Rotator Cuff Tear

MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH They say that numbers never lie. But when you look at the case of the Phillies after 25 percent of the season has been put into the books, the numbers don't give you any kind of idea of why they...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH There is a chance that Roy Halladay could still pitch this season for the Phillies. Team doctor Michael Ciccotti said it is very possible the two-time Cy Young Award winner could...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH There are some guys who would look at facing the American League co-leader in home runs in a tight game as the go-ahead run in the eighth inning when you've just been called...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Maybe it was a veiled threat. Or perhaps, it was an innocent slip of the tongue by a manager that is known to occasionally get the words mixed up. But when the subject of whether...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH At the beginning of the Phillies seven-game west coast trip through San Francisco and Phoenix, Kyle Kendrick held the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants to two runs...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Late Friday night, Justin De Fratus arrived in Phoenix to join the Phillies bullpen. He wasn't needed Saturday. On Sunday, the 25-year-old right-hander was asked to get an...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Charlie Manuel became the winningest manager in club history when the Phillies completed a regular season-ending, three-game sweep of the Braves in 2011, which also gave the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Cliff Lee had a 7.30 strikeouts-to-walks ratio in 2012, the best mark of any major league pitcher. Lee also had a 3.16 ERA (15th best in the National League) and a 1.11 WHIP...

Baltimore Sun reporter Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports. Will Alex Len’s injury impact his draft status? Don Markus: Len, who will be out four to six months after...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Andres Torres singled home Buster Posey with two outs in the 10th inning Wednesday to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 win on a day when their opponent, the Philadelphia Phillies, learned they'd be losing standout pitcher Roy...

There's one thing that keeps running through Roy Halladay's mind. "Nobody wants to go out on a bad note," the Phillies pitcher told the media in San Francisco on Wednesday. "If you have your choice, you want to go out strong. Maybe, really, ideally, you...

By TOM YANTZ tyantz@courant.com The Hartford Courant   Dave Szewczul has a torn rotator cuff, bone impingement, sprain of the acromioclavicular joint and arthritis. Yes, his left shoulder is ailing, but not enough to keep him off the course. "If I...