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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


September, 2009

Wednesday, September 30

THT Live: Varsity Letters

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Phillies activate Romero; Should he be closer?

by Evan Brunell

Ryan Madson’s deal with the devil

by Dan Novick

THT Live: Man vs. Food in ballparks

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Most recent mid-season managerial change for all 30 teams

by Chris Jaffe

Player Profile: Garrett Jones

by Mike Silver

Tuesday, September 29

THT Live: Anatomy of a player: Marc Rzepczynsk

by Nick Steiner

How much is your fantasy team worth?

by Eriq Gardner

Admiring Adam Lind

by Paul Singman

THT Awards

by John Barten

Wasted patience on Brad Lidge

by Harry Pavlidis

A very zealous game report: Florida at Cincinnati

by Carson Cistulli

THT Dartboard: Week Twenty-five

by Matthew Carruth

Monday, September 28

THT Live: Debunking the debunker

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: Most Recent 100-win season for all franchises

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Clutch Hitting Over Time

by Dave Studeman

Clone Wars: Chase Utley and Ben Zobrist

by Troy Patterson

The Cooper conundrum

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, September 27

Measuring the character of baseball greats

by Jack Marshall

Saturday, September 26

THT Live: Ichiro strike three

by Mike Fast

Gonzo managing

by Derek Ambrosino

Friday, September 25

THT Live: I need your feedback!

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: How is this possible?

by Dan Novick

THT Live: I, Claudia’s: Some idle thoughts from an idle fellow

by Carson Cistulli

Nothing adds up

by John Burnson

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Padres hitters and backward pitching

by Max Marchi

Card Corner: Glenn “Bruno” Beckert

by Bruce Markusen

THT Daily: A New Tune from Tim

by Matthew Carruth

Thursday, September 24

South Atlantic and Midwest League Awards

by Matt Hagen

Clone or drone

by Jonathan Halket

TUCK! sez: Temper, temper (Part 2)

by Tuck

Portrait of a reliever: Firpo Marberry, 1925

by Brandon Isleib

THT Daily: Cubs Sale Final

by Matthew Carruth

Wednesday, September 23

THT Live: Disco Hayes theorizes

by Jeff Sackmann

THT Live: Teams improved where Brian Johnson moved

by Dave Studeman

Player Profile: Clay Buchholz

by Mike Silver

Yes, but it’s an empty .300

by Geoff Young

BOB: Moneyball revisited and the Cubs vs. the IRS

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, September 22

THT Live: Meanderings on amateur representation

by Dan Novick

Strategies at season’s end

by Eriq Gardner

The rise of Cliff Pennington

by Paul Singman

THT Awards

by John Barten

Gil Meche’s fastball

by Harry Pavlidis

Monday, September 21

THT Live: Some food for thought

by Pat Andriola

THT Dartboard: Week Twenty-four

by Matthew Carruth

THT Live: What do hockey pucks from 1996 have to do with baseball in 2009?

by Mike Fast

THT Live: Hit by pitches and pitchf/x

by Jeremy Greenhouse

The 10 greatest games in Metrodome history

by Chris Jaffe

What to make of pre-ranks part 2

by Derek Ambrosino

Clone Wars: Zack Greinke and Tim Lincecum

by Troy Patterson

Sunday, September 20

THT Live: Insert “no Angel” pun here

by Brandon Isleib

THT Live: New Batted Ball Report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Offensive environments in the minors | part two

by Alex Pedicini

Friday, September 18

THT Live: How many home runs would Pujols hit if he was pitched to like Juan Pierre?

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: Is Sportvision ruining baseball?

by Mike Fast

THT Live: Padres activate Mike Adams

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Offensive environments in Triple-A and Double-A

by Alex Pedicini

Fantasy values by parallax

by John Burnson

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Oh, Hanley!

by Craig Brown

The Nickname Game: Lou Gehrig

by Bruce Markusen

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

THT Daily: Pen Woes in Philly

by Matthew Carruth

Thursday, September 17

THT Live: A great response to Ken Rosenthal

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: Game Theory and the NL West

by Adam Guttridge

THT Live: Jerry Manuel and handedness

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: The Rays’ historic infield

by Jeremy Greenhouse

Awards Season: New York-Penn and Northwest League honors

by Matt Hagen

This annotated week in baseball history: Sept. 13-Sept. 19, 1853

by Richard Barbieri

TUCK! sez: It’s not “17 consecutive losing seasons,” it’s “consistency”

by Tuck

THT Daily: Signing Time?

by Matthew Carruth

Wednesday, September 16

THT Live: Murray Chass makes negative sense

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: FJM reunites for a day

by Jeremy Greenhouse

Player Profile: Freddy Garcia

by Mike Silver

THT Live: Searching for the most hackiest man in the world

by Nick Steiner

Tuesday, September 15

THT Live: To answer your question, Mr. Fingers

by Dan Novick

The case against Matt Kemp

by Eriq Gardner

Welcome Ian Desmond

by Paul Singman

I’m not a doctor

by Jonathan Halket

Batted balls and cheese

by Harry Pavlidis

Brooklyn cheers for Beltran, and other assorted enthusiasms

by Carson Cistulli

Monday, September 14

What to make of pre-ranks?

