Oswalt pitches a Gem

Roy Oswalt pitched a gem last night putting the Phillies up 6 games in the division and taking the magic number down to 5.  With Roy,Roy, and Hamels the Phils completed a 3 game sweep of the Atlanta Braves, almost diminishing there division chances.

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Top 25 MLB Rankings

Here's my annual list of the top 25 MLB players in my opinion.

Bold - Notable Ranking
Red - Phillies
* - Steroid User
Stats as of 9/16/10

1.  Albert Pujols 1B STL .306 BA 39 HR 105 RBI
2.  Hanley Ramirez SS FLA .301 BA 21 HR 76 RBI
3.  Joe Mauer C MIN .331 BA 9 HR 74 RBI
4.  Ryan Braun LF MIL .306 BA 22 HR 89 RBI
5.  Evan Longoria 3B TBR .294 BA 21 HR 99 RBI
6.  Roy Halladay P PHI 19-10 2.49 ERA 210 SO 
7.  Mark Teixeira 1B NYY .261 BA 30 HR 101 RBI
8.  Tim Lincecum P SFG 14-9 3.60 ERA 208 SO
9.  Josh Hamilton OF TEX .361 BA 31 HR 97 RBI
10.  Prince Fielder 1B MIL .271 BA 30 HR 75 RBI
11.  Felix Hernandez P SEA 11-11 2.39 ERA 214 SO
12.  Ryan Howard 1B PHI .279 BA 29 HR 100 RBI 
13.  Ichrio RF SEA .310 BA 6 HR 40 RBI
14.  Miguel Cabrera 1B DET .333 BA 34 HR 118 RBI 
15.  Chase Utley 2B PHI .274 BA 15 HR 58 RBI 
16.  Alex Rodriguez 3B NYY* .270 BA 23 HR 107 RBI
17.  Joey Votto 1B CIN .320 BA 34 HR 104 RBI 
18.  Adam Wainwright P STL 18-11 2.50 ERA 199 SO
19.  Adrian Gonzalez 1B SDP .306 BA 29 HR 95 RBI
20.  Matt Holliday LF STL .309 BA 26 HR 95 RBI
21.  Ubaldo Jimenez P COL 18-6 2.75 ERA 186 SO
22.  Adam Dunn 1B WAS .266 BA 35 HR 93 RBI
23.  Carlos Gonzalez OF COL .341 BA 32 HR 106 RBI 
24.  Troy Tulowitski SS COL .325 BA 23 HR 82 RBI
25.  Brian McCann C ATL .275 BA 20 HR 74 RBI

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A Look Ahead - 2011 Phillies

Ryan Howard is just one young gun to arise from the Phillies farm system.

The Phillies are a team trying to win now.  They've dedicating themselves to making the MLB club the best it can be, even if it means losing valuable young players. Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt, and Roy Halladay, are among the pool of talented and expensive pieces they've added to the club in recent memory. A team that was purchased for 30 million dollars in 1981, is now valued at over 500 million dollars, 537,000,000 to be exact.  The Phillies are good, no matter which way you slice it.  But this success, may come at a cost, the future.

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