Archive for July, 2009
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Friday, July 31st, 2009Everything is suddenly looking better than anyone could have hoped atop the Phillies rotation. Assuming the Phillies stop making three errors a game and find their way into the post-season, if we can just avoid a brawl over who starts the first playoff game everything should be swell. If it turns out that […]
It’s not the heat it’s that the Phillies can’t be stopped
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Possible exception: Yusmeiro Petit.
In case you’ve been so occupied following trade rumors you missed the games, the Phillies are still playing pretty well. 19-4 in their last 23 games. Two out of three against the Diamondbacks in Arizona most recently.
The Phillies are, by a wide margin, the best road team in […]
NiceLee done?
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009This says that the Phillies have “reached agreement with the Indians on a trade that would bring them left-hander Cliff Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco for Class A right-hander Jason Knapp, Class AAA right-hander Carlos Carrasco, shortstop Jason Donald and catcher Lou Marson” and that “the deal is pending a review of medical records.”
That would […]
Rate increases
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009In yesterday’s post I pointed out that the Phillies have scored a lot more runs per game in July than they have in other months of the season. It also seems that the dramatic increase in the number of runs they are scoring isn’t because they are hitting more home runs — it’s because […]
Walks in high supply in July
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009The Phillies are putting tons of runs on the board in July. Offensively it has been their best month of the year. Here’s the number of runs they’ve scored per game for the season (nothing in this post includes results from yesterday’s games):
Month
R per game
NL rank R
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