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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


May, 2008

Saturday, May 31

Waiver Wire: National League (Week 9)

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Reliever BABIP

by Dave Studeman

Neal Huntington interview

by Mike Lee

THT Awards Expanded Edition

by John Barten

The Pujols Awards: Week 21

by John Brattain

Friday, May 30

THT Live: The sweet spot

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: The Padres’ draft

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Prospect Profile: Pedro Alvarez

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Location, location

by Mike Fast

THT Live: Replay is Coming

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Bill James and Tango on Bonds

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Hot Air Rises

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: 1980s Vintage Shortstops

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Tabata in Doghouse

by Matthew Carruth

Mark Teahen falls down

by Craig Brown

This annotated week in baseball history: May 25-May 31, 1945

by Richard Barbieri

THT Daily: 11 straight

by Dave Studeman

Thursday, May 29

THT Live: The A’s in pictures

by Dave Studeman

Early-season surprises

by Geoff Young

What you think of us

by Dave Studeman

Candles in the wind (Part 3)

by Brandon Isleib

Wednesday, May 28

The myth of the ‘law of averages’

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Paul DePodesta is really smart

by Sal Baxamusa

THT Live: When Mets bloggers break

by THT Staff

THT Live: Tinker to Peter to Paul

by THT Staff

“The End of Baseball”

by John Brattain

TUCK! sez: Maybe we should ask Sienna Miller

by Tuck

Tuesday, May 27

THT Live: Cabrera’s baserunning

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Bringing up Jay Bruce

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: My Friend

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: The Road to Omaha

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Team defense in Florida

by Bryan Tsao

Preliminary aging curve for fastball speed

by Josh Kalk

Prospects and imperfect information

by Victor Wang

Book Review:  Center Field Shot

by Steve Treder

Monday, May 26

THT Live: Beane interview

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Free Nathan

by Dave Studeman

Ten most impressive no-hitters of all time

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, May 25

THT Live: Pitcher Analysis: Clayton Kershaw | Driveline Mechanics

by Dave Studeman

Waiver Wire: American League (Week 8)

by Derek Carty

Player spotlight: Johnny Cueto

by Derek Carty

Saturday, May 24

THT Live: Piazza, Hall of Fame Catcher

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Volquez for Hamilton?

by Dave Studeman

Friday, May 23

THT Awards, Week 7

by John Barten

The Pujols Awards: Week 19 and 20e

by John Brattain

Thursday, May 22

THT Live: The human throw-in

by THT Staff

THT Live: Paging Dean Martin

by THT Staff

THT Live: The Stadium Is Not Enough

by THT Staff

THT Live: Honkbal fever

by THT Staff

THT Live: Updated stuff

by Dave Studeman

Anatomy of a pitch: Slider

by Josh Kalk

Drinking from a fire hose

by Mike Fast

Wednesday, May 21

No knee to worry: Papi is back

by Chris Neault

THT Live: Strike zone silliness

by Mike Fast

THT Live: Might Masterson return as a reliever?

by THT Staff

THT Live: A fly on the wall

by THT Staff

THT Live: First, get the uniform, then find a position

by THT Staff

BOB:  Rays Financing and the Steroid Saga Lives On

by Brian Borawski

Maybe it should be called “mediacrity”...

by John Brattain

TUCK! sez: Sure, but what about Sosa and/or Piazza?

by Tuck

Tuesday, May 20

THT Live: Prospects or suspects (Part 2)

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Fenway and no-hitters

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: The firing that wasn’t

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: M’s top prospect, Triunfel, suspended mysteriously

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Best Record Miscellanies

by Brandon Isleib

The 10 worst cleanup hitters since 1957

by Steve Treder

Bucky Walters: A forgotten legacy

by Eric Seidman

When to walk (Part 2)

by Mitchel Lichtman

Monday, May 19

My first big trade of the year

by Derek Carty

The Julio Franco Era

by Chris Jaffe

A look at the markets: The American League

by John Beamer

Sunday, May 18

THT Dartboard: May 18, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

Waiver Wire: National League (Week 7)

by Derek Carty

Saturday, May 17

Waiver Wire: American League (Week 7)

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Help Lindsey Duquette

by Dave Studeman

Friday, May 16

THT Live: Ancillary Costs to Long Term Deals

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: What Losing is Like

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Tracing a Rumor

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Lance Berkman Running Wild

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: The New Mussina

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Volq-swagen

by Brandon Isleib

Discussing the other (phonetically) type of Pujols…

by John Brattain

Making contact in the early Live Ball Era (1920-1955)

by Craig Brown

When to walk (Part 1)

by Mitchel Lichtman

This annotated week in baseball history: May 11-May 17, 1955

by Richard Barbieri

Thursday, May 15

THT Live: A’s pitchers enroll in Hitting 101

by Bryan Tsao

Fantasy roundtable: Future of John Smoltz

by Derek Carty

THT Live: The best of Florida

by Dave Studeman

Hit ‘em where they ain’t—if you can

by John Walsh

Ten things I didn’t know last week

by Dave Studeman

Book Review: The 33-Year-Old Rookie

by Geoff Young

Candles in the wind (Part 2)

by Brandon Isleib

Wednesday, May 14

Walking into disaster

by John Brattain

THT Awards Week 6

by John Barten

Anatomy of a pitch: Curveball

by Josh Kalk

TUCK! sez: Hello, Dolly?

by Tuck

THT Live: Maybe the Rockies can start in the 2nd inning

by THT Staff

THT Live: Paul DePodesta has a blog

by THT Staff

THT Live: Dusty Baker’s morning

by THT Staff

THT Live: Win Shares Updated

by Dave Studeman

Tuesday, May 13

THT Live: Falling Off the Padres Bandwagon

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Joba gets Gossip Girl mention

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Cubs fans not excited about Edmonds

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: What’s wrong with Verlander?

