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6/11/2013 Lou Collier interview (Passed Ball Show)
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The Phils win their fifth straight game, as they score early and often, as they defeat the Brewers, 5-1.
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Baseball Power Report: Month 2 (Week 9)
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The Phils salvage a win as they hang on to beat the Brew Crew, 7-5.
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5/30/2013 Chad Moeller interview (Passed Ball Show)
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The Phils win their fifth straight game, as they score early and often, as they defeat the Brewers, 5-1.
The Phils score several early runs on their way to their fifth straight win, as they defeat the Brew Crew, 5-1.
The Phils took the lead in the top of the first as, with the bases loaded, via singles by Michael Young, John Mayberry, Jr. and Jimmy Rollins, and with nobody out, Ryan Howard hits a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Young, giving the Phils a 1-0 lead. Two batters later, after Dom Brown walked to reload the bases, moving both Mayberry and Rollins up a base, and with still one man out, with Delmon Young at the plate, Mayberry scores on a Wily Peralta’s wild pitch, allowing Mayberry to score, giving the Phils a 2-0 lead, while Rollins moved up to third base, and Brown went up to second base. The Phils added to their lead in the top of the second as, with a... Baseball Power Report: Month 2 (Week 9)
A third of the way through the season, it’s time for the early June Power Report. For each team I have a ranking and a few interesting stats/observations for not just last week, but also the last month and the season to date. I tried to keep everything consistent, but some stats are based on Saturday, some on Sunday. Enjoy!
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30. Marlins. If April wasn’t bad enough, the Marlins scored just 79 runs in 28 games in the month of May, running their season total to 152 runs in 55 games. They rank last in runs, doubles, homers, average, on-base percentage, slugging, and hit into the third most double plays. When your team leader in batting average is at .228, that explains a lot. Their pitching yields the highest opponents’ on-base percentage in the NL. Miami is actually 6-3 against the Mets, but 10-39 versus everyone else. On the bright side, slugger Giancarlo Stanton...
The Phils salvage a win as they hang on to beat the Brew Crew, 7-5.
The Phils almost allow one to slip away as they hang on to salvage a victory in their series against the Brewers, winning, 7-5.
The Brewers tried to score first in the top of the first as, with one man out, Carlos Gomez reaches base with a double. But Phils’ starter Cliff Lee is able to pitch himself out of trouble by first getting Ryan Braun to ground out, 5-3, on a ball that third baseman Freddy Galvis made a spectacular play on, for the inning’s second out, and then by getting Jonathan Lucroy to also ground out, 6-3, on a ball that was grabbed by shortstop Jimmy Rollins, who then threw Lucroy out to end the inning. The Phils then took the lead in their half of the first as, with two men on, and with two men out, a red-hot Dom Brown hits a... 5/30/2013 Chad Moeller interview (Passed Ball Show)
filling out my first All-Star ballot
All-Star voting is underway and fifty games into the season is a good enough sample size to identify some selections. These will likely change a little before July 16, so don't kill me for omitting the first place Red Sox, Rangers and Cardinals.
Along with your traditional home runs and batting average, my favorite baseball statistics are:
First base: Chris Davis, Orioles. 17 home runs, 18 doubles, .344 batting average and 29 walks. He also plays solid defensively at first. Davis has become one of my favorite sluggers.
Second base:
- On-base percentage (hits plus walks plus hit-by-pitches)
- Extra-bases (homers, doubles, triples, stolen bases)
- Runs produced (runs scored plus runs batted in minus home runs)
First base: Chris Davis, Orioles. 17 home runs, 18 doubles, .344 batting average and 29 walks. He also plays solid defensively at first. Davis has become one of my favorite sluggers.
Second base: The other Brett’s big day and longer than expected career
Thirty-nine years ago (5/27/1974) LHP Ken Brett pitched one of his best games. Pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he took a no hitter into the 9th inning, giving up a hit before shuting out the Padres. It was the first game of a double header, and it was Brett who would deliver a two-run pinch hit triple to lead the Pirates to a comeback 8-7 victory in the double header sweep. Brett's brother George gets all the credit he deserves for his Hall of Fame career and 3000 plus hits. George established himself as one of the premier hitters of his generation. Some do not even know George had a MLB brother let alone a brother that pitched for 14 seasons.
The older Brett made his MLB debut September 27th in 1967, giving up a run in two innings in... Is it worth it for teams to pursue Alfonso Soriano?
When Alfonso Soriano signed his 8 year, $136 million deal with the Cubs, even the Cubs expected Soriano not to be at his best in the last couple seasons of the contract. Maybe the Cubs expected to be a little more competitive in the first couple years of the deal. Soriano still has another season at $18 million in his deal with the Cubs. With the Cubs not going anywhere, shouldn't it make sense for the Cubs to move Soriano and get "something" back in return? Soriano has stated his desire to play for a winner in addition to waiving his no trade clause for the right deal.
Here are some negatives. Soriano's salary will be a sticking point as this will be a test to how much of the money the Cubs will be willing to eat. And if the... baseball Week 7: a whole lot of Crazy
** Living in the Northeast and primarily following the AL, I know all about the Yankees’ improbable season. But what if I told you that there was a team that…
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- entire starting outfield has been on the DL
- All-Star/Silver Slugger second baseman played just ten games
- All-Star catcher is hitting .180 (while playing more than all but one other MLB backstop)
- Closer pitched poorly then went on the DL
- Bullpen has most blown saves in MLB
- Ace went seven starts between earning wins
- Number two pitcher earned just one win in a stretch of seven starts
- Number three pitcher has sub-.500 record
- Number four pitcher recently earned his first win (ninth start of the season)
- In the offseason they traded away the player that now leads the majors in home runs
baseball Week 6: “Week of the Pitcher”
It was a week for pitching gems. There may not have been a no-hitter or perfect game but a whole slew of guys came pretty darn close.
- Cardinals rookie Shelby Miller allowed a leadoff single on Friday, then retired the next 27 batters.
- The next day, his teammate Adam Wainwright pitched another complete game shutout, allowing just two hits
- Also on Friday, Red Sox Jon Lester pitched a one-hit shutout over the Blue Jays.
- Mets Matt Harvey pitched a one-hit shutout on Monday with 12 strikeouts and no walks and didn't even get a win for it (Mets won 1-0 in ten innings, Harvey pitched nine).
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