This Week, EnriqueFed(noreply@blogger.com) from ALL THINGS PHILLY SPORTS says (in Pujols wins NL MVP, Howard finishes 2nd) The Phillies once again have come up just short in the individual awards: Albert Pujols has been named the NL MVP.
Two other Phillies, Brad Lidge and Chase Utley, received votes.  Lidge finished 8th in the voting and even got 2 first place votes.  Utley finished 15th in the voting.

Last Week, EnriqueFed(noreply@blogger.com) from ALL THINGS PHILLY SPORTS says (in Phillies bring back Eyre, several coaches) Step one for the Phillies as they look to repeat as World Series Champions: make sure their bullpen, which was a huge reason for their success, remains intact. The Phillies took care of one order of business today and re-signed lefty Scott Eyre. Eyre came over in a trade from the Cubs in August...

And EnriqueFed(noreply@blogger.com) from ALL THINGS PHILLY SPORTS says (in Sorry Phillies fans, Matt Holliday traded to the A's) I never bought into the idea that the Phillies were seriously pursuing Matt Holliday, and that's why I never bothered to post about it. The Phillies would have had to give up J.A. Happ, Carlos Carrasco and Shane Victorino in any deal to get Holliday, and that's way to steep of a price. The Phils do...