NL East

Over the course of the past few seasons and offseasons, you've probably heard it said quite a few times. "It's a great time to be a Phillies fan." While that indeed is the case, it got me to thinking—where do some of today's Phillies' stars rank among the greatest Phillies of all time? How many Phillies could be called the greatest at their position in the history of this lengthy franchise? Are there any who could be called the greatest?

I hate to look ahead and into the future, but it's looking like the 2012 free agency period may be an important one for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Many of the main cogs of the franchise will be over to the age of 35 or close to it.  The window isn't exactly opened all the way.

Not only do some of the Phillies prospects have to prosper down the line, Amaro is going to have to make some tough decisions.  Who does he want to re-sign or sign during this time frame.  Philadelphia's farm system is ranked in the top five by the way.

This is it, the Florida Marlins final season. After 2011, there will be no more baseball in Sun Life Stadium, no Major League baseball in Miami Gardens, no more empty stadiums or the perception of the team being known as second class citizens on welfare.

In 2011, the Florida Marlins have one last chance to win a championship before their big transformation.

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Heading into the 2011 season, the Philadelphia Phillies are widely believed to be the favorite in the National League East, and maybe even the National League. 

However, to say that a team is without holes is unreasonable; in the case of the 2011 Phillies, there are indeed many questions that remain as they head to Clearwater to begin training.  On Friday, the Phillies packed up their trucks and sent the team's gear down I-95 to Florida.

Here are the top 17 questions that remain going into Spring Training.

On today’s edition of This Day in Black Sports History, the 77th birthday of the man who is still widely recognized as Major League Baseball’s home run king is celebrated.

Born in Mobile, AL on Feb. 5, 1934, Henry Louis Aaron grew up in relatively poor surroundings, picking cotton on a farm and hitting bottle caps with sticks because his family couldn’t afford baseball equipment.

We here at Baseball Professor think about our readers first and ourselves second—albeit a close second. That’s why we decided to reach out to other bloggers (who follow their respective teams more closely than we do) to give you a deeper look into the important issues every fantasy owner has to come to grips with this season.

There is no doubt about it—The Philadelphia Phillies are definitely the favourites to represent the National League at the World Series.  Adding Cliff Lee to an already dreamy rotation that includes Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels makes it seem like Philadelphia will go 162-0 this season.

The Phillies also have a powerful lineup to go with their Aces-high pitching staff.

Our 2011 fantasy baseball projections will be released one-by-one until the top 100 players have been revealed. These rankings consider past achievements, current performance and expected future results based on standard 5×5 H2H settings.

Since his major-league debut in 2006, Dan Uggla has made a living hitting home runs.

Gone is Billy Wagner, the 16-year MLB veteran, and in is Craig Kimbrel, a 22-year-old protege of the veteran southpaw.

Fans are starting to notice a subtle decline in the Phillies overall success ever since their big banner year of 2008.

In 2009, they lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series. In 2010, they lost to the San Francisco Giants in the National League Conference Championship Series. Their only big hot stove move was surprisingly signing star pitcher Cliff Lee.

They now have a starting rotation of historical caliber, but are they set for another World Series run?