Why Intra-division Trading Is a Bad Idea
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 16th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 7 Comments »
On Twitter, Sky Kalkman of Beyond the Box Score and I have been going back and forth on the merits of trading within one's own division. As the debate grew, Twitter's 140-character limit became increasingly annoying, so I figured I'd ...
Phillies/Marlins Series Preview III
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 16th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | No Comments »
Going into the second half, the first-place Phillies will match up with the second-place Florida Marlins who are four games behind. As they usually do, the Marlins have an above-average offense but a below-average pitching staff, which explains their near-.500 ...
BDD: Jonathan Sanchez
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I go through various reasons for being both optimistic and pessimistic about the Giants' Jonathan Sanchez, he of the recent no-hitter. There are rumors that the Giants are considering trading him, perhaps to help improve the offense. ...
Phillies Mid-season Pitch Values
by Bill Baer on Monday, July 13th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 1 Comment »
With the All-Star break at hand, it's as good a time as any to review how the Phillies fare with various pitches both hitting and pitching. The metric of choice is total runs above average. I imported the numbers from ...
Home Run Derby Predictions
by Bill Baer on Monday, July 13th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
Everyone knows my predictions are worth less than a peso (though blind squirrels do find acorns from time to time), but I'm giving them away for free again anyway. Here are my predictions (pulled straight from my posterior) for tonight's ...
Spoils, Indeed
by Bill Baer on Sunday, July 12th, 2009Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 1 Comment »
The All-Star Game means something this year! Get your game face on, we gotta win it! Since 2003 (six seasons), when home field advantage was awarded to the league that won the All-Star Game, the A.L. has won every time and ...
Holy Comeback Batman!
by Bill Baer on Sunday, July 12th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
What a night! After having my morning ruined, I was about to give up on my evening when the Phillies fell behind to the Pirates 7-3. Shut off the TV and went out to watch the UFC. It was around ...
Who Is This Guy?
by Bill Baer on Saturday, July 11th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »
Cole Hamels is getting lit up by the Pittsburgh Pirates. 5-0 at the moment thanks to three home runs from Garret Jones, Delwyn Young, and Andrew McCutchen. Hamels has allowed 5 or more ER in four of his 16 starts ...
Crashburn Alley on Twitter
by Bill Baer on Saturday, July 11th, 2009Posted in Media, MLB | No Comments »
Another venue where I can make an ass out of myself. All right! http://twitter.com/CrashburnAlley
Self-Righteous Writers Must Go
by Bill Baer on Saturday, July 11th, 2009Posted in Media, MLB | 1 Comment »
Good morning, boys and girls -- it's a wonderful Saturday morning. The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and the Phillies are on a roll. It's going to be a wonderful day. Why, the only thing that would ruin it ...
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