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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


February, 2011

Monday, February 28

THT Live: Visual baseball: visualizing game score

by Kevin Dame

Fluke watch: Carlos Marmol

by Josh Smolow

Head-to-head top 300: 1-50

by Ben Pritchett

Degrees of Mike Morgan

by Paul Francis Sullivan

Friday, February 25

THT Live: Question of the Every Other Day or So: Cheating

by Mat Kovach

The education of Pedro Alvarez

by Vince Caramela

The Nickname Game: Chuck Tanner’s White Sox

by Bruce Markusen

Fine tuning PITCHf/x location data

by Max Marchi

Breaking down the mock draft: Rounds 20-22

by Josh Shepardson

Breaking down the mock draft:  Rounds 23-25

by Josh Shepardson

Prospect three-day weekend

by Jeff Moore

THT Live: Looking back on our 2011 free agent predictions

by Jeffrey Gross

Thursday, February 24

THT Live: This is why we don’t have nice elbows

by Mat Kovach

This annotated week in baseball history: Feb. 20-Feb. 26, 1975

by Richard Barbieri

Rancho Cucamonga gets it right

by Steven Booth

Fantasy rookie report, Part 1

by Matt Hagen

Developing a plan, Part 1

by Dave Shovein

Roster Doctor

by Jonathan Halket

THT Live: Visual Baseball:  Blyleven vs. (dare I say) Koufax?

by Kevin Dame

TUCK! sez: Another one for Uncle Jim

by Tuck

Wednesday, February 23

THT Live: Ripples from Wainwright

by Harry Pavlidis

THT Live: Golden Bear baseball nears extinction

by Paapfly

Pitching mechanics, the uncertainty of data, and fear

by Kyle Boddy

Today’s players in another era

by Graham Womack

Positioning statements

by Derek Ambrosino

THT Live: 50,000 days since a big rule change

by Chris Jaffe

Tuesday, February 22

Managing to Cooperstown

by Paul Francis Sullivan

The virtual 1951-58 Pittsburgh Pirates (Part 4: 1957-58)

by Steve Treder

Monday, February 21

THT Live: Moving Michael Young

by JT Jordan

THT Live: Heatmaps: for comparison’s sake

by Kevin Lai

Preparation H2H: points-based

by Ben Pritchett

College bat modifications will improve the game

by David Wade

Book review: Scorecasting

by Chris Jaffe

TUCK! sez: one for Verducci

by Tuck

THT Live: Visual Baseball: a look (again) at Andy Pettite and the HOF

by Kevin Dame

Saturday, February 19

THT Live: A date to remember the man who didn’t invent baseball

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, February 18

Prospect three-day weekend

by Jeff Moore

Positional rankings redux

by Jeffrey Gross

Is CarGo really that good?

by Kyle Bishop

Card Corner: 1971 Topps: Chris Short

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, February 17

THT Live: Pennant fever

by Dave Studeman

Ranking baseball’s farm systems

by Matt Hagen

The all-minimum contract team

by Brad Johnson

TUCK! sez: Happy Stan Musial Day!

by Tuck

This annotated week in baseball history: Feb. 13-Feb. 19, 1915

by Richard Barbieri

Bold predictions

by Dave Shovein

Wednesday, February 16

THT Live: The Phillies show prescience…sort of

by Brad Johnson

The Economist: Three observations about money and fantasy sports

by Derek Ambrosino

BOB:  Even more Mets news

by Brian Borawski

The leadoff dropoff

by David Neumann

Can Grady Sizemore save Cleveland?

by Paapfly

Tuesday, February 15

THT Live: Shaun Marcum, WHIP it good

by David Wade

THT Live: Visual baseball: Rankometer rates Bert Blyleven

by Kevin Dame

One swing away from immortality

by Paul Francis Sullivan

An uncertain ace

by Harry Pavlidis

Twisting Oliver: sophomore studs and duds

by Chris Ryan

The virtual 1951-58 Pittsburgh Pirates (Part 3: 1955-56)

by Steve Treder

The Verdict: We need a fantasy constitution

by Michael Stein

Monday, February 14

THT Live: Orioles still chasing .500

by Paapfly

THT Live: 20,000 days since a nice doubleheader for Milwaukee

by Chris Jaffe

Preparation H2H, part 1: ride-or-die

by Ben Pritchett

Fluke watch - Clayton Kershaw

by Josh Smolow

10 things I didn’t know about Chuck Tanner

by Chris Jaffe

Has Carlos Beltran been worth it?

