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May 6, 2010
Raul Ibanez went 2-for-3 with a home run against the Cardinals on Thursday afternoon.
Our View:The home run was Ibanez's second of the season, and he's still hitting just .239. Hopefully today's game can serve as a sparkplug for the
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RotoTimes.com
http://www.rototimes.com/mlb/player/1674/notes#157324
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Lee dominated the Colorado Rockies, tossing a six-hitter, and the Philadelphia Phillies began their World Series title defense with a 5-1 victory in their playoff opener Wednesday.
Raul Ibanez had two hits and two RBIs and Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth
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ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291007122&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines
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...offseason, the Phillies surprised many baseball people by signing Raul Ibanez to a three year contract worth $31.5 million dollars. The signing itself was not surprising (unless you were a huge fan of Pat Burrell), but the amount of years the Phillies were...
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There's something interesting that I've noticed in Raul Ibanez's numbers for this year compared to his previous seasons. Put simply, it looks like he's swinging harder. Witness...
All statistics taken from Fangraphs.
As you can see, not only are Raul'
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The Good Phight
http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/9/9/1022785/raul-alters-his-approach-for-2009
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...OPS. Despite that cold streak, he produced later in 2001 and 2002. Barring a trade or some other unforeseen circumstance, Raul Ibanez is going to be a Phillie for the next two years and a month. As fans, we have to get used to the fact that he is an incredibly...
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The Good Phight
http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/9/2/1012283/raul-ibanezs-cold-streak-been
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Earlier this season, we were asking ourselves whether Raul Ibanez could keep up his torrid start to the season. He made Ruben Amaro look like a genius, as he was performing at an MVP-caliber level. Yet, close analysis of Ibanez's long and streaky
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Doh! I hate when I write a long post and then a new thread appears. Anyway, it isn't often that I defend MVPTommy, so in recognition of this rare moment in history, I'll repost it:
I seem to recall 40-homerun predictions too. The "on-pace" point was
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As has been much discussed in the Sabermetric blogosphere, the Philadelphia Phillies made the questionable decision to sign Raul Ibanez to a 3 year, 31 million dollar deal while simultaneously letting a similar player in the younger Pat Burrell walk
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Beyond the Box Score
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2009/8/10/983766/graph-of-the-day-raul-ibanez
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In the offseason free agent market, there were two teams with great interest in right fielder Raul Ibanez. Today one team is thankful for acquiring the veteran, and the other wishes they had him...
Former manager for Ibanez and current Cubs skipper
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/222016-cubs-still-would-desire-raul-ibanez
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Raul Ibanez was 28, the age when most of his peers were entering the prime of their careers. But by the summer of 2000, Ibanez was idling on the Seattle Mariners' bench, growing increasingly irritated by every at-bat he wasn't getting.
Gillick, then
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The Delaware News Journal
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090714/SPORTS01/907140311/1002/RSS02
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First, it looks like anyone who bought tickets to Wednesday's game at Coca-Cola Park with the express intention to see rehabbing outfielder Raul Ibanez are out of luck.
While the Phillies outfielder was vague about his schedule after Tuesday's game,
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: Outfielder Raul Ibanez, on the 15-day disabled list due to a left groin strain, has resumed batting practice and a light running program. He hopes to be ready when eligible to come off the DL on July 3. "I think that's what the goal is," Ibanez
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CBS Sports
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According to the Philadelphia Daily News, the Philadelphia Phillies will place Raul Ibanez on the 15 Day DL because of a strained groin.
It’s been a pretty brutal week so far for valuable fantasy players going on the DL. Roy Halladay, Erik Bedard,
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What Happened:Phillies OF Raul Ibanez is having his dream season sidetracked with a trip to the 15-day disabled list. Ibanez is suffering from a left groin strain.
What it Means:Ibanez is second in the NL with 22 homers and 52 RBI and has been
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Ugh. That may mean 0-4's every night from Graeg Dobbs for the next 2 weeks.
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Hope Raul recovers well. The positive that could come out of this is if Mayberry
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillies/OF_Raul_Ibanez_placed_on_15-day_disabled_list.html
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A bad week for the Phillies got worse Thursday morning when the team placed left fielder Raul Ibanez on the disabled list with a groin strain. No word on just when he was hurt, although we'll assume that it had nothing to do with Ibanez trying an odd
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AOL Sports
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/06/18/phillies-place-raul-ibanez-on-disabled-list/
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PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies left fielder Raul Ibanez has gone on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left groin.
