In his rookie year as manager, Joe Girardi managed the Florida Marlins to unexpected breakout season. His squad was made up of an array of young players that were results of the Marlins fire sale the year before We have heard the stories about how Joe Girardi had clashed significantly with the Marlin’s executives. It [...]
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Did Girardi leak Inside Information?
Posted in Marlins, MLB, National League, Phillies on February 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Prospect Title
Posted in Around the Web, Astros, Phillies, Prospects, Rays on February 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Its been years since the Devil Rays of Tampa botched the expansion draft and sent Bobby Abreu to the Phillies shortly after selecting him from the Houston Astros. Since that moment in time until now, the Rays have not done much on the field that has mattered. The Rays now have the the fridge stocked with [...]
If At First
Posted in Cardinals, Mets, MLB, National League, Phillies on February 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The first base position tends to be an offensive minded position where defense is not usually the priority for placing a player there. Its quite interesting here with Albert Pujols the former 3B, Carlos Delgado the former catcher, and Ryan Howard (where the outfield experiment a few years ago did not work). The Cardinals have the all [...]
Ed Wade was the problem
Posted in Long Term Contracts, MLB, National League, Phillies on February 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One thing lost in the Chase Utley long term signing is the job that Pat Gillick has done since taking over at GM. With the former GM Ed Wade, you had Chase Utley doing just about everything he could do in his auditions at 2B to show that he is a special player, but still [...]
NL MVP Voters know their Quad
Posted in Cardinals, MVP, National League, Phillies, Sabermetrics on January 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It is mid January, and you find yourself bummed that the team you were hoping to root for all season long on your Television won’t be there now that baseball has followed the NFL and is going steady with Direct TV. Well, I guess there is always MLB.TV There is plenty of time before pitchers [...]
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