Graph of the Intermittent Time Period
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 7 Comments »
More bad news, via Matt Gelb on Twitter: [Ryan] Howard to the DL. Although Howard himself and Charlie Manuel spoke optimistically about his left ankle injury, this was viewed an inevitability by just about everyone else. The black cloud continues to hang ...
Lidge Tipping His Pitches?
by Bill Baer on Sunday, August 1st, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 69 Comments »
Recap: Moments before Ryan Zimmerman sent Brad Lidge's fastball over the centerfield fence in the ninth inning, the third baseman sent Adam Dunn a message. Zimmerman fouled off a slider, looked at Dunn in the on-deck circle ...
Phillies Acquire Roy Oswalt
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 29th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 23 Comments »
The Phillies finally have acquired Roy Oswalt from the Houston Astros, a much-ballyhooed rumor now blossomed into a reality. Let's start with analysis of the tenured right-hander himself. Oswalt, generously listed at 6'0" on his Baseball Reference page, has finished ...
For No Particular Reason
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 29th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 15 Comments »
"For no particular reason" -- other than to put another notch in the CG column on Roy Halladay's Baseball Reference page -- describes Charlie Manuel's use of the star pitcher last night. The Phillies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks easily ...
Brian Bannister Is Awesome
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Posted 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 ...
Analyzing the Phillies’ Lesser SP Targets
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 6 Comments »
With July 31 on the horizon, the Phillies have been mentioned in a flurry of trade rumors. They were obvious candidates to acquire the services of Cliff Lee and Dan Haren, but they have since changed addresses in ...
Domonic Brown: Curb Your Enthusiasm?
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 15 Comments »
UPDATE: Brown has been called up. (via Jim Salisbury of Comcast SportsNet) Shane Victorino came up limping last night. Given the Phillies' season-long bout with bad luck, it was to be expected. The reactions to the injury on Twitter were ...
Behind the Historical Eight-Ball?
by Bill Baer on Monday, July 26th, 2010Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 29 Comments »
The Phillies are trying to return to the World Series for the third consecutive year, a feat that hasn't been accomplished by a National League team since the 1942-44 St. Louis Cardinals. Back then, the National League had eight teams, ...
Graph of the Intermittent Time Period
by Bill Baer on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Posted in Graphs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 30 Comments »
Phillies fans have been wondering why the team has been struggling to score runs this season. Cole Hamels, for the second straight game, received no run support as his offense left nine men on base and went 0-for-7 with ...
The Werth Hate Fest Continues
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010Posted in MLB, Media, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 69 Comments »
I'm of the school of thought that trolls are to be ignored and never taken head-on. When a troll shows up in the comments here, their posts are discarded as soon as they are seen. Usually, the gimmick is extinguished ...
