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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


August, 2012

Friday, August 31

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The economics behind that blockbuster deal

by Graham Tyler

Why can runners hit catchers—and only catchers?

by THT Staff

NL Waiver Wire: Week 19

by Nick Fleder

AL Waiver Wire: Week 19

by Karl de Vries

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Canseco trade

by Chris Jaffe

Cooperstown Confidential: Thinking about John Roseboro

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, August 30

The daily grind: 8-30

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

How does steroid testing actually work?

by Dan Lependorf

Matt Moore is a fantasy stud

by Jeffrey Gross

Wednesday, August 29

‘Football scores’ in baseball

by Shane Tourtellotte

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

How much would I pay Josh Hamilton?

by Glenn DuPaul

Tom Cheek and the Ford C. Frick Award

by Chris Lund

Half-baked ideas, Vol. 1

by Derek Ambrosino

Tuesday, August 28

The daily grind: 8-28

by Brad Johnson

Prospect Q & A

by Jeff Moore

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Dick Stuart: A DH before his time

by Frank Jackson

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Odalis Perez’s big day

by Chris Jaffe

THT Awards

by John Barten

The Verdict: fantasy baseball keeper league trade

by Michael Stein

Monday, August 27

The daily grind: 8-27

by Brad Johnson

The state of the AL East: stretch run

by Nick Fleder

Reviewing Marlins Park

by Woody Studenmund

52 years from the Twins junk drawer

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 20th anniversary: David Cone-for-Jeff Kent trade

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, August 24

THT Live: Bruce Bochy aims at .500

by Chris Jaffe

NL Waiver Wire: Week 18

by Nick Fleder

The daily grind: 8-24

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Card Corner: 1972 Topps, Tito Fuentes

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: 60th anniversary: Lou Boudreau’s career ends in style

by Chris Jaffe

Thursday, August 23

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind: 8-23

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: 30th anniversary: Gaylord Perry finally busted

by Chris Jaffe

Currently Historic: Juan Pierre

by Jason Linden

Four games in August

by Richard Barbieri

One with a bullet: valuing the trendy starter pickups

by Mike Silver

Wednesday, August 22

THT Live: Colavito, Finley, and Francesa

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: Minnesota verging on unwanted franchise history

by Chris Jaffe

The daily grind: 8-22

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Every day I’m hustlin’

by Derek Ambrosino

An argument for FanGraphs’ pitching WAR

by Glenn DuPaul

BOB: Padres sale finalized

by Brian Borawski

THT Live: 30th anniversary: Walk-off steal of home

by Chris Jaffe

Tuesday, August 21

The daily grind: 8-21

by Brad Johnson

Four ways to deter PED use

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Awards

by John Barten

Nationals pitching prospects can’t mirror their team’s major league success.

by Jeff Moore

Monday, August 20

THT Live: Lucky number 19?

by Shane Tourtellotte

The daily grind: 8-20

by Brad Johnson

NL West: a shift in the balance of power

by Steve Treder

American top 40

by Frank Jackson

This week in (fantasy) baseball 8/13-8/19

by Karl de Vries

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 20th anniversary: David Wells hung out to dry

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, August 19

THT Live: 30th anniversary: Pascual Perez circles Atlanta. Repeatedly.

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, August 17

Felix Hernandez and arbitrarily historic performances

by Jesse Sakstrup

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind: 8-17

by Brad Johnson

Cooperstown Confidential: The Aaron-Strasburg connection

by Bruce Markusen

NL Waiver Wire: Week 17

by Nick Fleder

AL Waiver Wire: Week 17

by Karl de Vries

Thursday, August 16

THT Live: The Orioles “don’t like the cutter”

by Brad Johnson

The daily grind: 8-16

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: Talking ball with Tim Wendel and the Summer of ‘68

by Bruce Markusen

Currently HIstoric: More TTO fun

by Jason Linden

The WPS Index (part two)

by Shane Tourtellotte

Wednesday, August 15

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind: 8-15

by Brad Johnson

Saving for tomorrow

by Derek Ambrosino

Should the Orioles and Nationals be going for it?

by Chris Lund

The value of pre-arbitration players

by Glenn DuPaul

The WPS Index (part one)

by Shane Tourtellotte

Tuesday, August 14

The historic risk of Manny Machado’s promotion

by Jeff Moore

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Jason LaRue’s inning from hell

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Awards

by John Barten

The Verdict: the court rejects a trade deadline dump trade

by Michael Stein

Monday, August 13

The daily grind: 8-13

by Brad Johnson

This week in (fantasy) baseball 8/6-8/12

by Karl de Vries

AL West: look who’s coming to the divisional race

by David Wade

Can Mark Buehrle win 300 games?

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Billy Martin picks batting order out of hat

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Sunday, August 12

THT Live: Silver anniversary: Smoltz-Alexander trade

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, August 10

The daily grind: 8-10

by Brad Johnson

NL Waiver Wire: Week 16

by Nick Fleder

Card Corner: 1972 Topps: Jim Roland

by Bruce Markusen

AL Waiver Wire: Week 16

by Karl de Vries

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

August starting pitcher rankings

by Jesse Sakstrup

Thursday, August 09

The daily grind: 8-9

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Currently Historic: Farewell, Bobby Abreu

by Jason Linden

The all-month team: August

by Richard Barbieri

Wednesday, August 08

The daily grind: 8-8

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: 15,000 days since wild Pirates victory

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

What is WAR good for?

by Glenn DuPaul

How do you fix Adam Lind?

by Chris Lund

BOB: stadium news

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, August 07

The daily grind: 8-7

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: 40th anniversary: 13th inning inside-the-park walk-off home run

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

August outfield rankings

by Jesse Sakstrup

THT Awards

by John Barten

Moon shots

by Frank Jackson

Monday, August 06

The daily grind: 8-6

by Brad Johnson

This week in (fantasy) baseball 7/30-8/5

by Karl de Vries

The state of the NL Central

by Jason Linden

Big, long deals

by Matt Swartz

10 things I didn’t know about game-ending hits

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: 15,000 days since Reggie’s All-Star game homer

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

August shortstop rankings

by Jesse Sakstrup

Friday, August 03

The daily grind: 8-3

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

NL Waiver Wire: Week 15

by Nick Fleder

AL Waiver Wire: Week 15

by Karl de Vries

August third base rankings

by Jesse Sakstrup

Cooperstown Confidential: My first trade: Bonds for Murcer

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: 25th anniversary: Joe Niekro’s nail file

by Chris Jaffe

Thursday, August 02

THT Live: The value of each team’s highest-paid player

by Glenn DuPaul

August second base rankings

by Jesse Sakstrup

The daily grind: 8-2

by Brad Johnson

Currently Historic: what are the odds?

by Jason Linden

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Visualization: The 2012 trade deadline

by Dan Lependorf

THT Live: July’s most exciting games (and teams)

by Chris Jaffe

Wednesday, August 01

August first base rankings

by Jesse Sakstrup

Andrew McCutchen: more valuable than we may have thought

by Glenn DuPaul

The daily grind: 8-1

by Brad Johnson

BOB: WBC venue news

by Brian Borawski

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Royals franchise record falls under .500

by Chris Jaffe

Touching on “Touching Second”

by Shane Tourtellotte

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