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Vindication for Brad Lidge, Kinda

by Bill Baer on Monday, March 15th, 2010
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 1 Comment »


With a doff of the cap to Baseball Think Factory, former Houston Astros third baseman Morgan Ensberg tells us why he was partially responsible for the go-ahead, three-run home run Brad Lidge served up to Albert Pujols in Game 5 ...

Placido Polanco Suffers Injury

by Bill Baer on Monday, March 15th, 2010
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During today's spring training game with the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton, third baseman Placido Polanco was injured attempting to catch a pop-up on the pitcher's mound. He limped off the field with the help of two trainers. Cody Ransom took ...

NL East Preview: Washington Nationals

by Bill Baer on Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Posted in Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »


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 ...

Begrudgingly Addressing the Howard-Pujols Rumor

by Bill Baer on Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 5 Comments »


If you were away from the Internet today, you missed the big rumor. Per ESPN's Buster Olney: [...] according to sources, an idea has been kicked around the Phillies' organization internally, with discussions about proposing a swap of slugger Ryan Howard ...

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 ...