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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


August, 2009

Monday, August 31

THT Live: To pitch or not to pitch

by Dan Novick

THT Dartboard: Week Twenty-one

by Matthew Carruth

And sometimes, we don’t place enough emphasis on this year

by Derek Carty

Playing for keeps (Part 2)

by Derek Ambrosino

Well, Leo liked Leo

by Joe Distelheim

Beloit College Mindset List: baseball version

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, August 30

THT Live: Paul Byrd is starting for the Red Sox

by Nick Steiner

Clone Wars: Raul Ibanez and Andre Ethier

by Troy Patterson

Saturday, August 29

THT Live: Is Scott Kazmir really done as an ace?

by Evan Brunell

Friday, August 28

THT Live: A tale of two seasons

by Dan Novick

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Making their mark

by Craig Brown

Cooperstown Confidential: batting without a helmet

by Bruce Markusen

This annotated week in baseball history: Aug. 23-Aug. 29, 2009

by Richard Barbieri

THT Daily: Closing Security in St. Louis

by Matthew Carruth

Thursday, August 27

THT Live: Koby Clemens’ breakout season

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: Jason Schmidt’s season over, likely career

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Errata: Into the Next Dimension with HITf/x

by Bryan Tsao

THT Live: Maicer Izturis comes into his own

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: A few clandestine notes on collegiate summer baseball

by Carson Cistulli

Everything’s bigger in September (Part 2)

by Paul Singman

Looking forward: Some of the more prominent prospects of 2009

by Matt Hagen

TUCK sez: Goin’ all Garry Templeton

by Tuck

In a sentimental mood

by Jonathan Halket

How accurately can we estimate a hitter’s runs? (Part 2)

by Colin Wyers

THT Daily: A Duo in St. Louis

by Matthew Carruth

Wednesday, August 26

THT Live: He’s got the scoop

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Graph of the day

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Create your own Pitch f/x database

by Nick Steiner

Player Profile: Miguel Montero

by Mike Silver

Hampton, Zito, Davis

by Geoff Young

BOB: Cubs sale finalized and grass at Target Field

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, August 25

THT Live: Can the Royals win in WAR?

by Mike Fast

THT Live: If hope wasn’t already lost…

by Dan Novick

THT Live: Andruw Jones and BABIP

by Pat Andriola

The best pitchers hardly anyone knows

by Harry Pavlidis

Time to say goodbye to some worthy players

by Eriq Gardner

Everything’s bigger in September (Part I)

by Paul Singman

THT awards

by John Barten

Monday, August 24

THT Live: “He was over the bleeping plate!”

by Mike Fast

THT Live: What’s a “hit?”...and thoughts on advanced baseball analysis

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: LaPorta here to stay

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: 2009 Fan’s Scouting Report - call for ballots

by Mike Fast

THT Dartboard: Week Twenty

by Matthew Carruth

Top 20 second half flops: Nos. 10-1

by Bryan Donovan

Are pitchers clutch when they try to avoid losing 20?

by Chris Jaffe

Clone Wars: Gavin Floyd and John Danks

by Troy Patterson

Sunday, August 23

THT Live: Huh, so that Smoltz guy is still pretty good…

by Nick Steiner

Playing for keeps

by Derek Ambrosino

Saturday, August 22

THT Live: Is Joel Pineiro getting lucky with his walks?

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: Bowden gets roughed up

by Alex Pedicini

Friday, August 21

THT Live: Should Giants extend Bengie Molina?

