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Groundhog Day for Eagles Fans
8 hours ago by
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As usual, Igglesblog.com does a great job of summarizing last evening's defeat of the Eagles in Philadelphia by the Cowboys in an entry entitled "Blame 'Em All" [link]. "...the Eagles really look like a basketball team that lives and dies by the three-ball. They...
Muy Interesante: Phillies Decline Option on Pedro Feliz
23 hours ago by
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Photo from fOTOGLIF The Phillies' front office is wasting no time whatsoever assembling a roster for 2010. Late last week, Brett Myers was informed the Phillies would not negotiate a new contract with him and today brings word that the Phillies have declined the $5.5...
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Brett Myers Will Not Return to the Phillies in 2010
3 days ago by
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Before many, including myself, have had a chance to do a post-mortem on the Phillies season and their valiant attempt to repeat as World Champions, the team has already begun to work on the roster for 2010. Multiple sources are reporting that Brett Myers was told by...
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Manuel Willing to Use the Kitchen Sink Tonight
5 days ago by
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Phillies manager Charlie Manuel told reporters this afternoon, "...We'll use anybody except Lee tonight." Wow, even Cole Hamels? Does that mean Manuel is planning on using Cliff Lee to start a possible Game 7 on two days of rest?
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Shane Victorino WILL Start in Centerfield Tonight
5 days ago by
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Despite taking a fastball off his right fore-finger, Shane Victorino will in fact be start the game. This is incredibly important, because if he had not been able to go, the Phillies would have been forced to use Matt Stairs, who has been in a slump as deep as a Mad Men...
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Hamels, Myers Verbally Spar
6 days ago by
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Make no mistake, the real story this morning is how Chase Utley and Cliff Lee threw the hopes of a repeat World Series title on their backs and extended the series for at least one, hopefully two, games in New York. Chase Utley had two home runs and Lee lasted 7 innings...
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Our Worst Fears Realized
7 days ago by
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As autumn came, the playoffs drew closer and closer and Brad Lidge's struggles continued, you wondered just how long it would go on. You didn't think that it would go into the playoffs, either he'd figure himself out or he'd be removed from the closer's role by...
A Conversation Between Chase Utley and Alex Rodriguez
8 days ago by
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Cole Hamels Can't Wait for this Season to be Over
8 days ago by
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He actually said that. He actually said that. And then chuckled. This comes from Cole's post-game meet-up with the press, after he gave up 5 runs in 4 1/3 innings in Game 3 of the World Series. He also threw in that he is anxious for a fresh start. Tell you what Cole, why...
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Trick or Treat, Game 3
9 days ago by
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[posted by Twitter user @jrubillo]
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Scouting Report: A.J. Burnett
11 days ago by
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The fine folks at Fangraphs.com examined the post-season starts for Yankees Game 2 starter A.J. Burnett and came away with this [link]: Here is what we know: Burnett is going to throw you either a fastball or a curveball. He’s going to try and get ahead with the fastball...
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Cliff Lee Induces Weak Pop-Up from Babe Ruth, Nonchalantly Catches It Himself
11 days ago by
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When Youtube was created, I'm pretty sure they had the baseball playoffs in mind. Behold:
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Phillies Take Game 1, Pundits Scratch Heads
11 days ago by
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[Thanks to Dan McQuade for the video] The video above says it all about Cliff Lee's performance tonight in Yankee Stadium. Nonchalant and easy. 6-1, Phllies win. Lee went the distance, completing the game with 10 strikeouts, no walks and no earned runs [the Yankees...
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Phillies Take Game 1, Pundits Scratch Heads
11 days ago by
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The video above says it all about Cliff Lee's performance tonight in Yankee Stadium. Nonchalant and easy. 6-1, Phllies win. Lee went the distance, completing the game with 10 strikeouts, no walks and no earned runs [the Yankees would score one run the 9th on a Jimmy...
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Mike the Medium Makes His Predictions
12 days ago by
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Throughout the playoffs, Mike Harmanos, loyal phan, BS&S.com reader and occasional contributor, has been examining statistical categories to predict the winner of each series. So far this year, Mike has been 6-0. [click here and here for his previous predictions] Read...
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Mike the Medium Makes His Predictions
12 days ago by
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Throughout the playoffs, Mike Harmanos, loyal phan, BS&S.com reader and occasional contributor, has been examining statistical categories to predict the winner of each series. So far this year, Mike has been 6-0. [click here and here for his previous predictions] Read on...
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A Poetical World Series Preview
13 days ago by
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The following poem was sent in by reader Ann Marie Doley: Red October The Hunt is On Manny’s been Run out of town, Cliff’s the hot New ace around. “Lights-Out” has His Mojo back, And Chooch excels At quarterback. Our "Big Man" Cracks the lumber, The Phils’ wood...
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A Poetical World Series Preview
13 days ago by
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The following poem was sent in by reader Ann Marie Doley: Red October The Hunt is On Manny’s been Run out of town, Cliff’s the hot New ace around. “Lights-Out” has His Mojo back, And Chooch excels At quarterback. Our "Big Man" Cracks the lumber, The Phils’ wood...
Pitching Staffs Evenly Matched for World Series
14 days ago by
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As was the case in comparing the Phillies' and the Yankees' offenses, the two clubs' differences in leagues and ballparks makes it difficult to compare the performances of players. Therefore, we resort to ERA+, which takes out those two factors, and normalizes ERA [100...
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Pitching Staffs Evenly Matched for World Series
14 days ago by
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As was the case in comparing the Phillies' and the Yankees' offenses, the two clubs' differences in leagues and ballparks makes it difficult to compare the performances of players. Therefore, we resort to ERA+, which takes out those two factors, and normalizes ERA [100 is...
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Offense to Offense: Yankees Have Edge Over Phillies
14 days ago by
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As prolific as the Phillies offense has been this year, the Yankees appears to exceed that standard. Given that the two teams play in different parks and leagues, OPS+ is our best statistic for comparing the two teams. Using this stat, the Yankees have, on paper,...
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