Homegrown Talents: Utley and Howard
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 5 Comments »
Over at Yahoo! Sports, Andrew Simon (@HitTheCutoff) posted the top-ten position-player tandems. It's a great list, but I couldn't help but wonder where Chase Utley and Ryan Howard ranked. Simon's criteria was that both players must have debuted ...
Chat with Fire Brand AL Tonight @ 7 PM! [Completed]
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011Posted in Live Chat, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »
Jeff Barnes and I will be joining the guys from Fire Brand of the American League for a live chat during tonight's Red Sox/Phillies game. The John Lackey/Vance Worley match-up should make for some interesting banter. Make sure to stop ...
Cliff Lee: Where Are the Strikeouts?
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 49 Comments »
As Cliff Lee put the finishing touches on his third consecutive complete game shut-out last night, writers professional and amateur alike took to the laptops to consolidate all of the trivia. First, of course, there is the matter of ...
First-Half Phillies Awards
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 12 Comments »
As the Phillies head towards halftime in the regular season, the Crashburn Alley crew (Paul, Jeff, and myself) will dole out some mid-season hardware to the Phillies we feel are most deserving. The categories are Most Valuable Hitter, Most Valuable ...
Believe the Hype
by Bill Baer on Monday, June 27th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 10 Comments »
During the off-season GM Ruben Amaro assembled quite a formidable pitching staff. It required swiping Cliff Lee from the clutches of the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees, but he did it. The pre-season hype was quite exaggerated. "Best ...
Heath Bell and Bullpen Help
by Paul Boye on Friday, June 24th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 19 Comments »
Buster Olney kicked up some dust Friday when he tweeted a tweety tweet about the Phillies knocking on doors, looking for relief help. Seemingly content with the state of the bench - at least, prioritizing it below the 'pen - Ruben ...
Athletics Series Preview with Dan Hennessey
by Bill Baer on Friday, June 24th, 2011Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | 7 Comments »
The Phillies wrapped up a short six-game road trip against the Seattle Mariners and St. Louis Cardinals, splitting both series overall. They have returned home to Philadelphia to prepare for the Oakland A's for another inter-league series. The A's are ...
Links for Wednesday
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011Posted in Link Dump, MLB | 11 Comments »
The Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals with an avalanche of runs in the eighth inning. The Cardinal bullpen completely imploded, allowing nine runs in relief of Kyle McClellan. Meanwhile, Roy Halladay was excellent as usual, but was ...
The Funniest Baseball Video of All Time
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011Posted in MLB | 4 Comments »
Not Phillies-related, but you'll enjoy this. Some of it is probably not work-safe. The narrator in the video is playing 98 Koshien, which is apparently a Japanese baseball video game for the Playstation. I have the video started at what ...
I Award You No Points
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 12 Comments »
To keep up with the times, Daily News Live had to up its daily dosage of stupid. They brought Marcus Hayes and Mandy Housenick on to talk about the Phillies. Apparently, the two were trying to set new personal highs. Watch ...
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