Act Like We’ve Been Here Before
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, December 21st, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, NFL, Philadelphia Phillies | 12 Comments »
To the right you'll find the cover of today's Philadelphia Daily News (click to enlarge). The headline is quite celebratory in nature: "Philadelphia, city with a superiority complex." Hey, it's been a good week in Philly, after all: the Phillies got ...
Cliff Lee Signs with Phillies
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, December 14th, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 62 Comments »
Texas Rangers beat writer T.R. Sullivan is reporting that the Phillies have signed free agent left-handed pitcher Cliff Lee. Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News is reporting that it is a five-year deal. Joel Sherman says it is ...
Paul Hagen on Protection, RBI
by Bill Baer on Thursday, December 9th, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 5 Comments »
Bloggers have often been critical of the media when they discuss Sabermetrics. The criticism has usually been somewhat justified as the media hasn't always taken a sunny disposition towards statistical analysis. Recently, though, we have seen a sea change in ...
Chase Utley Gets No Respect
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 24 Comments »
If you tuned in to MLB Network on Monday, you may have overheard some crazy talk coming from former Philadelphia Phillies closer Mitch Williams. Following a discussion of the National League MVP award, the panel discussed the possibility of ...
On Awards and Voting
by Bill Baer on Monday, November 15th, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, Sabermetrics | 8 Comments »
Dejan Kovacevic, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's beat writer for the Pirates, caused a ruckus earlier today when it was revealed that his National League Rookie of the Year ballot diverged from the consensus with a Buster Posey, Neil Walker, ...
In Which Rational Philadelphians Headdesk
by Bill Baer on Monday, November 1st, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 28 Comments »
It's Chase Utley overkill here at Crashburn Alley. But the "Utley sucks" meme has continued to spread and it must be stopped. Jack McCaffery shot the most recent salvo of stupid, titling his article "It's time for Phillies to ...
Chase Utley and Accountability
by Bill Baer on Friday, October 29th, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 31 Comments »
Chase Utley has been the subject of many discussions lately, including two posts here and a Marcus Hayes tangent in an online live chat for the Philadelphia Daily News. Among Hayes' many criticisms of Utley, he called the second ...
One More Note on Chase Utley
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 33 Comments »
So, this happened earlier today. It's a live chat with Marcus Hayes of the Philadelphia Daily News. As I'm not a regular consumer of PDN material, I had forgotten that Hayes existed, but he put himself back on the map ...
Jack McCaffery Wears Bad Idea Jeans
by Bill Baer on Thursday, September 23rd, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 42 Comments »
Long-time Daily Times columnist Jack McCaffery had a doozy published today. He has a suggestion for the Phillies and it's wearing Bad Idea Jeans. Let's jump into it FJM-style, in honor of their reunion on Deadspin yesterday. The title of his ...
Understanding Ryan Howard’s WAR
by Bill Baer on Saturday, September 11th, 2010Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 100 Comments »
Ryan Howard's WAR is not so flattering as beat writer Ryan Lawrence of the Delco Times pointed out in a tweet earlier today. A few reasons I can't comprehend WAR: Jamey Carroll, Ike Davis and Jeff Keppinger ...
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