Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category

Astros Series Preview: Astros County

by Bill Baer on Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Posted in Interviews, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 4 Comments »


Believe your eyes -- it's a series preview. We haven't had one of these since June 25 when the Blue Jays were "in town". I caught up with James from Astros County to find out what to expect out of this ...

Brian Bannister Is Awesome

by Bill Baer on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Media, Sabermetrics | No Comments »


Not Phillies-related, but since this blog uses Sabermetrics so heavily, I thought this may be of interest: Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Brian Bannister talks about how he uses Sabermetric principles and statistics to aid him in improving as a ...

Blue Jays Series Preview: Ian Hunter

by Bill Baer on Friday, June 25th, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 3 Comments »


I swear I wasn't stalking Zoo With Roy while he answered questions for Ian Hunter of the blog Blue Jay Hunter. Turns out ZWR and I were targeting the same prey as I wanted to get Ian's thoughts on the ...

Mets Series Preview: Joe Janish

by Bill Baer on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 2 Comments »


Fellow member of ESPN’s SweetSpot blog network Joe Janish was nice enough to get involved in a Q&A, previewing the upcoming series between the Phillies and Mets. His questions and my answers can be found at his blog Mets Today by ...

Brewers Series Preview: Jack Moore

by Bill Baer on Friday, May 14th, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 2 Comments »


The Phillies are in Milwaukee for a three-game series against the Brewers. You read that right: they are in Milwaukee. The series has not been moved to Philly but you can be damn sure the team will be trying to ...

Braves Series Preview: Peter Hjort

by Bill Baer on Friday, May 7th, 2010
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The Phillies are looking towards the Atlanta Braves after winning their last two series, taking two of three from the New York Mets and three of four from the St. Louis Cardinals. The Phils have received great starting pitching as ...

Cardinals Series Preview: Erik Manning

by Bill Baer on Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 3 Comments »


As done Friday, the upcoming series with the St. Louis Cardinals will be kicked off with a short interview with a blogger. Erik Manning of the Cardinals blog Play A Hard Nine was nice enough to participate. You can find ...

Mets Series Preview: Joe Janish

by Bill Baer on Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 10 Comments »


Fellow member of ESPN's SweetSpot blog network Joe Janish was nice enough to get involved in a Q&A, previewing the upcoming series between the Phillies and Mets. His questions and my answers can be found at his blog Mets Today. . ...

NL East Preview: Philadelphia Phillies

by Bill Baer on Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 20 Comments »


You've had a look behind enemy lines with the division rival previews that have been posted here this week. Now, you may be wondering just what to expect from your Philadelphia Phillies going into 2010. Thankfully, there's an app a ...

NL East Preview: Atlanta Braves

by Bill Baer on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 4 Comments »


ATLANTA BRAVES 2009 Record: 86-76, 3rd in NL East Pythagorean Record: 91-71 (-5) Current PECOTA Projection: 84-78(2nd in NL East) BDD preview (by yours truly) will run on March 20 Armed with arms, the Atlanta Braves made an impressive push in the NL East in ...