Wild Card

Will someone explain why the topic of why the Eagles' most desirable wild-card opponent is even debatable? Going back to the Bears game, this is the reason I felt that game was so important and not "meaningless" as many described that Sunday Night...

(77-75) Phillies 6, (86-65) Braves 2 WP: Kyle Kendrick (10-11, 3.89 ERA) LP: Tommy Hanson (12-9, 4.46 ERA) SV: Jonathan Papelbon (37)

When you're playing for a wild card spot you need to win. You can't lose to a bad team. You can't lose, period, but losing to a bad team means you probably don't deserve to make it into the playoffs.

It's been an amazing stretch of days as the Phillies sit poised to make a comeback never seen before in baseball. So since you're watching the game, why don't you take our poll? Will the Phillies be 2 back by morning?

We may have switched our attention to football, but the Phillies are making sure we don't forget about them. A 9 - 7 win last night against the Marlins, coupled with Atlanta, L.A., St. Louis, and Pittsburgh losing has the Phils 4 games out of a Wild Card spot with 20 games left to play.

Staring down a three-run hole as early as the third inning in the latter part of Sunday's day/night doubleheader, the Phillies (69-71) strung together six runs over three innings for a 7-4 winner over the Rockies (56-83).

One of my favorite scenes in the move “Major League” is when general manager Charlie Donovan and one of the Indians Board members are trying to talk to to owner Rachel Phelps about the current state of the roster.

Late-season scheduling is doing the Phillies flickering playoff hopes some favors, well beyond the 39 remaining games on their slate.

The Phillies (61-67) finished something with Saturday's 4-1 winner over the Nationals (77-50), something that had only been done three times before. They swept the best team in baseball.

We already covered this today, but, for the love of double dipping: The Phillies could make the playoffs. Still. Really. First, there's the "2011 St. Louis Cardinals Precedent," like you've never seen it before. https://twitter...