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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


April, 2012

Monday, April 30

The daily grind 4-30

by Brad Johnson

This week in (fantasy) baseball 4/23-4/29

by Karl de Vries

Have all closers gone crazy?

by Paul Singman

Evaluating Charlie Manuel

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 10th anniversary: first man to beat 30 franchises

by Chris Jaffe

The State of the NL East

by Matt Filippi

Sunday, April 29

THT Live: Holland and an imperfect game

by Shane Tourtellotte

THT Live: Silver anniversary: Andre Dawson’s greatest game

by Chris Jaffe

Saturday, April 28

The daily grind 4-28

by Brad Johnson

Friday, April 27

The daily grind 4-27

by Brad Johnson

AL Waiver Wire:  Week 3

by Josh Shepardson

NL Waiver Wire: Week 3

by Nick Fleder

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 10,000 days ago: the Gary Carter trade

by Chris Jaffe

Lopsided batter/pitcher match-ups

by Chad Evely

Card Corner: 1972 Topps: Downtown Ollie Brown

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, April 26

The daily grind 4-26

by Brad Johnson

The Eastern Shore League

by Frank Jackson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Don’t forget: April is a small sample

by Dan Lependorf

Book review: Third Base for Life

by Jason Linden

A hometown hero

by Mike Clark

Fantasy, trending now (4/26)

by Mike Silver

Wednesday, April 25

The daily grind 4-25

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Trader’s corner: week four

by Mark Himmelstein

Lightning in the nine-hole

by Shane Tourtellotte

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Steve Carlton’s greatest performance

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: A baseball card mystery: Who is Jeff Pendleton?

by Bruce Markusen

Fluke Watch: Johan Santana

by Josh Smolow

BOB:  Bud Selig speaks

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, April 24

The daily grind 4-24

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Awards

by John Barten

The Verdict: fantasy baseball trade dispute with league commissioner

by Michael Stein

Video game review: OOTP 13 Baseball

by Troy Patterson

Monday, April 23

THT Live: Run Ryan, run

by Mat Kovach

THT Live: Ivan Rodriguez career highlights

by Chris Jaffe

The daily grind 4-23

by Brad Johnson

This week in (fantasy) baseball 4/16-4/22

by Karl de Vries

The state of the AL East

by Nick Fleder

The 10 greatest games in Tiger Stadium history

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 60th anniversary: Hoyt Wilhelm’s only homer

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, April 22

The daily grind 4-22

by Brad Johnson

Saturday, April 21

The daily grind 4-21

by Brad Johnson

Friday, April 20

THT Live: Holland and Granderson

by Shane Tourtellotte

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind 4-20

by Brad Johnson

NL Waiver Wire: Week 2

by Nick Fleder

AL Waiver Wire:  Week 2

by Josh Shepardson

THT Live: Centennial anniversary: Fenway Park and Tiger Stadium

by Chris Jaffe

Cooperstown Confidential: Satchel Paige and Jamie Moyer

by Bruce Markusen

The prospect three-day weekend

by Jeff Moore

The lineup-based out projector

by John Enderle

Thursday, April 19

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind 4-19

by Brad Johnson

It’s still early, but…

by Mike Silver

Koufax and the Coliseum: An end and a beginning

by Frank Jackson

The all-month team: April

by Richard Barbieri

Wednesday, April 18

The daily grind 4-18

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Will a non-fantasy writer win THT’s fantasy league?

by David Wade

THT Live: A baseball card mystery: Roy Lee Jackson

by Bruce Markusen

BOB:  A late Dodgers sale summary

by Brian Borawski

THT Live: Golden anniversary: Milt Pappas out-hits the Yanks

by Chris Jaffe

Tuesday, April 17

The daily grind 4-17

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 120th anniversary: the NL goes to hell

by Chris Jaffe

THT Awards

by John Barten

Sustainable profits

by Derek Ambrosino

NFBC Week Two results

by Dave Shovein

Monday, April 16

THT Live: Enough with the blowhard managers

by Greg Simons

The daily grind

by Brad Johnson

The rise and fall (and re-rise and re-fall) of Jim Tracy

by Chris Jaffe

This week in (fantasy) baseball 4/9-4/15

by Karl de Vries

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Burt Hooten’s no-hitter

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, April 13

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

NL Waiver Wire: Week 1

by Nick Fleder

Card Corner: 1972 Topps: Norm Cash

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: 40th anniversary: The first strike ends

by Chris Jaffe

AL Waiver Wire:  Week 1

by Josh Shepardson

Thursday, April 12

Top 10 Late Round Starting Pitchers

by Mike Silver

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Wednesday, April 11

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Trader’s corner: week two

by Mark Himmelstein

Early impressions

by Derek Ambrosino

Scouting Mark Appel: the possible first pick overall in 2012

by Kyle Boddy

From The Show to show biz

by Frank Jackson

THT Live: A baseball card mystery: Reggie Smith and Ryno

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: 50th anniversary: Mets first game

by Chris Jaffe

Tuesday, April 10

THT Live: Ozzie gets five days for Castro comments

by Mat Kovach

State of the System - Detroit Tigers

by Jeff Moore

THT Live: 50th anniversary: Dodger Stadium debuts

by Chris Jaffe

Padilla develops the lollipop

by Troy Patterson

NFBC week one results and week two planning

by Dave Shovein

Monday, April 09

Shark attack

by Harry Pavlidis

Extra Innings: a reply

by Chris Jaffe

This week in (fantasy) baseball 4/1-4/8

by Karl de Vries

Introducing the 2012 THT fantasy league

by Jeffrey Gross

Friday, April 06

How’s this for transparency?

by Nick Fleder

A Friend of Pirates history

by Gregory Wolf

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Camden Yards’ first game

by Chris Jaffe

Cooperstown Confidential: Michael Pineda is not Britt Burns

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, April 05

Top 10 late-round outfield trade candidates

by Mike Silver

Daily fantasy gaming advice

by Ben Pritchett

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Montreal trades Le Gran Orange

by Chris Jaffe

Mind of the modern fan

by Richard Barbieri

November’s hardware awarded in April

by Greg Simons

Wednesday, April 04

Mr. Right now

by Derek Ambrosino

THT book review: A People’s History of Baseball

by David Wade

The Reds of the future

by Jason Linden

What’s all the Huff about?

by Troy Patterson

THT Live: A baseball card mystery: Rich Dauer and Carlton Fisk

by Bruce Markusen

Tuesday, April 03

THT Live: When are game seven wins inevitable?

by Dave Studeman

The forecast for October

by Greg Simons

THT Live: Silver anniversary: A’s get Eck

by Chris Jaffe

Roster analysis: the new guy

by Mark Himmelstein

Umpire statistics

by Dan Brooks

NFBC Main Event and Auction Championship results

by Dave Shovein

Free agent value and building teams from within

by Matt Swartz

Monday, April 02

This week in (fantasy) baseball 3/26-4/1

by Karl de Vries

The 10 greatest Opening Days of all time

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Sean Burroughs debuts

by Chris Jaffe

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