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Over the last three seasons, the Phillies have dramatically lowered the rate at which they strike out. Here’s the team’s rank in the National League for total strikeouts by their hitters over the past...
View ArticleStrikeout outage
More on strikeouts. Today’s point is that Victorino and Utley didn’t strike out much compared to other NL players who hit as many home runs or more home runs than they did in 2010. Utley hit 16 home...
View ArticleWelcome to the broke down machine
Shortly after the addition of Ben Revere, I whipped through a couple of posts in which I lamented the fact that, given his complete lack of power, Revere was likely either going to have to...
View ArticleThe murky dozen
Here was the most recent guess about the pitchers who start the year with the team, which came in this post at the end of January: Other candidates 1 Halladay (R) P Aumont (R) 2 Lee (L) T Cloyd (R) 3...
View ArticlePeeee-ew
Another miserable game for the Phillies last night as they made five errors on their way to a 6-2 loss to the Yankees. Cliff Lee allowed five runs over 2 2/3 innings — only two of the runs were earned...
View ArticleBetter late than never
The Phils topped Atlanta 7-6 today, getting a walkoff homer from Darin Ruf with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. After jumping out to a 4-0 lead, the bullpen, and especially Chad Durbin, stumbled...
View ArticleBraves celebrate Opening Day by announcing Open Season on pitches thrown by...
The 2013 season started for the Phillies last night and it didn’t start well. Cole Hamels made his first Opening Day start and came up with a klunker, allowing three home runs as the Braves scored five...
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The Phillies started yesterday with a chance to end the night over .500 for the year. They ended it at 6-9 for the season, quickly falling in the conclusion of Wednesday night’s suspended game before...
View ArticleIndians, universe unimpressed as Phils unveil their secret weapon
Some fans have surely been hoping that the additions of Carlos Ruiz and Delmon Young to the lineup may be enough to save the Phillies. It still might, but it wasn’t last night. The Phillies played...
View ArticleHow soon can you start, Carlos?
And is it going to be a problem if we need to you pitch like you did in 2004? Every day? The Phillies used five pitchers yesterday and four of them were awful. Phillippe Aumont allowed a single in a...
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