by Dave Studeman

Friday, February 11

THT Live: Rest in peace, Cliff Dapper

by Paul Francis Sullivan

THT Live: Can the Cardinals build a winning team around Matt Holliday?

by Anna McDonald

The final games of the all-time winners

by Arne Christensen

Breaking down the mock draft:  Rounds 13-16

by Josh Shepardson

Breaking down the mock draft: Rounds 17-19

by Josh Shepardson

Curveball command

by Max Marchi

Valuing players with your E.Y.E.S.

by Jeffrey Gross

Thursday, February 10

THT Live: Francisco Liriano on the block

by Vince Caramela

This annotated week in baseball history: Feb. 5-Feb. 12, 1895

by Richard Barbieri

THT Live: Pujols, the free agent

by Jeffrey Gross

Take it to the top

by Dave Shovein

Wednesday, February 09

THT Live: Visual Baseball:  Is Andy Pettitte a Hall of Famer?

by Kevin Dame

BOB:  Mets sale talk heats up

by Brian Borawski

Home runs: more than meets the eye

by Kevin Lai

Silly little idea

by Derek Ambrosino

Tuesday, February 08

Inside the rules: the NCAA “no agent” rule

by David Wade

Brett Gardner is running

by Paul Singman

Has Kyle Drabek arrived?

by Harry Pavlidis

THT Live: 10,000 days since a huge milestone reached

by Chris Jaffe

The virtual 1951-58 Pittsburgh Pirates (Part 2: 1953-54)

by Steve Treder

Monday, February 07

THT Live: How much should Pujols get?

by David Gassko

A beginner’s guide to auction draft nominations

by Brad Johnson

2011 Aversion all stars: part II

by Ben Pritchett

The worst of the best (part II)

by Chris Jaffe

TUCK! sez: Hot pursuit of the deal

by Tuck

THT Live: The Havana Heat is on again

by Steve Treder

Sunday, February 06

THT Live: Remembering Woodie Fryman

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: The most underrated player in baseball

by Paapfly

Saturday, February 05

THT Live: Searching THT Forecasts in your browser

by David Gassko

THT Live: Michael Young to the Rockies, revisited

by Vince Caramela

THT Live: Edmonds ready to fly again

by Greg Simons

THT Live: Cardinals sign Jim Edmonds and his half-shirts

by Anna McDonald

THT Live: Glossary update

by Dave Studeman

Friday, February 04

THT Live: Vladimir Guerrero is an Oriole

by Ben Pritchett

Breaking down the mock draft: Rounds 7-9

by Josh Shepardson

Black History Month: replacing Buck’s voice

by Bruce Markusen

Breaking down the mock draft: rounds 10-12

by Josh Shepardson

Who will be the odd man out in Cincy?

by Vince Caramela

The story of kindly old Burt Shotton

by Steven Booth

Evaluating xWHIP

by Martin Alex Hambrick

Thursday, February 03

This annotated week in baseball history: Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2011

by Richard Barbieri

TUCK! sez: One for Hensley

by Tuck

2011 top 10 prospects update

by Matt Hagen

Position battles to watch

by Dave Shovein

Wednesday, February 02

A historic fluke?

by Paul Francis Sullivan

Read and react pt.2

by Derek Ambrosino

BOB:  Mets on the block

by Brian Borawski

Baseball should learn from NASCAR

by Kurt Smith

Risk doesn’t really matter

by Jonathan Halket

Tuesday, February 01

THT Live: THT Forecasts: Player comments are up

by David Gassko

THT Live: New feature: THT reference articles

by Dave Studeman

Diamonds in the graph

by Jacob Muskopf

The virtual 1951-58 Pittsburgh Pirates (Part 1: 1951-52)

by Steve Treder

The Verdict: Yahoo is endangering fantasy sports

by Michael Stein

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