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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


July, 2009

Friday, July 31

THT Live: The irony of the Kotchman-LaRoche trade

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: Jake Peavy traded to the Chi-Sox… for real this time

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: How much better does Victor Martinez make the Red Sox?

by Dan Novick

THT Live: Boston makes their move

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: Talking Baseball

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Claudio Vargas, really?

by Jeff Sackmann

THT Live: Errata data

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Munson’s Win Shares

by Dave Studeman

Guarding the lines

by Max Marchi

This annotated week in baseball history: July 26-August 1, 2004

by Richard Barbieri

Cooperstown Confidential: Opening a new book on Munson

by Bruce Markusen

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Thursday, July 30

THT Live: Disagreeing with James

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Dodgers strike for top lefty reliever

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Chris Tillman’s debut

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: Team-by-team needs at the MLB trade deadline

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: THT Daily: Manny and Big Papi

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Pirates steal from San Francisco

by Alex Pedicini

Dump trades and free markets

by Jonathan Halket

Roster Doctor

by Paul Singman

Former top pitching prospects revisited

by Matt Hagen

Picking up the pace

by Dan Turkenkopf

A treatise on true talent

by David Gassko

What’s past is prologue

by Colin Wyers

TUCK! sez: Guess again

by Tuck

Wednesday, July 29

THT Live: Was the Cliff Lee trade really a win-win?

by Dan Novick

THT Live: Mariners, Pirates make seven-player deal (and M’s chip in another trade)

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Watch out, Mark Buehrle

by Jeff Sackmann

The control hitters have over everything

by Derek Carty

Players worth remembering, 1947-1968

by Geoff Young

A story of Mickey and Jackie

by John Walsh

Tuesday, July 28

THT Live: Talking curveballs

by Dan Novick

THT Live: The incredible catch that wasn’t

by Paul Singman

Fantasy Fallout: Garko heads to San Francisco

by Paul Singman

THT Live: Matusz on a tear

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: Ten best teams to lose 10 straight

by Chris Jaffe

THT Awards

by John Barten

Trade deadline: A few bullpen situations to watch

by Eriq Gardner

Brian Bannister’s new approach

by Harry Pavlidis

Monday, July 27

THT Live: Hall of Fame Weekend: Live From Cooperstown on Monday

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: Yankees CF Gardner KO’d with broken thumb

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Worst teams to win 10 straight

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: A late dispatch from the Sportsvision Summit

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: Jason Heyward is good

by Alex Pedicini

THT Dartboard: Week Sixteen

by Matthew Carruth

Best of the second best (part 2)

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Rickey Speaks!

by Chris Jaffe

Scouting the FSL

by Adam Guttridge

Sunday, July 26

THT Live: Hall of Fame Weekend Update: Live From Cooperstown on Sunday

by Bruce Markusen

Saturday, July 25

THT Live: Hall of Fame Weekend Update: Live From Cooperstown on Saturday

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: Breaking: Royals still aren’t good

by Dan Novick

THT Live: And another Batted Ball Report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Friday’s not-so-minor moves

by Evan Brunell

Friday, July 24

THT Live: Hall of Fame Weekend Update: Live From Cooperstown on Friday

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: A new Holliday in St. Louis

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: What did Mark Buehrle throw?

by Mike Fast

THT Live: The rapid decline of Matt Antonelli

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: Hall of Fame Weekend: Live From Cooperstown

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: Jhoulys Chacin: Future’s Game Pitch f/x

by Nick Steiner

End of days

by John Burnson

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Working the count

by Craig Brown

This annotated week in baseball history: July 19-July 25, 1997

by Richard Barbieri

Cooperstown Confidential: The deadline, defending Old-Timers Day, and Hall of Fame weekend

by Bruce Markusen

THT Daily: Holliday On the Move

by Matthew Carruth

Thursday, July 23

THT Live: Rockies bolster bullpen with Betancourt, Chacin

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Cape Cod Baseball League All Star game today

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: Most Recent 10-game losing streaks for all 30 teams

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Your fun fact for the day

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: My least favorite mistake

by Dave Studeman

Roster Doctor

by Paul Singman

Dissecting the DSL

by Jeff Sackmann

What to Make of Brett Anderson and Other Prospect Notes

by Matt Hagen

A second look at situational pitching

by Colin Wyers

TUCK! sez: Arrgh

by Tuck

THT Daily: Slamming Manny

by Matthew Carruth

Wednesday, July 22

THT Live: A note from a reader on BABIP

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Cardinals ship out Duncan for Lugo for no apparent reason

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Chris Duncan traded to the Red Sox for Julio Lugo; somewhere, Dave Duncan is punching a wall

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: Most Recent 10-game winning streaks for all 30 teams

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Is LaRoche answer to Sox’s struggles?

