Archive for June 29th, 2011

Homegrown Talents: Utley and Howard

by Bill Baer on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Posted 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, 2011
Posted 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, 2011
Posted 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 ...