The Philadelphia Phillies held a short, sweet, "special welcome" for Jim Thome during the second inning Sunday night. Two innings later — and then again in the eighth — Ryan Howard reminded everyone in this championship-starved town how fortunate the Phillies were to make ...

SOUTH GRAND — With his hulk having whiffed his way through Game 1 of the World Series, Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel dared the media, the fans at home and maybe even the Tampa Bay Rays to doubt the power of Ryan Howard . “Take him for granted,” Manuel said. ...

Ryan Howard hits his first home run of the game Joe Blanton joins the party with a solo homer of his own Ryan Madson strikes out B.J. Upton in the seventh inning Ryan Howard hits his second homer Jayson Werth adds to the lead with a homer in the eighth J.C. Romero records the ...

Ryan Howard went 42 at bats without a homerun. Now the MLB homerun king is in a homerun zone. Howard in his last two games has hit 3 homeruns and add Jimmy Rollins who has been tearing the cover off the ball the Phillies now have a commanding 3-1 lead. As for the Rays they continue [...]  ...

Ryan Howard and the rest of the Phillies bats awoke last night to put Philadelphia one win away from winning baseball’s world championship. Howard’s struggles were beginning to be the fodder for blogs and newspapers alike. After last night performance — two home runs and ...

Each October morning, the Stew will take a look at what they're writing about in the hometown papers of the postseason teams • Ryan Howard is starting to hit again. The world is back in order, writes Marcus Hayes. [ Philly.com ] • Joe Blanton says that when he gets up to bat, he ...

" Ryan Howard is a carrier . That's somebody that can take your team and get big hits and knock in runs and carry you. Ryan Howard is a carrier. You can say what you want about him, but his numbers are right there for you.'' Gee, thanks Charlie. I had NO idea what you were talking about. ...

Phillies One Win From Being World Series Champ As Howard Homers Twice, Drives In Five Runs If the Phillies win tonight and Cole Hamels wins the game the voters for the World Series MVP Award may have to consider naming Hamels and Ryan Howard as co-winners of the award. Howard left no doubt ...

Ryan Howard showed in Game 4 why he is such a feared hitter. The Philadelphia Phillies, after their 10-2 win, are now one win away from winning the 2008 World Series and being declared the 2008 baseball champions. Leading in the series 2-1 coming into Game 4, the Phillies dominated in ...

The Philadelphia Phillies are one win away from winning the World Series. Just felt like pointing that out.

Ryan Howard hit his first postseason home run last night, a solo shot in the sixth inning that put the Phillies up 4-1. It came off a hanging slider by Matt Garza, and it followed a two-hit night in game two. Is Howard getting the swing back? “It’s been kind of a slow but steady ...

At what point does taking Ryan Howard out of the field and putting him as the DH NOT make sense? I mean, he’s a goddamn BUTCHER out there and I have to believe that someone, ANYONE on their roster is a better first baseman than he is. Then he could spend all of his downtime hitting or ...

Because Howard hit 14 homers against lefties this year. What he didn't tell you was Howard hit for a batting average of .224, had an abysmal on-base percentage of .294, and struck out a whopping 96 times in 236 at bats against left-handers. Sure he hits a homer here and there, but for the most ...

James Shields gets ahead of Ryan Howard in the count, then Ryan uppercuts a pitch at the knees deep into centerfield, over the head of Upton. He leads off the second inning with a double. It was a nice example...

You can really cost us the World Series guys. You really can. Look, Cole Hamels can't save you all the time. He will only pitch Game 1, 5, and possibly a 7 if they throw him on short-rest. That's two wins your looking at most likely. Now, I know everyone is in amor with Brett Myers, but I ...

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Ryan Howard had a tough night at the plate, and perhaps he made the haters' shouts for Ryan-as-DH a little louder with some muffs in the field. But he did make some nice plays at 1B too, including the one captured in this great photo by Getty man Doug Pensinger. Now, if this were Carlos ...