John Mayberry Jr. was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Thursday to take Ibanez's roster spot. Ibanez is batting .312 with 22
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ESPN
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Performance Analysis: While it was no surprise that Raul Ibanez would see a boost in production due to his move from the American League to the weaker National League, his first two-plus months have been far better than anyone could imagine. Ibanez'
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Baseball Prospectus
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9069
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In light of recent irresponsible bloggers and broadcasters (Howard Eskin) opening up speculation about Raul Ibanez's current inflated stats, I thought it necessary to publish this article...
In light of recent irresponsible bloggers and broadcasters
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Bleacher Report
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First off, it was tastefully done. We had to kick ourselves a little bit when we saw that this blogger was all over ESPN and the rest of the blogosphere for basically expressing an idea that we had decided against. Just weeks before all this came out,
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Sports Blogs
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Raul Ibanez shouldn't direct his anger to JRod (the blogger) but to MLB and the MLBPA for allowing it to get to this point. You can't unload on a guy's opinion (however unfair it may be) when its your collegues and the league that are perputating this
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Yahoo! Buzztracker
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Nothing like chiming in on a bit of a firestorm early in the ole’ blogging career, but at least this is timely (for another day or two maybe) and relevant (it’s about baseball). For readers who don’t know already, a blogger did a very nice piece on
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So, let me tell you a story: It was Feb. 17, and I was covering spring training in Clearwater. About 20 minutes away, in Tampa, Alex Rodriguez had just concluded a press conference that, rather perversely, got more attention than most
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The Delaware News Journal
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about 15 hours ago: Philadelphia Phillies' Raul Ibanez, right, watches his three-run home run during the tenth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Thursday, June 11, 2009, at Citi Field in New York. The Phillies won 6-3. (AP
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With the Phillies playing the Dodgers and the Mets over the past seven games and the Red Sox on deck, you'd think that all the talk this week would be about baseball on the field. But, that hasn't been the case, as Philadelphia Inquirer columnist John
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Why is the disparity so large?
Much has been made about Jerod Morris’ blog post regarding Raul Ibanez’s unexpected performance thus far. The post attempts to bust any steroids claims using statistical evidence—not to accuse his taking
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/197613-why-raul-ibanezs-breakout-is-not-caused-by-steroids
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Philadelphia Phillies' Ryan Howard, right, is congratulated by Raul Ibanez (29) after Howard hit a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Sunday, June 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Lori Shepler)
(Lori Shepler - AP)
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The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/11/AR2009061104402.html?wprss=rss_sports/wires
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...that are misguided. On Jerod Morris, pen named as Jerod, of Midwest Sports Fans posted a well thought out article examining Raul Ibanez's 2009 season compared to his previous seasons. Morris goes against the typical blogger stereotypes and provides actual...
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Yahoo! Buzztracker
http://macho-row.blogspot.com/2009/06/commentary-raul-ibanez-vs-blogger.html
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Alright, Mr. Ibanez, lemme ask you this. Have you been living under a rock for the past five years? Haven’t you seen what happens to athletes who go out of their way to defend themselves ...
Alright, Mr. Ibanez, lemme ask you this. Have you been
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/197193-yo-raul-ibanez-calm-down-baby
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In his first season with Philadelphia, Raul Ibanez ranks second in the majors with 20 home runs.
Raul Ibanez is one of my favorite people in baseball. We can start there. His oldest son, Raul Jr., was born one day before our oldest daughter Elizabeth,
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Sports Illustrated
http://si.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/06/11/raul.ibanez/index.html?eref=si_writers
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Web blogger Jerod Morris tried, and failed, to link baseball player Raul Ibanez to steroids, and is drawing attention for his lack of writing standards. In a blog that he posted on a site that he owns (which will not be linked here to give him
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1833517/writer_jerod_morris_accuses_raul_ibanez.html
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Raul Ibanez of the Philadelphia Phillies is bristling at the suggestion in a blog that his offensive numbers could be the result of performance-enhancing drugs. And he's perfectly willing to be drug-tested to prove it, the Philadelphia Inquirer
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ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4248759&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
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Raul Ibanez is incensed over a recent blog post suggesting that his outstanding numbers this season could have been aided by performance-enhancing drugs.
Ibanez referred to an item on the Midwest Sports Fans blog as "pathetic and disgusting," and added
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Sports Blogs
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You probably saw the story on ESPN.com. If not, you can go here and read it.
