VICTORINO TO PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT
BY SCOTT LAUBER (Twitter: @ScottLauber) TAMPA, Fla. -- Greetings from Steinbrenner Field, spring-training home of the Yankees, where Kyle Kendrick will make his second Grapefruit League appearance and...
View ArticlePHILS VS. BRAVES, DOC VS. HEYWARD
BY SCOTT LAUBER (Twitter: @ScottLauber) CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Not sure about you, but I'm looking forward to tonight's game. First, it's another chance to watch Roy Halladay, who is coming off two...
View ArticleJC, LIDGE UPDATES (AND DRABEK)
BY SCOTT LAUBER (Twitter: @ScottLauber) LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- So, we're here at Champion Stadium on the campus of ESPN's Wide World of Sports, not far from the Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center (no, I...
View ArticleHALLADAY BEATS BUS, BRAVES
BY SCOTT LAUBER (Twitter: @ScottLauber) LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The team bus left Clearwater at 1:30 p.m. to make the 90-minute drive here for a 7 p.m. game against the Braves. Roy Halladay couldn't...
View ArticleLIDGE COULD PITCH MONDAY
BY SCOTT LAUBER (Twitter: @ScottLauber) CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Just chatted with Brad Lidge, who threw 21 pitches to two hitters (righty-swinging Wilson Valdez and lefty Chris Duffy) in his first live...
View ArticleDRABEK FACES PHILLIES
BY SCOTT LAUBER (Twitter: @ScottLauber) DUNEDIN, Fla. -- As he walked to the mound for the first inning here today, Kyle Drabek took a peek down the left-field line and made eye contact with his close...
View ArticleSPLIT SQUADS, TWIN RAINOUTS
BY SCOTT LAUBER (Twitter: @ScottLauber) CLEARWATER, Fla. -- So, my second-to-last day of covering the Phillies for The News Journal was scheduled to include split-squad games against the Rays in Port...
View ArticleMATHIESON SENT TO MINORS
BY SCOTT LAUBER (Twitter: @ScottLauber) CLEARWATER, Fla. -- So, the sun has returned here in Florida, but for 14 players in the Phillies' major-league camp, this morning brought the gloom of a return...
View ArticleLIDGE, ROMERO UPDATES
BY SCOTT LAUBER (Twitter: @ScottLauber) CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Quick updates on Brad Lidge and J.C. Romero, who continue to race against the calendar in their respective recoveries from offseason...
View ArticleSHIPPING UP TO BOSTON
BY SCOTT LAUBER (Twitter: @ScottLauber) CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The news arrived via e-mail. Having decided that they would not, under any circumstances, guarantee Billy Wagner's contract for more than...
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