2013 Philadelphia Phillies: AARP Edition (big shout out to Morbius #1 fan)

9 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 16 K

16 K holy shit

97 game score

(against the padres tho)

@based_ball
the 2016 Phillies rotation is on pace to surpass its 2015 WAR next Saturday

the horror

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=28941

Velasquez's big game and Signature Significance:

http://www.billjamesonline.com/indicative_impressions/

So, what does this all indicate? I do think the list of pitchers having games like this bodes well for Velasquez. While there are a handful of starters mentioned that may not fit everyone’s description of a quality pitcher, it’s still full of players who went on to fine careers. Not 100% of them, of course, and certainly injuries derailed a few, but it’s a pretty compelling list.

get out yr brooms

n-o-l-a nola

hi5 Mordy

first ryan howard walkoff hr since 2014! i was watching the draft and switched over just in time to watch it :p

pieceee

now back to reading Ball Four

is it too early to rehabilitate ruben

6 straight!

i have perfect timing - every time i turn on the game howard hits a hr

pieceee

6 shutouts this year

now in 2nd place in the East with a -25 run differential

i will enjoy the correction

finally finished the bouton book last night - it's a super quick read but it took until my kindle melted down for me to make the time to wrap it up. he mentions off-handedly an SI story about the Dalton Gang that i had never seen before but is funny: http://www.si.com/vault/1960/06/13/637793/the-dalton-gang-rides-again

-28 DIFF. Second most wins in the NL.

so you know it's an illusion, rather like Clinton's progressivism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVewWbeBiY

under .500 ;_;

I had a dream last night that I caught an Odubel Herrera hit HR in my bare hands and it didn't hurt at all.

Jayson Stark reports that Carlos Ruiz and Ryan Howard have cleared waivers

BP hit List:

Phillies ERA by month:
April: 3.79
May: 3.92
June: 5.34
July: 4.12
August: 5.91
September: the numerical equivalent for “frowny face.”

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBqsn2QWAAE3-fG.jpg

a hall-of-fame apology from mike schmidt

Old Baseball Player fail

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/06/06/mike-schmidt-odubel-herrera-philadelphia-phillies

i'm guessing Mike goes to the SPEAK ENGLISH cheesesteak place

more like mike shit

hoskins looks pretty good so far

just hit another hr off the cubs

as pointed out on the EW podcast the other day, 8 of the ten pitchers he's victimized kinda stink.

you fuckin kidding me

ties the consecutive games record

8 of the ten pitchers he's victimized kinda stink

this may be true . . . but i don't see anyone else doing it

sorry, it wasn't his eighth consecutive game. i was checking his game log and didn't notice one of those days was a doubleheader. still, 8 of his last 9.

future footnote

https://deadspin.com/rhys-hoskins-is-off-to-one-of-the-greatest-starts-to-a-1798496048

In just 18 games he already has 1.2 WAR, or 8 percent of Ryan Howard’s career total (14.9) over 1,572 games.

Colin: The only thing with Hoskins that is really out of whack is his HR/FB, which currently stands at 40%. It’s not unreasonable to think he’ll be close to 20% given his power and the park he plays in. That’s still like 50 HR. Pretty good, I say!

Dave Cameron: Well, yeah, no one can really keep hitting 85% of their XBH as HRs. Every well struck ball he’s hit has left the yard, basically. That’s not going to last.

damn, Hoskins

up to 18 HR (and 26 walks!) in 34 games

in 115 triple-a games this year he had 75 K and 64 BB

presumably the league will figure him out as it did judge, but he's for real

Ryan Howard's total bWAR over the ten-year period following his MVP award: 6.3

Hoskins' this year (before today): 2.2

Rhys Lightning

http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2017/09/15/images/mlbf_1833341883_th_43.jpg

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