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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


October, 2008

Friday, October 31

Fantasy fallout: Mike Jacobs traded to Royals

by Derek Carty

The good, the bad and the telling

by Cork Gaines

This annotated week in baseball history: Nov. 2-Nov. 8, 2008

by Richard Barbieri

Getting a head start

by Craig Brown

Boston Red Sox Injuries: Fantasy Implications for ‘09

by Chris Neault

Thursday, October 30

THT Live: If you need to pad your resume

by THT Staff

THT Live: Managerial Postscript

by Mitchel Lichtman

A mechanical model of pitching

by Matt Lentzner

THT Fantasy Mailbag

by David Gassko

Wednesday, October 29

THT Live: McCarver’s call

by Dave Studeman

BOB:  World Series Fall Out and Stadium Woes

by Brian Borawski

Put That Thing Back Where It Came From, Or So Help Me! (Part II)

by Matthew Namee

TUCK!‘s 2008 Playoffs Sketchbook, part eight

by Tuck

My player evaluation philosophy

by Derek Carty

Tuesday, October 28

Stats reference

by Derek Carty

THT Live: World Series cancelled for lack of interest

by Dave Studeman

Snuffy Stirnweiss

by Steve Treder

Season review: second basemen

by Paul Singman

Monday, October 27

THT Live: Game five probabilities

by Dave Studeman

World Series Game 5 Live Blog and Chat

by Derek Carty

Interview: Carlos Gomez, MLB scout

by Chris Jaffe

Liberty

by John Brattain

TUCK!‘s 2008 Playoffs Sketchbook (seventh inning stretch edition)

by Tuck

The Value of Prospects in Fantasy Leagues

by Victor Wang

THT Live: Scouting report on Cole Hamels

by Mike Fast

Sunday, October 26

THT Live: Best Civic Anniversary Ever?

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Sunday’s World Series probabilities

by Dave Studeman

A battle between two very poor managers

by Mitchel Lichtman

Saturday, October 25

Season review: shortstops

by Paul Singman

Friday, October 24

THT Live: World series probabilities after game 2

by Dave Studeman

Percival and the Rays Bullpen in ‘09

by Chris Neault

Batted ball scouting reports

by Dave Studeman

This annotated week in baseball history: Oct. 19-Oct. 25 1910

by Richard Barbieri

A little on bargaining in fantasy baseball

by Jonathan Halket

Thursday, October 23

THT Live: Can Matt Stairs and the Phillies break the Canadian curse?

by Christian Trudeau

THT Live: The Post-Game One Outlook

by Dave Studeman

Momentum? Shmomentum!

by Tom M. Tango

The Manny Ramirez MVPs

by Brandon Isleib

Breaking Down the Draft: More Requests (Part 3)

by Alex Eisenberg

Fortify the Strong or Build Up the Weak?

by Michael Lerra

Wednesday, October 22

THT Live: Scouting report on Scott Kazmir

by Mike Fast

Live THT Fantasy Focus Chat: 11 a.m. EST

by Derek Carty

Why the Rays will beat the Phillies

by Cork Gaines

Why the Phillies will beat the Rays

by John Brattain

TUCK! sez: 2008 Playoffs Sketchbook, part six

by Tuck

Why the Rays beat the Red Sox

by Cork Gaines

Downloadable data: 2008 ADPs

by Paul Singman

Tuesday, October 21

THT Live: Beane’s draft

by Dave Studeman

Why the Red Sox lost to the Rays

by Chuck Korb

Superduperswingmen (Part 4:  1970-2008)

by Steve Treder

Fantasy fallout: Mark Ellis re-signs with A’s

by Derek Carty

Monday, October 20

THT Live: World Series Probabilities

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: The holy grail of minor league stats

by Steve Treder

Reminder: Live THT Fantasy Focus Chat on Wednesday

by Derek Carty

Put that thing back where it came from, or so help me! (part 1)

by Matthew Namee

Thinking more about risk: performance variation

by Victor Wang

Sunday, October 19

THT Live: The Playoff Probabilities

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: THT in NYT and SD Union Tribune

by Victor Wang

Saturday, October 18

Why the Phillies beat the Dodgers

by John Brattain

TUCK! sez: 2008 Playoffs Sketchbook, Part Five

by Tuck

Season review: third basemen

by Paul Singman

Friday, October 17

THT Live: Valuing players where they play

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: The hard, cold playoff probabilities

by Dave Studeman

This annotated week in baseball history: Oct. 12-Oct. 18, 1903

by Richard Barbieri

Smoke and mirrors: Carlos Delgado

by Derek Carty

Thursday, October 16

THT Live: Model Fenway

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Playoff probabilites for the 16th

