All Entries in the "Reflections on the Phillies" Category
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 [...]
Brotherly Love and A New York State of Mind
<!–[if gte mso 10]> 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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