Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category

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
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | No Comments »


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 ...

NL East Preview: Florida Marlins

by Bill Baer on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »


FLORIDA MARLINS 2009 Record: 87-75, 3rd in NL East Pythagorean Record: 82-80 (-5 differential) Current PECOTA Projection: 79-93 (3rd in NL East) BDD's Preview of the Marlins will run on March 22nd Somehow, with a payroll that hasn't exceeded $37 million since 2005, the Florida Marlins ...

NL East Preview: New York Mets

by Bill Baer on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »


NEW YORK METS 2009 Record: 70-92, 4th in NL East Pythagorean Record: 72-90 (-2 differential) Current PECOTA Projection: 77-85 (4th in NL East) BDD Preview of the Mets by Bo Wulf Meet the Mess, meet the Mess Step right up and greet the Mess A year ...

NL East Preview: Washington Nationals

by Bill Baer on Sunday, March 14th, 2010
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WASHINGTON NATIONALS 2009 Record: 59-103, 5th in NL East 2009 Pythagorean Record: 64-98 (+5 differential) Current PECOTA 2010 Projection: 76-86 (5th in NL East) BDD Preview of the Nationals by Jeff Lubbers The Washington Nationals will kick off the NL East previews this week ...

Programming Note: NL East Previews

by Bill Baer on Saturday, March 13th, 2010
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It's March and that means team previews are popping up around the baseball blogosphere. If you haven't been following along, there's a new one every day in March at Baseball Daily Digest and they've been great so far. Personally, I ...