanks for Rob Thomson, A.J. Brown, Howie Roseman (?), and, always, Jason Kelce It’s the time of year when we reflect on the people and the things that brought us joy over the past 365 days. From an unexpected playoff run by Jalen Hurts and the Eagles, to a miraculous World Series appearance by the Phillies, to a more perfect Union, to the… The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 24, 2022
The Houston Astros have won the World Series, beating the Philadelphia Phillies Yordan Alvarez hit a moon shot that sent Space City into a frenzy, and the Houston Astros to their second World Series title. WEKU · Nov 6, 2022
The Phillies’ art of ‘flushing it’ will be put to the test with a must-win Game 6 vs. the Astros PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies like to use the phrase “flush it.” After a tough loss — like their 3-2 defeat against the Astros in Game 5 of the World Series on Thursday — it is often what they say they’ll do, and more times than not they actually do it.… The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 4, 2022
‘The best dudes I’ve ever been around’: How the Phillies created a winning chemistry This was early July, less than two weeks after Bryce Harper had three pins placed in his broken left thumb. The Phillies, minus their best player, arrived in St. Louis for a series that opened on a Friday, ran through the weekend, and wrapped up on Monday. Two day games… The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 26, 2022
Mike Sielski: The Phillies are in the World Series. Miles Teller and John Middleton remember what it was like. Do you? PHILADELPHIA — Atop the celebratory stage quickly constructed on the Citizens Bank Park infield Sunday night, Rob Thomson clasped his hands behind his back, and several Phillies players rubbed the head of their closer-in-a-pinch, Ranger Suárez, and Bryce Harper cradled the trophy he had won, as the 2022 National League… The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 25, 2022
Phillies Manager Rob Thomson Is Having One Heck of a Postseason The 59-year-old rookie manager made all the right decisions as Philadelphia edged out the Padres for a critical NLCS Game 3 victory. Sports Illustrated · Oct 22, 2022
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 10, 2022 Phillies remove interim tag, sign manager Rob Thomson to two-year deal ATLANTA — Rob Thomson has a permanent job.
Chicago Tribune · Oct 3, 2022 Who will be the next Chicago White Sox manager? Here are 12 potential candidates. The Tony La Russa 2.0 era is ending. So who will be the next Chicago White Sox manager?
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 1, 2022 Many possibilities to consider if manager Tony La Russa doesn’t return to White Sox A look at multiple candidates from inside and outside the organization.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27, 2022 How the Phillies Can Avoid Their Typical Late-Season Collapse The biggest obstacle in their way is a history they have inherited. Here’s why this year’s team is different.
Tribune News Service · Sep 21, 2022 Larry Stone: Why Mariners' Scott Servais should win AL manager of year On June 19 you could have gotten much better odds that Scott Servais would be the third manager fired in 2022 (after the Phillies' Joe Girardi and Angels' Joe Maddon) than him winning American League Manager of the Year.
Tribune News Service · Aug 20, 2022 Mets thump Phillies, 7-2, to open breakaway weekend series PHILADELPHIA — Oh, there they are.
Chicago Tribune · Aug 19, 2022 ‘Life has come full circle’: Joe Girardi returns to Cubs as game analyst for Marquee Sports Network CHICAGO — Joe Girardi’s connection to the Chicago Cubs traces to his childhood.
Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022 Michael Cunningham: As Braves chase Mets, Phillies creep up from behind I never wavered in my belief that the Braves would figure things out even as they stumbled through the season’s first two months. They would get sorted out and make the postseason one way or another. I’ll end up being right about that. But it turns out I was wrong…
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 12, 2022 Marcus Hayes: Bad teammates J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm are unvaccinated, but the Phillies won’t miss them Since Joe Girardi got fired, everything’s gone right for interim manager Rob Thomson. Two starters and an MVP got hurt, but the team kept on winning. Now the Phillies have a COVID vaccination crisis looming in the Great White North, but it looks like they’ll be cool.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 6, 2022 Marcus Hayes: Underappreciated ace Zack Wheeler: Best starter in baseball? Most important Phillies player? The Phillies faced their biggest game in recent memory Sunday night. The visiting Cardinals sat just ahead of them in the playoff race, and they’d split the first two games of the weekend series.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 6, 2022 Kyle Schwarber homers twice as the Phillies rout the Nationals to inch closer to wild-card contention PHILADELPHIA — After an 11-0 win over the Nationals on Tuesday, the Phillies are a half a game out of a wild-card spot. Of course, there is plenty of baseball left — half an 162-game season left, to be exact — but it is still a remarkable feat, considering how…