The Phillies Fan Union Newsletter The July 31st, 2006 Edition Membership as of July 30th, 2006: 107,061

___ FEATURE STORY The Phillies have now traded David Bell, Bobby Abreu, and Cory Lidle, with still more to come. Changes aside, regardless of what we think may happen for the remainder of the year, and for that matter in 2007, we know that one thing is absolutely certain. Charlie Manuel has to go. We say make the change now. GET THE FULL STORY

 THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION Supporting the Philadelphia Chapter of the ALS Association ***Do whatever you can***This Week's Question: How many Phillies managers were voted the NL manager of the year?

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    PHILLIES NEWS: 
ABREU TRADED TO NEW YORK The Phillies traded
RF Bobby Abreu to the Yankees on Sunday. In return, the Phillies will get four minor leaguers: Class shortstop C.J. Henry, the Yankees' first pick in the 2005 draft, Class AAA left-hander Matt Smith, 27, and catcher Jesus Sanchez, 18, and right-hander Carlos Monasterios, 20, both of whom are with the Yankees' rookie ball affiliate in the Class A Gulf Coast League. Abreu is hitting .277 with 8 home runs and 65 RBI in 99 games. He has a career batting average of .301 with 198 home runs and 841 RBI over 10 seasons. 
 
LIDLE ALSO NEW YORK BOUND The Phillies also included RHP Cory Lidle in the trade that send Bobby Abreu to the New York Yankees. Lidle, a right-hander, is 8-7 with a 4.74 ERA in 21 starts in 2006. In eight seasons he has a career mark of 78-69 with a 4.54 ERA. Lidle
came to the Phillies in August of the 2004 season. He has struck out 98 batters this season with only 39 walks. He has given up 132 hits with 19 of them going for home runs. Lidle is a free agent at the end of the season.
 
PHILLIES TRADE BELL Phillies 3B David Bell, who was batting .361 in July, was dealt to the Brewers for Minor League reliever Wilfrido Laureano on Friday night. The 33-year-old Bell was in the final season of a four-year deal he signed in the winter of 2002. He's eligible for free agency after the season. Overall, he was batting .278 with six home runs and 34 RBIs in 91 games. Bell signed on with the Phillies in 2002. His play was hampered by back problems which limited his playing time during his almost four years with the
Phillies.
 
PHILLIES CALL UP SANDOVAL The Phillies called up INF Danny Sandoval from Scranton/Wilkes- Barre on Saturday. Signed as a free agent by in November, 2003, only to be taken by Colorado a month later in the Rule 5 draft. The Phillies gave the infielder his first major league start Saturday night against the Florida Marlins. Sandoval batted eighth and played SS in place of the injured Jimmy Rollins. Sandoval was hitting .256 with two homers and 39 RBIs in the minors. He replaced David Bell on the major league roster. 
 
UTLEY ON FIRE Phillies 2B Chase Utley owns the longest hitting streak in the majors this season. Utley extending his hitting streak to a career-best 27 games on Thursday night, matching Billy Hamilton, who got that far in 1894. His next Phillies target was Ed Delahanty, who went 31 straight games in 1899, and finally Jimmy Rollins, who reached 38 games, 36 during the 2005 season, and the first two games of the 2006 season. On Sunday, the streak reached 30 as Utley doubled in his second at bat in the first game of the twin bill and homered in the second game to take it to 31, catching Delehanty.
 
PHILLIES TRADE FASANO Former Phillies catcher Sal, Fasano, who was designated for assignment on July 22nd, was traded to the New York Yankees last Wednesday for Minor League second baseman Hector Made. Fasano, 34, had hit .243 with four home runs and 10 RBIs in 50 games. He just came off the DL with left knee inflammation when he was designated. The Yankees have a strict policy on facial hair and hair length, so Fasano's trademark hair and mustache are gone.
 
TOUGH LUCK MYERS Phillies RHP Brett Myers took another loss against the Marlins on Friday despite yielding just one run in eight innings of work. Myers walked just one while striking out eight and yielding five hits. The right-hander is 6-5 despite posting a 3.57 ERA and 13 quality starts in 19 tries this season. He's given up just six runs in three outings since returning from the time he took off. The Phillies haven't been hitting for Myers and his manager isn't exactly making things easy for him. In his last two starts, Myers pitched into the ninth inning when it was easy to see
that he needed to be lifted.
 
HAMELS O.K. Cole Hamels was pitching in the eighth inning, with the Phillies holding a nine-run lead. Hamels couldn't come up with a hot grounder back through the box. The ball ricocheted off Hamels' left leg, just below the knee, and rolled past Ryan Howard at first base. Hamels left the game and headed to the trainer's room. X-rays were negative and revealed a contusion. He (3-5) allowed three runs and five hits, striking out seven in the longest start in his brief career. The Phillies went on to win the game 12-3.
 
