Investigating Ryan Howard’s Decline
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, August 31st, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 242 Comments »
Last night against the Cincinnati Reds, Ryan Howard hit two home runs and drove in three runs. The latter moved him up to 102 on the season, tied with Prince Fielder for the most in the National League. It also ...
Phillies Best Individual Offensive Seasons, 2006-11
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, August 30th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 18 Comments »
On Twitter recently, there has been discussion of Shane Victorino's MVP candidacy. The case has been made quite often, including here, but the latest twist involves comparing Victorino to Jimmy Rollins in 2007, when the shortstop overtook David Wright and ...
What the Phillies and Rays Learned About BABIP
by Bill Baer on Monday, August 29th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 24 Comments »
As strange as it may sound, Cole Hamels and James Shields have a lot in common. While one earned a championship ring and World Series MVP honors in 2008 and the other did not, both have strongly benefited and suffered ...
Schedule Inflexibility Hurts Phillies, Orioles, Others
by Bill Baer on Monday, August 29th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 7 Comments »
The threat and eventual reality of Hurricane Irene caused many teams along the East coast to reformat their remaining schedules. The Phillies, for instance, rescheduled their Sunday afternoon game with the Florida Marlins to Saturday as part of a day-night ...
Phillies and ItGetsBetter.org Video
by Bill Baer on Saturday, August 27th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 6 Comments »
Roy Halladay, Chase Utley, Hunter Pence, John Mayberry Jr., and Michael Stutes teamed up for an anti-bullying PSA for the LGBT community. It is quite good, make sure to share it with anybody you know who could benefit from this ...
Sarge Is Awesome [.gifs]
by Bill Baer on Thursday, August 25th, 2011Posted in .gifs, MLB, NL East Whining, Philadelphia Phillies | 24 Comments »
Just a warning to you low-bandwidth, slow-computer people: there will be many .gifs after the jump, so don't click through if you can't handle it. Staked to a four-run lead, the New York Mets wanted to get Mike Pelfrey through the ...
The Cost of Injuries
by Bill Baer on Thursday, August 25th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 11 Comments »
Last year, one of the more popular recurring articles here was the accounting of the Phillies' various injuries. If you can recall, the Phillies were absolutely ravaged by them last year; in fact, the only regular position players not to ...
Update on Shutdowns/Meltdowns
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 8 Comments »
With the recent implosions by Phillies relievers, coupled with the season-ending injury of Jose Contreras and the debut of Michael Schwimer, much of the discussion about the Phillies recently has centered around the bullpen. After all, the starting pitching has ...
Your Twitter Questions Answered
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 52 Comments »
Contracts and likelihood aside for a moment, who would you rather have at 1B: Ryan Howard or Jim Thome? (@TVGugs) Ryan Howard, and it's not as close as you'd think. Thome hasn't played first base since 2007 and he hasn't played ...
Twitter Q&A
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 1 Comment »
As I was preparing to head into Philly to tape today's episode of "Stathead", I received note that the show was cancelled and would return next Tuesday. So, I have a bit of free time and there's nothing in the ...
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