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Signing Cliff Lee Not All Cracked Up to Be

The Wolf peers inside the car that, until he instructed accomplices in crime, Jules and Vincent, how best to clean up, looked like a mobile slaughterhouse. Blood, skull and brain had been splattered everywhere after a gun pointed at the head of a captive accidentally discharged. Jules and Vincent appear pleased at their...

Placido Polanco Returns to Phillies Lineup; Jimmy Rollins Moved Down

Placido Polanco was back in Phillies manager Charlie Manuel's lineup on Friday for Game 2 of the National League Division Series against the Reds. The third baseman missed Game 1 because of back spasms, but vowed to return for the rest of the series on Wednesday. Infielder Wilson Valdez had started in Polanco's...

Placido Polanco Out of Phillies Lineup; Jimmy Rollins Leading Off

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Phillies will begin their quest for a third consecutive National League pennant without steady third baseman Placido Polanco, who was scratched Wednesday from Game 1 of the divisonal playoffs because of back stiffness. Wilson Valdez will start at third. Shortstop Jimmy Rollins, meanwhile,...

Twelve Thoughts: Mat Latos' Cy Young Case, Dodgers' Downfall, Philly Surge

Anytime they get a hit off Padres pitcher Mat Latos, hitters should ask for the ball. The Tattoed One continues to command four pitches, each above average. Hitters have batted only .193 against him this year and .176 in the last 21 games. • Latos belongs in the Cy Young picture, and not only because he's a regular...

Roto Rush: Zeroes on the Board

Thursday's action was almost completely dominated by good pitching. We saw five teams kept off the scoreboard, and that quintuplet of pitching prowess may not even include the best performance of the day! Let's fire around those shutouts and see who was responsible for such a low-scoring day of baseball. Carl Pavano went...

Placido Polanco News From the Web

05/29/12 Value Picks: First, Third, and DH for 5/29/12 by... Source: Baseball Prospectus Memorial Day is a good time to reflect on the relative unimportance of fantasy sports, where injuries are rarely life-threatening, the battles are ( mostly ) metaphorical, and hitting a bomb is considered a good thing.
05/22/12 Gonzalez Leads Nationals Over Phillies 2-1 Source: CBS - KYW AM 1060 - Philadelphia PA Gio Gonzalez allowed three hits over six innings and Ian Desmond homered and drove in both runs to lead the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.
05/22/12 Phillies flounder in 2-1 loss to Nationals Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA The mist turned into rain, but that was not reason enough for a mass exodus Monday night from Citizens Bank Park. No, not yet.
05/21/12 Nationals hold off Phillies Source: FOX - WJCL 28 The Coastal Source - Savannah GA Gio Gonzalez tossed six scoreless innings on Monday as the Washington Nationals squeaked past the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1, in the opener of a three-game set at Citizens Bank Park. Gonzalez (6-1) allowed just three hits and fanned nine while walking three, lowering his earned-run average in the process to an impressive 1.98. Craig Stammen worked two scoreless innings in relief and Henry Rodriguez started the ninth and struggled with his command, but was bailed out by Sean Burnett, who collected his second save of the year.
05/19/12 Davidson suspended for tossing Manuel Source: Courier-Post - Cherry Hill NJ Oswalt is reportedly hoping to be pitching in the big leagues by June, and given his history in Philadelphia and the current questions surrounding the health of Vance Worley, the Phillies make some sense as a bidder.

Background on Placido Polanco

Plácido Enrique Polanco (; born October 10, 1975) is a Dominican-American Major League Baseball player who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies and has also played for the St.

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