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Phils in no position to hold back for right trade
Paul Hagen: How much of their future are the Phillies willing to mortgage to support the present? And which prospects should be considered untouchable? These are the issues facing the Phillies.
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Paul Hagen: There are any number of unforeseeable events that can gum up the works between now and the end of the season. There is one factor, though, that each contender has some measure of control over: the trade deadline.
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Paul HagenDon't make too much of NLCS rematch
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Paul Hagen: Of course the Phillies want to beat the Giants this week. They also want to beat the Pirates next weekend. They want to win every game, no matter who they're playing.
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Paul HagenHunter season for the Phillies?
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Paul Hagen: It's impossible to say for certain that Ruben Amaro Jr. will be able to pull off a deal. But there's no doubt who Plan A should be: Hunter Pence of the Astros.
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Paul HagenPhils dared to be great with Gillick
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Paul Hagen: Before Pat Gillick, the Phillies were a pretty conservative group. They'd occasionally make a splashy move. Gillick, in his understated way, shook up the status quo.
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Paul HagenPhils could improve in second half
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Paul Hagen: The Phillies may have to make do with what they have on hand for the remainder of the season. Which is still pretty good. And, yes, good enough to be even better in the second half than the first.
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Paul HagenAll-Star Game not living up to its name
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Paul Hagen: The downtown streets are festooned with banners. Chase Field has been all spiffed up. The only thing missing from this year's All-Star Game will be, you know, stars.
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Paul HagenPhils could use a righthanded bat
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Paul Hagen: The reality is that, for the most part, the cadre of Phillies veterans that Ruben Amaro Jr. was banking on have not, to this point, made the sort of significant comebacks that he was hoping for.
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Paul HagenBraves will test Phils
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Paul Hagen: The Phillies have the best record in baseball. But the Braves are second-best in the NL. And it just so happens that they begin a three-game series beginning tomorrow at Citizens Bank Park.
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Paul Hagen'Hollywood' Hamels is a real star now
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Paul Hagen: When he arrived on the scene, he was Hollywood Hamels. Sometimes that was meant as a compliment. Sometimes not so much.
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Paul HagenPhils can do without All-Star Game
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Paul Hagen: No matter how much phony gravitas they try to attach to the All-Star Game by pretending that the outcome really matters, the stubborn fact is that it doesn't.
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Paul HagenDeserving Phillies All-Stars
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Paul Hagen: The NL All-Star team may not be overstuffed with Phillies when the rosters are announced Sunday. Here's an advance look at which Phillies deserve consideration, and a guess on which will make it.
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