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Hardball Times Monthly Archives


March, 2013

Saturday, March 30

THT Live: Remembering Gus Triandos

by Bruce Markusen

Looking for writers for The Hardball Times Fantasy

by Nick Fleder

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Charlie Brown’s moment in the sun

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, March 29

THT Live: Mark Appel: What the heck happened?

by Kyle Boddy

AL Waiver Wire: Week 1

by Jack Weiland

NL Waiver Wire: Week 1

by Karl de Vries

THT Live: 40th anniversary: The orange baseball experiment

by Chris Jaffe

Cooperstown Confidential: The 1978 firing of Alvin Dark

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, March 28

THT Live: 25th anniversary: Gene Mauch retires

by Chris Jaffe

The all-decade team: the ‘20s

by Richard Barbieri

He never led the league: pitchers

by Jason Linden

Creating your own platoons

by Scott Spratt

Visualization: The geographical offseason

by Dan Lependorf

Wednesday, March 27

THT Live: The devolution of Derek Jeter

by THT Staff

THT Live: Tough time for NL third sackers

by Greg Simons

Has not paying for saves gone too far?

by Derek Ambrosino

Exit Sandman

by Shane Tourtellotte

A short history of the Milwaukee White Sox

by Frank Jackson

Daily Dollar debates: Smoak, Moss and Jones

by Jeffrey Gross

Tuesday, March 26

Keep ‘em or send ‘em out?

by Jeff Moore

Daily Dollar debates: Brown and Hicks

by Jeffrey Gross

Drawing an ace, part 2: Starting at the beginning

by Doug Wachter

THT Live: Virgil Trucks career highlights

by Chris Jaffe

The Verdict: draft day drama

by Michael Stein

THT Live: A baseball card mystery: Wally Backman and the unknown Pirate

by Bruce Markusen

Monday, March 25

He never led the league: hitters

by Jason Linden

Baseball’s greatest bumslayers

by Chris Jaffe

State of the grind: March, 2013

by Brad Johnson

Sunday, March 24

THT Live: 120th birthday: George Sisler

by Chris Jaffe

Saturday, March 23

THT Live: 5,000 days of Safeco Field

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, March 22

THT Live: The Chapman saga has deeper meaning

by Jason Linden

THT Live: 20th anniversary: Cleveland Indians boating tragedy

by Chris Jaffe

The most left-handed lineups of the half-century

by James Gentile

Card Corner, 1973 Topps: Steve Barber

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, March 21

THT Live: 30,000 days of Ernie Banks

by Chris Jaffe

Why I was wrong about Jeff Samardzija

by Jack Weiland

Blind resume 2013: a guy you’d never expect to be underrated

by Jeffrey Gross

Five questions:  San Francisco Giants

by Steve Treder

Five questions: Washington Nationals

by Mike Clark

Baseball Jeopardy: Searching for questions

by Matt Hunter

Wednesday, March 20

Five questions: St. Louis Cardinals

by Greg Simons

Five questions: San Diego Padres

by Glenn DuPaul

Back home again in Indiana

by Frank Jackson

Tuesday, March 19

THT Live: A baseball card mystery: Templeton and Foley

by Bruce Markusen

Five questions: Philadelphia Phillies

by Brad Johnson

Five questions: Pittsburgh Pirates

by Jason Linden

Pitcher injuries and witchcraft

by Kyle Boddy

Put your money where your opinions are

by Derek Ambrosino

Monday, March 18

Five questions: New York Mets

by Richard Barbieri

THT Live: 5,000 days since Randy Johnson was in hell

by Chris Jaffe

Top 10 upcoming player/team milestones in 2013

by Chris Jaffe

Five questions: Milwaukee Brewers

by Jeffrey Gross

Friday, March 15

THT Live: 50,000 days since the first NL game

by Chris Jaffe

Five questions: Los Angeles Dodgers

by Vince Caramela

Five questions:  Miami Marlins

by Paul Francis Sullivan

Cooperstown Confidential: Is it 1989 again for the Yankees?

by Bruce Markusen

Thursday, March 14

Defending the World Baseball Classic

by Dan Lependorf

Game theory is the next Moneyball

by Dave Studeman

FIve questions: Cincinnati Reds

by Jason Linden

Five questions: Colorado Rockies

by Derek Ambrosino

Wednesday, March 13

Five questions: Atlanta Braves

by John Beamer

Dollar a day: Marco Estrada

by Nick Fleder

Five questions: Chicago Cubs

by Joe Distelheim

THT Live: 25,000 days since the Browns clinch the pennant

by Chris Jaffe

Dividing the umpires

by Shane Tourtellotte

Tuesday, March 12

THT Live: Me and Bill at the SABR Conference

by Dave Studeman

THT Live: A baseball card mystery: who’s with Bob Boone?

by Bruce Markusen

Dollar a day: Justin Smoak

by Nick Fleder

Five questions: Toronto Blue Jays

by Chris Lund

Six potential breakouts

by Brad Johnson

Five questions:  Arizona Diamondbacks

by Jeff Moore

Nick Castellanos and the Tigers’ closer

by Jeff Moore

Monday, March 11

Dollar a day: Cliff Pennington

by Nick Fleder

THT Live: Pop culture and the pastime: talking movies with Billy Sample

by Bruce Markusen

Five questions: Texas Rangers

by Doug Wachter

Five questions: Tampa Bay Rays

by Matt Filippi

Book review: Trading Bases

by Chris Jaffe

Sunday, March 10

THT Live: 10,000 days since collusion began

by Chris Jaffe

Saturday, March 09

THT Live: 20,000 days since the 15th team integrates (Tigers)

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, March 08

THT Live: The right replacement level

by Dave Studeman

Five predictable platoons for 2013

by Brad Johnson

Five questions: Seattle Mariners

by Dale Bye

Five questions: Oakland Athletics

by Dan Lependorf

Card Corner, 1973 Topps: Jim Ray Hart

by Bruce Markusen

The evolution of offensive production at each position

by James Gentile

Thursday, March 07

Five questions: New York Yankees

by Shane Tourtellotte

Five questions: Minnesota Twins

by Brandon Warne

Pack a year habit: 2013

by Richard Barbieri

Wednesday, March 06

Five questions: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

by David Wade

Five questions: Kansas City Royals

by John Barten

The Verdict: Houston, we have a problem.

by Michael Stein

Searching for home field advantage with PITCHf/x

by Glenn DuPaul

What MLB can learn from Kyle Lohse and the NFL

by Scott Spratt

Tuesday, March 05

It happens every spring

by Jeff Moore

THT Live: 40th anniversary: Kekich-Peterson wife swap story

by Chris Jaffe

Five questions: Detroit Tigers

by Doug Wachter

Five questions: Houston Astros

by David Coleman

Monday, March 04

Five questions: Cleveland Indians

by Mat Kovach

Five questions: Chicago White Sox

by Chris Jaffe

Non-roster players with a chance to contribute

by Matt Filippi

Sunday, March 03

THT Live: 5,000 days since Jose Jimenez’s no-hitter

by Chris Jaffe

Friday, March 01

THT Live: The WBC in a great big graphic

by Dave Studeman

Five questions: Boston Red Sox

by Nick Fleder

Five questions: Baltimore Orioles

by Stacey Long

Cooperstown Confidential: The sad saga of Leon Wagner

by Bruce Markusen

THT Live: 10,000 days since Ozzie Smith’s walkoff NLCS homer

by Chris Jaffe

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