Sorry everyone, Its been what seems like (and is) months since I posted anything on the NLEC home. With the season approaching though, we are hoping to bring you high quality articles and links to our NLEC Brothers constantly. In addition, the articles should pick up as Spring Training approaches and gets underway and there [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies(51-38, 1st in NL East) have now won eight games in a row and have extended to a 6.5 game lead over the second place Braves in the NL East. In three games in Florida this weekend, they outscored the Marlins 15-5 and Ryan Howard even hit his 200th career home run. They [...]
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In Miami, the Phillies were looking for a sweep in what was originally slated to be a four game set against the Marlins. They sent the undefeated J.A. Happ to the mound, looking for his seventh win without a loss and the team’s eighth straight win. Happ(7-0) continued to be great, as he went seven [...]
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Last night, the National League lost its 7th straight All-Star game and 12th of the last 13, including one tie in St. Louis. While they did lose, the NL East did have a total of 10 players make appearances in the game.
For the Phillies, Chase Utley, Raul Ibanez and Shane Victorino started the game. Utley [...]
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The biggest news of the day appears to be that according to many reports, including Todd Zolecki’s Twitter, that former Met Pedro Martinez is on his way to Philadelphia. His latest news says that the physical may not be completed until tomorrow, but a deal is expected by Wednesday.
Zolecki also speaks to different Philly players [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies(45-38, 1st in NL East) took three out of four from the Reds this week. They decided after playing one game that could have had the mercy rule to play some real baseball though in their other two wins. They were also able to extend their lead in the division with the faltering [...]
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The Florida Marlins(44-42, 2nd in NL East 2GB) really need All-Star shortstop and slugger Hanley Ramirez to get healthy quick. They did take the final game of a three game set in San Francisco, but their offense is much different with him out of the lineup. The Marlins are still only two games [...]
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Jimmy Rollins went 2-5 with 2RBI and a run scored last night, further breaking out of his slump while helping his Phillies win versus the New York Mets 7-2. The Phillies got all their runs in the first three innings against Mets starter Livan Hernandez(5-4) who lost his third decision in a row and looked [...]
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Today at NLEC we welcome the brand new Phillies Phandom Blog(http://www.nleastchatter.com/philliesphandom), run by Matt Smith. I encourage everyone to at least stop in, say hello and definitely inform any Phillies fans you may have of this new Phillies information source. The RSS Link has been added to the left sidebar and I will be sure [...]
Earlier this afternoon the Nationals officially completed a trade which will bring them OF Nyjer Morgan from the Pittsburgh Pirates and left handed reliever Sean Burnett. The Nationals gave up still young, but troublesome Lastings Milledge and reliever Joel Hanrahan to get the deal done.
Morgan is having a very solid season at the age of [...]
