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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


June, 2011

Thursday, June 30

Are there two Jonah Lehrers?

by Mike Stadler

Birds of a feather, whatever

by Derek Ambrosino

Falling down: The descent of the Dodgers

by Steven Booth

This annotated week in baseball history: June 26-July 2, 1936

by Richard Barbieri

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Blind resume

by Jeffrey Gross

THT Live: Talking ball with Dick Williams

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: 15,000 days since the debut of a classic sabermetric darling (6/30/11)

by Chris Jaffe

Wednesday, June 29

Vizquel’s unlikely quest for 3,000 hits

by Paul Francis Sullivan

Roster Doctor visits a crazy league

by Jonathan Halket

THT Live: 100 years since John McGraw’s 1,000th win

by Chris Jaffe

The virtual 1955-62 Kansas City A’s (Part 3:  1959-60)

by Steve Treder

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: Pop quiz: What to do with the DH?

by Greg Simons

Tuesday, June 28

THT Live: All-Star voting so far

by THT Staff

Who’s an All-Star? Let the numbers decide

by Vince Caramela

Who’s an All-Star? Ah, but what numbers?

by Justin Inaz

Checking the schedule

by Paul Singman

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Taking shape in the AL East

by Lucas Apostoleris

THT Awards

by John Barten

Monday, June 27

THT Live: 2011 Interleague play:  Same old, not-so-same old?

by Steve Treder

Fluke Watch (or really, Breakout Watch): Madison Bumgarner

by Josh Smolow

Unusual midseason managerial departures

by Chris Jaffe

Historic June bashing

by David Wade

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: Quiz results: Mauer’s health

by Greg Simons

THT Live: 25th anniversary of Robby Thompson’s day in baserunning hell (6/27/11)

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, June 26

THT Live: Humber’s slider fascination

by Harry Pavlidis

Prospect Three-Day Weekend

by Jeff Moore

THT Live: Top games of the week: June 19 to 25

by Max Marchi

Friday, June 24

AL Waiver Wire:  Week 12

by Josh Shepardson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

NL Waiver Wire: Week 12

by Jeffrey Gross

Cooperstown Confidential: Ex-Tiger Warden on then and now

by Bruce Markusen

Evaluating catchers: Framing pitches, part 2

by Max Marchi

Thursday, June 23

THT Live: Why’s pitching so good? Look at a 2010 rule change

by Mat Kovach

THT Live: Talking ball with Rick Wise

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: Taking one for the team and victory

by Mat Kovach

THT Live: Wrapping up the Hall of Fame Classic

by Bruce Markusen

This annotated week in baseball history: June 19-25, 2011

by Richard Barbieri

Pythago-raphs

by Kevin Lai

Two American League newcomers

by Lucas Apostoleris

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: THT Forecasts - Derek Jeter - Long-Term Forecast

by Greg Tamer

THT Live: 40 years since baseball’s most dominating game

by Chris Jaffe

Wednesday, June 22

BOB:  Team ownership updates

by Brian Borawski

The virtual 1955-62 Kansas City A’s (Part 2:  1957-58)

by Steve Treder

The best fastball you’ve never heard of

by Josh Weinstock

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The Frugal Gourmet

by Derek Ambrosino

Tuesday, June 21

THT Live: What happens with Pujols and the Cardinals now?

by Mat Kovach

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The franchise moves that almost happened

by Paul Francis Sullivan

On top of the world

by Dave Shovein

Monday, June 20

NL West: surprising showdown

by Steve Treder

Derek Jeter and the delayed milestone

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: Pop quiz: Mauer’s health

by Greg Simons

THT Live: How old is Jack McKeon? Let’s look

by Chris Jaffe

FAAB budgets and the discount factor

by Jeffrey Gross

Sunday, June 19

THT Live: Top games of the week: June 12 to 18

by Max Marchi

Saturday, June 18

NL Waiver Wire: Week 11

by Jeffrey Gross

Friday, June 17

THT Live: Game ending balks

by Mat Kovach

AL Waiver Wire:  Week 11

by Josh Shepardson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: Quiz results: Ichiro’s BA

by Greg Simons

Cooperstown Confidential: three firings

by Bruce Markusen

Making the comparison: Dustin Ackley

by Jeff Moore

Hanley Ramirez and the 2011 season reboot

by Vince Caramela

Thursday, June 16

THT Live: Little League home runs

by Mat Kovach

The return of the Arizona Diamondbacks

by Steven Booth

AL West: room at the inn

by David Wade

This annotated week in baseball history: June 12-18, 1938

by Richard Barbieri

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The myth of Dan Haren

by Jeffrey Gross

Wednesday, June 15

THT Live: 11 random observations about 2011

by Brad Johnson

The virtual 1955-62 Kansas City A’s (Part 1:  1955-56)

by Steve Treder

BOB:  Stadium news

by Brian Borawski

The good Stauff

by Kevin Lai

Hybrid league update

by Derek Ambrosino

Regressing or reverting?

