
Photo from fOTOGLIF Before many, including myself, have had a chance to do a post-mortem on the Phillies season and their valiant attempt to repeat as World Champions, the team has already begun to work on the roster for 2010. Multiple sources are reporting that Brett... ...

Phillies manager Charlie Manuel told reporters this afternoon, "...We'll use anybody except Lee tonight." [link] Wow, even Cole Hamels? Does that mean Manuel is planning on using Cliff Lee to start a possible Game 7 on two days of rest? ...

Despite taking a fastball off his right fore-finger, Shane Victorino will in fact be start the game. This is incredibly important, because if he had not been able to go, the Phillies would have been forced to use Matt Stairs, who has been in a slump as deep as a Mad Men... ...

Make no mistake, the real story this morning is how Chase Utley and Cliff Lee threw the hopes of a repeat World Series title on their backs and extended the series for at least one, hopefully two, games in New York. Chase Utley had two home runs and Lee lasted 7 innings... ...

As autumn came, the playoffs drew closer and closer and Brad Lidge's struggles continued, you wondered just how long it would go on. You didn't think that it would go into the playoffs, either he'd figure himself out or he'd be removed from the closer's role by the time... ...

He actually said that. He actually said that. And then chuckled. This comes from Cole's post-game meet-up with the press, after he gave up 5 runs in 4 1/3 innings in Game 3 of the World Series. He also threw in that he is anxious for a fresh start. Tell you what Cole, why... ...

[Original image taken from this excellent photo gallery at Philly.com] Since I'm obviously lashing out at A-Fraud, might as well publish this one too: ...

The fine folks at Fangraphs.com examined the post-season starts for Yankees Game 2 starter A.J. Burnett and came away with this [link]: Here is what we know: Burnett is going to throw you either a fastball or a curveball. He’s going to try and get ahead with the fastball... ...

Throughout the playoffs, Mike Harmanos, loyal phan, BS&S.com; reader and occasional contributor, has been examining statistical categories to predict the winner of each series. So far this year, Mike has been 6-0. [click here and here for his previous predictions] Read on... ...






