Archive for October 2009

A look at how the THT Fantasy staff fared in their experts competitions in 2009.

It can be heard here. It’s not pleasant. None of them are, actually, but Roseangel Cabrera clearly says that Miguel Cabrera hit her. As Aaron notes, this is beyond baseball at this point.

Maury has everything you ever wanted to know about 2009 attendance. Upshot: it was down 6%. While a steep drop, it (a) reflects smaller capacity stadiums in New York; (b) is basically what the owners predicted before the season started and; (c) overall, is still the fifth highest attendance of all time. Given where unemployment […]

It’s always a tough competition when disease is not involved: Chris Carpenter has been voted NL comeback player of the year and Aaron Hill has won the AL award. Limited to four starts over the prior two seasons because of elbow surgery and a shoulder injury, Carpenter was 17-4 with a league-leading 2.24 ERA for […]

Following up on Jason’s news from Friday, Rob announces the team-specific blogs that are now partnered with ESPN. There they are: • Fire Brand of the American League (Red Sox); • Mack Avenue (Tigers) • GoHalos.com (Angels); • Memories of Kevin Malone (Dodgers); • Nick’s Twins Blog; (Colt .45s); • It’s About the Money (Stupid!) […]

Thanks for all of the kind words in the ATH thread, folks. It makes the three or four years I’ll be losing at the end of my life due to chronic sleep-deprivation all worthwhile. A preview of the Cardinals-Dodgers NLDS. This smells like conventional baseball writing. I don’t do conventional baseball writing very well, so […]

I come not to praise the firing, but to analyze it.

What are the implications of relying on pitcher counting stats versus rate stats during H2H playoffs?

The NL has revived Javier Vazquez, while Matt Cain battled staff ace Tim Lincecum for Giants’ ace status.

Tigers 5, White Sox 3; Twins 13, Royals 4: 162 games and nothing is decided. Before Saturday night the Twins hadn’t smelled first place since May. They were seven games out in early September. Now it all comes down to Tuesday. I love me these 163-game seasons we’ve been having the past couple of years, […]