The City That Hates Tom Gordon
by Bill Baer on Monday, March 31st, 2008Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 1 Comment »
Well, Opening Day is a wrap, and once again, the bullpen is responsible for the Phillies' first loss of the season. You may recall Ryan Madson blowing last year's opener by serving up a two-run home run to Edgar Renteria, ...
Opening Day Preparation
by Bill Baer on Monday, March 31st, 2008Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
The Washington Nationals are now in Philadelphia following an exciting Opening Day 3-2 win last night against the Atlanta Braves that saw third baseman Ryan Zimmerman christen new Nationals Stadium with a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of ...
You Did Ask For It, Ken
by Bill Baer on Friday, March 28th, 2008Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 2 Comments »
I'm usually reluctant to criticize anything Ken Rosenthal writes because it's usually well-researched and well-defended, unlike a lot of what's published in newspapers and magazines to be read by millions countrywide. Mr. Rosenthal, however, has written an article defending his ...
It’s On Now!
by Bill Baer on Friday, March 28th, 2008Posted in MLB | 5 Comments »
Fred of Moondog Sports and I have made a friendly wager on the upcoming baseball season. He thinks the Detroit Tigers will score 1,000 runs or more, and I, feeling the Tigers to be overrated, think they will score no ...
I Met Chelsea Clinton!
by Bill Baer on Friday, March 28th, 2008Posted in Media, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »
I usually try to stray from the personal blogs, but I just had a really interesting day on Thursday, so I thought I'd share it. I'll start from the top. I went with a friend to Delaware County Community College to ...
Opening Day… Technically
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 1 Comment »
Despite the countdown at the top right of Crashburn Alley, the Major League Baseball season officially started at 6 A.M. when the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox duked it out in front of nearly 45,000 fans at the ...
Crashburn Alley 2008 MLB Predictions
by Bill Baer on Friday, March 21st, 2008Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 7 Comments »
In my ever-increasing genius, I have the great idea of not only making predictions, but recording them on a medium where others can check back later and ridicule me. If you haven't seen them yet, I put my NCAA bracket ...
Give Brett Myers Another Chance
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 6 Comments »
If there's one thing bloggers and the traditional media can agree on, it's that Brett Myers is a terrible human being. He hit his wife in the face during an argument going back to their hotel in Boston when the ...
State of the News Media 2008
by Bill Baer on Monday, March 17th, 2008Posted in Media | 1 Comment »
This is an extremely intriguing collection of data regarding the "traditional" media and the "new" media (bloggers, Wikipedia). Citizen Media Despite the proliferation of blogs, survey data suggest most Americans have yet to accept them as significant news sources. According to a ...
Free-Floating Thoughts and Links
by Bill Baer on Monday, March 17th, 2008Posted in Media, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 1 Comment »
Recently, I responded to some feisty comments from Robert Quinlan Costas. The fun hasn't ended, folks! I urge my seven loyal readers (Hi, grandma!) to check out John Brattain's takes on those comments: Attack of the killer dust bunnies What about Bob? Speaking ...
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