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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


August, 2008

Saturday, August 30

Injured players return for fantasy stretch run

by Chris Neault

THT Awards

by John Barten

Boras hole burying Alvarez?

by John Brattain

TUCK! sez: Glavine-san???

by Tuck

Friday, August 29

Looking deeper at trades and uncertainty

by Victor Wang

This annotated week in baseball history: Aug. 24- Aug. 30, 1937

by Richard Barbieri

Thursday, August 28

THT Live: Yankees fans deal with lost season

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Inside MLB’s replay center

by Bryan Tsao

Breaking down the draft: Picks 44-49

by Alex Eisenberg

Interview: Pete Wilhoit of Fiction Plane

by Brandon Isleib

Wednesday, August 27

Stretch strategy: Playing keep-away

by Derek Carty

The Pujols Awards—the grand finale

by John Brattain

BOB: Instant replay and the Cubs sale

by Brian Borawski

TUCK! sez: See? See?

by Tuck

Tuesday, August 26

THT Live: Current Marcels updated

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Sizemore superstar

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Free agent compensation list

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Pages Updated

by Dave Studeman

Anatomy of a player: Pedro Martinez

by Josh Kalk

The 10 worst No. 8 hitters since 1957

by Steve Treder

Monday, August 25

Keeper league strategy: Closers

by Derek Carty

In the name of Ethelred and all that is unready

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, August 24

THT Live: Turning Marcel into a gorilla?

by Mike Fast

THT Dartboard: August 24, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

Saturday, August 23

THT Awards

by John Barten

TUCK! sez: All part of the game, right, Lefebvre?

by Tuck

Friday, August 22

Meet Mike Aviles

by Craig Brown

This annotated week in baseball history: Aug. 17- Aug. 23, 1870

by Richard Barbieri

Thursday, August 21

THT Live: Glavine not welcome?

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Umpires, MLB sign agreement on instant replay

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Kazmir’s pitch mix

by Bryan Tsao

The last ten years

by Dave Studeman

Free agent overcompensation

by Geoff Young

Wednesday, August 20

What’s wrong with Johan Santana? (PITCHf/x)

by Derek Carty

THT Live: 6th Annual Fan Scouting Report

by Sal Baxamusa

TUCK! sez: Tonight, on Smackdown

by Tuck

BOB:  Replay Debate and an Attendance Overview

by Brian Borawski

Not so fast…

by John Brattain

Tuesday, August 19

THT Live: Rangers prospects in review

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Fowler Busts Out As U.S. Beats Taiwan

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Scouting report by the fans, for the fans

by Bryan Tsao

24-karat diamond-writing gems (Volume 3)

by Steve Treder

Knuckleballers unite

by Josh Kalk

Monday, August 18

THT Live: An Overview of the Minor A’s

by Alex Eisenberg

THT Live: A Broken Compensation Model

by Matthew Carruth

On curveballs

by Derek Carty

Gouge Away

by Chris Jaffe

On curveballs

by Derek Carty

Sunday, August 17

THT Live: The Blue Jay starter database

by Dave Studeman

THT Dartboard: August 17, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Teixeira is rocking

by Dave Studeman

Saturday, August 16

THT Live: Five years later

by Dave Studeman

THT Awards

by John Barten

Press-ure tactics…

by John Brattain

TUCK! sez: Where’s Molly Brown when you really need her?

by Tuck

The remains of the season: Rays

by Cork Gaines

Friday, August 15

THT Live: Baseball’s Draft System Is Badly Broken

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Predicting ERA

by Dave Studeman

Remains of the season: New York Yankees

by Alex Belth

This annotated week in baseball history: Aug. 10- Aug. 16, 2008

by Richard Barbieri

Thursday, August 14

Trade strategy: Overcoming economics

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Chris Young: 2008 Is a Season to Forget

by Chris Neault

THT Live: Heyman interview

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: StatCorner

by Dave Studeman

How ethical was it?

by Dave Studeman

Separate lives

by Brandon Isleib

The remains of the season: Los Angeles Dodgers

by Tom Meagher

Bayes’ Theorem and prospect valuation

by Victor Wang

Wednesday, August 13

THT Live: The Mets and the Rays

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Hansen’s stuff

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: What makes an MVP?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Remember Kielty for Stewart?

