kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Philadelphia center fielder Shane Victorino wonders if he had a little help Friday when he drove in four runs and made a possible game-saving catch in an 8-5 victory over the Dodgers.
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Charlie Manuel and outfielder Shane Victorino will not miss any games to attend the funerals of family members who died Friday.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
One by one, teammates and coaches came up to Shane Victorino in the Phillies' locker room, offering their condolences for the tragic news he was delivered shortly after yesterday's 8-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Shane Victorino smiled yesterday, but the smile couldn't hide the redness in his eyes. He came up big in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, just like he came up big in Game 2 of the National League division series against the Milwaukee Brewers, when he hit the first grand slam in Phillies post
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
ONLY A professional athlete can know, really know, the joy and the rush that comes with having a big performance in a bigger game.Shane Victorino knows. He had a single and a triple and drove in four runs in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. He later made a nice catch at the wall that helped end a Los Angeles threat. This must be what ballplayers talk about when they...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
By BART HUBBUCHLoading new images... PHILADELPHIA - Yesterday defined bittersweet for the Phillies. They moved on to Los Angeles holding a 2-0 lead in the NLCS but also carrying heavy hearts after an 8-5 win over the Dodgers on the same day manager Charlie Manuel lost his mother and Game 2 standout Shane Victorino lost his grandmother. Manuel learned of 87-year-old June Manuel's passing...
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Shane Victorino reaches second on an error by Rafael Furcal. Chase Utley follows and Lowe gets a pitch up in the strike zone, and Chase crushes it. The ball goes into the rightfield stands and the Dodgers and Phillies are...
The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
PHILADELPHIA — Shane Victorino, one of the few Philadelphia Phillies players who dared to venture into a locker room full of reporters on Tuesday, was predictably swarmed by cameras and microphones as soon as he stood still in front of his cubicle.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Does hitting a grand slam help a player's confidence? "No, zero. That's behind you," said Shane Victorino, the local expert on the subject after his Game 2 grand slam against Milwaukee in the National League division series became the first in Phillies postseason history.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
What should John Reilly do with Shane Victorino's grand-slam ball? Right now, Reilly said, "it's in my home, in a drawer, in a bag."
Beerleaguer (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A look back at the five most important plays of the National League Division Series between the Phillies and Brewers finds Shane Victorino headlining two of them. Only in a game as great as baseball could a walk and a grand slam represent the best two plays in a series. Let’s go to the list, in descending order. Honorable mention: Brad Lidge strikes out potential go-ahead run Corey Hart...
MLB (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Victorino returns to No. 2 spot for Phils
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
A grieving Charlie Manuel was in the dugout with the Phillies, hours after the manager's mother died. The team rallied around their skipper, and now it'll have to do the same for center fielder Shane Victorino.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Brett Myers went 3 for 3 with three RBI, Shane Victorino drove in four runs and Philadelphia overcame another homer by Manny Ramirez to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 Friday for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven NLCS.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
PHILADELPHIA -- At least one person at Citizens Bank Park on Friday wasn't impressed with the biggest defensive play in Game 2 of the NLCS. "It wasn't that tough a catch," Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake said, of Shane Victorino's leaping grab in front of the centerfield wall at Citizens Bank Park. It was Blake's deep drive in the seventh inning, with two men on base, that Victorino...
