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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


January, 2013

Thursday, January 31

Visualization: Hall of Fame ballot results from 1968 to the present

by Dan Lependorf

‘Papa’ Hemingway vs. ‘Fireman’ Casey

by Frank Jackson

THT Live: 10th anniversary: New Comiskey becomes The Cell

by Chris Jaffe

Wednesday, January 30

Alternate baseball: chapter three

by Shane Tourtellotte

THT Live: 70th birthday: Davey Johnson

by Chris Jaffe

BOB:  Dodgers hit home run with television deal

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, January 29

THT Live: Vote for your favorite articles of the year

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: A tribute to Chuck Hinton

by Bruce Markusen

Houston Astros show how to rebuild the right way

by Jeff Moore

Platooning: the meaning of mean (Part 1)

by Bojan Koprivica

THT Live: 25th anniversary: Kirk Gibson signs with Dodgers

by Chris Jaffe

The Verdict: analyzing a draft

by Michael Stein

Monday, January 28

Window of opportunity closed faster than Phillies expected

by Jeff Moore

10 greatest LCS Game Sevens ever

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Earl Weaver and the cigarette ejection

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: 10,000 days since the Billy Martin-Ed Whitson fight

by Chris Jaffe

Saturday, January 26

THT Live: 50th anniversary: strike zone widened

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, January 25

Card Corner, 1973 Topps: Bill Freehan

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, January 24

The all-decade team: the early aughts

by Richard Barbieri

The 1962 lovable loser smackdown

by Frank Jackson

Wednesday, January 23

The opportunity of RBI

by Jason Mitchell

2012 minor league leaders in predictive FIP (Part 2)

by Glenn DuPaul

Tuesday, January 22

Prospects galore on the WBC rosters

by Jeff Moore

Swings and misses

by Scott Spratt

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Boston signs Ortiz

by Chris Jaffe

Monday, January 21

11 things I didn’t know about Earl Weaver

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: A tribute to Earl Weaver

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Charlie Gehringer dies

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, January 20

THT Live: The greatest Cardinal is gone

by Greg Simons

Saturday, January 19

THT Live: 75th anniversary: Larry MacPhail joins the Dodgers

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, January 18

Cooperstown Confidential: Farewell to Enzo Hernandez, Fred Talbot and SportsWatch

by Bruce Markusen

Back to back to basics

by Derek Ambrosino

Thursday, January 17

What baseball must learn from Lance Armstrong

by Dan Lependorf

Foxx and mounds

by Frank Jackson

THT Live: Too much being made of Rizzo/Boras relationship

by Jeff Moore

Wednesday, January 16

THT Live: A baseball card mystery: Joe Ferguson and who?

by Bruce Markusen

The Verdict: Turn your league into a dynasty

by Michael Stein

Paying for the ‘pen

by Doug Wachter

Tuesday, January 15

What is the Diamondbacks’ plan?

by Jeff Moore

The virtual 1969-76 Phillies, Cardinals, and Mets (Part 8:  1975-76)

by Steve Treder

THT Live: 10th anniversary: Sox turn marginal players into Bartolo Colon

by Chris Jaffe

The William Locke centennial

by Shane Tourtellotte

Monday, January 14

THT Live: What was your favorite baseball article of 2012?

by Dave Studeman

Cleaning up Cooperstown

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: 50th anniversary: Hall of Famers traded for each other

by Chris Jaffe

Saturday, January 12

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Giants stay in San Francisco

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Should voters give extra credit?

by Jason Linden

Friday, January 11

THT Live: Why does character matter now?

by Jason Linden

THT Live: Don’t villify the writers

by Joe Distelheim

Card Corner, 1973 Topps: Bobby Bonds

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: 5,000 days since Colorado scores in every inning

by Chris Jaffe

Thursday, January 10

Best of the decade: The 19th century

by Richard Barbieri

THT Live: Hall of Fame voting, fast and slow

by Dave Studeman

In defense of Barry Bonds

by Jeffrey Gross

THT Live: Happy 75th birthday, Willie McCovey

by Chris Jaffe

Wednesday, January 09

THT Live: Me vs. reality, 2013

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: Pop culture and the Pastime: Baseball and the Twilight Zone

by Bruce Markusen

2012 minor league leaders in predictive FIP (Part 1)

by Glenn DuPaul

BOB Report:  Has Scott Boras met a challenge?

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, January 08

Jurickson Profar to begin season in minors

by Jeff Moore

The virtual 1969-76 Phillies, Cardinals, and Mets (Part 7:  1974-75)

by Steve Treder

Monday, January 07

THT Live: Petition to change the Hall’s voting

by Dave Studeman

Wednesday’s Cooperstown results today, 2013 edition

by Chris Jaffe

Time to push the reset button

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: Happy centennial birthday, Johnny Mize!

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, January 06

THT Live: Simple proposal to fix qualifying offer rule

by Brad Johnson

Saturday, January 05

THT Live: 40,0000 days since Ed Delahanty’s death

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, January 04

THT Live: No 2013 THT forecasts

by Dave Studeman

The Padres had the wrong team for their old ballpark

by Scott Spratt

Cooperstown Confidential: the pioneers of the DH

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: How in the Hall do we handle PEDs?

by Brad Harris

Thursday, January 03

The Giants’ decade of frustration

by Frank Jackson

Koji Uehara: the Cliff Lee of the bullpen?

by Doug Wachter

10 who did the most to help their Cooperstown cases in 2012

by Chris Jaffe

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Steinbrenner buys the Yankees

by Chris Jaffe

Wednesday, January 02

Trading Giancarlo Stanton

by Jeff Moore

Alternate baseball: chapter two

by Shane Tourtellotte

THT Live: 25,000 days since a bases-loaded intentional walk

by Chris Jaffe

The virtual 1969-76 Phillies, Cardinals, and Mets (Part 6:  1973-74)

by Steve Treder

BOB Report:  New Year’s edition

by Brian Borawski

Tuesday, January 01

THT Live: A baseball card mystery: who’s sliding into Dick Green?

by Bruce Markusen

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