Interleague Is Over, So Is June
by Bill Baer on Monday, June 30th, 2008Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 5 Comments »
That was brutal. Before the first game of the series in Florida on June 10, the Phillies stood at 39-26, 13 games above .500 and 3.5 games ahead of the Florida Marlins. Since then, the Phillies have lost six straight ...
BDD: Randy Johnson a LOOGY?
by Bill Baer on Friday, June 27th, 2008Posted in Baseball Daily Digest | 5 Comments »
No, get your mind out of the gutter. I'm not talking about spit; I'm talking about turning Randy Johnson into a lefty-specialist relief pitcher. You know what else I'm talking about? Whether or not the Phillies are better off without Aaron ...
BDD: Writing About Stuff and Things
by Bill Baer on Monday, June 23rd, 2008Posted in Baseball Daily Digest | No Comments »
At BDD today, I opine that baseball broadcasters are underappreciated and explain some of their job responsibilities. Friday, I lamented that there will be no change in the way Major League Baseball discerns between earned and unearned runs. It's been a while, ...
See Ya, George
by Bill Baer on Monday, June 23rd, 2008Posted in MLB, NFL, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
If you haven't heard it yet, I regret to inform you that one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries has died. From Yahoo! via Reuters: [George] Carlin, who had a history of heart and drug-dependency problems, ...
Oh, Philly fans…
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
Rich Hofmann of the Philadelphia Daily News (don't worry, I think he's one of the good guys) has a great column on Pat Burrell, aptly titled, "Stats show Pat Burrell's been steady since 2000." As if to prove Bob Costas ...
BDD: Willie Freed
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB | 4 Comments »
Willie Randolph was finally fired, though he certainly didn't deserve it. That's not the interesting part of the story, though. They fired him at 3 AM EST after making him travel coast-to-coast. I discuss Omar Minaya's cowardice at Baseball Digest ...
BDD: Talking Heads Gone Wild
by Bill Baer on Thursday, June 12th, 2008Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, Media, MLB | No Comments »
Bill Conlin is at it again. So is Rick Sutcliffe. I recap their behavior in an article at Baseball Digest Daily, which includes links to videos so you can watch their bad behavior. On Monday, I apologized to Adam Eaton for ...
What the Phillies Really Buried
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »
From the "Stuff You Don't Hear Every Day" Department, the Phillies re-buried a time capsule they had created in 1983. They planned to dig it up again in 2083 assuming they'd stay in Veterans Stadium forever. Obviously, the Phillies didn't ...
Countdown to the Braves’ Whining…
by Bill Baer on Saturday, June 7th, 2008Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
If there's one thing we can count on the Braves for nowadays -- it certainly isn't playoff appearances -- it's whining when things don't go their way. There aren't any quotes in the Associated Press recap that is used on ...
A Simple Rebuttal of Anti-Bonds Arguments
by Bill Baer on Friday, June 6th, 2008Posted in MLB, Sabermetrics | 5 Comments »
Fire Joe Morgan has an interesting back-and-forth dialogue vis-à-vis “open letters” between Ken Tremendous and Dak. KT takes the position that the Red Sox should not sign Barry Bonds to replace the injured David Ortiz and Dak argues that they ...
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