by Dave Studeman

The remains of the season: Chicago White Sox

by Christopher Michaels

BOB: A Minor League Slant

by Brian Borawski

Character references

by John Brattain

TUCK! sez: “...Oh yeah, and Adam Dunn. Him too…”

by Tuck

Tuesday, August 12

THT Live: An early look at Zink

by Mike Fast

The remains of the season: Florida Marlins

by Craig Strain

Anatomy of a player: Gavin Floyd

by Josh Kalk

Superduperswingmen (Part 1:  1900-1930)

by Steve Treder

Monday, August 11

THT Live: Dunn in the Sun

by Alex Eisenberg

THT Live: Sean’s best players

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Baseball and poetry

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: The question about pitching and age

by Dave Studeman

Matching presidents and ballplayers, 1933-2008

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, August 10

THT Live: Chris Carpenter Exits with Shoulder Injury

by Chris Neault

THT Dartboard: August 10, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

Saturday, August 09

THT Live: Goodbye, Halcyon days?

by Dave Studeman

THT Awards

by John Barten

Chasing our tails…

by John Brattain

The remains of the season: Minnesota Twins

by Josh Kalk

TUCK! sez: Nothing says “baseball” quite like…

by Tuck

Friday, August 08

THT Live: An expert on breaking bats

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: New Marcels

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Griffey in center

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Opportunity, Knocking?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Wrigley lights

by Dave Studeman

The Mussina renaissance

by Craig Brown

The remains of the season: Detroit Tigers

by Brian Borawski

Thursday, August 07

THT Live: Closers in non-saves

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Bring Cuban to the Cubs

by Dave Studeman

Economics of trading: Keeper leagues

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Is Carpenter back?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Updated Win Shares

by Dave Studeman

Ranking baseball’s ethical transgressions

by THT Staff

The remains of the season: St. Lous Cardinals

by Brian Gunn

Powering up

by Josh Kalk

Remembering the 1983 Lynchburg Mets

by Geoff Young

Wednesday, August 06

THT Live: Top 10 locations for relocation/expansion

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Would Mark Cuban sue baseball?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Skip

by Warren Corbett

The remains of the season: the Arizona Diamondbacks

by Jim McLennan

The remains of the season: Boston Red Sox

by Ben Jacobs

Keeping myself entertained…

by John Brattain

TUCK! sez: (Write your own “Manny” pun here)

by Tuck

Tuesday, August 05

THT Live: Performance enhancing genes?

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Shea Selling Seats for $869

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Price to the pen?

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Ron Mahay?

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Is parity up this year?

by Dave Studeman

The ten worst No. 7 hitters since 1957

by Steve Treder

The remains of the season: Brewers edition

by Jeff Sackmann

Why Jason Bay makes the Red Sox a better team

by Alex Eisenberg

Looking Back at the Mark Teixeira trades

by Victor Wang

Monday, August 04

THT Live: Liriano’s return

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Quick returns

by Dave Studeman

The remains of the season: Phillies edition

by Bill Baer

Matching presidents and ballplayers, 1869-1933

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, August 03

THT Live: Projections now updated every week at THT

by Sal Baxamusa

THT Dartboard: August 3, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

Saturday, August 02

THT Live: Three-out saves

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Chris Duncan to Have Major Neck Surgery: Career in Question

by Chris Neault

The remains of the season: Chicago Cubs

by Josh Kalk

The Pujols Awards:  July

by John Brattain

Brad Ziegler, AL Rookie of the Year

by Sal Baxamusa

Friday, August 01

TUCK! sez: A dance to victory and celebration

by Tuck

THT Live: Waivers and the Month Ahead

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Who’s Left to Play?

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Why?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Alex scouts Manny

by Dave Studeman

This annotated week in baseball history: July 27-Aug. 2, 1962

by Richard Barbieri

THT interview: Ken Joyce

by Chris Neault

Where have all the fungibles gone?

by Brandon Isleib

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