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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


July, 2008

Thursday, July 31

THT Live: Will Manny make the Marlins worse?

by Dave Studeman

What’s the deal with Khalil?

by Geoff Young

The remains of the season: Mets edition

by Dave Studeman

Wednesday, July 30

Fantasy roundtable: Most valuable non-All-Stars

by Derek Carty

TUCK! sez: I blame Justin Timberlake

by Tuck

Buzz spite sneer of snark demands

by John Brattain

Tuesday, July 29

THT Live: Is Teixeira really an upgrade for the Angels?

by Sal Baxamusa

THT Live: Tribe trade outlook

by Dave Studeman

The most powerful-hitting middle infielders of all time

by Steve Treder

Doubling up

by Josh Kalk

Monday, July 28

THT Live: THT helps Banny

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Xavier Nady’s 2008

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: What the Mets Need

by Matthew Carruth

Player spotlight: Manny Corpas (PITCHf/x)

by Derek Carty

The inside change-up: courage or folly?

by John Walsh

Rating the BBWAA (Part 2)

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, July 27

THT Dartboard: July 27, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Minors to Majors

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Watch Out for the Rockies

by Dave Studeman

Saturday, July 26

THT Live: More Yankees/Pirates Trade Reaction

by Alex Eisenberg

THT Live: Nady Mucho

by Dave Studeman

THT Awards

by John Barten

TUCK! sez: D-Train D-Railed

by Tuck

Friday, July 25

THT Live: Hall of Fame shutout

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Interview Pitchf/x guru, Josh Kalk

by Dave Studeman

Worst to first in the AL

by Craig Brown

This annotated week in baseball history: July 20 - July 26, 1958

by Richard Barbieri

Thursday, July 24

THT Live: Win Shares through July 23

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: RZR Averages

by Dave Studeman

Breaking down the draft: Picks 36-44

by Alex Eisenberg

Baseball gold spun from thin air

by Don Malcolm

Do veteran players ‘know how to win’?

by Dave Studeman

Wednesday, July 23

THT Live: Fun with THT stats

by David Gassko

THT Live: A Smart Guy on PITCHf/x

by John Walsh

THT Live: Two parters

by Dave Studeman

BOB: All-Star Game Ratings and the Cubs Sale Heat Ups

by Brian Borawski

National disgrace

by John Brattain

TUCK! sez: Busted coverage

by Tuck

Tuesday, July 22

THT Live: The future of the Pena

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Again with the OPA!

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: More Q&D Marcels: Red Sox, Cubbies, Padres

by Sal Baxamusa

THT Live: Upgrades and collapses

by Dave Studeman

Seeing Stars

by Josh Kalk

Bob Kennedy (Part 2)

by Steve Treder

Monday, July 21

THT Live: Marcel versus the Indians and A’s

by Sal Baxamusa

THT Live: The top ten position players

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: The new Matt Garza?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Going for the record

by Dave Studeman

Rating the BBWAA (Part 1)

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, July 20

THT Live: PITCHf/x now over 400,000 pitches tracked this year

by Josh Kalk

THT Dartboard: July 20, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Q&D Indian Marcels

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: The scandalous photos

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: A Musial remembrance

by Dave Studeman

Saturday, July 19

Waiver Wire: American and National League (Week 16)

by Derek Carty

THT Awards First Half Extravaganza

by John Barten

TUCK! sez: How much is that per strikeout?

by Tuck

Friday, July 18

THT Live: Q&D Marcels for the Brewers

by Dave Studeman

This annotated week in baseball history: July 13 - July 19, 1961

by Richard Barbieri

Thursday, July 17

THT Live: Autographs and Mays

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Worst All-Star performance ever?

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Q&D Mets Marcels

by Dave Studeman

A balancing act

by Brandon Isleib

Playing ‘The Sun Field’ again

by Joe Distelheim

Wednesday, July 16

THT Live: Asking after Pelfrey

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: DePodesta on Brian Giles

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: ShysterBall watched the All-Star game

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Updated Marcels utility

by Sal Baxamusa

TUCK! sez: Pitchy and Fanno, together again for the very first time

by Tuck

Baseball’s greatest villain

by John Brattain

Would you walk in the tying run?

by Mike Fast

Tuesday, July 15

THT Live: Time for Phillies to take a chance on Bonds?