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: How Darren O’Day got away

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: Measuring catcher defense

by John Burnson

Welcoming a new THT Fantasy writer

by Derek Carty

Near-Sighted Marcels

by John Burnson

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

This annotated week in baseball history: August 16-August 22, 1890

by Richard Barbieri

Cooperstown Confidential: Tarzan Joe Wallis

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: Longest franchise droughts without a 200-hit performance

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Last 200-hit performance for all franchises

by Chris Jaffe

THT Daily: Wagner Claimed?

by Matthew Carruth

Thursday, August 20

THT Live: Longest franchise droughts without a 20-game winner

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Livan Hernandez meets his maker as Billy Wagner returns

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: THT Daily: August 20th, 2009

by Matthew Carruth

How accurately can we estimate a hitter’s runs? (Part 1)

by Colin Wyers

End game and maximizing limits

by Marco Fujimoto

Rubbernecking (Part 1)

by Brandon Isleib

Revisiting Bill Hall’s long-term deal

by Jeff Sackmann

Stephen Strasburg and other prospect notes

by Matt Hagen

TUCK! sez: Play ball. Please!

by Tuck

THT Live: Last 20-game winners for all 30 teams

by Chris Jaffe

Wednesday, August 19

THT Live: Ecstatic Truth Pitchf/x: Daniel Bard’s slider

by Carson Cistulli

THT Live: Cespedes, De La Cruz, and pray for a better rhyme

by Jeff Sackmann

THT Live: What to do with Strasburg

by Alex Pedicini

Player Profile: Elvis has entered the building

by Mike Silver

THT Live: Useless info on 100-win teams without 20-win pitchers

by Chris Jaffe

BOB: Baseball cards and minor league attendance

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, August 18

THT Live: Blue Jays recall Travis Snider

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Pudge to the Rangers

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: Random research inspired by today’s Treder column

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: THT Daily: Strasburg signs

by Dave Studeman

What fantasy baseball may look like in 2010

by Eriq Gardner

Dreaded closers

by Paul Singman

THT Awards

by John Barten

More or less about grounders

by Harry Pavlidis

Finding wins

by Jonathan Halket

The virtual 1961 Cleveland Indians (Part 2)

by Steve Treder

Monday, August 17

THT Live: Are the Yankees trying to hit more fly balls?

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: UZR and Teixeira

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Today’s random fact

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Draft signing deadline looms

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: THT Daily: Four for four

by Dave Studeman

THT Dartboard: Week Nineteen

by Matthew Carruth

Fan us on Facebook!

by Bryan Tsao

Top 20 second-half flops: nos. 11-20

by Bryan Donovan

Managerial differentials

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Measuring the umpire’s effect on the game

by Nick Steiner

Sunday, August 16

THT Live: One sport that has the greatest-ever debate sewn up ...

by John Beamer

THT Live: The Rangers win the Teixeira trade

by John Beamer

THT Live: When players delve into advanced baseball stats

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: Your other random fact of the day

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Your random fact of the day

by Chris Jaffe

Saturday, August 15

THT Live: Yet another another batted ball report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Why you can’t subtract FIP from ERA

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: Matusz makes third appearance tonight

by Sven Jenkins

Friday, August 14

THT Live: Will the Red Sox win the AL East?

by John Beamer

THT Live: Observations of questionable import: the Cape Cod League Championship Series

by Carson Cistulli

THT Live: Red Sox acquire A-Gon

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Latos looking for fifth win

by Sven Jenkins

Marco Scutaro’s little things

by Max Marchi

Cooperstown Confidential: Tarzan Joe Wallis

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: WAR and WSAB

by Dave Studeman

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

THT Live: Illustrator WAR graphs, take two

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: Is Austin Jackson ready for the prime time?

by Alex Pedicini

THT Daily: Cringe Inducing

by Matthew Carruth

Thursday, August 13

THT Live: Maybe this is why Travis Hafner can’t hit home runs

by Dan Novick

THT Live: More on last night’s Sox-Mariners game

by Chris Jaffe

The nominees for most disappointing player of the year

by Matt Hagen

THT Live: 0-0 Extra inning games

by Chris Jaffe

What is Joe Mauer’s true talent level?

by Colin Wyers

TUCK! sez: Still another one for the kids in Holbrook

by Tuck

THT Live: More WAR graphing fun!

by Colin Wyers

THT Daily: Junior Ends It in 14

by Matthew Carruth

Wednesday, August 12

THT Live: Trevor Bell makes debut

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: Brewers shake up roster: Demote Hall, Hardy for Escobar

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Random Scott Podsednik stuff

by Chris Jaffe

Player Profile: My street accident, B.J. Upton

by Mike Silver

Keeper league strategy: Closers

by Derek Carty

My WAR Graph

by Dave Studeman

Ten who hit 500

by Geoff Young

Tuesday, August 11

State of THT Fantasy

by Derek Carty

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Do trade pitches work?

