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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


October, 2009

Saturday, October 31

THT Live: Liveblog World Series Game 3

by Mike Fast

THT Live: Top minor league defensive players of 2009

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: Should Jeter have bunted?

by Colin Wyers

Friday, October 30

THT Live: Mr. November

by Sean Smith

An impartial observer

by Craig Brown

Cooperstown Confidential: The story of Oscar Gamble

by Bruce Markusen

Waiver Wire Offseason: AL

by Rob McQuown

Waiver Wire Offseason: NL

by Michael Street

Thursday, October 29

Where does production come from?

by Jeff Sackmann

This annotated week in baseball history: Oct. 25-Oct. 31, 2009

by Richard Barbieri

Top 10 prospects for 2010: New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox

by Matt Hagen

TUCK! sez: And, it was SO a foul ball. Yeah, that’s it.

by Tuck

THT Live: Cliff Lee turns the Yankees into the Padres

by Nick Steiner

Why the Phillies will win the World Series

by Corey Seidman

Wednesday, October 28

Player Profile: Clayton Kershaw

by Mike Silver

Why the Yankees will win the World Series

by Larry Mahnken

BOB: Dodgers divorce and the Cubs sale closes

by Brian Borawski

Strikeout rates through the years

by Geoff Young

Tuesday, October 27

THT Live: Milton Bradley’s plate discipline

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: Cornering the market on ticket sales

by Dan Novick

Why the Yankees beat the Angels

by Larry Mahnken

Why the Angels lost to the Yankees

by Sean Smith

Monday, October 26

THT Live: Worst Fielders of 2009

by Sean Smith

THT Live: 2010 impact rookies: Buster Posey

by Alex Pedicini

10 worst World Series games ever

by Chris Jaffe

Evaluating the A-Rod experiment

by Derek Ambrosino

Clone Wars: Jon Lester and CC Sabathia

by Troy Patterson

Sunday, October 25

THT Live: Random and useless thoughts on the Manny Acta hiring

by Chris Jaffe

Saturday, October 24

THT Live: Top Fielders of 2009

by Sean Smith

Friday, October 23

Why the Phillies beat the Dodgers

by Corey Seidman

Cooperstown Confidential: The umpires, Moneybags Jaramillo, and the legacy of Larry Jansen

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: What’s John Lannan’s secret?  Part 2

by Nick Steiner

Waiver Wire Offseason: AL

by Rob McQuown

Waiver Wire Offseason: NL

by Michael Street

THT Live: Let’s do the time WARP!

by Colin Wyers

Thursday, October 22

Icons of the International League vs. the Prime Prospects of the Pacific Coast League

by Matt Hagen

This annotated week in baseball history: Oct. 18-Oct. 24, 1988

by Richard Barbieri

TUCK! sez: Separation anxiety

by Tuck

Self-flagellation

by Jonathan Halket

THT Live: Most recent consecutive pennants for all franchises

by Chris Jaffe

Wednesday, October 21

THT Live: Testing your knowledge of sabermetric history

by Dan Novick

THT Live: What typesetters know

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: 2010 impact rookies: Carlos Santana

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: Trust but Verify

by Adam Guttridge

THT Live: THT Live Roundtable: LCS Edition

by Dan Novick

Player Profile: Billy Butler

by Mike Silver

The Kemp Speed Theory: Do bigger players slow down earlier?

by Derek Carty

BOB:  Cubs and Rangers sale news

by Brian Borawski

Arizona Fall League 2001 retrospective

by Geoff Young

Tuesday, October 20

THT Live: John Abbamondi, assistant GM of the Cardinals, on quantitative analysis in the front office

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: The feeling of Rivera

by Dan Novick

THT Live: Phun Phillie Phacts

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Jeff Mathis, Clutch God

by Dave Studeman

THT Awards season finale, part two

by John Barten

A question for discussion on rankings

by Paul Singman

Monday, October 19

THT Live: 2010 impact rookies: Desmond Jennings

by Alex Pedicini

THT Live: McCarverism

by Jeremy Greenhouse

Fantasy snobbery and league legitimacy

by Derek Ambrosino

Managerial Golden and Dark Ages

by Chris Jaffe

Clone Wars: Chone Figgins and Denard Span

by Troy Patterson

Sunday, October 18

THT Live: What’s John Lannan’s secret?  Part 1

by Nick Steiner

Friday, October 16

THT Live: Catcher-managers

by Chris Jaffe

Why the Yankees will beat the Angels

by Larry Mahnken

Why the Angels will beat the Yankees

by Sean Smith

Cooperstown Confidential: The legend of Mick the Quick

by Bruce Markusen

Waiver Wire Offseason: AL

by Rob McQuown

Waiver Wire Offseason: NL

by Michael Street

Thursday, October 15

THT Live: Bobby Abreu and Working the Count

by Sean Smith

THT Live: Get rich quick?

by Colin Wyers

Why the Dodgers will beat the Phillies

by Bryan Donovan

Why the Phillies will beat the Dodgers

by Corey Seidman

The Southern League’s finest vs. the toast of the Texas League

by Matt Hagen

TUCK! sez: Legendary inve$tment$?

