Quality is a start
Continuing down the Start Log is more information on quality starts. Here’s some info on quality starts by Phillies pitchers over the past three seasons: 2012 2011 2010 % of starts QS 61.1 66.7 58.0 %...
View ArticleMust it, though? Really?
Yup. The show must go on. For better or worse. But almost certainly for worse. Surprise! Ruben Amaro didn’t fix everything that’s wrong with the Phillies at the trade deadline. That’s cause the list of...
View ArticlePhils give Papelbon another chance to get some people out in the ninth, but...
The Phillies lost for the tenth time in 11 games last night, falling 2-1 to the Giants. Hamels threw eight shutout innings and Papelbon started the ninth with a 1-0 lead, but allowed a pair of runs on...
View ArticleEven a blind squirrel gets to play the Cubs once in a while
And if anyone knows where we can find a blind squirrel, I don’t think we should discount the possibility it might be able to give the outfield a defensive boost. At least not without careful...
View ArticleSo what could we get for $172 million?
Maybe they just haven’t spent enough money. It’s brainstorming, folks. There are no bad ideas. Okay, I take that back. There are some bad ideas. Turns out some of them are really atrocious, actually....
View ArticleIn with the old, in with the new
The old guard and new guard got together last night as the Phillies won for the seventh time in nine games, topping the Mets 2-1 behind strong pitching from Lee and a two-run triple by Asche. Lee...
View ArticlePhillie braintrust back to square one after Open Mic Night at the yard proves...
I’m not going to say that that was the worst lineup in Phillie history. That would just be overly dramatic. It might not even be true, either. I’m just saying that if your reaction to looking at the...
View ArticleMe and you and a dog named Boo
I can pretty much guarantee that’s the only Lobo reference you’re ever getting out of me. Tyler Cloyd pitched well early last night, but fell apart in the middle innings. The Padres scored seven runs...
View ArticleLess than zero
There were several players from the 2013 Phils that didn’t make the cut in the most recent post of non-pitchers with a WAR greater than zero as calculated by both Baseball-Reference and FanGraphs. A...
View ArticlePhillie pitchers don’t manage a lot of O’s against the Orioles
One, actually. You know who they might have asked about that? Baltimore pitchers. I’m sure they would be happy to help. Cause when we work together, everybody wins. Everybody didn’t literally win...
View ArticleThe highway is alive tonight, but nobody’s kiddin’ nobody about where it goes
Sittin’ down here in the campfire light, searchin’ for the ghost of like six different people, including, surprisingly, Cliff Lee. The Phillies exploded for 14 Opening Day runs yesterday afternoon,...
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