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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


September, 2012

Saturday, September 29

THT Live: 15,000 days since J.R. Richard’s fantastic debut

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, September 28

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind: 9-28

by Brad Johnson

Cooperstown Confidential: a tribute to Jack Pierce

by Bruce Markusen

FSU coach Mark Martin’s puzzling record

by Michael Lortz

Thursday, September 27

THT Live: Which umps liked Ted Williams most?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind: 9-27

by Brad Johnson

Currently Historic: A new contender emerges

by Jason Linden

Making the comparison: Wil Myers

by Jeff Moore

THT Live: 20th anniversary: A trio of appropriate departures

by Chris Jaffe

Wednesday, September 26

The hangover effect

by Shane Tourtellotte

The daily grind: 9-26

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Building backwards?

by Derek Ambrosino

THT Live: 100th anniversary: Cubs top Reds after wild ninth

by Chris Jaffe

BOB:  MLB locks up more television deals

by Brian Borawski

Occam’s Razor and pitching statistics

by Glenn DuPaul

Tuesday, September 25

The daily grind: 9-25

by Brad Johnson

The glass half full

by Doug Wachter

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: Dee Gordon, invisible man

by Greg Simons

THT Live: The record-setting 2012 Rockies

by Chris Jaffe

THT Awards

by John Barten

Monday, September 24

The daily grind: 9-24

by Brad Johnson

AL West: a wild, wild finish?

by David Wade

Organization man/organizational player

by Frank Jackson

The greatest pennant race ever, in reverse: 1951 NL

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 30th anniversary: 18th-inning walk-off wild pitch

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, September 21

THT Live: Ichiro and the road ahead

by Shane Tourtellotte

THT Live: The “value” of holds

by Greg Simons

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind: 9-21

by Brad Johnson

Getting out of the injury zone, part one

by Kyle Boddy

The long wait is over

by Mike Clark

Card Corner, 1972 Topps: Bob Robertson

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: 120th anniversary: John Clarkson’s 300th win

by Chris Jaffe

Thursday, September 20

THT Live: Are September games important?

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind: 9-20

by Brad Johnson

The blown save

by Adam Hayes

Wednesday, September 19

The daily grind: 9-19

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Should we be using ERA estimators during the season?

by Glenn DuPaul

THT Live: What’s Johnny Bench doing on Mission Impossible?

by Bruce Markusen

On broadcasting expectations

by Chris Lund

THT Live: 10th anniversary: shirtless father-son night

by Chris Jaffe

BOB:  Minor league wrap-up

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, September 18

The daily grind: 9-18

by Brad Johnson

Recapping the minor league playoffs

by Jeff Moore

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The anomalous Jay Powell

by Frank Jackson

Monday, September 17

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: Upcoming all-time statistical milestones

by Chris Jaffe

This week in (fantasy) baseball 9/10-9/16

by Karl de Vries

NL Central update: surging, sliding and insignificance

by Greg Simons

Pennant races in reverse

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Piniella-Dibble fight

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, September 16

THT Live: Leaders in GPA

by Glenn DuPaul

Saturday, September 15

THT Live: Why the media hopes the 2012 Brewers and Ryan Bruan go away

by Derek Ambrosino

Friday, September 14

The daily grind: 9-14

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: Lasting impressions: Reviewing the Beckett-Hanley trade

by Jeff Moore

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: Silver anniversary: 10 Toronto homers end Ripken’s innings streak

by Chris Jaffe

NL Waiver Wire: Week 21

by Nick Fleder

Cooperstown Confidential: the original Billy Ball

by Bruce Markusen

Roger Clemens, comebacks, and baseball history

by Mike Clark

Thursday, September 13

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind: 9-13

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: THT book review: Yankee Miracles

by David Wade

Tim Lincecum’s velocity—a lost cause?

by Kyle Boddy

How 2012’s biggest under-performers can turn it all around.

by Dan Lependorf

Currently Historic: Another one bites the dust

by Jason Linden

No-hitters from unlikely pitchers

by Gregory Wolf

Wednesday, September 12

THT Live: The emergence of David Murphy

by Ben Kendall

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Let’s get rid of pitching wins

by Glenn DuPaul

Taking the long road

by Shane Tourtellotte

Red light, green light

by Derek Ambrosino

THT Live: 50th anniversary: Tom Cheney fans 21

by Chris Jaffe

Tuesday, September 11

The daily grind: 9-11

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Arizona Fall League preview

by Jeff Moore

THT Awards

by John Barten

The Verdict: rebuilding for both teams in a keeper league trade.

by Michael Stein

Monday, September 10

THT Live: Protecting the pitcher: The lesson of Brandon McCarthy

by Bruce Markusen

The daily grind: 9-10

by Brad Johnson

State of the AL Central: pennant home stretch edition

by Chris Jaffe

This week in (fantasy) baseball, 9/3-9/9

by Karl de Vries

Babe Ruth, the New York pitcher

by Frank Jackson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: 100th anniversary: two Hall of Famers debut

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, September 09

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Robin Yount’s 3,000th hit

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, September 07

THT Live: 20,000 days since the Reds trade Curt Flood

by Chris Jaffe

The voice from 59 ballparks

by Frank Jackson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

Alfonso Soriano is not overpaid

by Jeffrey Gross

Card Corner: 1972 Topps: Alex Johnson

by Bruce Markusen

AL Waiver Wire: Week 20

by Karl de Vries

Thursday, September 06

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

THT Live: Be a scout

by Dave Studeman

The daily grind: 9-6

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: Centennial anniversary: Johnson-Wood showdown

by Chris Jaffe

The all-month team: September

by Richard Barbieri

Currently Historic: Down the stretch they come

by Jason Linden

Wednesday, September 05

The daily grind: 9-5

by Brad Johnson

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The power of power

by Derek Ambrosino

What would a Mike Trout contract extension take?

by Glenn DuPaul

Do two wild cards make 2012 more exciting?

by Chris Lund

BOB:  MLB extends television deal with ESPN

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, September 04

THT Live: And That Happened

by Craig Calcaterra

The daily grind: 9-4

by Brad Johnson

This week in (fantasy) baseball 8/27-9/3

by Karl de Vries

THT Awards

by John Barten

THT Live: 10th anniversary: The Moneyball game

by Chris Jaffe

The NL East: Three big surprises

by Matt Filippi

Call-up season

by Jeff Moore

Monday, September 03

The daily grind: 9-3

by Brad Johnson

Sunday, September 02

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

by Chris Jaffe

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