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Why This Year Isn’t As Bad As We Think - Purple Row

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Updating Harden’s mechanics

by Dave Studeman

Do relievers struggle if they throw multiple innings?

by Josh Kalk

Bob Kennedy (Part 1)

by Steve Treder

Trade strategy: Propaganda and Paul DePodesta’s recent example

by Derek Carty

Monday, July 14

THT Live: The newest cubbie

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Halfway Twins

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Bill, Eric and Pizza Cutter

by Dave Studeman

Player spotlight: Chase Utley

by Derek Carty

Is this guy for real?

by Sal Baxamusa

A season full of surprises

by John Beamer

Sunday, July 13

THT Dartboard: July 13, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

Waiver Wire: National League (Week 15)

by Derek Carty

Evaluating the Rich Harden trade

by Victor Wang

Saturday, July 12

Waiver Wire: American League (Week 15)

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Sean Gallagher

by Dave Studeman

Well, whoopdee dingle doo…

by John Brattain

THT Awards

by John Barten

TUCK! sez: Of course you knew this was on the way

by Tuck

Friday, July 11

Chris Young: Not great before the facial injury

by Chris Neault

Trade strategy: Cutting off your opponent’s supply lines

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Win Shares Updated

by Dave Studeman

Breaking down the draft: Scouting Gerrit Cole

by Alex Eisenberg

That guy is an All-Star?

by Craig Brown

Risk, consistency and uncertainty

by Victor Wang

This annotated week in baseball history: July 6 - July 12, 1851

by Richard Barbieri

Thursday, July 10

THT Live: Why does everyone want Frenchy to go the other way?

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: The emergence of John Danks

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Sabermetrics class at MIT on Sunday

by David Gassko

THT Live: The hits just keep on coming

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Midseason trade thoughts

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: What’s up with Danks?

by Dave Studeman

THT round table: Sabathia and Harden

by David Gassko

Breaking down the draft: Picks 27-35

by Alex Eisenberg

Ten things I didn’t know last week

by Dave Studeman

TUCK! sez: Another one for the kids in Holbrook

by Tuck

Wednesday, July 09

Moon shots: Introducing “True Home Runs” (HitTracker)

by Derek Carty

Life is pain ... and anyone who says differently is selling something.

by John Brattain

Here’s Johnny: How a rookie threw two consecutive no-hitters

by Eric Seidman

Tuesday, July 08

THT Live: Duchscherer looking for a long-term deal

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Where did the Frenchy quotes go?

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: C.C. Sabathia links

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: No inverted W!

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Wanna Play GM?

by Dave Studeman

Evaluating the C.C. Sabathia trade

by Victor Wang

Anatomy of a player: Carlos Marmol

by Josh Kalk

The 10 worst No. 6 hitters since 1957

by Steve Treder

Beyond Moneyball: Player development, Part 5

by Paul Nyman

Monday, July 07

THT Live: Will the Angels set this record?

by Dave Studeman

Ian Snell, Shaun Marcum and their elbow injuries

by Chris Neault

The 2008 Von Hayes All-Stars

by Chris Jaffe

Five All-Star games in one!

by Don Malcolm

Sunday, July 06

THT Live: Bye bye to C.C.

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Sabathia Reportedly Traded to Milwaukee.

by Matthew Carruth

THT Dartboard: July 6, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

Friday, July 04

THT Live: Davis at bat

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Mo update

by Dave Studeman

Thursday, July 03

THT Live: Waiting for Liriano

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Braves throwing in the towel

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: “A magnet for suffering”

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Meet Jhoulys Chacin

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Break but not movement?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Marlins on verge of a record

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Mo likes to save games

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: How to confuse an idiot

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: International signings

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Twins update

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Sickels on Hochevar

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Buchholz coming back soon

by Dave Studeman

Ten things I didn’t know last week

by Dave Studeman

How good are the 2008 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

by Sean Smith

Interview: David Price

by Brandon Isleib

Wednesday, July 02

THT Live: In Memoriam: Jules Tygiel

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Announcing the PITCHf/x article catalog

by Mike Fast

TUCK! sez: STDL

by Tuck

Fun with Baseball Reference

by John Brattain

THT Daily: Is it over yet?

by THT Staff

Tuesday, July 01

THT Live: Baseball writers in New York

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Lineup variety

by THT Staff

THT Live: The bandwagon builds

by THT Staff

THT Live: Aaron’s SABR recap

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Etticks

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: ‘Not a big enough shopping cart’

by THT Staff

Anatomy of a pitch: Change up

by Josh Kalk

Superdupersubs (Part 4:  1990-2007)

by Steve Treder

THT Daily: Sign of the apocalypse

by Dave Studeman

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