Week 7 of Phillies Weekly covering August 12-18 is now available here This week, Greg Allen joins us again for commentary, here is what we discussed this week:

• General Manager Ed Wade is staying Philly untill 2007. We continue to look into Wade's effects on the Phillies and what the future may hold
• Jimmy Rollins needs to improve down the stretch as the Phils leadoff hitter. We'll touch on J-Roll's stats since the All-Star break.
• A rundown of the AL and NL wild card races. Will it be a battle of pitching or hitting?
• We also review the Dodgers, Padres and Washington Nationals series this past week.
• A preview of the upcoming Pirates, Giants, and Diamondbacks series next week.
• A minor league scouting report on the Clearwater Threshers, one of the Phils A affiliates.
• Shane Victorino of the Scranton/WB Red Barons (AAA affiliate) has been named International League player of the week for the second time in 3 weeks. We'll touch on Shane's contributions to the club over the past week.

All this and much more on the 7th week of the Phillies Weekly podcast. Email: philliesweekly@verizon.net Web: http://philliesweekly.blogspot.com