FRANKLIN DESIGNATED Ryan Franklin was designated for
assignment before the first game of Sunday's double-header. Franklin had been a starter for his last three seasons in Seattle, coming to the Phillies with the understanding that he'd be doing the same, but it was not to be. He was 1-5 with a 4.58 ERA in 46 relief appearances, never once taking the mound for a start. The Phillies were forced to make a move with Randy Wolf being activated from the disabled list after missing over a year following Tommy John surgery. The Phillies have ten days to trade Franklin.
 
PHILLIES GO WITH COSTE Phillies reserve catcher Chris Coste went 2-for-3 and hit his first major league homer Wednesday against the Padres. Coste's homer came in his 50th at-bat. He's hitting .333 with 10 RBI in his bench role. He has also been solid behind the plate.
Coste had an excellent spring and should have made the club then. Coste, officially a rookie at 33, stayed hot with a two-run blast off John Smoltz in the fourth inning last Friday night to help the Phillies take the first game of the series from the Braves.
 
WOLF WATCH - WOLF RETURNS The Wolfman is back. Randy Wolf officially returned to the big leagues on Sunday, having not pitched there in better than a year. Wolf, a 16-game winner in 2003, tossed 5 hitless innings Tuesday for the Class A Lakewood Blue Claws in his final rehab start following. Wolf started the first game of Sunday's double- header for Phillies. He went 4 1/3 innings and was not part of the decision
JIMMY ROLLINS CELEBRITY BASEBOWL TOURNAMENT - From MLB and the Phillies NEW PROMOTIONS ADDED - From The Red Barons PICNIC IN BASEBALLTOWN - From The Reading Phillies THE STORY OF PHINLEY - From the Clearwater Threshers LAST CHANCE TO BUY A GAME WORN JERSEY - From The Batavia Muchdogs BLUECLAWS IN FIRST PLACE - From The Lakewood BlueClaws PHIL-INS 
Phillies Rookie Cole Hamels struck out a career-high 12 in 5 1-3 innings on Monday night. The
Phillies' rookie record for strikeouts in a game is held by Jack Sanford (13) in 1957. 
The Phillies drew 1,609,239 fans through their first 48 games at Citizens Bank Park, an average of 33,526 per game. They drew 1,599,910 fans after their 48th game last season, an average of 33,331 per game. 
The Phils promoted outfielder Greg Golson, their first-round pick in 2004, from single-A Lakewood to single-A Clearwater. Golson hit .219 with seven home runs, 31 RBIs, and 107 strikeouts in 388 at-bats for Lakewood. 
Jimmy Rollins sat out Thursday's game due to a tight hamstring. 
Mike Lieberthal went 2-for-4 and hit his first homer of the season Thursday against the Diamondbacks. 
The phillies OF now consists of Pat Burrell, David Dellucci, Shane Victorino, Aaron Rowand and Michael Bourne. 
See the Phillies active roster here.  
Bobby Abreu's 91
walks led the majors and his .427 on-base percentage was third in the National League. 
The Phillies recalled OF Michael Bourne and RHP Scott Mathieson from the minors to fill the open roster spots. 
Ryan Howard walked five times in Sunday. 
Dick Allen (Aug. 16, 1968) and Von Hayes (July 6, 1990) are the other Phillies to walk five times in one game. 
Abraham Nunez will be the Phillies new regular third baseman. 
Mike Lieberthal hit his 4th career grand slam on Sunday. 
C.J. Henry's statistics 
Matt Smith's statistics 
Jesus Sanchez's statistics 
Carlos Monasterios's statistics
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Season Records 1994 54 61 .470 20.5 1995 69 75 .479 21 Phillies 2006 Player Contracts - Courtesy Cot's Baseball Contracts MLB STANDINGS - Courtesy Sports Illustrated PHILLIES 2006 SCHEDULE/RESULTS - Courtesy USA Today UP-TO-DATE PHILLIES TRANSACTIONS - Courtesy Fox Sports PHILLIES 2005 SCHEDULE - Courtesy MLB and The Phillies BASEBALL STATISTICS 101 - Courtesy Baseball Almanac NL TEAM STATS
- Courtesy USA Today PHILLIES FARM REPORT - Courtesy PhillyBurbs  THE PFU FEATURE OF THE WEEK - DANNY OZARK
 FORMER PHILLIES MANAGER DANNY OZARK GET THE FOTW HERE! 
ANSWER TO TRIVIA QUESTION: 
 Four - Gene Mauch in 1962, Danny Ozark in 1976, Jim Fregosi in 1993, and Larry Bowa in 2001. 
 
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