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Tavarez is relieved of duty by the Red Sox

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Everything but average

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: When does your starter lose it?

by Dave Studeman

Daddy Wags

by Steve Treder

Is Clayton Kershaw worth the hype?

by Alex Eisenberg

Crossing the Bridge: A closer look at what happened to Barry Zito

by Paul Nyman

Monday, May 12

THT Live: Team Defense is Incredibly Underrated

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Zambrano the comedian

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: What Good and Bad Starts Mean to Batters

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: St. Louis Bats

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Where GMs Come From

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Historical WPA

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Paul DePodesta’s New Blog

by Chris Neault

THT Live: The latest Banny Log

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Catchers leading off

by Dave Studeman

White hot and ice cold

by Sal Baxamusa

Book Review: The 1973 Story

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, May 11

THT Live: THT Dartboard: May 10, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

Waiver Wire: National League (Week 6)

by Derek Carty

Saturday, May 10

The save speculator: Milwaukee Brewers revisited

by Derek Carty

The save speculator: St. Louis Cardinals

by Derek Carty

Waiver Wire: American League (Week 6)

by Derek Carty

Friday, May 09

THT Live: What happened?

by Dave Studeman

The Pujols Awards: Week 18

by John Brattain

This annotated week in baseball history: May 4-May 10, 1981

by Richard Barbieri

Thursday, May 08

THT Live: Ode to losing

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: What is to be J.P’s legacy?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Percival’s changeup

by Sal Baxamusa

THT Live: Picking apart Pelfrey

by Dave Studeman

Exploiting your league’s rules

by Derek Carty

THT Live: A-Rod Chokes in the Clutch

by Chris Neault

THT Live: Greg Smith: a Pitchf/x review

by Dave Studeman

Ten things I didn’t know last week

by Dave Studeman

BOB:  Marlins stadium is proceeding, Barry Bonds isn’t

by Brian Borawski

Wednesday, May 07

THT Live: Capitol Punishment moves on

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Who is Nate McLouth?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Why not Matt Kemp?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Are the Salt Lake Bees worth all the buzz?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Power shift to the NL?

by THT Staff

Bringing up Junior

by John Brattain

THT Awards Week 5

by John Barten

TUCK! sez: Yet still more Pitchy

by Tuck

Tuesday, May 06

THT Live: A closer look at Andy Sonnanstine

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Twins WPA

by Dave Studeman

Superdupersubs (Part 2:  1941-1970)

by Steve Treder

Anatomy of a player: Robinson Cano

by Josh Kalk

Monday, May 05

The save speculator: Milwaukee Brewers

by Derek Carty

THT Live: WPA at the movies

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Let’s See it Again

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Fan save value

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: How does Johan’s start measure up?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Baseball injury report

by Dave Studeman

Putting pressure on the defense

by Craig Brown

How Soon is Now?

by Chris Jaffe

How can general managers increase the value of their franchise?

by John Beamer

Sunday, May 04

Waiver Wire: National League (Week 5)

by Derek Carty

THT Dartboard: May 04, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

Saturday, May 03

THT Live: A venerable interview

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Julio Franco retires

by Dave Studeman

Player spotlight: Jeff Clement

by Derek Carty

Waiver Wire: American League (Week 5)

by Derek Carty

Friday, May 02

THT Live: Retro prospect: Nelson Figueroa

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Gallardo has a torn ACL

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Cust breakout?

by Mike Fast

THT Live: First place Rays

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Buzzie Bavasi dies at 92

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Best Sports Writing

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: The worst GM is?

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: THT Responses

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: A tale of two offenses

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Happy 100th

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Is Cliff Lee for real?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Cueto’s splits

by Dave Studeman

All about Ben Sheets

by David Gassko

The Pujols Awards: Week 17

by John Brattain

This annotated week in baseball history: April 27-May 3, 1961

by Richard Barbieri

Exactly what are effective throwing mechanics?

by Paul Nyman

Thursday, May 01

THT Live: Tulo might be out until July

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Human interest story: Nick Markakis

by Dave Studeman

The save speculator: Arizona Diamondbacks

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Twins notes

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: More fouls

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Prayers Sometimes Get Answered

by Dave Studeman

Yep, 14 pitchers

by Jeff Sackmann

THT Awards Week 4

by John Barten

Candles in the wind (Part 1)

by Brandon Isleib

BOB: Tiger Stadium and MLB Network

by Brian Borawski

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