A Lesson Learned
by Bill Baer on Monday, October 19th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
The following chart shows the location of all the pitches that Phillies hitters made contact with during Game Three against starter Hiroki Kuroda of the Los Angeles Dodgers. (From the catcher's perspective) The only pitch of Kuroda's that the Phillies bothered to ...
BDD: Cy Young Winners
by Bill Baer on Monday, October 19th, 2009Posted in Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Baseball Daily Digest, MLB | No Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I make the final judgment on each league's best pitchers. In the last twenty years, only six pitchers have finished a season in which they made at least 25 starts with an ERA+ over 200. Greinke is ...
One for the Ages
by Bill Baer on Sunday, October 18th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
Curt Schilling, October 21, 1993. Cole Hamels, October 1, 2008. Who are the only pitchers to throw at least eight innings and allow zero runs in a post-season game for the Philadelphia Phillies? Add Cliff Lee to that list. Going by game score, ...
Chase Knoblauch
by Bill Baer on Friday, October 16th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
Two throwing errors (one justified) in two NLCS games from the right arm of Chase Utley, the best defensive second baseman in all of Major League Baseball. Fortunately, the late Mrs. Olbermann was not in the crowd at Dodger Stadium ...
Why Blame Anyone but Hamels?
by Bill Baer on Friday, October 16th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 7 Comments »
Typically, sportswriters tend to save their hyperbolic assertions for after the post-season, on subjects like possible locales for free agents, or necessary trades. Marcus Hayes of the Philadelphia Daily News, however, isn't waiting around with the local baseball team on ...
Game One in the Bag
by Bill Baer on Friday, October 16th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 4 Comments »
Three big hits, eight runs. Throughout the NLDS, the Phillies showed they can score runs without the use of the home run. Tonight against the Dodgers, they scored 75% of their runs via the long ball. So much for small ball. Just ...
A Real Head-Scratcher
by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 15th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »
The Phillies set their NLCS roster and starting rotation, and just about everything is the same, except: Chan Ho Park is in Brett Myers is out Eric Bruntlett is in Kyle Kendrick is out I can understand adding Chan Ho Park to the roster, and ...
NLCS Pitcher Scouting Reports
by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 15th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | No Comments »
Folks, your prize fighters for the NLCS have been announced! Lyoto Machida will take on Shogun Rua Cole Hamels will take on Clayton Kershaw in Game One, and Pedro Martinez will oppose Vicente Padilla in Game Two. The Dodgers have ...
BDD: Rookies of the Year
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Posted in Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Sabermetrics | 8 Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I make my selections for AL and NL Rookies of the Year. Looking at WAR, we can narrow our field of eight down to six. The Phillies’ J.A. Happ and the Rockies’ Dexter Fowler are the only ...
Meet the Los Angeles Dodgers
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | 6 Comments »
Fond memories: NLDS Preview I won't bore you with a narrative as I did with the NLDS preview. Just the facts, ma'am. This is a quick and easy look at how the teams compare with their key position players -- excepting the ...
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