Phillies place Ibanez on disabled list | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/19/2009
philly.com 6/19/2009 — The struggling Phillies are going to have to get through at least the next two weeks without the hitter who has been their most productive so far this season. Raul Ibanez, who was leading the Phillies in hitting (.312) and was second in the National ...

Ibanez gets some face time over at ESPN.com
weretheteamtobeat.com 6/17/2009 — Raul Ibanez is briefly the center of attention over at ESPN, with two articles about him and why his great season has been legitimate.  Good, Raul deserves the positive press. BP Daily (whatever that is) wrote one of the articles, Raul Ibanez’s resurgence : It looks as though a ...

The Phillies were smart to sign Raul Ibanez
homeruntrot.blogspot.com 5/17/2009 — Some fans, radio personalities, etc. were irate when the Phillies signed Raul Ibanez to a 3-year/$30 million contract this December. They questioned why the Phillies went after Ibanez, yet another left-handed hitter, when Pat Burrell was there and supposedly was a perfectly good left fielder ...

Raul Ibanez success coming from hitting with Runners on?
weretheteamtobeat.com 6/4/2009 — I recently joined a large Phillies forum, PhilliesPhans , and I would recommend it to any and all Phillies fans.  It’s a great place for interesting and insightful Phillies conversation, sans all the normally nonsense that you find in forums around the net. In one of the topics I’d be ...

Raul Ibanez Addresses “Pathetic and Disgusting” Steroid Speculation
midwestsportsfans.com 6/10/2009 — This morning in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Jim Salisbury reports about an “angry” Raul Ibanez who is apparently a little peeved at “cowardly” comments made by a “42-year old blogger typing in his mother’s ...

Ibanez to hit DL
novafantasysports.com 6/18/2009 — Update: According to David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News, the Phillies will place Raul Ibanez on the disabled list Thursday with a strained left groin. John Mayberry Jr. will be recalled to fill in. Fantasy Impact: This move comes as a shock even though Raul did miss the start of this ...

Raul Ibanez and PED Innuendo Affair
mlbnotebook.com 6/11/2009 — Anyone who knows how I write my articles knows I don't focus on my Phillies too much. I try not to be biased and write about every team. In fact, I was all set to write about the Royals tonight. Then I found this article which led me to the Philadelphia Inquirer's article . Thanks to the steroid ...

Raul Ibanez Will Give You His Stool
pabaseball.blogspot.com 6/10/2009 — You probably saw the story on ESPN.com. If not, you can go here and read it. In summary, a blogger suggested that Ibanez's monster year will "immediately generate suspicion" for PED's. Ibanez took umbrage. Some select quotes from Raaaauuuul: I'll come after people who defame or slander me. It's ...

Commentary: Raul Ibanez vs. Blogger
macho-row.blogspot.com 6/11/2009 — Is Raul Ibanez on steroids? That is the question that many fans have quietly wondered to themselves, hoping that the answer would be negative. The truth is we will never know for sure unless a test is made public. Under the current drug testing policy in baseball there is no reason to suspect ...

The Anchor’s Desk: The More Legitimate Blogs Become, the More Responsibility They Need to Assume
midwestsportsfans.com 6/15/2009 — A Web log, also known as a blog, can be written by anyone. You can blog about your feelings, your cat, or whether you think it’s fair to suspect Raul Ibanez of using steroids , which is what JRod famously did last week. Blogs have taken off, and ...

Phillies Pitching: What Happened to The Six Million Dollar Man? — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/14/2009
Pitching.   It’s a simple word with a simple concept: throw the ball into the zone.   Antonio Bastardo was going for his third consecutive win by a pitcher just up from the minors but it must have been too much pressure. Like ...

Rollins homers in Phillies' win over Red Sox — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 6/14/2009
Jimmy Rollins homered as part of a six-run seventh inning to help the Philadelphia Phillies bust the game open late, avoid a ...

Phillies 11, Red Sox 6 — NYT > Baseball 6/14/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Jimmy Rollins is starting to feel like his old J-Roll self.

Ibanez gets first game off this season — Major League Baseball News 6/14/2009
Raul Ibanez and Ryan Howard had been the only two Phillies to start every game this season before Ibanez sat out Sunday's 11-6 victory over the Red Sox.

Phils' Bats Erupt, Avoid Sweep With Win — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/15/2009
The Phillies mostly had one goal going into todays afternoon finale, do not get swept. Well, Philadelphia did its job. The Phillies beat Josh Beckett and the Red Sox 11-6 at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies broke away from the Sox with a massive ...