by Derek Ambrosino

WAR vs. Win Shares

by Dave Studeman

Clone Wars: Adam Lind and Kendry Morales

by Troy Patterson

Ten greatest moments in recent Pirate history

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, September 13

THT Live: Fastball Rankings

by Jeremy Greenhouse

THT Live: Longest stretch without a 16-game winning pitcher

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Most recent 18-win month for all teams

by Chris Jaffe

Saturday, September 12

THT Live: The extinction of Zito’s hard curve: a brief follow-up

by Max Marchi

Friday, September 11

THT Live: One man’s take on the 2010 Mets

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: About the Annual

by Dave Studeman

Copy editor update

by Bryan Tsao

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

THT Live: Free Allen Craig!

by Nick Steiner

New York’s new ballparks

by Woody Studenmund

Cooperstown Confidential: Running hard and running into old ballplayers

by Bruce Markusen

The extinction of Zito’s hard curve

by Max Marchi

Thursday, September 10

THT Live: Jayson Stark: Owners :: Cheese : Hot Pockets

by Jeremy Greenhouse

THT Live: No comment

by Dan Novick

What are little runs made of?

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: Just ordinary swingmen

by Brandon Isleib

Awards Season: Appalachian and Pioneer League Honors

by Matt Hagen

This annotated week in baseball history: Sept. 6-Sept. 12, 1913

by Richard Barbieri

Rubbernecking (Part 2)

by Brandon Isleib

TUCK! sez: Temper, temper

by Tuck

Wednesday, September 09

THT Live: Samardzija back up with the Cubs

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: New York Mets top prospects

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: Heh.

by Dan Novick

THT Live: All hail . . . . Ed Kranepool?

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Who has the best stuff?

by Mike Fast

THT Live: Interview online

by Chris Jaffe

Slightly deeper keepers

by Derek Ambrosino

When .360 just isn’t good enough

by Geoff Young

BOB: Rangers and Padres Ownership News

by Brian Borawski

Player Profile: Jonathan Sanchez

by Mike Silver

THT Live: Is EqA better than wOBA?

by Colin Wyers

Tuesday, September 08

THT Live: Unreal.  Just unreal

by Chris Jaffe

We need to draft a new copy editor!

by Bryan Tsao

THT Awards

by John Barten

Clone Wars: Aaron Hill and Justin Morneau???

by Troy Patterson

Playing out the season

by Paul Singman

Monday, September 07

THT Live: Ichiro’s 2000th hit

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Michael Brantley gets the call

by Alex Pedicini

Sunday, September 06

THT Live: Wade Davis makes his debut

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: Jim Leyland and the march into history

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Was Shoeless Joe innocent?

by Dave Studeman

Saturday, September 05

THT Live: Giants call up Posey

by Alex Pedicini

Friday, September 04

THT Live: Yet another baseball stat

by Dan Novick

THT Live: Pitch f/x nomenclature

by Dan Novick

Waiver Wire: AL

by Rob McQuown

Card Corner: Dick McAuliffe

by Bruce Markusen

We should’ve got the live chicken

by Max Marchi

Waiver Wire: NL

by Michael Street

Thursday, September 03

THT Live: White Sox promote fast-riser Dan Hudson to majors

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: How much do you really value defense?

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: A picture of disarray

by Dave Studeman

End game and maximizing limits (part 2)

by Marco Fujimoto

Awards Season: GCL and Arizona League Honors

by Matt Hagen

This annotated week in baseball history: Aug. 31-Sept. 5, 1945

by Richard Barbieri

They want Moore?

by Jeff Sackmann

TUCK! sez: Media runs on Duncan

by Tuck

THT Daily: Injuries Galore

by Matthew Carruth

Wednesday, September 02

THT Live: The fabulous Ubaldo Jimenez

by Dan Novick

Player Profile: Brett Anderson

by Mike Silver

Something about Everth

by Geoff Young

Into the next dimension with HIT f/x

by Jonathan Hale

BOB Report: Wilpon not broke, Royals extend GM’s contract

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, September 01

THT Live: Random Dave Weathers info

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Revisiting last year’s top pick

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: Grudgingly giving Dodgers GM Ned Coletti credit for Belliard, Thome, Garland

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: The Book of Fred

by Dave Studeman

Is Joe Mauer the most valuable player in fantasy?

by Eriq Gardner

Some things are smaller in September

by Paul Singman

Baseball reporting, enthusiast style

by Carson Cistulli

Park effects and batted ball types

by Harry Pavlidis

THT Awards

by John Barten

August, 2009

Monday, August 31

THT Live: To pitch or not to pitch

by Dan Novick

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