In summary, a blogger suggested that Ibanez's monster year will "immediately generate suspicion" for PED's. Ibanez took umbrage. Some select quotes from Raaaauuuul:
I'll come
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Sports Blogs
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Most Phillies, Mariners, and Royals fans know Raul Ibanez just as a left fielder, but he actually started out as a catcher in the Mariners’ farm system. After graduating high school in Miami as an outfielder, he switched to catcher. Back in 1995, the
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/191618-raul-ibanez-in-the-minors
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Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Raul Ibanez is first in the National League in RBI, total bases and extra-base hits.
Raul Ibanez, who turns 37 next week, has never been chosen for an All-Star Game. But with 17 home runs before June 1, he is in good
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USA Today
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbNl-TopStories/~3/UHV42GfFsv0/2009-05-28-raul-ibanez_N.htm
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Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Raul Ibanez is first in the National League in RBI, total bases and extra-base hits.
Raul Ibanez, who turns 37 next week, has never been chosen for an All-Star Game. But with 17 home runs before June 1, he is in good
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USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/phillies/2009-05-28-raul-ibanez_N.htm?csp=34
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But it is what they didn't know about Ibanez, who turns 37 on June 2, that makes their three-year, $31.5 million investment appear to be money well spent.
NEW YORK The Phillies and Raul Ibanez are quite pleased with each other. So much so that they
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Sporting News
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=553526
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Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Fans of the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's didn't complain that their teams, both in need of sock, didn't pursue the best free agent on the market over the
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HeraldNet
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090527/SPORTS/705279804/-1/RSS04
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Noted sabermetrics guru Bill James popularized the concept a while back that a player often peaks at age 27, hits his prime when he's 27-30, and then gradually declines. Nobody told Raul Ibanez of the Philadelphia Phillies though...
Noted sabermetrics
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/182858-raul-ibanez-is-a-freak
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The Philadelphia Phillies are a quarter of the way through their defense of their World Series championship. Thus far, through the accolades and mourning, this Phillies team has proven to be as strong as the team that brought home the title in
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/182535-phillies-at-the-quarter-pole-a-41-game-review
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Juan Ibanez's degree meant nothing in the United States. A chemist in Cuba, Raul Ibanez's father fled his native country, wary of raising his family under the increasingly oppressive Castro regime. It was the late 1960s and he felt the government was
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Philly.com
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Another two weeks of Patton taking up valuable oxygen.
What is the plan with this guy? He hasn't pitched in weeks. So, if you don't want him up with
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Another two weeks of Patton taking up valuable oxygen.
...oh, about a week back (about a weak back).
felt a twinge? Hopefully it's not Chad Gaudin
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Sports Blogs
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Raul Ibanez hit his 15th homer yesterday in the Phillies 12-5 win over the Reds. The Philadelphia Phillies made a great move during the offseason when they signed Raul Ibanez to a three year contract for $31...
Raul Ibanez hit his 15th homer yesterday
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/181221-raul-ibanez-great-signing-for-phillies
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Raul Ibanez continues to show everyone in baseball that he is fitting in quite well in Philadelphia. So much so that Ibanez was just named the National League's Player of the Week...
Raul Ibanez continues to show everyone in baseball that he is fitting
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/178233-raul-ibanezs-tear-earns-him-mlb-honors
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I was wrong. I was so very wrong. I want to apologize for my mistake.
When word started to spread that the Phillies had acquired Raul Ibanez I read all the on-line debates that started on message boards everywhere. Many fans were not happy with the
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/178093-raul-ibanez-vs-pat-pat-what-was-that-guys-name-again
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If you're a Phillies fan, you know at least one thing about this season: Raul Ibanez is mashing the ball. In 36 games, he has 13 home runs and 35 RBI, seemingly all in key moments. He's hitting .357, is getting on base almost 43% of the time he
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An I-Bomb-nez went off in the nation’s capital yesterday.
The same thing happened in my son’s room.
I knew my child had been busy. While I sat on the couch for nine hours watching HD-TV present an exciting double-header with a Preakness intermission,
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/177351-phils-nats-double-header-did-you-feel-that
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Philadelphia Daily News columnist Bill Conlin is, we know, a class act with an open mind. But even Conlin can’t resist the chance to say “I told you so,” and this time he’s bragging about just how right he was about Raul Ibanez.
I saw Ibanez play often
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