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Bryce Harper Has Been Preparing to Be a Philadelphia Star His Whole Life

When things get intense, Harper tunes in the noise, embraces the heat and finds a way to deliver.

Sports Illustrated

Mike Sielski: Scott Rolen is about to be a Hall of Famer, and he was never the bad guy with the Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — Scott Rolen will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame next weekend, and the occasion promises to reignite a series of debates around here that have the staying power of a syndicated sitcom. Does Rolen deserve enshrinement? Was he a great player? A very good player?…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Veterans Stadium’s turf was known to be dangerous before it was thought to be cancerous

PHILADELPHIA — It had been two weeks since Byron Evans turned down a multi-million dollar contract when he planted his white cleat into the turf. Evans was a few months from turning 31 but the Eagles linebacker was still playing at a high level, seeming to get better with age…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Fletcher Cox? ‘He’s a Hall of Famer, Hands Down’

A few years back, as Jim Washburn drove north from Dallas toward the coolest ranch he’d ever seen, he couldn’t help but consider the man who owned it. Fletcher Cox was born in Yazoo City, Miss. But limited? He was not. He high-jumped. He sprinted on relay teams. And he…

Sports Illustrated

What the shortstop aging curve means for the Phillies’ 11-year contract with Trea Turner

PHILADELPHIA — In stretching out Trea Turner’s $300 million contract over 11 years, the Phillies diluted the average annual salary for luxury-tax purposes and payroll flexibility. It’s the approach they took four years ago in signing Bryce Harper. The length of Turner’s deal, like Harper’s 13-year pact, was predicated on…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Larry Bowa on Joe Girardi’s firing, Rob Thomson, and the Phillies' players taking a ‘look in the mirror’

PHILADELPHIA — When Larry Bowa is asked how to describe this 2022 Phillies team, he responds with one word: inconsistent. Bowa has spent more seasons in a Phillies uniform than anyone on earth. He’s witnessed 29 years of ups and downs, success and failure, as a player, as a manager,…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The making of an icon: How Chase Utley became 'The Man' for the Phillies

Chase Utley had been a major-league ballplayer for just six days when he sat in the manager's office at Veterans Stadium.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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