All Entries in the "Reflections on the Phillies" Category
Phillies 2009 Year in Review And a Sneak Peak at 2010
The Philadelphia Phillies accomplished quite a bit in 2009, despite falling just short of the coveted World Series Championship repeat. In fact, just getting back to the Fall Classic showed quite a bit of determination, and, to make it more impressive, they did it with a team that was inferior to their 2009 Championship squad. [...]
Phillies Advance to the 2009 World Series
Congratulations to the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies who have beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 1 to advance to the World Series where they will probably face the New York Yankees!
In tribute of the Great Harry Kalas!
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Phillies Fans It Is Not Time To Panic
If you have been watching the Phillies lately you may be wondering just where exactly DID the offense go? Or you may be wondering how it is possible that Chase Utley and Ryan Howard were a combined 0-22 with 12 strikeouts in their series with the Dodgers this past week. This is a very tough [...]
World Champions Reload, Reorganize, for Repeat
The start of this offseason brought about a bevy of unwelcomed, albeit unsurprising news to the 2008 World Champions. Left-handed reliever J.C. Romero, who had a 0.00 ERA in four World Series appearances, finally learned the fate of his appeal for violating the league’s steroid-abuse policy. Romero was sentenced to a 50-game suspension to [...]
Philadelphia Phillies Off Season Report
Season Wrap Up
The Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays, MLB’s Cinderella story of 2008, to become the World Series Champs! What more needs to be said about 2008 except that Cole Hamels proved that he IS a # 1 starter with his performance in the playoffs. Just in case anyone was questioning his ability on [...]
Brotherly Love and A New York State of Mind
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Washington Nationals
With all of their injuries and a pitching staff that was in trouble before trading RP Jon Rauch, the Nationals find themselves at the bottom of the NL East once again and it is there they will be for years to come in my estimation. They also host the worst record [...]
Philadelphia Phillies, Part 3
A preview of the 2008 season
By Peter Schiller
2008 Needs:
If the Phillies want to improve upon their first round appearance in the 2007 playoffs, they have to strengthen their pitching & they need to replace or re-sign Rowand in CF. I would have said that putting speedy Michael Bourn in CF might have been sufficient, but [...]
Philadelphia Phillies, Part 2
A review of the 2007 Phillies & a preview of the 2008 season
By Peter Schiller
The strength of the 2007 Philadelphia Phillies was their offense, but now let’s look at the pitching staff! Then we’ll wrap things up by addressing Philadelphia’s biggest needs going into 2008.
The rating system that I used as the metric for these [...]
Philadelphia Phillies, Part 1
A review of the 2007 Phillies & a preview of the 2008 season
By Peter Schiller
The strength of the 2007 Philadelphia Phillies was their offense, especially from ¾ of their infield!
The rating system that I used as the metric for these rankings are based on a Fantasy Baseball 5X5 Rotisserie rating system (the sum of BA, [...]
