Archive for June 14th, 2013

Slip Sliding Away

by Paul Boye on Friday, June 14th, 2013
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »

Antonio Bastardo is not having his best season. The hope for the 27-year-old coming into the 2013 season was that he would continue to be the mostly-shutdown lefty who could be counted upon, coming into games to handle the likes of ...

Phillies Continue to Confuse with Closer Claim

by Bill Baer on Friday, June 14th, 2013
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 18 Comments »

When asked about the possibility of trading closer Jonathan Papelbon, GM Ruben Amaro said this: Amaro was just as adamant that it was illogical for the Phillies to consider trading Papelbon. The 32-year-old closer is in the second year of a ...

Carlos Zambrano Isn’t Coming

by Eric Longenhagen on Friday, June 14th, 2013
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 19 Comments »

Pedro Martinez trotted out of the Coca-Cola Park bullpen in a lily white #45 IronPigs jersey through humid, post-downpour, Lehigh Valley air as 10,000 people baked in a surly July sun that seemed eager to make up for the time ...

Crash Bag, Vol. 58: Full-On Wolf Parade Mode

by Michael Baumann on Friday, June 14th, 2013
Posted in Crabshurn Urly, Crash Bag, MLB, Potpourri, Talking about feelings | 12 Comments »

I want to start this week's Crash Bag off with a pouring out of wine for LB Dantzler, who we've likely seen play his last game on national television. South Carolina lost to the Dirty Foots of Chapel Hill last ...