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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


April, 2009

Thursday, April 30

THT Live: Wednesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

TUCK! sez: Start spreadin’ the news…

by Tuck

Culprit one (1946-81)

by Brandon Isleib

THT Daily: Gallardo beats Pirates

by Dave Studeman

Wednesday, April 29

THT Live: Tuesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Crazy scoring streak

by Geoff Young

BOB:  MLB.com En Fuego and Attendance News

by Brian Borawski

THT Daily: Stupid calf injuries

by Dave Studeman

Tuesday, April 28

THT Live: HEATER: Week 3

by John Burnson

THT Live: Monday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Awards

by John Barten

Backstopping and roaming wide (Part 1:  1890-1935)

by Steve Treder

Does this conversion thing work? Joakim Soria (Part 2)

by Harry Pavlidis

THT Daily: The other park effect

by Dave Studeman

Monday, April 27

THT Live: Ballparks graph

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Sunday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Dazzy Vance tracer

by Chris Jaffe

THT Dartboard: Week Three

by Matthew Carruth

Lost in Transactions 4/20-4/26/09: Mets grab Wily Mo, Hoffman returns

by Evan Brunell

THT Daily: Big series

by Dave Studeman

Sunday, April 26

THT Daily: 16-11

by Dave Studeman

Saturday, April 25

THT Live: Highest-scoring Yankees-Red Sox games ever

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: The breaking and the knuckling

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: HEATER: Weekend Supplement

by John Burnson

THT Daily: Greinke’s streak ends…or does it?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Friday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Live: HitTracker makes Baseball Tonight

by Colin Wyers

Friday, April 24

THT Live: New Batted Ball Report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: THT Daily: Here We Go

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Thursday’s box scores

by John Burnson

A pitch is a terrible thing to waste. Or is it? (Part 1)

by Dan Turkenkopf

Checking the leaderboards

by Craig Brown

What did Warren Spahn know?

by Max Marchi

This annotated week in baseball history: April 19-April 25, 1945

by Richard Barbieri

Thursday, April 23

THT Live: Wednesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

What makes a home run pitch

by Jonathan Hale

Will it play in Peoria?

by Colin Wyers

THT Daily: Double Dip in Boston

by Matthew Carruth

TUCK! sez: First in war, first in peace, last in the Nati_nal League

by Tuck

Wednesday, April 22

THT Live: USA Today Interview with Bryan Tsao

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: Tuesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Once upon a shortstop

by Geoff Young

BOB:  Olympics and Parks

by Brian Borawski

THT Daily: Rotating catchers

by Dave Studeman

Tuesday, April 21

THT Live: What Leverage Index Do Relievers Deserve?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: HEATER: Week 2

by John Burnson

THT Live: The cost of games

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Monday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Awards

by John Barten

Starter or reliever? Joakim Soria (Part 1)

by Harry Pavlidis

The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 6:  1954-1955)

by Steve Treder

THT Dartboard: Week Two

by Matthew Carruth

THT Daily: Argh

by Dave Studeman

Monday, April 20

THT Live: Wind Patterns Impacting Yankee Stadium?

by Joe Dimino

THT Live: Thanks

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Sunday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Land of 10,000 coincidences

by Chris Jaffe

THT Daily: 11-1

by Dave Studeman

Lost in Transactions 4/13-4/19/09: DeWitt, Milledge demoted; Holland arrives in Texas

by Evan Brunell

Sunday, April 19

THT Live: Saturday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Live: THT Graphs are running

by Dave Studeman

THT Daily: Extremes

by Dave Studeman

Saturday, April 18

THT Live: Harden’s unique

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: New Batted Ball Report

by Dave Studeman

THT Daily: Comeback day

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Friday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Friday, April 17

THT Live: HEATER: Weekend Supplement

by John Burnson

THT Live: Make your own Pitch f/x graphs

by Paul Singman

THT Live: Thursday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Live: RZR Averages

by Dave Studeman

This annotated week in baseball history: April 12-April 18, 1969

by Richard Barbieri

A-Rod in the clutch

by John Beamer

THT Daily: Nats win!

