Win, Or Lose Job
So the scenario has almost completely played out: Joe Girardi’s misuse of his bullpen, and the forces of nature, have combined to push Game Six of the ALCS to Sunday. It is a game that likely will...
View ArticleGame 2: So…
…pretty much all of my complaints and critiques before Game Two were wrong. And not just wrong, but comprehensively, even spectacularly so. Not only was A.J. Burnett crisp but Jose Molina kept him...
View ArticleHow The Phillies Can Still Win
So, once again, how happy would they have been if you had told the Phillies before the World Series started, that after four games, all this would have been true: - CC Sabathia would be winless...
View ArticleSwinging At The Future; Whiffing At The Past
Two books to address today, one brand new, one kinda. BASEBALL PROSPECTUS 2010 Edited by Steven Goldman and Christina Kahrl John Wiley, $25.95 Two caveats: the publisher is putting out my next book,...
View ArticleFoul Balls; And 2010 Forecasts: NL East
Before we wrap up the National League forecast, the Denard Span incident this afternoon in Tampa (he hits his own mother with a foul ball – and she is wearing one of his uniforms at the time) called to...
View ArticleNL Preview: Phillies, Giants
Nothing would please me more than to see Bobby Cox walk off a field for the last time, on his way to a World’s Championship Trophy presentation (well, except maybe watching him get ejected on his way...
View ArticleThe Josh Hamilton-Bengie Molina Series
They could – and did – give the trophies to other guys, but let’s face it, if you’re a fan of the Phillies, or the ’09 Yankees, or the ’10 Giants, you know that the World Series MVP last year was...
View Article2012 Previews: N.L. East
11 homers, 44 RBI, and a .769 OPS, in 103 games. It’s kind of hard to believe that looking at those numbers, or more correctly looking at the loss of those numbers, would lead lots of folks to...
View ArticleRyan Howard – Saturday?
On the record the Phillies say that first baseman Ryan Howard, still recovering from his brutal Achilles injury on the last play of the team’s 2011 season, will be attempting to play back-to-back rehab...
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