The Boston Red Sox are looking to unload Manny Ramirez due to the latest outbreak of “Manny being Manny”.  If you put your ear to the rumor mill, you might hear that Manny wants to come to Philadelphia to reunite with his old Cleveland Indians pal Charlie Manuel.  This news should excite any Phils fan [...]

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One of my favorite parts of watching Pat Burrell play baseball is finding those little ways he contributes to help the Phillies win games. These contributions aren’t noticed by your casual fan, but are the lurking variables that true Pat fans appreciate. For instance, these are some Pat Burrell stats that everybody can [...]

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0-3…  .000..  3 Men Left on Base…  1 Strikeout..
That was the line of your 2008 NL All Star Last Vote Winner… Corey Hart. Those are appalling numbers. Not only that.. but he failed to throw out Justin Morneau at home plate in the bottom of the 15th inning.
How about the other final vote contestant who [...]

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Today Philly.com posted an article detailing how statistics guru ERIC SEIDMAN believes Burrell should be in the All Star Game. Seidman states that Burrell’s WPA (Win Probabilty Added) of 3.24 is second in the league next to only Lance Berkman!
More evidence that Burrell is a shoe in for MVP and was the biggest snub of [...]

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While Chase Utley cusses out Met fans at the All Star Game (good for you chase!), Pat the bat is quietly accruing the accolades that he deserves and beginning his run at the NL MVP award.
Case and Point:
The kind folks over at Beerleaguer voted our very own Mr. Pat Burrell the first half MVP!!!
They obviously [...]

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It is a sad day here at the Burrell for MVP campaign headquarters. Sure, we had been prepared for Pat not making the All-Star game, but it still hurts when it happens. The saddest thing of all is that the whole final fan vote was clearly a beauty contest. During the voting [...]

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As we’ve stated on this blog time and time again, Pat’s first step to the MVP award for 2008, begins with the MLB All-Star game. The geniuses over at MLB have realized that the insane sport fans of this country are snubbing maybe the best ball player in the league this year and are graciously [...]

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The Philadelphia Inquirer ran a nice little story about how Pat isn’t the shoo-in for the All-Star game you might expect. This despite the fact that he “entered last night ranked first among National League outfielders in home runs (20), on-base-plus-slugging percentage (.998), and slugging percentage (.584) and second in on-base percentage (.414).” [...]

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Try to imagine yourself as a major league rookie. You’re a starting pitcher, in your fourth career start, playing the Phillies, your arch league rival. Imagine you’ve just breezed through the first inning. Your stuff is electric. Your fastball is burning up the radar gun and your curve is even making [...]

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