by Dave Studeman

Thursday, April 16

THT Live: New Yankee Stadium

by Joe Dimino

The great run estimator shootout (part 2)

by Colin Wyers

Culprit 1 (1901-45)

by Brandon Isleib

THT Daily: Kinsler goes ballistic

by Dave Studeman

TUCK! sez: Mariner moment

by Tuck

Wednesday, April 15

THT Live: Tuesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Farm system value rankings (Part 4)

by Victor Wang

The cult of the sure thing

by Geoff Young

The two sides of the Cubs Rule 5 coin

by Harry Pavlidis

THT Daily: Break up the Mariners

by Dave Studeman

Tuesday, April 14

THT Live: HEATER: Week 1

by John Burnson

THT Live: At least Syracuse is 1-4.

by Brandon Isleib

THT Live: THT Daily status

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Monday’s box scores

by John Burnson

The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 5:  1953-1954)

by Steve Treder

THT Daily: Many losses

by Dave Studeman

Monday, April 13

THT Live: Sunday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Measuring greatness (part 2)

by Mike Carminati

Book review: As They See ‘Em

by Chris Jaffe

THT Daily: Oops

by Dave Studeman

Sunday, April 12

THT Live: Saturday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Saturday, April 11

THT Live: New batted ball report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: A little THT Daily

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Friday’s box scores

by John Burnson

THT Awards

by John Barten

Friday, April 10

This annotated week in baseball history: April 5 - April 11, 1986

by Richard Barbieri

THT Live: THT’s team page is now live

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: A little THT Daily

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Thursday’s box scores

by John Burnson

A family affair

by Dan Turkenkopf

Thursday, April 09

THT Live: The early word from Hit Tracker

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Today’s standings

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Fearing no evil

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Wednesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Measuring greatness (part 1)

by Mike Carminati

TUCK! sez: (Still) D-railed

by Tuck

The great run estimator shootout (part 1)

by Colin Wyers

Wednesday, April 08

THT Live: Tuesday’s box scores

by John Burnson

Book review: Cubs By The Numbers

by Joe Distelheim

1984: My first Rotisserie League team

by Geoff Young

Tuesday, April 07

THT Live: Mrs. Olbermann

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: New Radar Tracking

by John Burnson

THT Live: Monday’s box scores

by THT Staff

THT Live: Simulating baseball

by Dave Studeman

The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 4:  1952-1953)

by Steve Treder

Projecting playing time

by Victor Wang

Inside Gameday 2009

by Harry Pavlidis

Monday, April 06

THT Live: Sunday’s box scores

by THT Staff

2009 THT staff predictions

by THT Staff

Land of 1,000 Coincidences

by Chris Jaffe

Five questions: Boston Red Sox

by Evan Brunell

Sunday, April 05

THT Live: Saturday’s box scores

by THT Staff

Saturday, April 04

THT Live: MLB Depth Charts

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: WPA Tweets

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: New Batted Ball Report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Friday’s box scores

by THT Staff

2009 THT Awards Primer

by John Barten

Friday, April 03

THT Live: Thursday’s box scores

by THT Staff

Book review: The Yankee Years

by Chris Jaffe

This annotated week in baseball history: March 26-April 4, 2009

by Richard Barbieri

Five questions: New York Yankees

by Jonathan Halket

Five questions: Minnesota Twins

by Brandon Isleib

Thursday, April 02

THT Live: All about medical exams

by Dave Studeman

Five questions: Arizona Diamondbacks

by Jim McLennan

Download THT

by Dave Studeman

The death of superman

by Colin Wyers

TUCK! sez: no foolin’!

by Tuck

Wednesday, April 01

THT Live: Wednesday’s box scores

by THT Staff

THT Live: Forecasting playing time

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Tuesday’s box scores

by THT Staff

Five questions: Houston Astros

by Lisa Gray

Five questions: Tampa Bay Rays

by R.J. Anderson

Five questions: Baltimore Orioles

by Evan Brunell

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