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Tazawa gets the start

by Alex Pedicini

What kind of risk-taker are you?

by Eriq Gardner

The pieces are coming together

by Paul Singman

The virtual 1961 Cleveland Indians (Part 1)

by Steve Treder

The ways of Kerry Wood

by Harry Pavlidis

THT Awards

by John Barten

Monday, August 10

THT Live: Replacement level, again

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: ChiSox, Jays both benefit from Rios waiver claim

by Evan Brunell

THT Dartboard: Week Eighteen

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Brewers scrambling to stay relevant with Weathers trade

by Evan Brunell

In search of new inefficiencies in the fantasy marketplace

by Derek Carty

Random great game: Cubs-Cardinals, August 8, 1990

by Chris Jaffe

Clone Wars: Prince Fielder and Justin Morneau

by Troy Patterson

Applying the Guttridge-Wang trade model to this year’s deadline trades (Part 2)

by Adam Guttridge

Sunday, August 09

THT Live: Smoltz DFA’d

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: The sorrow and the pity: a brief reflection on the state of the Royals

by Carson Cistulli

THT Live: Why Bobby Parnell isn’t a starting pitcher

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: Why should I care about Alex Rios?

by Dan Novick

Saturday, August 08

THT Live: Midseason trade review

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: How old is your Double-A team?

by Jeff Sackmann

THT Live: Another look at bimodal distributions

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: What does Junichi Tazawa throw?

by Mike Fast

THT Live: Other factors 1, numbers behind numbers 0

by Mike Fast

Friday, August 07

THT Live: Sox whiff on not getting Gaudin, Pavano

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: If you’re happy and you know it, get on base

by Pizza Cutter

THT Live: Selling low and at the wrong time

by Pat Andriola

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Cycling up

by Craig Brown

THT Daily: Job Security

by Matthew Carruth

Card Corner: Dave Cash and the Baseball Reliquary

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, August 06

THT Live: Give Fuld a chance

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: Brian Sabean is all in

by Pat Andriola

The nominees for minor league player of the year

by Matt Hagen

Treading and retreading

by Jeff Sackmann

What’d I miss?

by Brandon Isleib

Why does Pujols regress to the mean?

by Colin Wyers

TUCK! sez: Roid Sawx

by Tuck

Wednesday, August 05

THT Live: Defending Cincinnati’s Rolen trade

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: The value of patience

by Dan Novick

The defensive shift: pitch by pitch

by Jonathan Hale

Confessions of a rebuilding team’s fan

by Geoff Young

BOB:  Pirates and PEDs

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, August 04

THT Live: Matusz makes his big league debut

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: Matusz joins Tillman in the majors

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Beating the Yankees

by Dan Novick

THT Live: W: Felix Cespedes

by Jeff Sackmann

THT Live: Drew Stubbs ready for a call-up

by Alex Pedicini

Compatiblity matching

by Paul Singman

Designing a better league

by Eriq Gardner

THT Live: More on Chris Tillman

by Nick Steiner

A fine rookie: Randy Wells

by Harry Pavlidis

THT Awards

by John Barten

Roster Doctor

by Jonathan Halket

THT Daily: Edinson Volquez’s Elbow

by Matthew Carruth

Monday, August 03

THT Live: Midseason TotalZone Minors

by Jeff Sackmann

THT Live: THT Daily: A Romp in Baltimore

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: My favorite times on the baseball calendar

by Mike Fast

Ten things I didn’t know before SABR 39

by Chris Jaffe

Is Ichiro heading for the Hall of Fame?  Which one?

by Sean Smith

THT Dartboard: Week Seventeen

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: Random notes from SABR 39

by Chris Jaffe

Applying the Guttridge-Wang trade model to this year’s deadline trades (Part 1)

by Adam Guttridge

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