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Friday, June 12, 2009


THT Note: THT Daily: June 12th

by Matthew Carruth

Cooperstown Confidential: Dr. Strangeglove and Mr. Cooper

by Bruce Markusen
Nicknames and managers are the two preferred topics of conversation in this week's edition of "Cooperstown Confidential."

This annotated week in baseball history: June 7-June 13, 1919

by Richard Barbieri
On June 11, 1919 Sir Barton became the first horse to win the American Triple Crown. That’s a pretty good accomplishment for a horse—it hasn’t been done since 1978—but had of course already been managed in baseball by then. This week Richard looks back at the Triple Crown, the kind achieved with a bat and ball, rather than saddle and whip.

Extreme environments

by Jeff Sackmann
Jeff looks at the first five rounds of the draft and finds the players whose numbers benefited or suffered most from context.

See the ball, hit the ball

by Craig Brown
A look at this year’s group of hitters who specialize in making the defense work reveals a surprise.

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