by Jonathan Halket

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Tuesday, June 14

THT Live: Jim Northrup: old school favorite

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Awards

by John Barten

Introducing HR/OFFB Park Factors

by Jeffrey Gross

Monday, June 13

No hitch, no ditch, only pitch

by Ben Pritchett

THT Live: The worst Cubs team ever?

by Joe Distelheim

Fluke watch: Deciphering pitching illusions

by Josh Smolow

A look at the inner workings of ESPN

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Pop quiz: Ichiro’s batting average

by Greg Simons

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Sunday, June 12

THT Live: Top games of the week: June 5 to 11

by Max Marchi

Saturday, June 11

THT Live: Golden anniversary of the Cleveland Indians franchise pinnacle (6/11/11)

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, June 10

THT Live: Quiz results: Indians victories

by Greg Simons

AL Waiver Wire:  Week 10

by Josh Shepardson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Card Corner: 1971 Topps, Dean Chance

by Bruce Markusen

Evaluating catchers: Quantifying the framing pitches skill

by Max Marchi

NL Waiver Wire: Week 10

by Jeffrey Gross

Thursday, June 09

THT Live: Pitching to zones, part three: 2011 observations

by Lucas Apostoleris

THT Live: Jim Northrup career highlights

by Chris Jaffe

I think I cheat at fantasy baseball

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: Silver anniversary of bizarre Wade Boggs injury (6/9/11)

by Chris Jaffe

Draft day parallel universes

by Paul Francis Sullivan

This annotated week in baseball history: June 5-11, 1925

by Richard Barbieri

TUCK! sez: Official concession

by Tuck

THT Live: Remembering Jose Pagan

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Wednesday, June 08

THT Live: Busterless in San Francisco

by Steve Treder

The science of scouting: A biomechanical look at Danny Hultzen

by Kyle Boddy

BOB:  A look at the more leveraged teams

by Brian Borawski

Approach the bench

by Derek Ambrosino

THT Live: Pop quiz: Indians victories

by Greg Simons

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Daily fantasy: splits decisions

by Kevin Cearnal

Tuesday, June 07

THT Live: Hey Bryce Harper, the jerk store called…

by David Wade

THT Live: THT Forecasts - WAR - Pre-season Forecast vs. Current Full-year Forecast

by Greg Tamer

Hitch, ditch, or pitch week 10

by Ben Pritchett

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 70 years since the A’s franchise record last hit water level (6/7/11)

by Chris Jaffe

THT Awards

by John Barten

The Verdict: avoiding catchers will catch on

by Michael Stein

Where we stand one-third through the season

by Dave Shovein

Monday, June 06

THT Live: Quiz results: Pujols’ OPS

by Greg Simons

NL Central: Mostly, the arms hold form

by Harry Pavlidis

THT Live: 15,000 days since Ernie Banks’ big blast (6/6/11)

by Chris Jaffe

2011: The year that evil became stupid?

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: MLB.TV review

by David Wade

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Pitch ‘em when and where they’ll win

by Will Hatheway

Sunday, June 05

THT Live: Top games of the week: May 28 to June 4

by Max Marchi

Friday, June 03

THT Live: Blackjack: 21 straight outs, both teams combined

by Mat Kovach

THT Live: Lance Lynn debuts for St. Louis

by Harry Pavlidis

THT-approved 2011 MLB mock draft

by Vince Caramela

AL Waiver Wire:  Week 9

by Josh Shepardson

NL Waiver Wire: Week 9

by Jeffrey Gross

THT Live: Pop quiz: Pujols’ OPS

by Greg Simons

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: Quantifying Dustin Ackley

by Brian Cartwright

Making sense of xWHIP

by Jeffrey Gross

Thursday, June 02

THT Live: A very non-statistical look at umpires and strike zones

by Mat Kovach

Managing your fantasy portfolio

by Brad Johnson

Pitching to zones, part two

by Lucas Apostoleris

The velocity loss phenomenon

by Kyle Boddy

TUCK! sez: That’s a relief

by Tuck

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 50 years since baseball’s most surreal bottom of the ninth (6/2/11)

by Chris Jaffe

Fluke watch: Jhoulys Chacin

by Josh Smolow

Wednesday, June 01

THT Live: Will the Phillies stop wasting a roster spot?

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: Marmol worries

by Harry Pavlidis

Alex, Victor, and the infinitely complex

by Derek Ambrosino

Jay Bruce is good

by Jason Linden

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: Quiz results: Bautista bombs

by Greg Simons

THT Live: 1,000,000,000 seconds since Jim Rice peaked (6/1/11)

by Chris Jaffe

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