Oswalt Pitches Phillies to 1-1 Split
by Bill Baer on Sunday, October 17th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 9 Comments »
The Phillies evened the National League Championship Series at one game apiece, defeating the San Francisco Giants 6-1 behind a strong eight-inning performance by Roy Oswalt, and a seventh-inning bases-clearing double by Jimmy Rollins. Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez ...
No Need to Panic After Game One Loss
by Bill Baer on Sunday, October 17th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 27 Comments »
The Phillies dropped the first game of a playoff series for the first time since the 2007 National League Division Series against the Colorado Rockies. This is a bit of an unfamiliar feeling to most fans, who had to watch ...
Lincecum, Giants Top Phillies in Game One
by Bill Baer on Saturday, October 16th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 13 Comments »
The Phillies dropped Game One of the National League Championship Series to the San Francisco Giants behind an uncharacteristically human effort from ace right-hander Roy Halladay. Although Halladay did not walk any Giants hitters, he was around the ...
Dom Brown or Greg Dobbs?
by Bill Baer on Friday, October 15th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 10 Comments »
Via Todd Zolecki on Twitter, the Phillies were deciding between Domonic Brown and Greg Dobbs for the final spot on the NLCS roster: NLCS roster undecided. Likely down to Dobbs/Brown. Dobbs can play INF. Brown has speed/bat. Health concerns ...
Phillies-Giants NLCS Preview: Q & A with Chris Quick
by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 14th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 14 Comments »
Four wins separate the Phillies from their third consecutive World Series appearance. The confidence of Phillies fans is at a year-long high. Roy Halladay will start Game One fresh off of holding the National League's best offense to zero ...
Phillies-Giants NLCS Preview: Starting Rotations
by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 14th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | 5 Comments »
On the whole, there will not be a match-up in the playoffs more heralded than the clashing of the Phillies' and Giants' starting rotations. The Phillies, of course, are given the edge as they have three pitchers in the top-15 ...
Phillies-Giants NLCS Preview: Starting Eight
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 63 Comments »
The Phillies are four wins away from a third consecutive World Series appearance. If that happens, they would be the the first National League representative to accomplish that feat since the 1942-44 St. Louis Cardinals. While the San Francisco Giants ...
Halladay-Oswalt-Hamels Could Be Historically Great
by Bill Baer on Monday, October 11th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 19 Comments »
As mentioned in the Game Three recap, the Phillies barely used their bullpen to fend off the Cincinnati Reds, instead relying on baseball's best starting rotation. Of the 27 innings, the starters pitched 23 of them, including two complete game ...
Hamels Sends Phillies to NLCS
by Bill Baer on Sunday, October 10th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 20 Comments »
If the Phillies are trying to avoid having the most irrelevant bullpen in post-season history, they're not doing a great job of it. The bullpen tossed a sum total of four innings in the three NLDS games against the Cincinnati ...
Is Acting Unethical in Baseball?
by Bill Baer on Saturday, October 9th, 2010Posted in 2010 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 28 Comments »
UPDATE 10/12/10: Animated .gif files have been removed due to bandwidth issues. During the bottom of the seventh inning of Game Two of the NLDS against the Cincinnati Reds, Chase Utley was awarded first base when it seemed like a ...
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