ryan howard Stories - Over the Monster
Phillies vs Braves: April 5,7,8
This past October before the World Series, I wrote an article on the Phillies and Rays' players, and looked through their splits to introduce everyone to the detailed skills of the two teams facing each other. It was a sort of advanced scouting by statistics experiment, and people seemed to get a...
Keeper League Draft Results
This is a 5x5 12 team keeper league where we keep up to 5 players. The rosters are expanded and include 2 C, MI, CI, 5 OF, and have plenty of bench spots for speculation. I won the league last year so I sat on the wheel at the end of rounds 6/7 and so on. 1. Ryan Howard - keeper 2. BJ Upton -...
Does An MVP Candidate Need His Team To Finish In 1st Place? D-Wade Hopes Not
With all the MVP talk surrounding Dwyane Wade, one point that many ‘experts’ make is that Wade is not on a 1st place team, while LeBeon James and Kobe Bryant are. How important is that when choosing an MVP? By definition, MVP is for the Most Valuable Player, but to whom? Is it to...
Upset About Howard? Think Schmidt 1986 or Howard 2006
There's a group of fans and writers in Philadelphia who are pretty upset that Ryan Howard didn't win the MVP and Albert Pujols did. The argument is simple: Ryan Howard's monster counting numbers led his team to a first place finish and the playoffs; Albert Pujols' better overall season led his...
The 2008 SBN Awards...NL MVP.
And the SBN NL MVP is... National League 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points Albert Pujols 13 4 - - - - - - - - 218 Lance Berkman 1 2 3 4 1 1 4 - 1 - 113 Hanley Ramirez - 4 1 3 2 - 1 1 1 - 86 David...
Game Story: Can you say pitching mismatch?
via www.fangraphs.com Summary: You know something? Cole Hamels is a very good pitcher. This is much akin to when Colon and Felix Hernandez were matched up a little while ago. Winning this game would've been stealing one from the Phillies, and they of course have a much better offense than the...
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