A CITIZEN'S BLOG

-I'm very eager and happy to direct everyone's attention to yesterday's Five Questions preview of the Phillies at The Hardball Times, which was written by our friend and former blogger Bill Liming. Sadly Phillies Fan has since gone by the wayside, but I'm happy to still read Bill's work on our favorite baseball team. His review is good, though I find it too pessimistic.

-Here is a story that should make the palms of every Phillies fan sweat uncontrollably: Dallas Green says that 2005 is a make-or-break year for the team. Read between the lines: if these guys fall back in the playoff hunt this season there will be a firesale and the '06 team will be a rebuilding project. Nothing like desperation from management to kick off the season.

-Dave at Baseball Musings has published individual charts of every baseball player's Probabilistic Model of Range (PMR), the new fielding stat that is quickly becoming the cutting edge tool of bloggers to evaluate the quality of a player's fielding. Click here for the general player chart. Check out Jimmy Rollins 2004 fielding chart as compared with every bloggers favorite foil, Derek Jeter.

-I'm trying to write Part III of my Season Previews (Batting) prior to Opening Day but I'm having a sneaking suspicion I won't get it done in time. I'm busy at work these days.

(My day job: Assistant District Attorney.)