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Baseball stats, trivia, and other useless info, mostly about the Phillies.
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schmenk-bsky @schmenk.bsky.social · Jan 27
With win #666 😬, the #Eagles' combined record is over .500 for the first time in their 92 year history:
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NL/AL Rookies of the Year will be announced today.

✅ #Phillies: the only team with only 1 rookie batter (Otto Kemp)

✅ Max Lazar/Mick Abel led a slightly larger pitcher presence

✅ If (for simplicity) a full season for a pitcher is 200 IP, no team played rookies less

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November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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15 Sundays from today (2/22):

✅ The #Phillies host the Pirates for their first game in Clearwater.

✅ Most likely the first time we'll see the 2026 Phillies on TV.
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Dave Dombrowski was running the Marlins the last time the Cowboys made the conference title game.
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Casino released in 1995

Martin Scorsese has done 11 movies since the Cowboys made the conference title game
acosta32jp.bsky.social JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 10d
The first Toy Story was released in 1995. There have been 4 more Toy Story movies since the Cowboys made the conference title game
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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MLB has announced Awards finalists and the Phillies are well represented

NL MVP: Kyle Schwarber
NL Cy Young: Cristopher Sánchez
NL Manager of the Year: Rob Thomson
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Cristopher Sánchez is an NL Cy Young finalist, Rob Thomson a Manager of the Year finalist

From @witteethan.bsky.social

www.thegoodphight.com/philadelphia...
Cristopher Sanchez is an NL Cy Young finalist, Rob Thomson a Manager of the Year finalist
Deservedly so
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November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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#Phillies: 3 finalists for NL awards:

MVP: Schwarber
CY: Sanchez
Mgr: Thomson

www.mlb.com/news/kyle-sc...

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Phils boast trio of BBWAA finalists: Schwarber (MVP), Sánchez (CY), Thomson (MOY)
PHILADELPHIA -- The BBWAA announced the finalists for this year’s AL and NL MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year Awards on Monday night. Three Phillies made the cut.
www.mlb.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Good question, yes — Harper is the #Phillies all-time leader in postseason WPA:

1) Harper +1.97
2) Utley +1.21
3) Luzinski +1.15
4) Werth +0.95
5) Dykstra +0.92

then Howard, Unser, Realmuto, Kruk, etc.

www.fangraphs.com/leaders/majo...

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October 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Bryce Harper in the postseason as a Phil:

✅ OPS by year ('22-25):

1.160, 1.097, 1.279, .600

✅ WPA by year (per 650 PA):

+9.3, +10.4, +8.0, -0.5

The numbers for '22, '23, and '24 would be MVP-level over a full season.

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October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Can we stop with this Bryce Harper nonsense?

From @witteethan.bsky.social

www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...
Can we just stop with this Bryce Harper nonsense?
This is stupid
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October 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Amen
October 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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In 2025 Bryce Harper saw the fewest pitches in the strike zone: 42.9%*

Second lowest was 45.8%

From 4/11 to 5/27, Harper had Schwarber hitting behind him.

He STILL only saw 43.9% in the zone, which would still have been lowest in MLB.

*Statcast data at fangraphs
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October 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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A Brief History of Baseball is Dying

🧵
October 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Bedlam at the Bank was on 10/23/22.

Since 10/24/22 in the postseason, Harper has:

✅ 7 HRs (t-4th most)

✅ .965 OPS

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October 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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most points in the first quarter of a debut game. ever.
sixersnba.bsky.social Philadelphia 76ers @sixersnba.bsky.social · 22d
good morning sixers fans!

ICYMI: last night, VJ Edgecombe had the most points in an NBA debut since Wilt Chamberlain in 1959. 🤯
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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DID YOU KNOW - Bedlam At The Bank took place on this day, one million years ago
October 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Remember when you hear the comparisons of Shohei Ohtani to Babe Ruth that the Babe never once struck out more than 3 batters in a season that he hit 30+ homers. It's true.

No one's ever done anything like this before.
October 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Shohei Ohtani is the first player with 3 homers and 10 strikeouts as a pitcher in a game

Reg or post

!!!
October 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Bryce Harper is 33 today. Schwarber will turn 33 in March.

In MLB history, most postseason HRs by a player's 33rd bday:

T-1) SCHWARBER, Altuve 23

T-10) HARPER, Jeter, Thome 17

A lot more postseason now, esp. compared to Mantle's day.

stathead.com/tiny/Doyff

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October 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Since 2015, 87 players have batted 100+ times in the postseason.

Of those 87, Kyle Schwarber has the 9th highest OPS (.907).

Bryce Harper has the highest (1.016):

stathead.com/tiny/Xpb0C

No player hits well in every postseason series they play.

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October 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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i loved the 2025 philadelphia phillies. no playoffs can make me hate them. defector.com/what-ill-rem...
What I'll Remember About The Phillies | Defector
At the Phillies’ 2025 home opener, we decided that it was our year. As my friend Dana and I stood next to the giant balloon arch and let someone take our photo, people around us were feeling optimisti...
defector.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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this is so, so good. it's also, in its way, a paean to the regular season and why it matters in and of itself, even if MLB is doing its best to pretend it only exists as a prelude to the playoffs.
October 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Game 4 was a devastating, crushing loss.

Now, if I were told in March that the #Phillies would make the postseason but without Wheeler and Alvarado, Nola would be limited to 2 innings, and they would lose a closely fought series to LA, that would be disappointing but tolerable.
October 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Game 4 was a devastating, crushing loss.

Now, if I were told in March that the #Phillies would make the postseason but without Wheeler and Alvarado, Nola would be limited to 2 innings, and they would lose a closely fought series to LA, that would be disappointing but tolerable.
October 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Postseason Series Lost by Phillies Despite Outscoring Their Opponent:

2010 Giants (20-19)
2011 Cardinals (21-19)
2023 D-backs (30-21)
2025 Dodgers (15-13)
October 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM