It seems like every year the A.L. and N.L Gold Glove award winners are announced dozens of baseball analysts, commentators, and bloggers voice strong opposition regarding several selections. The inherent problem is that the only people that vote for the winners of this award are managers and coaches, and they cannot vote for players on [...]
When you think of the Phillies best players over the past two seasons, most people would point out Utley’s 63 home runs, 69 doubles, 225 runs and 37 stolen bases, or Howard’s 93 home runs and 287 runs batted in, or Victorino’s 204 runs, 69 doubles, 61 stolen bases and two .290+ batting averages, or [...]
In the history of Major League Baseball there have been only 23 players have hit for 40 or more doubles and 40 or more home runs in the same season, a feat that has been accomplished only 32 times. This past season Albert Pujols joins Lou Gehrig as the only two players to accomplish this [...]
Chicks dig the long ball. It has been instilled in our heads since I can remember. Truthfully, I never fully believed it in because the closest I ever came to a home run in little league was when my best friend parked a lob ball over the left field fence right where I was sitting. [...]
138-19-8789 Yep, its Charlie Manual’s social security number…just kidding. The 138 represents the total number of stolen bases for the Phillies last season. The 19 represents the total number of times the Phills were caught stealing. And, the 8789 represents the team stolen base percentage (87.89%), easily the highest in all of baseball. This may [...]
You ask any Phills fan who won the ’07 NL MVP and we all would have given the same hands-down answer the second the on-field celebration started when the Phillies clinched their first playoff birth in 14 year…J-Roll. Much like the Phills playoff chase, the NL MVP race was a close one. Winning by only [...]
