Last week, we introduced what we’re calling the Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players, a repository for all of those terrific-but-underappreciated contributors who probably won’t get recognized by their sport’s official Hall of Fame. We kicked things off with Kenny Lofton, who was unceremoniously dropped from the baseball writers’ ballot in 2013 despite being one […]
UPDATE (Oct. 13, 10:45 a.m.): With their 13-7 win over the Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series on Monday night, the Mets now have a 75 percent probability of winning the series despite the effect of Utley’s slide. Utley’s appeal probably won’t be heard Tuesday, so he will probably be eligible […]
UPDATE (Oct. 13, 10:45 a.m.): With their 13-7 win over the Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series on Monday night, the Mets now have a 75 percent probability of winning the series despite the effect of Utley’s slide. Utley’s appeal probably won’t be heard Tuesday, so he will probably be eligible […]
For a 13-year stretch that ended with Wednesday’s trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chase Utley served as the Philadelphia Phillies’ gritty, hard-nosed, tone-setting leader. He grinded out at-bats and played through pain. He was in the starting lineup for the sixth-most victories in franchise history. But Utley has only modest traditional statistics — a […]
For a 13-year stretch that ended with Wednesday’s trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chase Utley served as the Philadelphia Phillies’ gritty, hard-nosed, tone-setting leader. He grinded out at-bats and played through pain. He was in the starting lineup for the sixth-most victories in franchise history. But Utley has only modest traditional statistics — a […]
