Today marks the 90th birthday for the one and only Rapid Robert, Bob Feller. That’s worth a note at least.

Fip Era has a page on ZoomInfo: http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Era_Fip_832942278.aspx.

I’ll keep this one short and sweet. While I was rooting for the Rays to win game 5, and ultimately the series, I am thankful that I don’t have to watch Joe Maddon butcher the game any more than he has during this 2008 post-season. On my blog, I predicted that Maddon would make at […]

The Phillies just scored in the bottom of the sixth, and Tim McCarver called it. Now, I’m not a big McCarver fan (though I thought he was great when he first started in the booth; so was Joe Morgan) but I have always given him bonus points for virtually “calling” Luis Gonzalez’s bloop single off […]

Andy Borowitz has the word on last night’s game. Well, the comic word, anyway (hat tip: Billy Ball).

Heading into the fifth game of the World Series, here are the winning probabilities, provided by MLB Playoff Odds. WS% Tampa Bay .143 Philadelphia .857 Phi in 5 .558 Phi in 6 .193 Phi in 7 .106 Tam in 7 .143

Prior to Game One of the World Series, I brought you my scouting report on Rays’ starter Scott Kazmir. I intended to bring you my scouting report on the Phillies starter at the same time, but I ran into a little wrinkle because I realized at the last moment that Cole Hamels had added a […]

On October 27, 2008, the Philadelphia Phillies will try to claim their second world title. As it turns out, that day will also be the 326th anniversary of the town’s founding. (My source for the latter tidbit is wikipedia, so take that as you will). Could be an interesting anniversary for the city of Brotherly […]

The latest probable outcomes from MLB Playoff Odds: WS% Tampa Bay .338 Philadelphia .662 Phi in 5 .284 Phi in 6 .218 Phi in 7 .160 Tam in 6 .122 Tam in 7 .216

The series is obviously tied 1-1, with Philly managing a split in Tampa. Here are the current win probabilities, courtesy of MLB Playoff Odds: WS% Tampa Bay .516 Philadelphia .484