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Reason for hope in Balmer

by Bryan Tsao

Rays aren’t done adding talent

by Kevin Gengler

Relevant fantasy baseball injury news

by Chris Neault

The draft slot advantage

by Michael Lerra

Wednesday, October 15

THT Live: BJ Upton’s sizzling postseason

by Sal Baxamusa

THT Live: 10/15 playoff probabilities

by Dave Studeman

Breaking Down the Draft: Some More Requests

by Alex Eisenberg

TUCK!‘s 2009 Playoffs Sketchbook (Number Four)

by Tuck

Dual spotlights: Dan Uggla and Ty Wigginton

by Derek Carty

Tuesday, October 14

Coming up: THT Fantasy Focus live chats

by Derek Carty

A peek at David Price

by Josh Kalk

The 10 most interesting Rule 5 draft picks, 1903-1940

by Steve Treder

Season review: catchers

by Paul Singman

Monday, October 13

THT Live: Playoff odds of the 13th

by Dave Studeman

How much should Ben Sheets get?

by Victor Wang

The problem with measuring forecasting accuracy

by Victor Wang

The corpse on the dissecting table

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, October 12

THT Live: 10/12 Playoff Probabilities

by Dave Studeman

Saturday, October 11

THT Awards Season Recap Part Two

by John Barten

Not just elite closers

by Paul Singman

Does good pitching beat good hitting in October?

by Brandon Isleib

TUCK! sez: Playoffs sketchbook, part three-oh

by Tuck

Friday, October 10

THT Live: 10/10 Playoff Odds

by Dave Studeman

Why the Rays will beat the Red Sox

by Cork Gaines

Why the Red Sox will beat the Rays

by Ben Jacobs

Heroes of the LCS

by Craig Brown

Thursday, October 09

Why the Phillies will beat the Dodgers

by John Brattain

BOB:  MLB Attendance Breakdown

by Brian Borawski

Player spotlight: Ben Sheets

by Derek Carty

Wednesday, October 08

Why the Brewers lost to the Phillies

by Jeff Sackmann

Why the Red Sox beat the Angels

by Ben Jacobs

TUCK! sez: Playoffs Sketchbook, Part Two-o

by Tuck

Why the Phillies beat the Brewers

by John Brattain

Why the Rays beat the White Sox

by Cork Gaines

Why the Angels lost to the Red Sox

by Sean Smith

First mock draft of the offseason

by Derek Carty

Tuesday, October 07

THT Live: The latest postseason odds

by Dave Studeman

The renegade BBWAA awards

by Pizza Cutter

Anatomy of a player: Hiroki Kuroda

by Josh Kalk

The Virtual 1972 Houston Astros (Part 2)

by Steve Treder

A tale of three third baseman

by Paul Singman

Monday, October 06

THT Live: The latest playoff odds

by Dave Studeman

So how did THT projections do?

by David Gassko

Why The Cubs Lost To The Dodgers

by Tim Dierkes

Player risk profile: Ben Sheets

by Victor Wang

Sunday, October 05

THT Live: Playoff odds

by Dave Studeman

Saturday, October 04

THT Live: Today’s playoff odds

by Dave Studeman

THT Awards Season Recap Part One

by John Barten

TUCK!‘s Playoffs Sketchbook, Part Uno

by Tuck

FOX Sports Expert League recap and strategy discussion (Part 3)

by Derek Carty

Friday, October 03

THT Live: Just their imagination

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Adding two together

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Base Runs/PRC Leaders

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Today’s Playoff Odds

by Dave Studeman

Breaking down the draft: some requests

by Alex Eisenberg

The virtual 1972 Houston Astros (Part 1)

by Steve Treder

This annotated week in baseball history: Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 1944

by Richard Barbieri

FOX Sports Expert League recap and strategy discussion (Part 2)

by Derek Carty

Thursday, October 02

THT Live: Did Manny help Ethier?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Imaging the playoffs

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Thursday’s postseason odds

by Dave Studeman

Why the Rays will beat the White Sox

by Cork Gaines

Cubdom

by Joe Distelheim

Why the White Sox will beat the Rays

by Christopher Michaels

FOX Sports Expert League recap and strategy discussion (Part 1)

by Derek Carty

Wednesday, October 01

THT Live: Joba to Start in 2009

by Alex Eisenberg

THT Live: Bullpens down the stretch

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Final season stats

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: The Gifts of Pittsburgh

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Postseason odds

by Dave Studeman

Phillies vs. Brewers: Why the Phillies will win

by John Brattain

Why the Red Sox will beat the Angels

by Ben Jacobs

Why the Brewers Will Beat the Phillies

by Jeff Sackmann

TUCK! sez: One for my friends in Aurora

by Tuck

Player risk profile: Jason Kubel

by Victor Wang

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