by Tuck

Wednesday, October 14

THT Live: Texas Leaguers

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: THT Live Roundtable: October 14

by Dan Novick

Player Profile: Carlos Gonzalez

by Mike Silver

Why the Rockies lost to the Phillies

by Bryan Donovan

Why the Dodgers beat the Cardinals

by Bryan Donovan

BOB: Attendance numbers

by Brian Borawski

Nine questions with Tom Garfinkel

by Geoff Young

Protecting me from myself

by Derek Ambrosino

Tuesday, October 13

THT Live: Joel Pineiro’s deal with Dave Duncan

by Nick Steiner

THT Live: PITCHf/x data from Arizona Fall League

by Mike Fast

Why the Phillies beat the Rockies

by Bryan Donovan

Why the Twins lost to the Yankees

by Bryan Donovan

Who’s going to win the MVP?

by David Gassko

Internet-capable phones and fantasy sports: A love story

by Paul Singman

THT Awards season finale, part one

by John Barten

Monday, October 12

Ten greatest stadium closeouts

by Chris Jaffe

Why the Cardinals lost to the Dodgers

by Larry Borowsky

Why the Angels beat the Red Sox

by Sean Smith

Why the Red Sox lost to the Angels

by Troy Patterson

Sunday, October 11

THT Live: How dumb are we?

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, October 09

THT Live: Your TVs are all crooked

by Dan Novick

THT Live: 2009 trivia

by Dave Studeman

Cooperstown Confidential: Mets madness, playoff rosters and Marichal-Roseboro

by Bruce Markusen

Fast in April, slow in September?

by Max Marchi

Thursday, October 08

THT Live: Randy Wolf and evolution

by Pat Andriola

THT Live: Tigers plan to bring Scott Sizemore to bigs

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Pitcher hitting

by Jeremy Greenhouse

This annotated week in baseball history: Oct. 4-Oct. 10, 2009

by Richard Barbieri

TUCK! sez: What, me worry?

by Tuck

Player Profile: Colby Rasmus

by Mike Silver

Why the Red Sox will beat the Angels

by Troy Patterson

The best of the best from the Florida State League and Eastern League

by Matt Hagen

Why the Angels should face the Rockies

by Brandon Isleib

Me: Postmortem roster doctor

by Jonathan Halket

Wednesday, October 07

THT Live: WAR vs. wins

by Nick Steiner

Why the Twins will beat the Yankees

by Bryan Donovan

THT Live: The Inaugural THT Live Roundtable

by Dan Novick

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts

by Paul Singman

Why the Dodgers will beat the Cardinals

by Bryan Donovan

Why the Yankees will beat the Twins

by Larry Mahnken

THT Live: What next for Detroit?

by Evan Brunell

Why the Rockies will beat the Phillies

by Bryan Donovan

Why the Cardinals will beat the Dodgers

by Larry Borowsky

THT Live: Projecting JJ Hardy

by Adam Guttridge

Tuesday, October 06

THT Live: Game One Odds

by Colin Wyers

THT Live: Greatest game in Metrodome history?

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Your vote for the AL Cy Young

by Craig Brown

THT Live: Is McLouth a fourth outfielder?

by Colin Wyers

Why the Phillies will beat the Rockies

by Corey Seidman

Why the Angels will beat the Red Sox

by Sean Smith

THT Awards

by John Barten

Man vs. computer

by David Gassko

Monday, October 05

THTF fantasy glory: Championships and top finishes

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Trevor Hoffman re-signs with Milwaukee

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: One game playoffs

by Dan Novick

THT Live: This time, someone has to win the AL Central

by Colin Wyers

Eric Wedge’s firing in historic perspective

by Chris Jaffe

Beware he who has little to lose

by Derek Ambrosino

Clone Wars: Javier Vazquez and Matt Cain

by Troy Patterson

Sunday, October 04

THT Live: What should we call Rivera’s other fastball?

by Mike Fast

Saturday, October 03

THT Live: Who’s gonna win the AL Central?

by Colin Wyers

Friday, October 02

THT Live: Mr. LaRussa, say goodbye to Mr. McGraw

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Will Billy Wagner’s value be impacted by arbitration?

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Rivera’s sequencing

by Dan Novick

Waiver Wire: NL 2009 Hits and Misses

by Michael Street

Waiver Wire: AL 2009 Hits and Misses

by Rob McQuown

Making their pitch for the Cy

by Craig Brown

Cooperstown Confidential: Billy Martin and the firing line

by Bruce Markusen

THT Daily: The Final Weekend

by Matthew Carruth

Thursday, October 01

THT Live: Mr. LaRussa, meet Mr. McGraw

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Corey Hart finished for season; did plate discipline impact his power?

by Evan Brunell

THT Live: Quality start streaks

by Jeff Sackmann

California and Carolina League Awards

by Matt Hagen

Pick your favorite rookie

by Jeff Sackmann

This annotated week in baseball history: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2009

by Richard Barbieri

TUCK! sez: Wait ‘til next year. And the year after that. And the year after. And ...

by Tuck

THT Live: Baseball in Sweden

by Alex Pedicini

THT Daily: The Cy Youngs

by Matthew Carruth

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