On Actually Getting Excited for Pitchers and Catchers
by Michael Baumann on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012Posted in Talking about feelings | 3 Comments »
Winter is always tough for me. I feed on sports discourse the way a tree feeds on sunlight--I need lots of it, all the time, or else I shrivel up and die. This might why I have the ESPN app ...
Blog Battle with Ian Riccaboni of Phillies Nation
by Michael Baumann on Friday, January 27th, 2012Posted in Potpourri | No Comments »
Continuing Wilson Valdez Week here at Crashburn Alley, I took a minute to have it out with Ian Riccaboni of Phillies Nation about the legacy of Wilson Valdez and how the Phillies should address their middle infield situation in his ...
Exxon
by Michael Baumann on Thursday, January 26th, 2012Posted in MLB, Potpourri, Talking about feelings | 20 Comments »
Wilson Valdez was, to quote Bruce Springsteen, "that giant Exxon sign that brings this fair city light." I've written before at Phillies Nation about the complex and emotional relationship I've enjoyed with another Phillies shortstop, Jimmy Rollins, and in a way, ...
Hamels Kicks Off Farewell Tour with $15 Million Contract
by Michael Baumann on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Posted in 2011-12 Compendium, MLB, Offseason, Philadelphia Phillies | 104 Comments »
The Phillies have signed LHP Cole Hamels to a one-year, $15 million deal, avoiding a final year of arbitration with one of their aces. In the short term, this is fine. Hamels was among the best pitchers in baseball last ...
A Halfhearted Defense of the Kyle Kendrick Contract
by Michael Baumann on Friday, January 13th, 2012Posted in NL East Whining, Offseason, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 35 Comments »
This afternoon, as you've no doubt figured out by now, the Phillies have avoided arbitration with RHP Kyle Kendrick by signing him to a one-year, $3.585 million contract that seems structured specifically to irritate people who write about such things by ...
The Video Game Phillies
by Michael Baumann on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012Posted in MLB, Offseason, Potpourri | 20 Comments »
I'm a little bit of a sports video game loser, not because I'm bad at them (I'm not) or because spending as much time as I do playing NHL or FIFA makes you a loser (it does), but because when ...
A Number to Retire
by Michael Baumann on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 13 Comments »
Hi, everyone. My name is Michael Baumann, and I'm the newest member of the gang over here at Crashburn Alley. Odds are you've either never heard of me before or you know me from Phillies Nation, where I authored, among ...
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