Toeing The Rubber/Riding The Pine: 4/22/2013
April 22, 2013 by Chris Mitchell · Leave a Comment
Toeing The Rubber/Riding The Pine Week four is a wrap around week in fantasy baseball. Most aces from week #1 have their second two start weeks of the season this week so pitchers like David Price and Felix Hernandez have two starts with one very notable exception, Justin Verlander. Adding to the aces in this […]
Toeing the Rubber/Riding the Pine: Week #3
April 15, 2013 by Chris Mitchell · 1 Comment
WEEK #3 Double Start “Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em” MUST START PITCHERS Cliff Lee/Jordan Zimmerman/Kris Medlen/Josh Johnson/Lance Lynn/Doug Fister/Homer Bailey/Tommy Millone/Derek Holland/Ryan Dempster MUST SIT PITCHERS Kyle Kendrick/Eric Stutts/Dylan Aexlrod/Alex Sanabia/Aaron Laffey/Jonathan Sanchez/Mike Pelfrey/Jeff Francis/Jake Arrieta/Joe Blanton/Ubaldo Jimenez/Mark Buerhle/Wily Peralta/Ivan Nova/Juan Ncasio/Dillon Gee THE TOUGH CALLS “3-2 Count” We are in week #3 and as far […]
Fun With Retrosheet: Players With The Highest Percentage of Post-Season Homers
October 10, 2011 by Tom Ruane · Leave a Comment
A quick one today: here are the players who have hit the highest percentage of their home runs during the post-season: Player First Last REG POST PCT Mickey Lolich 1963 1979 0 1 1.0000 Don Gullett 1970 1978 0 1 1.0000 Joe Blanton 2004 2011 0 1 1.0000 Paul Goldschmidt 2011 2011 8 2 .2000 […]
Exciting Times In Cardinal Nation
July 22, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment
You know things are going good when a late-inning win to extend a lengthy winning streak is the second most talked about story today. Let’s take the game first, though, before we get into the trade rumor that popped up last night.  We’ve talked about it before, but one of the great things about this winning streak […]
NL East Serves Notice to Phillies
May 31, 2010 by Matt Aber · Leave a Comment
The Phillies open a series against the Atlanta Braves this Memorial Day only a half game up on them in leading the division. Not surprising is that the Nationals are in last place with the Marlins; what is, though, is that they are both only four games out of first place. Almost 50 games into […]
Citizens Bank Puke
April 26, 2010 by Matt Aber · 3 Comments
After the game on April 14th I double checked the Phillies’ promotional schedule and it was not listed as “Drunk Loser Night†despite what I had seen. It has been about a week and a half since Philadelphia has been held up once again as a shining example of how a few knuckleheads can make […]
NL East Preview
March 29, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
Who can beat the Phillies? Â The Braves have some of the best young talent in the game, but no one will catch them. Â The arrival in 2010 of young phenoms Stephen Strasburg and Jason Heyward will be highlights in the NL East. Â The ultimate story will be Roy Halladay as he carries the Phillies back […]
