What's next for Phillies?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...who turns 29 in a few weeks. The Phillies are not old. Only Feliz (34) and Raul Ibanez (37) are beyond their early 30s. But every single regular is theoretically past his prime, and...
Blog | November 05, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 1
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...hitters to a .197 batting average. So why didn't Joe Girardi summon Coke to face Raul Ibanez with the bases loaded in the eighth inning? Granted, David Robertson did induce a ground ball...
Blog | October 28, 2009Will Howard get a pitch he can hit?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the inning's still alive, whichever lefty didn't get Howard will be summoned to retire Raul Ibanez ... after which we'll see yet another righty to face the three (weak) right-handed hitters...
Blog | October 28, 2009Questioning Torre's Game 2 starter
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...some pretty good left-handed hitters. Between Shane Victorino, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Raul Ibanez, Padilla's going to be staring down one of the best collections of left-handed bats...
Blog | October 15, 2009Jayson Werth, you complete me
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...outfielders on the NL roster for Tuesday night's game in St. Louis. Left fielder Raul Ibanez was elected by fans to start and center fielder Shane Victorino won a spot in Internet...
Blog | July 10, 2009M's looking at 3B options?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...They just wouldn't lead to many (if any) extra wins for the Mariners. Like Raul Ibanez, Dobbs saw his hitting stats jump after leaving Seattle for Philadelphia. Two stat lines: American League...
Blog | July 02, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...thing go and I will, soon. But in case you haven't been following the Raul Ibanez-and-BBWAA-orthodoxy-vs.-bloggers kerfuffle, here's a a real good roundup (including plenty...
Blog | June 15, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...almost never, ever apologize if they're all those things. Anyway, Jerod Morris has done Raul Ibanez no harm; in fact, I get the impression that Ibanez rather enjoyed making his little speech...
Blog | June 12, 2009Defending maniacal bloggers
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIt's funny, what gets turned into news. You've no doubt heard about Raul Ibanez's war with a previously obscure blogger who recently had the temerity to suggest that...
Blog | June 11, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...s Bill Baer with what might be the last word (for now) on the difference between Raul Ibanez's performance and what many of us expected. • Worry not, Yuniesky Betancourt fans. Yes...
Blog | May 08, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...great Rickey Henderson stories. • I wasn't a big fan of the Phillies signing Raul Ibanez. Phillies fan Eric Seidman really wasn't a big fan of the Phillies signing Raul...
Blog | May 04, 2009Video: BBTN Web Gems, April 26
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotBaseball Tonight reviews the top defensive plays from Sunday.
Blog | April 27, 2009A few modest proposals
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...credit for the author's prescience ... Having replaced lumbering Pat Burrell in leftfield with lumbering Raul Ibanez, the Phillies find themselves with the 3-4-5 part of their lineup batting exclusively from...
Blog | April 15, 2009Chemistry class in Seattle
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...39;t want one guy having to answer for everybody else's mistakes the way Raul Ibanez used to last year. But as I said, it's part of the overall package...
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