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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


August, 2010

Tuesday, August 31

THT Live: Relievers compared to Strasburg

by Sean Smith

THT Live: I’m behind the numbers

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Awards

by John Barten

Why Jose Bautista Is For Real

by Mike Podhorzer

The inaugural SMD report

by Paul Singman

Monday, August 30

THT Live: With a month to go, who are this year’s Cy Youngs and MVPs?

by David Gassko

THT Live: The longing

by Dave Studeman

Fantasy fluff the right stuff

by Jonathan Sher

THT Live: Moving the prospect meter

by Jeff Moore

THT Live: Today is not the day for satire

by Anna McDonald

TUCK! sez: One for the kids in Beaver PA

by Tuck

10 things I didn’t know last week about hitting for the cycle

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

A digital salute to pitch grips

by Mike Fast

Keeper League Mailbag: Next Question

by Brad Johnson

Saturday, August 28

THT Live: The Jeff Loria problem

by Jeffrey Gross

Friday, August 27

THT Live: How Much Should Joey Votto Make in 2011?

by JT Jordan

THT Live: What happened?

by James Clarkin-Breslin

THT Live: Visual Baseball:  Josh Hamilton, AL MVP?

by Kevin Dame

About those leaked financial statements…

by Kristi Dosh

Cooperstown Confidential: The unofficial ban of Mike Marshall

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: Get the vote out

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Weird history: 1987 San Jose Bees

by Brandon Isleib

Waiver Wire: NL, Week 21

by Josh Shepardson

Waiver Wire: AL, Week 21

by Jeffrey Gross

Thursday, August 26

THT Live: An underrated fastball

by Ricky Zanker

THT Live: What happened?

by James Clarkin-Breslin

Keeper League Mailbag: Question No. 2

by Brad Johnson

Updated: average and prime year projections

by Matt Hagen

This annotated week in baseball history: Aug. 22-Aug. 28, 1960

by Richard Barbieri

TUCK! sez: One for the kids in middle America

by Tuck

Wednesday, August 25

THT Live: Baseball’s secret star

by Steve Treder

THT Live: What happened?

by Dave Studeman

I don’t need to know my role; I know my rights

by Derek Ambrosino

Reimagining the 1987 draft (Part 1)

by Geoff Young

Keeper League Mailbag: Question No. 4

by Jeffrey Gross

Keeper League Mailbag: Question No. 3

by Jonathan Halket

Tuesday, August 24

THT Live: Porcello’s lack of progression

by David Golebiewski

Reaffirming our faith in DIPS

by Derek Carty

It makes sense to me, I must regress

by Harry Pavlidis

Keeper League Mailbag: Question #1

by Jeffrey Gross

Small strategies

by Paul Singman

THT Awards

by John Barten

Monday, August 23

THT Live: If you give Roger Clemens a steroid

by Anna McDonald

Top 10 least likely cycles in history

by Chris Jaffe

Fantasy confessions: I traded Jesus

by Jonathan Sher

Saturday, August 21

Waiver Wire: NL, Week 20

by Josh Shepardson

Waiver Wire: AL, Week 20

by Jeffrey Gross

Friday, August 20

THT Live: Visual Baseball:  Introducing Bat Slicer

by Kevin Dame

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

What if Tom Yawkey had bought the A’s? (Part 2)

by Steve Treder

Cooperstown Confidential: The Accomplished Mr. Brown

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, August 19

THT Live: THT’s latest Graphical Report

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: The True Cost of Adrian Beltre

by Brad Johnson

This annotated week in baseball history: Aug. 15-Aug. 21, 1940

by Richard Barbieri

TUCK! sez: There goes my BBWAA membership

by Tuck

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Top 100 prospects in baseball

by Matt Hagen

Wednesday, August 18

More on regression, xFIP, HR/FB, BABIP, and the like

by Derek Carty

THT Live: Ms. Satire finds the SI vault

by Anna McDonald

The 2010 Aflac All-American Baseball Classic

by Geoff Young

Rickwood Field: America’s oldest pro ballpark

by Steven Booth

BOB:  Even more about the Rangers

by Brian Borawski

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

How much injury risk is too much?

