News -- May 2013
5/22 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup for May 22 : Tonight, my daily fantasy lineup at Star Fantasy Leagues features a few players who aren’t even regular starters, but that ...
5/22 The High Phive: Short Term Fix, Long Term Fix: Phillies Edition : I will be doing a series on each of the four major sports teams in Philadelphia over the next few weeks. Each will highlight ...
5/19 The War Room: The Delmon Young Effect : by: Chris CreightonFollow him on Twitter @WarRoomPHLChris by clicking hereWatch the latest episode of the War Room on ...
5/8 The High Phive: The Halladay Effect: What To Do If the Doctor Is No Longer In : Fresh off another embarrassing drubbing at the hands of the lowly Miami Marlins this past Sunday, Phillies ace Roy Halladay is ...
5/7 The High Phive: Phillies Show Signs of Life, Beat the Giants 6-2 : I expected this game to be ugly, ugly in the sense that it would be a 1-0 late Giants victory or something close to that, and ...
5/6 The High Phive: Philadelphia Phillies: This Offense Sucks! : Yes that is Dick Vermeil’s famous description of the Penn State offense in 1993 near the end of a game with Iowa- a game ...
5/5 The War Room: Ryan Howard and The Contract : by: Chris CreightonFollow him on Twitter @WarRoomPHLChris by clicking hereWatch the latest episode of the War Room on ...
News -- April 2013
4/30 The High Phive: 2013 Phillies: First Month is in the Books : I was home for the weekend during the Cardinals series and attended the 5-0 loss on Saturday, April 20, when the Phillies mustered ...
4/27 The War Room: Kyle Kendrick Should Have Earned Your Respect By Now : by: Chris CreightonFollow him on Twitter @WarRoomPHLChris by clicking hereWatch the latest episode of the War Room on ...
4/26 The High Phive: Mind Over Matter: The Phillies, 23 Games In… : This off-season was rife with panic among the Phillies fan base and reporters that this 2013 team would be riddled with injuries ...
4/26 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Gio Returns to Form and Thursday's Box Scores : Gio Gonzalez returned to form Thursday night, holding the potent Reds offense to only one hit and one earned run. On the West ...
4/26 The High Phive: Phillies Lose Again 6-4, Chad Durbin, Geno Smith, Draft & Lane Johnson : Our beloved Phillies sitting at a cool 9-13 (losers of 7 of the last 10), welcomed the 12-9 Pirates who, besides being 20th in ...
4/25 The High Phive: Pirates at Phillies Businessperson Special Preview & Lineups: 4/25/13 : Coming off a blown lead late by the bullpen the Philadelphia Phillies will turn to Cliff Lee to stop the bleeding and hopefully ...
4/22 The High Phive: Phillies take 2 of 4 from the Cardinals, a recap of the weekend : The Phillies bats woke up! Then they fell back asleep, and then they woke up again! Then took a nap, and then they woke up yet ...
4/16 The High Phive: Ben Revere wins catch of the year…and the Phillies lose 4-2 : The Phillies are coming off back to back series wins, and were facing Bronson Arroyo and the Reds in Cincinnati Monday night. ...
4/16 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Ben Revere With The Catch Of The Year : The Phillies might have lost a tough game to the Reds after getting great starting pitching from Cliff Lee but the biggest story ...
4/15 Rontrarian Report: Statistical Quirks After a Dozen Games . . . → Read More: Statistical Quirks After a Dozen Games...
4/15 The High Phive: After a Long and Arduous Journey, is Domonic Brown Finally Here to Stay? : The highly anti**** debut of Phillies top prospect Domonic Brown had the Citizen’s Bank Park crowd of over 40,000 brimming ...
4/15 The High Phive: The Phillies are 6-6, and Fun with Win Probability Added (WPA) : The Phillies sit at 6-6 after taking two of three games from the Marlins in what was a snoozefest — no, really, I fell asleep ...
4/15 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 15 : Our daily fantasy baseball picks got the job done the other night. We scored 34.25 points and were able to take the lone matchup ...
4/13 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Week 3 - Preferred Pitching Matchups : Every season, fantasy owners rely on streaming starting pitching. If you don't know which pitchers will get two starts that week, ...
4/9 The High Phive: Dubee or Not Dubee…That is the Question for the Phillies : Since the middle of last season, it is no secret that I have supported some changes in the Phillies coaching hierarchy. Obviously ...
4/8 The High Phive: Phillies Fans: It’s Too Early to Panic : After 6 games many Phillies fans-especially those one tends to notice on the 2 local sports talk radio stations-are already well ...
4/7 The High Phive: Halladay’s Struggles Continue, Braves Bats Stay Hot in Phillies Loss 9-2 : For the second consecutive game, the Braves coasted to victory behind a red-hot offense and some very solid starting pitching. ...
4/4 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 4 : After winning a bit of money on the 2nd, yesterday’s lineup took a step backward. Poor performances from Billy Butler and ...
4/1 The High Phive: 2013 Philadelphia Phillies Prediction : This past week I tweeted to my followers that I believe the Phillies will win 88 games this season, putting them in the mix for ...
