Ecclesiastes

I’ve felt like I’m stuck between wanting to cry and wanting to throw up for the past 24 hours. I was physically ill during Game 4. There’s no reason the Phillies aren’t ahead in this series right now. Depending on who your favorite player is, you’re alternatively blaming Cole Hamels, Brad Lidge, Chase Utley, Ryan [...]

Projections for the 2010 Phillies

Bill James released his projections for the 2010 MLB season earlier this week, and boy, do I love foresight.
Let’s take a look at the 2010 Phillies and see what they’re in line to do next summer, with my own projected typical lineup and rotation.

NLCS Game 1: 3 Good, 3 Bad, 3 Else

It’s entirely possible that Thursday’s Game 1 of the NLCS between the Phils and Dodgers will be a microcosm of the series as a whole: two good lineups trying to outscore each other before the other team’s starter leaves the mound, and piecing together runs off the bullpens whenever they can afterward.
As we all age [...]

Your AL Cy Young Award Winner: CC Sabathia!

Ok, so when Paul asked for my award ballots, I guess I misunderstood what he had in mind. I love lists, not as much as the next guy, but more than not just the next guy, but as much as the next few guys put together. However, I think this occasion calls for more prose [...]

Vado Magnus Vel Vado Domus

When I was a sophomore in college, a bunch of my nerdy honors college friends were going to start a fraternity. It was really just an excuse to hang out, put something on our resumes, and generally to bother the living daylights out of the fraternity council. I was signed on to be a founding [...]

Change I Think I Believe In

Yes, we’ve changed our look. Well, I’ve changed our look, anyway. Another Phillies blog uses the same WordPress theme and, well, we just looked too similar. So we’re lightening things up a bit and going with this appearance for a while.
Bear with us as we make sure everything jives well with the transition, like images [...]

Being Candid on “Liabilities” and Different Ways of Thinking

I’ve never been afraid of what some would consider contrarian thinking, mostly because I look at a different set of statistics than 90 percent of fans. I despise a pitcher’s record. I think saves are the worst stat ever invented and have negatively affected both pitcher use and baseball economics to a great degree. And [...]

Playoff Predictions from the Phrontiersmen, Phriends, and Phamily

So I thought it might be fun to have a little game come playoff time, getting some of our friends and family to drop some knowledge on the blog. So while Paul and I will obviously be giving our predictions, we’ll have eight guest voices who know what ranges from F-all (my mom, for instance) [...]

The Clincher Picture Post

I’ll let some photos do the talking for once.

Let’s do it again.

Where Does Happ Go?

Now that everyone is breathing a little easier about the Phillies and the division, it seems a bit safer to think about things related to that naughty “P” word and discuss the rotation for the NLDS.
Three of the spots are as solid as ?uestlove. Don’t question the metaphor. The fourth and final spot, however, is [...]