Ryan Howard News

Want to know the most amazing stat of this postseason? It wasn't Cole Hamels' or Cliff Lee's ERA, or Carlos Ruiz's batting average, or Ryan Howard's RBIs in the first two rounds or strikeouts in the World Series.

The Office 9/8c NBC Ryan Howard refuses to be a heavy hitter . Once a corporate young gun who rose to the top echelon of Dunder Mifflin, Ryan's fall from grace landed him right back to low-rung status in Scranton.

SI writer Jon Heyman stated that the Phillies are still the main suitors for the services of speedy third baseman Chone Figgins.

Larry Bowa is not changing. Not now, not ever. Not when he was playing shortstop for the Phillies, playing it better than anyone else in the organization's history save the man Bowa eventually managed and mentored, Jimmy Rollins.

We waited nearly three decades to celebrate a winner in Philadelphia. A quarter century of tormenting couldaa TMs, maddening wouldaa TMs, and hopeless shouldaa TMs.

The Phillies begin the long process of the offseason as we take a quick look at what is on the horizon for the team, and what could come in the next couple of weeks.

It's a moment Shane Victorino is going to be reminded of over and over and over.

Mariano Rivera wasn't needed for seven outs last night. Or even six. He stayed in the bullpen longer and came in later because Joe Girardi wanted Damaso Marte to face the Phillies' two toughest hitters.

Subject: Looking back After the Phils lost, Ryan Howard said the Fightin's had a great season.

Charlie Manuel knows how quickly the window for success can close on a team. Manuel was the Cleveland Indians hitting coach from 1994-99, a span when the team seemed destined to reach great heights with sluggers like Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez and Albert Belle.

A.J. Burnett turns over the ball after failing in Game 5 of the World Series for the New York Yankees.

Over the course of the first four games of the World Series the Yankees have conquered all but one of the Phillies star players.

You're Cole Hamels and you're 25 years old, and that's still green enough to be allowed mistakes in most settings.

Dylan Keenan's gesture in the fifth inning of last night's World Series game said it all.

Refresh my memory. I am supposed to hate the Yankees because ... there is a reason, right? As the Bronx Bombers were closing in on a World Series title this week, I found my world invaded by nouveau Phillies fans.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi called for his closer, Mariano Rivera, with five outs remaining last night.

Phillies' Game 4 facts The assumption seemed to be that had the Phillies gotten through the top of the ninth inning tied Sunday night - Brad Lidge ended up giving up three runs with two outs in the 7-4 loss - they would have won it against the Yankees bullpen in the bottom of the inning.

Shortly before 9 last night, an 18-year-old died of a bullet wound two blocks from his home in the city's Fairhill section, according to police.

If an upcoming MRI exam dictates that Raul Ibanez undergo surgery to repair a torn muscle near his abdomen, it won't be shocking.

ON THURSDAY NIGHT, Fox analyst Tim McCarver gave it to Charlie Manuel on the telecast about a strategic decision in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the World Series, about not starting his baserunners in what ended up being a doubleplay.