Archive for the ‘Series Preview’ 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 ...

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 ...

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. . ...

A World Series Preview with Lisa Swan

by Bill Baer on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Interviews, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | 3 Comments »


We are just about twelve hours away from game time, and if you're a fan of either team, you probably have the jitters. That is not to be confused with the shivers, which everyone in the northeast has after all ...

Meet the New York Yankees

by Bill Baer on Monday, October 26th, 2009
Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 15 Comments »


The 2009 season is down to its last four-to-seven games. One squad of 25 men will attempt to wrest control of the final series from the other for the right to call themselves "World Champions," or in the Phillies' case, ...

Pro Baseball Central [10/22]

by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Interviews, MLB, Media, Philadelphia Phillies, Series Preview | 3 Comments »


I will be appearing in the 9:30-10 PM EST slot on Pro Baseball Central to talk about the Phillies and the World Series with Steve Keane and Joe MacDonald. Be sure to tune in -- you can even call in ...

NLCS Pitcher Scouting Reports

by Bill Baer on Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Posted in 2009 Playoffs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, Series Preview | No Comments »


Folks, your prize fighters for the NLCS have been announced! Lyoto Machida will take on Shogun Rua Cole Hamels will take on Clayton Kershaw in Game One, and Pedro Martinez will oppose Vicente Padilla in Game Two. The Dodgers have ...