He spent 10 seasons as assistant general manager and became GM once Pat Gillick retired after the Phillies won the 2008 World Series. Amaro was in charge when the Phillies won the 2009 NL pennant, three division titles and most wins in franchise history (102) in...
The team announced Thursday afternoon that Girardi will be the 55th manager in franchise history. Girardi signed a three-year contract with a club option for 2023, likely bringing stability to a team that has had four managers since Charlie Manuel left the job in August 2013. “Joe brings ...
Wade was the Phillies' vice president andgeneral manager from 1998 until 2005. After the 2005 season, the Phils fired Wade and replaced him with Hall of Fame executive Pat Gillick. Two seasons later, the club won its second World Series in franchise history. While Gillick got the Phils acros...
In his first year as GM, the Phillies won the NL pennant, making it to the seventh World Series in club history, and the team’s 93 wins were the most in 16 years (97 wins in 1993). Following the season, Ruben was named Executive of the Year by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Assoc...
The loss for the Phillies marked only the fourth time in franchise history that they dropped every game of a homestand of six games or longer. They also did it earlier this season. The other two times were in 1883 and 1964. SURGING ...
ThePhiladelphia Phillies"kicked around" whether they might have to adjustRoy Halladay's contract before they decided to offerCliff Leea deal for two more years and twice the money they guaranteed Halladay last December, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. told ESPN.com Wednesday. ...
compiled the 19th annual Sports Loyalty Index by surveying 250 fans in each team's market and assessing the data based on factors driven by on-field success, fan bonding with players and the franchise's history and tradition. A club's effort and sense of teamwork also can have an effect....
League Championship Series on Tuesday, their second victory in two days at the hellscape for visiting teams that is Citizens Bank Park, they set up perhaps the most improbable World Series in baseball history, a showdown with the similarly surprisingRangersthat begins Friday night in Arlington, ...
"I'm a very positive guy," Wathan said Tuesday morning, the day after the Phillies officially announced that Kapler had been hired as the 54th manager in club history, succeeding Pete Mackanin, who had been reassigned to the front office last month. "I feel like this organization is on th...
Edgardo Alfonzo hit the only other postseason slam in Mets history, during a 1999 Division Series at Arizona. Robin Ventura’s grand slam-single in the NLCS that year doesn’t count. “Got runners on and we couldn’t come up with a big hit until finally, who else? The MVP. I keep ...