Cole Hamels' status for his startMonday in St. 

It's Season 2 for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, thePhiladelphiaPhillies' top minor league Baseball team, and their state-of-the-art stadium in Allentown -- Coca-Cola Park. 

The ReadingPhillies blew leads of 4-0 and 7-4 on the way to a 12-7 whipping by the Altoona Curve at Reading Thursday night. 

ThePhillies have completed the first month of their World Series title defense, appearing noticeably different from last year's championship team. 

NEW YORK - The month of April came and went, which had to put the Mets in a celebratory mood because they never really got going. 

NEW YORK - Earlier this week, the online sports poll question for the tabloidNew York Daily News was simple and blunt: 

THEPhillies and Rays shared the World Series spotlight last autumn. 

--RHP Clay Condrey was waived five times during the 2007 season. 

Chan Ho Park was angry with himself for serving up back-to-back home runs on back-to-back pitches in the fourth inning Saturday night. 

For the Phillies, Friday is a big day. 

ThePhillies had every reason to believe they'd come back. 

Apr. 

Baseball'S SEASON can seem endless, a long overland slog with no finish line on the horizon. 

IT STARTED like so many times before: a three-run deficit in the eighth inning, then a walk, a lineout, a fielder's choice, another walk, and then that familiar sound of anticipation as Matt Stairs walked to the plate representing the tying run. 

ThePhillies have endured injuries to both their ace and their closer this week, but they remain hopeful that both issues will be resolved by the weekend.