scott eyre Stories - McCovey Chronicles
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...
Rays Get Chad Bradford; Phillies Get Scott Eyre
A couple of reliever trades today: -P- The Rays got Chad Bradford from the O's for a player to be named. Bradford's having a decent season--albeit with a ridiculously awful strikeout rate--and his wacky delivery still drives righties nuts. He's a low-leverage reliever at this point and his...
Ka-BOOM! -- Cubs 3, Rays 8
This recap is going to be mercifully short, because that's about all the space it deserves. The Cubs lost 8-3 to the Rays last night after Sean Gallagher had thrown six very good innings, allowing only one unearned run. And what's up with that? The run was unearned because Derrek Lee couldn't...
Suddenly Summer: Cubs 10, Braves 5
After enduring a spring that Mike described to me last night as "First cold rain, then hot rain", the sun came out, puffy clouds dotted the sky, a healthy breeze wafted warm air over Chicago and Wrigley Field yesterday, and the Cubs just kept on rolling with a 10-5 win over the Braves, their ninth...
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