Some Familiar NL East Faces
by Bill Baer on Friday, July 31st, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 1 Comment »
The Phillies' closest competitors in the NL East -- the Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins -- tried to enhance their chances to catch the Phillies for the division crown by making some trades today before the 4 PM deadline. The ...
Excuses, Excuses…
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 30th, 2009Posted in MLB, NL East Whining | 3 Comments »
If there's one thing the Atlanta Braves and their fans are good at, it's whining. At Bleacher Report, a Braves fan posted a screed aimed at umpire Bill Hohn, citing several examples of poor umpiring and a supposed obsession with ...
Who’s the Leaker?
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 30th, 2009Posted in Media, MLB | 2 Comments »
At The Hardball Times, Shysterball's Craig Calcaterra asks a very important question: Who's the leaker? The 2003 drug tests administered in Major League Baseball were supposed to be anonymous, so why are names being leaked? It's wrong, if not illegal. Calcaterra, ...
Talkin’ Giants with Bay City Ball
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 30th, 2009Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | 1 Comment »
On the heels of the Cliff Lee trade, the Phillies head to San Francisco on a rush. They've won 15 of their last 18 games. They haven't lost back-to-back games since that sweep in Atlanta to start the month of ...
Sleight of Hand: Phils Acquire Cliff Lee
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 6 Comments »
Sabermetrician Eric Seidman of, well, just about everywhere, made a prescient comment to me in a short e-mail conversation we were having about the Roy Halladay trade rumors and the Phillies' prospects. As [an] occasional magician, the only way to trick ...
BDD: Ricciardi Has No Leverage
by Bill Baer on Monday, July 27th, 2009Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 1 Comment »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I use some logic to deduce the Phillies as the only logical landing spot for Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay. Comparatively, the Jays turned down the Phillies’ counter-offer of Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald, Michael Taylor, and J.A. ...
Meet the Mess
by Bill Baer on Monday, July 27th, 2009Posted in Media, MLB | No Comments »
The New York Mets are a steaming pile right now; a team in total disarray. It's to the point where, as a Phillies fan, I no longer enjoy the schadenfreude. I now pity the New York Mets and their fan ...
Phillies/D-Backs Series Preview
by Bill Baer on Monday, July 27th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | No Comments »
For the second time this season, the Phillies travel to the West coast. The first trip was a success: they outscored the Padres 20-9 in a series sweep, and split a four-game series with the Dodgers -- which should have ...
I Do Not Like Julio Lugo
by Bill Baer on Sunday, July 26th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
Julio Lugo had a .726 career OPS heading into tonight's game against the Phillies. He's never finished a season with a slugging percentage higher than .431 and only once has he had an above-average OPS+ (2005 with Tampa Bay). Calling ...
Jayson Werth Has Some Good Ideas
by Bill Baer on Friday, July 24th, 2009Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 1 Comment »
Per Jayson Stark, ESPN: "I don't know what those guys get if they win [the Home Run Derby]," Werth told Rumblings. "But I think they should get a bag of cash." Wait. A bag of cash? Like what, a shopping bag? Full ...
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