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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


December, 2010

Friday, December 31

Dynasty ranking: Top 25 players age 25 or younger-

by Josh Shepardson

Pennant passion

by Max Marchi

Card Corner: Topps’ top 60 and Norm Cash

by Bruce Markusen

Top 20 fantasy middle and corner infielders for 2011

by Jeffrey Gross

Thursday, December 30

THT Live: Let’s ban the sportswriters from voting

by Dave Studeman

Oliver, smarter than your average monkey

by Brian Cartwright

2011 Top 10 Prospects: Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals

by Matt Hagen

TUCK! sez: One for Sully

by Tuck

Greinke The Brewer

by Jeffrey Gross

Three ways baseball should be more like European football (soccer)

by Jonathan Halket

Wednesday, December 29

BOB:  The state of the baseball economy

by Brian Borawski

Department of redundancy department

by Derek Ambrosino

Is collusion to blame for Jack Morris’ HOF case?

by Larry Granillo

Tuesday, December 28

THT Live: It’s the 5th annual Power Showcase

by Dave Studeman

Tampa Bay—a place to move a team to, and from

by Paul Francis Sullivan

The young Rays

by Paul Singman

The virtual 1960s New York Mets (Part 3:  1964-65)

by Steve Treder

Monday, December 27

Playing with fire: Hitters’ ed. 1.0

by Ben Pritchett

Inside the rules: the strike zone

by David Wade

10 things I didn’t know about THT last year, 2010 edition

by Chris Jaffe

TUCK! sez: Looking ahead, 2011 (Part 1)

by Tuck

Friday, December 24

Top 20 fantasy third basemen for 2011

by Jeffrey Gross

Card Corner: Topps’ Top 60 and Tommy Davis

by Bruce Markusen

Ricky Nolasco and the long ball dilemma

by Vince Caramela

A belated retrospective at the past decade of baseball

by Jeffrey Gross

Thursday, December 23

Fluke watch - Mike Pelfrey and Phil Hughes

by Josh Smolow

2011 Top 10 Prospects: Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers

by Matt Hagen

TUCK! sez: Top Shelf

by Tuck

Wednesday, December 22

THT Live: Baseball didn’t suck in 2010

by Harry Pavlidis

Zack Greinke and change

by Harry Pavlidis

Epic pitchers duels, epilogue

by Geoff Young

BOB:  Mostly minors

by Brian Borawski

Diversify your bonds

by Derek Ambrosino

THT Live: Santa’s naughty and nice list

by Anna McDonald

Tuesday, December 21

Instant replay for balls and strikes

by Paul Francis Sullivan

The virtual 1960s New York Mets (Part 2:  1962-63)

by Steve Treder

(Not so) deep sleepers: Part 3

by Brad Johnson

Monday, December 20

It’s time for THT Forecasts

by David Gassko

It’s time for THT Forecasts

by David Gassko

THT Live: Talking baseball cards with Dave Jamieson

by Bruce Markusen

First round thrills

by Max Marchi

TUCK! sez: New in town, sailor?

by Tuck

Getting defensive

by Myron Logan

Friday, December 17

THT Live: Bob Feller, Cliff Lee and their pals

by Joe Distelheim

The one and only Bob Feller

by Chris Jaffe

Top 20 fantasy shortstops for 2011

by Jeffrey Gross

THT Live: Carlos Gomez: from Hardball Times to international scouting director

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Importing data into R

by Ricky Zanker

Card Corner: Topps’ top 60 and Mickey Hatcher

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, December 16

THT Live: Of Bob Feller and wartime baseball

by David Wade

THT Live: Born 15,000 days ago . . .

by Chris Jaffe

De-constructing the Piazza trade

by Steven Booth

This annotated week in baseball history: Dec. 12-Dec. 18, 2010

by Richard Barbieri

2011 Top 10 Prospects: Florida Marlins and New York Mets

by Matt Hagen

Wednesday, December 15

BOB:  Hall of Fame news and a Dodger divorce update

by Brian Borawski

Epic pitchers duels, Part 4

by Geoff Young

Spurning the Evil Empire

by Larry Granillo

Tuesday, December 14

The bare cupboard

by Derek Ambrosino

THT Live: Cliff Lee: Some notes on the mystery team

by Brad Johnson

The virtual 1960s New York Mets (Part 1: The expansion draft)

by Steve Treder

The six identities of the post-1988 Dodgers

by Paul Francis Sullivan

Monday, December 13

THT Live: Creating Baseball Graphics Using R

by Ricky Zanker

Unlikely managerial returns

by Chris Jaffe

Fluke improvement watch: Jered Weaver

by Josh Smolow

Inside the rules: bat corking

by David Wade

TUCK! sez: Scouting report

by Tuck

Friday, December 10

Jews and baseball

by Ryan Whirty

Card Corner: Topps’ top 60 and Billy Cowan

by Bruce Markusen

Top 20 fantasy second basemen for 2011

by Jeffrey Gross

THT Live: Hall of Fame pitcher born 30,000 days ago . . .

by Chris Jaffe

Thursday, December 09

THT Live: 10,000 days since a very famous mid-season homer

by Chris Jaffe

Radical change: realignment

by Mike Clark

Radical change: addressing fairness

by Brad Johnson

This annotated week in baseball history: Dec. 5-Dec. 11, 1976

by Richard Barbieri

2011 Top 10 Prospects: Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves

by Matt Hagen

TUCK! sez: legal eagle

by Tuck

Wednesday, December 08

Epic pitchers duels, Part 3

by Geoff Young

On Conlin, the Hall of Fame, and space aliens

by Larry Granillo

The human element: I want to watch

by Derek Ambrosino

Tuesday, December 07

THT Live: Jump starting a virtuous cycle

by Brad Johnson

Trading those untradable contracts

by Paul Francis Sullivan

Not stuck in Lodi anymore

by Steven Booth

Monday, December 06

THT Live: The exciting games spreadsheet

by Max Marchi

Ron Santo, RIP

by Chris Jaffe

When Bill James comes to town

by Anna McDonald

TUCK! sez: Walk in the shadows

by Tuck

Sunday, December 05

THT Live: Card Corner: Ron Santo, 1940-2010

by Bruce Markusen

Friday, December 03

Buyers, sellers and traders in the other house that Mickey built

by Vince Caramela

Card Corner: Topps’ top 60 and Brian Jordan

by Bruce Markusen

Making an example of Ted Lilly

by Jeffrey Gross

More than three decades of exciting games

by Max Marchi

Thursday, December 02

Inside the rules: fan interference

by David Wade

This annotated week in baseball history: Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 1998

by Richard Barbieri

2011 Top 10 prospects: Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers

by Matt Hagen

TUCK! sez: The Ugh in the Uggla move

by Tuck

Wednesday, December 01

The human element: choosing our own fate

by Derek Ambrosino

In defense of the Padres defense

by Geoff Young

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