Brad Lidge

It’s safe to say Lollapalooza didn’t have people like me in mind when choosing its headliners. There is no hip-hop headliner like there was in 2008 (Kanye West) and 2011 (Eminem). Also, I’m too young to care that the three-day music...

Statistics through Sunday (last week's ranking) 1. Rangers (1): There have many issues, including a lack of production since early in the season from Michael Young and the highly regarded lineup, but a soft schedule has kept those issues from showing...

PHILADELPHIA — There will be aspects about it that will make you cringe. Some may bring tears to your eyes. Others will tick you off. It comes with the territory. Parting ways and making changes are rarely easy. It means putting your favorite...

It's an issue that's staring the Phillies in the face. What will be Jim Thome's role when Interleague play, along with the freedom to have him be the designated hitter, disappears today? It's always easier to put off the inevitable, especially when...

Though the Nationals enjoyed a soft schedule to start the season, with 10 of the first 14 against the Cubs, Mets and Astros, their pitching — especially their starting pitching — has been impressive. The Nationals went into the weekend with...

It's all about Luke Gregerson. Says a lot, doesn't it? Over the last two seasons, the best thing about the Padres has been their bullpen. It carried Bud Black's team to the threshold of the playoffs in 2010 and was the backbone of a bad team last year as...

There's a picture floating around from the 2010 season of three Phillies players looking at all the Phillies fans sitting in the outfield seats at Nationals Park. There's another one of Phillies fans holding up a giant sign that read: "Citizens Bank Park...

Ruben Amaro Jr. signed Delmon Youngwith the hopes that his bat would provide what the Phillies were missing last year. And so far this year, they’re missing the same things. Amaro said Young, on the disabled list recovering from microfracture......

If even for a second you thought that Brad Lidge would come back to Philadelphia and pitch for the team's struggling bullpen, cross his name on your list. Pitching coach Rich Dubee and GM Ruben Amaro Jr. both said this......

RHP Trevor May, the Phillies No. 1 prospect, had the shortest start of his pro career last Sunday at Erie when the Seawolves bombed him for eight hits and seven runs in two innings, sending his ERA from 2.91 to 4.10. Reading rallied take him of the hook...

We’re on to Phase 3 of the offseason to-do list and it involves acquiring new players and the consideration of moving Starlin Castro to a new position.  Julie Dicaro at A League of Her Own made my job a bit easier by already compiling a list of...

A cynic might say (and many have) that it's the least they could do considering what he's done for them over the last several years, but the Phillies have brought Ed Wade back into the organization. the 55-year-old Wade, who was fired as Houston's general...