Pitch F/X Tutorial Videos
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Posted in MLB, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
R.J. Anderson at Beyond the Box Score has written two excellent tutorials on how to utilize Pitch F/X in Microsoft Excel, but I figured that a lot of people are like me in that they learn how to do something ...
BDD: That’s Odd
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB | No Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I paw through the pitching performances of position players since 1980. Arguably the worst performance is attributed to Frank Menechino with the Oakland Athletics. In a game that the A’s would lose 18-3 to the Colorado Rockies, ...
Harry Kalas, 1936-2009
by Bill Baer on Monday, April 13th, 2009Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »
Per Todd Zolecki's Twitter: Harry Kalas passed away today after passing out in the broadcast booth. This is extremely sad news, as I, along with millions of Phillies fans, grew up listening to him call the Phillies games day in and ...
Fantasy League Week 1 Recap
by Bill Baer on Monday, April 13th, 2009Posted in MLB | 1 Comment »
It was an unsuccessful week for yours truly in the Crashburn Alley fantasy league. Toothsome out-hit and out-pitched me, winning 6 of the 8 categories and tying me in another. Congratulations to him and to teams Cust's Club, Jack Bauer's ...
Welcome to the Lou Marson Era
by Bill Baer on Saturday, April 11th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
Before the start of the regular season, the Phillies traded one of their three MLB catchers, meaning that prospect Lou Marson was just an injury away from the big leagues. After catching a pop-up in which he strained his ribcage yesterday, ...
A Depressing Chart
by Bill Baer on Saturday, April 11th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
With four games in the books, Phillies pitching has allowed 9 home runs, an average of more than two per nine-inning game. To put that in perspective, no Major League pitcher averaged 2 HR/9 last season; the closest was Brandon ...
BDD: What’s Brett Doing Wrong?
by Bill Baer on Friday, April 10th, 2009Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I dig into the Pitch F/X data and try to find out Brett's secrets to success and failure. You hear it a lot from broadcasters and coaches, that a pitcher will lose confidence in his fastball but ...
Phillies/Rockies Series Preview
by Bill Baer on Thursday, April 9th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 2 Comments »
Remember when the Phillies went to Colorado back in 2007? The image to your right was one of the more memorable events from that season. Strong winds had made unfurling the tarp quite a tall task for the Colorado Rockies ...
Angels’ Prospect Nick Adenhart Killed in Crash
by Bill Baer on Thursday, April 9th, 2009Posted in MLB | No Comments »
Los Angeles Times: Angels' pitcher Nick Adenhart was among the three killed in a crash in Fullerton when a driver ran a red light, an associate of the rookie player said this morning. The crash occurred only hours after the 22-year-old ...
Phillies Beneficiaries of Braves’ Mets Impression
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
Ha ha, get it? The Braves choked. You know? Well if that's what it takes to get in the win column these days, the Phillies will take it. Down as many runs as seven after the top of the seventh inning, ...
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