Steve Carlton

Here's a look at recent media coverage of former Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina's retirement: • SI.com's John Donovan says Mussina's decision to leave Baltimore for New York eight years ago turned out to be a bargain for the Yankees. In the end,...

Johan Santana led the National League with a 2.34 ERA and a total of 234 1/3 innings, but ultimately finished a distant third to the Giants' Tim Lincecum, who yesterday won the Cy Young Award. Maybe Santana can do better next year on two healthy knees....

The notion that the beloved 1980 Philadelphia Phillies cast could be upstaged by any other team in the franchise's history may be more difficult to face than a Steve Carlton slider. The most celebrated team in the club's 125-year history had it all:...

With the enviable task of repeating as World Series champions ahead of them, the Phillies turned to a former bat boy to take over as their general manager. Ruben Amaro Jr. signed a three-year contract Monday to become general manager of the Phillies a...

Weather permitting, the Phillies will take the field tonight for their first home World Series game since 1993. As it happens, I saw their last home World Series win, pitcher Curt Schilling's 2-0 gem 15 years ago. It probably was the high point of my...

So you've checked your bucket list, and watching this World Series isn't on it. The Cubs or White Sox aren't there, so you aren't interested. The Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays will have to play without you. Well, that's your loss and, by...

They held a "special welcome" for Jim Thome during the second inning Sunday night. Nothing too elaborate. Just a quick showing on the huge video board in left field as Thome, the ex-Phillie slugger now with the White Sox, waved to the cheering fans...

The Phillies hit home runs, lots of home runs. And when they do, the crowd goes berserk. Ryan Howard knows the sound well, and he was able to hear it twice on Sunday when he crushed a three-run shot to left in the fourth inning and two-run blast in...

9,282 days. That's how long Philadelphia sports fans have been waiting for a world title. They thought their wait was over on Monday night. The Phillies, ahead 3-1 in the World Series and up 2-0 in the first inning with ace Cole Hamels on the mound,...

Righthander Tim Lincecum was a big winner on a woeful team, which fit him perfectly. Firing 97 mph fastballs from his small body, the National League Cy Young Award recipient is an anomaly in almost every way. Lincecum, listed at 5 feet 11, 160 pounds,...

Tim Lincecum was a big winner on a woeful team, which fit him perfectly. Firing 97-mph fastballs from his miniature frame, the National League Cy Young Award recipient is an anomaly in almost every way. Lincecum joined Mike McCormick (1967) as the...

The Phillies hope to make good memories this year. Here's a look at other playoff highs -- and lows -- in club history before 2008: 10. OCT. 4, 1950 Shibe Park WORLD SERIES GAME 1 N.Y. Yankees 1, Phillies 0 With Robin Roberts having pitched 10...