by Derek Ambrosino

THT Live: A half-century ago today (8/18/10)

by Chris Jaffe

Tuesday, August 17

The evolution of Brandon Morrow

by Alex Eisenberg

THT Awards

by John Barten

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Highlights at the twilight

by Paul Singman

THT Live: Twenty years ago today (8/17/10)

by Chris Jaffe

Monday, August 16

THT Live: On Doug Glanville’s ‘The Game From Where I Stand’

by Alec Rogers

The biggest error in my book

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

TUCK! sez: Probably wouldn’t kick like Cueto anyway

by Tuck

THT Live: The young Starlin Castro

by David Wade

Friday, August 13

THT Live: Visual Baseball:  The injury-ravaged Boston Red Sox

by Kevin Dame

Waiver Wire: NL, week 19

by Josh Shepardson

What if Tom Yawkey had bought the A’s? (Part 1)

by Steve Treder

The bullpen usage chart

by Max Marchi

Waiver Wire: AL, Week 19

by Jeffrey Gross

Thursday, August 12

THT Live: Scouts, statisticians and wizards

by Brad Johnson

Card Corner: Moon Man

by Bruce Markusen

Reviewing Target Field and Nationals Park

by Woody Studenmund

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 40 years ago today (8/12/10)

by Chris Jaffe

The candidates for minor league MVP

by Matt Hagen

This annotated week in baseball history: August 8-August 14, 1940

by Richard Barbieri

Another look at replacement level

by Jeff Sackmann

TUCK! sez: And somewhere, Robin Ventura shakes his head

by Tuck

Wednesday, August 11

THT Live: Panda month-by-month:  What the fudge?

by Steve Treder

THT Live: Cardinals and Reds offer tips on fighting like a man

by Anna McDonald

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

BOB:  Rangers Sold

by Brian Borawski

Where the wild things are

by Geoff Young

Sacred cows make the best burgers

by Derek Ambrosino

Tuesday, August 10

THT Live: A Minor report

by Mike Fast

THT Awards

by John Barten

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: FanGraphs Live

by Brian Cartwright

THT Live: Interview: Jack Clark, clutch hitter for life

by Anna McDonald

Nick Swisher has real reasons to be happy

by Paul Singman

Monday, August 09

Ten things I didn’t know before SABR40

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

TUCK! sez: Six Hund-roid

by Tuck

Did the Diamondbacks get enough for Dan Haren?

by Myron Logan

Sunday, August 08

THT Live: Marcus Stroman one to watch

by Alex Pedicini

Saturday, August 07

THT Live: Dying 20,00 days ago as of today (8/7/10)

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, August 06

THT Live: Visual Baseball: Five-tool analyzer Friday

by Kevin Dame

The Nickname Game: center fielders

by Bruce Markusen

Waiver Wire:  NL, Week 18

by Josh Shepardson

Arms on the move, part two

by Harry Pavlidis

Waiver Wire: AL, Week 18

by Jeffrey Gross

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Thursday, August 05

THT Live: SABR 2012: in Twin Cities

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Delmon Young should never walk

by David Wade

Reflecting on the trade deadline

by Jeffrey Gross

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

My dynasty rankings: The top players under age 25

by Matt Hagen

How competitive was the 1914 Federal League?

by Jeff Sackmann

This annotated week in baseball history: August 1-August 8, 1914

by Richard Barbieri

TUCK! sez: And, Forbes sells a ton of issues in Beantown

by Tuck

Wednesday, August 04

THT Live: Leaders in kwERA

by Mike Fast

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Jed Hoyer’s trading style

by Geoff Young

How do we know we’re right?

by Derek Ambrosino

Roster Doctor on keeper trades

by Jonathan Halket

Tuesday, August 03

THT Live: Evaluating Defensive Projections

by Sean Smith

THT Live: THT Graphical Report—with more graphs!

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Astros extend Brett Myers

by David Golebiewski

THT Live: What does Hellickson throw? I don’t know.

by Mike Fast

Arms on the move, part one

by Harry Pavlidis

THT Awards

by John Barten

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Monday, August 02

TUCK! sez: Bede Bede Good luck, Buck…

by Tuck

The Buck stops . . . in Baltimore?

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: The deadline deals that died

by Anna McDonald

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

xWHIP leaders and losers

by Jeffrey Gross

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