Preview Game 70: Phillies @ Rays
macho-row.blogspot.com 6/25/2009 — The road warriors that are the Phillies will look to wrap up a series win tonight against their World Series opponent from last October. After winning one blow out and suffering a loss fueled by a couple mental errors the Phillies will look to regain their composure on both sides of the ball. ...

June 7 Game Recap: Phillies 7, Dodgers 2
thefightins.com 6/8/2009 — What happened? Antonio Bastardo earned his second win of the season as the Phillies defeat the Dodgers to split the four game series. Who did what? Antonio Bastardo (2-0) earned his second win of his career in as many starts. He gave up two ...

Poll Results: Antonio Bastardo
macho-row.blogspot.com 6/15/2009 — T he results are in and the readers of Macho Row clearly believe that Antonio Bastardo will not remain in the Phillies starting lineup for the rest of the season. But who will replace Bastardo ? Will the Phillies make a move via trade? Will Bastardo come down to Earth and have to be replaced ...

Phillies Injury News: Bastardo to DL
nleastchatter.com 6/30/2009 — Bastardo to 15 day DL The National League East’s injury problems continued yesterday as the Philadelphia Phillies made a move many were expecting by sending rookie LHP Antonio Bastardo to the disabled list according to ESPN. He will be retroactived until his last start on Thursday and ...

Poll: Antonio Bastardo
macho-row.blogspot.com 6/8/2009 — Antonio Bastaro made his major league debut last week in San Diego and picked up two wins in his first two games while out on the west coast. The success of Bastardo has eased some concerns in the minds of Phillies fans but the general feeling seems to be that the team will still need to make ...

Forecasting the future of Ol’ Dirty Bastardo
weretheteamtobeat.com 6/4/2009 — After Antonio Bastardo’s debut Phillies win, spirits were naturally high and everybody was pretty excited for the young kid.  Hell, even BaseballReference is charging $85 to sponsor his stat page.  Well in case anyway was getting to crazy, FanGraphs took the kid to task and analyzed ...

Day Dreamin’ In Tampa
myteamrivals.typepad.com 6/26/2009 — The past few days have left Phillies fans wondering who turned the lights out.   The mental mistakes, lack of concentration and outright wackiness of this team begs the question, where have the Phillies head’s gone?   Did they drink too many Slurpee’s in the hot weather and are ...

Phillies trade and free agent rumors continue
weretheteamtobeat.com 6/6/2009 — The search for a cost-appropriate replacement for starter Brett Myers continues.  Somebody has got to fill that void long-term this season.  Trade? Free Agency? Minors? Bullpen? Antonio Bastardo ?  Here’s what they’re saying: Brad Penny for Jason Donald is still being kicked ...

Preview Game 65: Phillies vs. Orioles
macho-row.blogspot.com 6/19/2009 — This season the Phillies have recorded two series wins at home. Both have come against the Washington Nationals . This weekend they hope to pick their third home series win, and perhaps get their home schedule turned around, when they welcome the Baltimore Orioles to Citizens Bank Park. The ...

June 13 Game Recap: Red Sox 11, Phillies 6
thefightins.com 6/14/2009 — What happened? The Red Sox offense came alive and handed Antonio Bastardo the first loss of this career. Who did what? Antonio Bastardo (2-1) gave up 5 runs (4 earned) in one inning to earn his first loss of the season. He allowed three hits, ...

Benching All-Stars All The Rage In Baseball This Year — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
Has there ever been a year that you can remember where so many All-Star caliber players have been benched? First it was David Ortiz, then it was Garrett Atkins, then Magglio Ordonez, and now it is Jimmy Rollins and Milton Bradley. It has gotten to ...

If the New York Mets Are in It Now, They'll Win It Later — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
June 21, 2009. That was the day.  Doesn't seem so long ago.  I was sitting in my weekend plan seats, watching the Mets' bullpen implode and force them to lose their fourth straight series.  It was sometime late in that game where I ...

Bastardo to see doctor about strained shoulder — Boston.com -- Baseball News 6/26/2009
Phillies left-hander Antonio Bastardo will return to Philadelphia this weekend and visit a doctor on Monday after leaving his last start in the fourth inning because of a strained shoulder.

Bastardo to see doctor about strained shoulder — The Seattle Times: Sports 6/26/2009
Phillies left-hander Antonio Bastardo will return to Philadelphia this weekend and visit a doctor on Monday after leaving his last start in the fourth inning because of a strained shoulder.

Bastardo set to visit doctor Monday — Major League Baseball News 6/26/2009
After being examined Friday at Rogers Centre, Phillies hurler Antonio Bastardo is now scheduled to fly back to Philadelphia sometime during the weekend and will be examined by Dr. Mike Ciccotti on Monday, according to a team spokesman.