BDD: What, Exactly, is J.A. Happ?
by Bill Baer on Monday, August 31st, 2009Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 1 Comment »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I investigate Happ's success this season: is it real or just an illusion? It’s true: Happ hasn’t been giving up hits when his opponents are threatening to score. The only situations in which opponents have an OPS ...
How to Lose with Grace
by Bill Baer on Sunday, August 30th, 2009Posted in MLB, NL East Whining, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »
From The 700 Level is a quote from Cliff Lee following his shellacking at the hands of the whiny Atlanta Braves: "Ballpark? Whatever," Lee said. "I got hit today because I was throwing pitches down the middle. That had nothing to ...
BDD: 2008 Free Agent Analysis
by Bill Baer on Sunday, August 30th, 2009Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I analyze the 2008 free agent class. The most valuable left-handed hitter is Raul Ibanez, who is making $6.5 million this season and prorates to be worth over $17 million. The least valuable LHH is Jason Giambi ...
Brian McCann, Walk This Way…
by Bill Baer on Saturday, August 29th, 2009Posted in MLB, NL East Whining, Philadelphia Phillies | 6 Comments »
...right off of this conveniently-located cliff. Hat tip to The Good Phight. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “He’s got so much power, and this is a high school field,” Braves catcher Brian McCann said of Howard, who has four homers and seven ...
Bad Moments in Managing
by Bill Baer on Friday, August 28th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »
Charlie Manuel has had it easy lately. That tends to happen when you win a World Series. Nevertheless, good strategy should be the goal whether you're the lowly Washington Nationals or the king of the proverbial hill as the Phillies ...
Knee-Jerks Unfair to Madson
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »
The criticism of Brad Lidge has been deserved for his performance between April and present. There have been very few outings of his this season that have ended without a cold sweat. He leads the world with the lowest WXRL, ...
BDD: The Evolution of Jayson Werth
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
At BDD, I explain just how valuable Jayson Werth has been to the Phillies. While Jayson Werth thanks Dr. Michael Peterson for saving his career, the Phillies are thanking Jayson for his contributions to last year’s championship and their MLB-best defense, ...
Just Saying, Is All
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »
May 15, 2009: BDD: Let Madson Close! ...the Phillies can’t possibly afford to let Lidge work out his pitching issues in high-leverage innings, especially not when they have a viable back-up known affectionately as “Mad Dog”. May 24, 2009: Lidgerdemain ...Lidge seems to ...
Fireworks at Nationals Park
by Bill Baer on Saturday, August 22nd, 2009Posted in MLB | 2 Comments »
I'll post a couple more videos and a bunch of pictures from the Brewers/Nationals game, but that's going to take a bit of time, so I figured I'd at least get something up. This is the fireworks show that fans ...
Crashburn Alley Goes to Washington & A.C.
by Bill Baer on Friday, August 21st, 2009Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Content will be sparse for the next few days. I'm heading to Washington, D.C. to catch the Brewers-Nationals game ($1 tickets!). I'll be Twittering from time to time if you'd like to keep up, and on Saturday, I'll post pictures ...
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