News -- March 2013
3/31 numberFire: Philadelphia Phillies 2013 Statistical Preview: Pitching : This is numberFire: we look much further than just Cliff Lee's win-loss record from 2012.See More
Cliff Lee
Cole Hamels
John ...
3/31 FanSided: 2013 MLB Preview: Philadelphia Phillies : The 2012 season didn’t really go as planned for the Philadelphia Phillies. Most of the starting lineup wound up missing time ...
3/30 Tyler's Think Tank: A-Rod Out-earns Astros :
Alex Rodriguez will make more money than all the Houston Astros combined.
That's crazy. One player is going to earn more ...
3/27 The High Phive: Reassessing The Upcoming Halladay Season… : As any of my Twitter followers know, I’m the first person to focus on the negatives about our Philly sports teams, mostly ...
3/26 The High Phive: Phillies’ Spring At-Bats Provide Hope For Offensive Rejuvenation : An offense in decline.
That pretty much sums up what Philadelphia Phillies fans have witnessed over the last four years.
In 2009, ...
3/18 The High Phive: State of the Fan: Philadelphia : Most of us here in the Delaware valley are 4 for 4 sports fans. As 94WIP’s Anthony Gargano describes “4 for 4″ ...
3/18 The High Phive: Questions Linger for Halladay After Early Exit : After battling injuries, inconsistency and a decline in velocity in 2012, the health and performance of Roy Halladay were one ...
3/14 The High Phive: Hamels Gets First Opening Day Nod for Phillies : The Philadelphia Phillies made it clear last season that Cole Hamels was a pivotal piece of the organization’s future.
By inking ...
3/5 The High Phive: United in Desperation: The Phillies and the Yankees, Circa 2013… : It’s hard to believe that it has been four seasons since the Phillies and Yankees met in the World Series, both arguably ...
3/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers Rankings : With big names leading this list, it can be hard to pass on them in the early rounds. I think this is the season we should ...
News -- February 2013
2/22 North and South of Royal Brougham: King Felix and Decreased Velocity: Part One : It’s no secret that maintaining fastball velocity is important for a pitcher’s sustained success—or in the case of some, sustained ...
2/18 North and South of Royal Brougham: Mariners WBC Preview: Current and (Mostly) Former Mariners in the World Baseball Classic :
The World Baseball Classic is less than two weeks away, and some baseball nerds are getting very excited.
When the WBC started ...
2/11 NBA Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: What Kind of Owner are You? : I am entering my 20th season of Fantasy baseball, having played against literally hundreds of different opponents. Because ...
News -- January 2013
1/30 The High Phive: A First Look at the 2013 Phillies Pitching Staff : For the last 4 years, since the Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series, Ruben Amaro has built his team on pitching. Fans agree ...
1/22 NBA Jerks: MLB News and Rumors: Player Movement Minimal During Dead of Winter : The Major League Baseball free agent landscape hasn’t changed much in recent days. It has been one of the slower periods since ...
1/3 The High Phive: Top 5 Things for Philly Fans to Look Forward to in 2013 : Philadelphia sports had what I hope is a forgettable 2012. The Phillies were 81-81, the Eagles were 4-12, the Flyers haven’t ...
1/3 The High Phive: Will Charlie Manuel be the Next Andy Reid? : After 14 years of being the head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, Andy Reid has been relieved of his duties. He leaves the franchise ...
News -- December 2012
12/19 The High Phive: Phillies Add Lannan & Adams + Looking at Howell? : Over the weekend the Philadelphia Phillies added two parts to the puzzle that was the starting rotation & back end of the ...
12/18 The High Phive: The unfulphilling off season for the Phillies : With the Eagles season over not too long after it began, the Flyers in the middle of a bitter NHL lockout, and the 76ers still ...
12/11 The High Phive: Michael Young, Ruben Amaro, and Diminishing Returns : When Ruben Amaro, Jr. has finished his tenure as Phillies general manager, he will not be most remembered for the 2009 National ...
12/7 NBA Jerks: Phillies Take Cheap Option in Center Field, Twins Continue to Rebuild : As the free agent center field market dwindled, to the point that it now only consists of overpaying for Michael Bourn, the Phillies ...
12/6 The High Phive: Love is Blind, Phillies-Style…The Cliff Lee Story : As the baseball winter meetings continue, with the daily smattering of trade rumors and predictions, no rumor has raised the ire ...
12/6 The High Phive: Phillies Acquire Centerfielder Ben Revere : The Philadelphia Phillies have made their first real move in the off-season by acquiring center fielder Ben Revere from the Minnesota ...
12/5 North and South of Royal Brougham: Mariners Walk From Hotel Room to Hotel Room looking for Action : I’ve never been to a winter meeting. In fact, I’ve never even really been to a trade show. I’ve been to shows ...
12/4 The High Phive: Justin Upton for Cliff Lee? Victorino to Boston? : ESPN’s Pedro Gomez is reporting negotiations are ongoing between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies ...