What I’m Thankful For: Yankees Fans
by Bill Baer on Thursday, November 27th, 2008Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
With a hat tip to poster Squire at the Phillies forum Back She Goes, I direct you to a gem of a comment from Vito of New York City posted on an ESPN Chat with Jim Callis (press Ctrl + ...
Update on Chase Utley’s Surgery
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
Per Scott Lauber: Phillies second baseman Chase Utley had surgery on his right hip yesterday. The surgery was performed by Dr. Bryan Kelly at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Utley had an arthroscopic debridement of his labrum and ...
2009 Philadelphia Phillies Projections
by Bill Baer on Friday, November 21st, 2008Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
Hop over to The Good Phight where MattS dishes out his projections for the current batch of Phillies in 2009. It's one of the more thorough projection explanations out there. Here's a snippet of his explanation: Rollins power went down this year, ...
Bad News for Chase Utley, Phillies
by Bill Baer on Thursday, November 20th, 2008Posted in MLB, Sabermetrics | 3 Comments »
We have some bad news per Todd Zolecki: Chase Utley will have right hip surgery, and will miss the next four to six months. That means Utley will be back near the end of March at the earliest, missing almost all of ...
Somewhat of an Update
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Posted in Media, MLB | No Comments »
I apologize for the lack of meaningful content lately here at Crashburn Alley. I've been a bit busy with real life and it will probably stay that way until about mid-December. As usual, I'll try and be faithful with Phillies ...
Philly Media Overreaction to MVP Results…
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 5 Comments »
...and my overreaction to their overreaction. Overall, the BBWAA got things right with the awards, though after first place, it gets messy. For instance, Edinson Volquez, who had pitched 80 innings between 2005-07 and is clearly not a rookie, received three ...
BDD: Alexei Ramirez is Overrated
by Bill Baer on Thursday, November 13th, 2008Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Sabermetrics | 2 Comments »
At Baseball Digest Daily, I conclude that the second baseman of the Chicago White Sox is overrated: The future doesn’t portend well for Ramirez, either. Among all Major League hitters with at least 300 plate appearances in 2008, Ramirez had the ...
BDD: Billy Beane Still Has It
by Bill Baer on Monday, November 10th, 2008Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB | 3 Comments »
At BDD, I review the Matt Holliday trade in which the Oakland Athletics gave up Huston Street, Greg Smith, and Carlos Gonzalez. The verdict: a steal for the A's.
BDD: 2008 Review, Xbox 360 Style
by Bill Baer on Sunday, November 9th, 2008Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB | 1 Comment »
At Baseball Digest Daily, I've reviewed the 2008 season, highlighting the achievements as if they were made on the Xbox 360. If you're feeling generous, click here to hop over to U.S.S. Mariner. Dave Cameron is one of many bloggers up ...
Analyzing the Phillies’ Latest Trade Dream
by Bill Baer on Friday, November 7th, 2008Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
Rumors have it that the Phillies are pursuing Colorado Rockies left fielder Matt Holliday with vigor. Per CNNSI: Any teams interested in acquiring Holliday understand that they will be getting him for only one year. Several teams have shown interest, including ...
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