What to Expect from Andy Pettitte
by Bill Baer on Saturday, October 31st, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »
World Series Game 3 in Philadelphia will feature a match-up between two southpaws, Cole Hamels and Andy Pettitte. A fair assessment of the pitchers reveals that Hamels has been much better than his statistics have shown and Pettitte has been ...
Jeff Pearlman Hates Baseball
by Bill Baer on Friday, October 30th, 2009Posted in Media, MLB | 7 Comments »
Is your Friday evening feeling empty without World Series baseball? Turn that frown upside down -- have I got the cure for you! No, but seriously, this article by SI.com's Jeff Pearlman really needs a good FJM'ing. Since those guys are ...
Called Third Strike
by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 29th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 1 Comment »
The theme of A.J. Burnett's start was the strikeout, particularly the called third strike with his curveball towards the end of his outing. His last three strikeouts were of the backwards-K variety. All we could talk about before the series was ...
BDD: What If It Isn’t Real?
by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 29th, 2009Posted in Baseball Daily Digest, MLB | 3 Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I wonder what we would do if it turns out MLB is just as corrupt as the NBA. We will still watch, from Game 1 to Game 162, and the post-season. We will talk about the “hot ...
Cliff Lee Is Mr. October
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 8 Comments »
It is usually the hitters who become ingrained in our collective memory when it comes to post-season heroics. Cue montages of Reggie Jackson, Carlton Fisk, and Kirk Gibson. Even for the Phillies, Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz have been receiving ...
A World Series Preview with Lisa Swan
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | 3 Comments »
We are just about twelve hours away from game time, and if you're a fan of either team, you probably have the jitters. That is not to be confused with the shivers, which everyone in the northeast has after all ...
World Series Scouting Reports
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 2 Comments »
As promised yesterday, we'll take a look at the World Series starters. Despite the Phillies naming Pedro Martinez the Game 2 starter, there is still a lot of uncertainty around both teams' rotations: Will the Phillies use a four-man rotation? If so, ...
Meet the New York Yankees
by Bill Baer on Monday, October 26th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 15 Comments »
The 2009 season is down to its last four-to-seven games. One squad of 25 men will attempt to wrest control of the final series from the other for the right to call themselves "World Champions," or in the Phillies' case, ...
The World Series Rotation
by Bill Baer on Sunday, October 25th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 14 Comments »
Todd Zolecki of MLB.com posted a couple days ago that the Phillies hadn't set their rotation aside from Cliff Lee in Game One, mostly because they still don't know who they will be opposing in the World Series. That, of ...
Drunk Jays Fans Podcast [10/25]
by Bill Baer on Saturday, October 24th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Interviews, Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
On the heels of my Pro Baseball Central chat, Drunk Jays Fans now would also like to allot me airtime to gloat about the soon-to-be back-to-back World F'in Champions. Stop by The Score tomorrow night between 7:30 and 8:30 PM ...
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