Laynce Nix

For years, he's been one of the most feared pitches in MLB -- a surgeon with two Cy Young Awards to his name and the boundless respect of hitters everywhere for having pinpoint control that never escaped him. But as Roy Halladay stood at the center...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Normally, a player questioning a struggling team's effort -- especially in a big market city like Philadelphia -- would be enough to cause sports talk radio lines to light up...

PHILADELPHIA — Lost amid the lopsided numbers that filled the Phillies' last two losses, in which they were outscored 20-2 by the Cleveland Indians, was a telling comment from Cliff Lee. "We have to have a little more pride than that and figure out...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH In every locker room, there is one guy who usually ends up taking the brunt of the jokes and scorn from teammates and fans alike. Since 2007, Kyle Kendrick has been that guy...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH The first impression was a positive one. In his first at-bat in a Phillies uniform, Delmon Young swatted at the third offering from Cleveland starter Zach McAllister and launched...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Roy Halladay said he was not discouraged. But when the game was six innings in and he was long gone and the scoreboard was decorated with a trio of "4's" on the home half of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Normally, it's Phillies' slugger Ryan Howard who has to wait to face someone fresh entering the game in the late innings. But when the New York Mets decided that Jonathon Niese's...

This, the Mets demonstrated again Sunday, is your brain on a losing streak. With the score tied in the seventh inning, two outs and nobody on for the visiting Phillies, Mets catcher John Buck couldn't hold on to pinch hitter Laynce Nix's foul pop-up...

Time will tell whether the weekend was a respite against a rotten team or a springboard to a turnaround for the Phillies. Either way, they will take their three-game sweep of the New York Mets, a team that would be even worse off if not for the presence...

Time will tell if the weekend was a respite against a rotten team or a springboard to a turnaround for the Phillies. W YORK -- Time will tell if the weekend was a respite against a rotten team or a springboard to a turnaround for the Phillies....

The Sports Xchange Jerry Beach, The Sports Xchange Phillies 5, Mets 1 NEW YORK -- Ryan Howard's pinch-hit two-run double in the seventh inning snapped a tie Sunday afternoon and lifted the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-1 win over the New York Mets and a...

The Sports Xchange By Jerry Beach, The Sports Xchange Howard's pinch-hit double helps Phillies win NEW YORK - Despite home run numbers that are sluggish by his standards, Ryan Howard said Friday night that his power is still there. It's getting closer...