Braves Series Preview with Peter Hjort
by Bill Baer on Friday, May 6th, 2011Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 2 Comments »
Don't look now, but the team giving the Phillies a run for their money when it comes to pitching is the Atlanta Braves. Going into yesterday's games, the two teams were tied in ERA and had nearly identical marks in ...
Graph of the Intermittent Time Period
by Bill Baer on Friday, May 6th, 2011Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 4 Comments »
Last night, in the first inning, Washington Nationals starter John Lannan hit Shane Victorino with a fastball. That marked the ninth time Lannan has hit a Phillie with a pitch, by far the highest total of players hit. ...
Let’s Get Jimmy Rollins Locked Up
by Bill Baer on Thursday, May 5th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 36 Comments »
If I polled a random selection of Phillies fans about Jimmy Rollins' .287/.379/.374 triple-slash line, I wager most of them would express disappointment with his 2011 season thus far. They would cite the two RBI he had in his ...
Ibanez Trying to End Offensive Slump
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011Posted in .gifs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 26 Comments »
While many baseball fans have been focusing on Andre Ethier's current 28-game hitting streak, Phillies fans have been bemoaning the current 34 at-bat hitless streak, spanning 11 games, of Raul Ibanez. He turns 39 years old in June and many ...
Phillies Injuries Proving Costly
by Bill Baer on Monday, May 2nd, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 18 Comments »
Last year, I posted updates about the many injured Phillies, tallying up exactly how much money the Phillies were spending on shelved players. Unfortunately, the injury bug followed the Phillies into 2011, demanding yet more updates. The following is a ...
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