Thursday, March 25, 2004
A little off the subject of football, but ...
Baseball Primer.com published an article about the 2004 Phillies. Not bad. The author seems to think that Burrell will continue to bounceback from 2003 and that the Phils rotation and closer are both soild. The author noted that the Phillies were better than their record indicated in '03: their "pythagorean won-loss record" (a stunningly accurate predictor of a team's won-loss record based on the difference between runs scored and runs allowed) was 90-72. Basically the pythagorean won-loss record indicates that if the Phillies had decent bullpen help in '03, they would have probably won 89-91 games and made the playoffs.
The author thinks the Phils will go 96-66, win the National League East and drop the first-round series. Given that the Phillies haven't made the playoffs since '93, I'll take that.
I posted comments on the bottom.
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Baseball Primer.com published an article about the 2004 Phillies. Not bad. The author seems to think that Burrell will continue to bounceback from 2003 and that the Phils rotation and closer are both soild. The author noted that the Phillies were better than their record indicated in '03: their "pythagorean won-loss record" (a stunningly accurate predictor of a team's won-loss record based on the difference between runs scored and runs allowed) was 90-72. Basically the pythagorean won-loss record indicates that if the Phillies had decent bullpen help in '03, they would have probably won 89-91 games and made the playoffs.
The author thinks the Phils will go 96-66, win the National League East and drop the first-round series. Given that the Phillies haven't made the playoffs since '93, I'll take that.
I posted comments on the bottom.
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