Filling Out My All-Star Ballot
by Bill Baer on Monday, June 21st, 2010Posted in Baseball Bloggers Alliance, MLB, Sabermetrics | 19 Comments »
With July 13 quickly approaching, members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance are filling out their All-Star ballots. Here are my picks. National League Catcher: Miguel Olivo, Colorado Rockies Going into 2010, Olivo's career-high in on-base percentage was .263, set in '06 with ...
Get To Know Your BBA Members
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Posted in Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | No Comments »
Click here to read my interview for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. Stay tuned for more interviews of the other various members as well. Here's my favorite question from the set: Question 7: How much of the “Philly fan” reputation is deserved? None. You ...
A World Series Preview with Lisa Swan
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | 3 Comments »
We are just about twelve hours away from game time, and if you're a fan of either team, you probably have the jitters. That is not to be confused with the shivers, which everyone in the northeast has after all ...
BDD: AL and NL MVP
by Bill Baer on Saturday, October 24th, 2009Posted in Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Baseball Daily Digest, MLB | 3 Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I cast my twenty ballots for the ten Most Valuable Players in each league. Oh, you thought I was going to pick Joe Mauer. He’s a justifiable candidate, of course, but there’s a more deserving player out ...
BDD: Cy Young Winners
by Bill Baer on Monday, October 19th, 2009Posted in Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Baseball Daily Digest, MLB | No Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I make the final judgment on each league's best pitchers. In the last twenty years, only six pitchers have finished a season in which they made at least 25 starts with an ERA+ over 200. Greinke is ...
BDD: Rookies of the Year
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Posted in Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Sabermetrics | 8 Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I make my selections for AL and NL Rookies of the Year. Looking at WAR, we can narrow our field of eight down to six. The Phillies’ J.A. Happ and the Rockies’ Dexter Fowler are the only ...
BDD: Managers of the Year
by Bill Baer on Sunday, October 11th, 2009Posted in Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Baseball Daily Digest, MLB | No Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, I make my selections for AL and NL Manager of the Year. One of the current projects of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is award balloting, done in a style similar to that of the Baseball Writers Association ...
BDD: Division Series Predictions
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Baseball Daily Digest, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
At Baseball Daily Digest, you can check out all of our predictions for the opening round of the playoffs. Three of the four series are pretty easy picks; the only tricky one is the Angels-Red Sox series. By the way, if ...