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Best Dodger team since….

by Chris Jaffe

Getting under it

by Jonathan Hale

BOB:  All Star Game ratings and Cactus League news

by Brian Borawski

The gentle art of prospect promotion

by Geoff Young

Tuesday, July 21

THT Live: Musings on Minaya

by Dan Novick

THT Dartboard: Week Fifteen

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Philadelphia’s Taylor on the rise

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: 40 games under .500

by Chris Jaffe

Worst Monday: Balloting open

by John Burnson

The closer one night stand

by Paul Singman

Don’t give up on batting average just yet

by Eriq Gardner

Roster Doctor

by Jonathan Halket

Batted ball insanity

by Harry Pavlidis

THT Live: Jason Schmidt makes his 2009 debut

by Nick Steiner

Monday, July 20

THT Live: Brewers one step closer to playoffs after Lopez deal

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: San Diego’s Latos Makes Debut

by Alex Pedicini

Clone Wars: J.A. Happ and Zach Duke

by Troy Patterson

Best of the second best (part 1)

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, July 19

THT Live: Padres make another baffling trade

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: New Batted Ball Report

by Dave Studeman

Saturday, July 18

THT Live: Washington’s futility: some historic perspective

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Some Changes

by Dan Novick

THT Live: Homer Bailey still isn’t getting it

by Dan Novick

THT Live: Thank you, Drayton (!?)

by Evan Brunell

Friday, July 17

THT Live: Red Sox call it quits with Lugo

by Evan Brunell

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Cooperstown Confidential: reviewing the All-Star game

by Bruce Markusen

This annotated week in baseball history: July 12-July 18, 2009

by Richard Barbieri

Thursday, July 16

THT Live: Bill speaks out

by Dave Studeman

For those who still don’t believe FIP is bad for fantasy analysis…

by Derek Carty

The Latest Batch of Prospect Breakdowns

by Matt Hagen

Moving past DIPS

by Colin Wyers

Fall-down guys

by Jonathan Halket

Predicting double play rate

by Dan Turkenkopf

THT Daily: Rehabbing

by Matthew Carruth

TUCK! sez: Just say “thanks,” Manny!

by Tuck

Wednesday, July 15

THT Live: Warren’s Wizard

by Steve Treder

THT Live: Pedro in Philadelphia

by Evan Brunell

The high variability second half team

by Derek Carty

Players worth remembering, 1969-1989

by Geoff Young

THT Awards

by John Barten

BOB:  Cubs sale news and a haunted house

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, July 14

THT Live: Dayton Moore and defense

by Dave Studeman

An all star team of mostly-unowned players

by Eriq Gardner

Bargains for the second half

by Paul Singman

Great news:  I was wrong

by Steve Treder

Lost in Transactions 7/6-7/12/09: Royals not so royal; Bruce hits DL

by Evan Brunell

A view from the Sportvision Baseball Summit

by Harry Pavlidis

Monday, July 13

THT Live: If the hearing were held in front of the 1977 Kansas City Royals

by Dave Studeman

All-Star Week at THT Fantasy

by Derek Carty

The 2009 Alvin Davis All-Stars

by Chris Jaffe

THT Dartboard: Week Fourteen

by Matthew Carruth

Do hitters decline after the Home Run Derby?

by Derek Carty

Clone Wars: Second half bargains

by Troy Patterson

Saturday, July 11

THT Live: New Batted Ball Report

by Dave Studeman

Friday, July 10

THT Live: Padre Offensive Woes

by Chris Jaffe

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Simple xBABIP Calculator

by Derek Carty

THT Live: From PITCHf/x to HITf/x…now GAMEf/x?

by Mike Fast

This annotated week in baseball history: July 5-July 11, 1955

by Richard Barbieri

Card Corner: Jim “Mudcat” Grant and the Baseball Reliquary

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, July 09

THT Live: Trackman Baseball

by Mike Fast

The Yankees bullpen

by Paul Singman

Minor League Mailbag - 7/8/09

by Matt Hagen

Fielding stats for college shortstops

by Jeff Sackmann

Evaluating defense using HITf/x

by Colin Wyers

TUCK! sez: Bring your own whine and brew

by Tuck

Wednesday, July 08

The control hitters have over LD%

by Derek Carty

BOB: Cubs sale draws near and mid-season attendance

by Brian Borawski

They might run more if they could walk

by Geoff Young

Clone Wars: Ian Stewart and Mark Reynolds

by Troy Patterson

Tuesday, July 07

THT Live: A Conversation With Johnny Grubb

by Bruce Markusen

Worst Monday: Balloting open

by John Burnson

How to analyze a trade at the halfway point

by Eriq Gardner

THT Awards

by John Barten

Getting closer to park adjustments for PITCHf/x

by Harry Pavlidis

Monday, July 06

THT Live: Cincy Shellacking

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Hang time

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: The Vi flies forever

by Steve Treder

Scouting the FSL

by Adam Guttridge

MLB’s greatest game ever

by Chris Jaffe

Deadline closer deals: The bane of a fantasy owner’s existence

by Derek Carty

Mark DeRosa needs a raise

by John Burnson

THT Dartboard: Week Thirteen

by Matthew Carruth

Friday, July 03

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Master of fooling

by Max Marchi

A conversation with Crazy Horse

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, July 02

Open secrets

by Jonathan Halket

Roster Doctor - 7/2/09

by Paul Singman

Stacking the middle

by Dan Turkenkopf

Looking back at Satchel Paige

by Dave Studeman

TUCK! sez: Tony’s true tweet

by Tuck

THT Daily: A Saves Milestone

by Matthew Carruth

Wednesday, July 01

THT Live: How reliable is UZR?

by Colin Wyers

Worst Monday: Week 4 results

by John Burnson

Adrian takes a walk

by Geoff Young

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