Brandon Phillips
I have had a hard enough time keeping up with with the Cardinals in late 2010 and into the off-season much less trying to watch much “other” baseball. Thankfully, the tools at the disposal of an otherwise occupied blogger (FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, Twitter) are more than enough to formulate the PH8 ballot for the BBA National [...]
Posted in: Awards,Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Current Cardinals,National League,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Brandon Phillips, Jay Bruce, Joey Votto, Josh Johnson, Matt Holliday, Rickie Weeks, Roy Halladay, Ryan Zimmerman, Scott Rolen, Troy Tulowitzki, Ubaldo Jimenez
Dear Brandon Phillips, I hold plenty of respect for your teammates, but you sir, have embarrassed yourself. You went two-for-fourteen against the Cardinals while on the losing end of a three-game sweep. In honor of your “performance,” I would like to present you with the following. (Language NSFW.) Love, PH8.
As part of a Baseball Bloggers Alliance Project, Josh, Andrew and I cast our ballots for the 2010 National League All-Star team. In order to keep things simple, two out of three votes was a lock, no need for further discussion. We managed to lock up all but one outfield position in that voting manner. [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Dunn, Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, Aubrey Huff, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Brandon Phillips, Brian McCann, Charlie Manuel, Chase Utley, Corey Hart, David Wright, Hanley Ramirez, Josh Willingham, Marlon Byrd, Matt Holliday, Miguel Olivo, MLB All-Star Game, National League, Roy Halladay, Ryan Zimmerman, Troy Tulowitzki, Ubaldo Jimenez, Yadier Molina
Chris Perez is starting to get ‘that look’ when he pitches. Tonight, he seemed really pissed off that Brandon Phillips got that hit to left, and he took it out on Javier Valentin and Edwin Encarnacion. The slider was working, the heater was working, the control seemed to be working. CP63 has got it going [...]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Brad Thompson, Brandon Phillips, Carlos Zambrano, Chris Carpenter, Chris Perez, Daryle Ward, Edwin Encarnacion, Felipe Lopez, Jaime Garcia, Jason LaRue, Ryan Ludwick
From my Sunday Spitballs – 06.08.08 post: Anyone else feel like the Cardinals badly need a sweep? It should’ve happened in the Nats series, but instead Ryan Franklin did his best Jason Isringhausen imitation. They really need to get on a tear to get some confidence back, it would seem. Sooner or later, the Cubs [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Brandon Phillips, Jason Isringhausen, Joel Pineiro, Paul Janish, Randy Flores, Ryan Franklin, Tony LaRussa, Troy Glaus