Cole kind of looks like Ron Paul there

it's the hunch isn't it?

Where's the Doc deathstare?

Was bored again and decided to check our starter's WAR total against everyone else in all the listed years on fangraphs.

Our WAR total of 25.8 is the highest total since '97 when the Braves had a total of 26.4. The 03' Yanks and '02 Dbacks came very close but fell short. Of all the recorded WAR totals on Fangraphs going back to '74 (before that, no WAR totals are listed) the '11 Phils are #2.

*Edit* Doing the same for ERA, the last team to have a rotation with a sub 3 ERA is the '92 Braves with a 2.95 ERA. Then the '88 Mets with a 2.97 ERA.

The '85 Dodgers and Mets are the only two teams in the last 26 years with a lower starter's ERA than our Phils mark of 2.86, the Dodgers with a 2.71 and the Mets with 2.84. So in conclusion this Phils rotation is the greatest starting rotation in the last 25 years by ERA and 2nd best since god knows when in WAR.

this is unintentionally a dig at tmac right?

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?conte ... d=25400994

omg my ears are dripping blood

(loved it)

Tried to get Stark to run with the awesome rotation factoids, but he'd rather make crappy jokes about the Cubs and the WS.

etched Chaos wrote:Tried to get Stark to run with the awesome rotation factoids, but he'd rather make crappy jokes about the Cubs and the WS.

Shoulda waited until tomorrow when they're playing

Napalm wrote:

etched Chaos wrote:Tried to get Stark to run with the awesome rotation factoids, but he'd rather make crappy jokes about the Cubs and the WS.

Shoulda waited until tomorrow when they're playing

Not my style, I'll have moved onto new factoids by then.

Cool article on Baez's continued influence on Bastardo

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phi ... again.html

Grotewold wrote:Cool article on Baez's continued influence on Bastardo

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phi ... again.html

Good guy terrible pitcher. Hope he comes back for the ring ceremony next year.

Baez is a pretty good example of why ground ball pitchers need more going for them than just being groundball pitchers.

Thanks to a good September, Rollins will now be a type A free agent:

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/09/2 ... kings.html

bleh wrote:Thanks to a good September, Rollins will now be a type A free agent:

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/09/2 ... kings.html

nice

Just saw main man Larry Andersen brunching at Village Belle

http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2011/story/_/id/7055205/philadelphia-phillies-gm-ruben-amaro-confidently-charge

A fun story on our smug overlord, including the rarely told Total Package story.

<3

Just saw over at CBS that Quentin may be on the block as Kenny Williams told MLB.com that "“we’re going to let the kids play" in 2012. Dude is highly productive when he isn't on the DL and he was a popular name on this board before we got Pence.

can he play third?

I'd wager good money Mayberry Jr would significantly out perform Quentin for significantly less money