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About Brandon Isleib

Brandon Isleib is a lawyer in the Seattle area. His primary function at THT is writing sidebars for the Annuals, a job he thoroughly relishes. You can keep up with him in a Twitterly manner at earthdyedred.


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2008

A league divided: Part 3 (1953-1968)

December 11, 2008
Relocations, higher quality of competition, and second place becoming second division. If the major leagues had featured divisions and an unbalanced schedule throughout history, here's what might have happened.

A league divided: Part 2 (1926-1952)

November 25, 2008
If the major leagues had featured divisions and an unbalanced schedule throughout history, here's what might have happened.

A league divided: Part 1 (1901-1925)

November 06, 2008
If the major leagues had featured divisions and an unbalanced schedule throughout history, here's what might have happened.

The Manny Ramirez MVPs

October 23, 2008
Who the writers have thought valuable despite limited playing time. And yes, Manny winning NL MVP this year would be unprecedented and ridiculous.

Does good pitching beat good hitting in October?

October 11, 2008
Authenticating the adage, or correcting the cliche?

THT Live: AL Central symmetry

September 25, 2008

Of Rays and Yankees

September 25, 2008
The only acrostic recap of the 2008 AL East you'll ever need.

Why I don’t write Fantasy Focus articles

September 11, 2008
Some writers are good at fantasy baseball. At least one is not.

Interview: Pete Wilhoit of Fiction Plane

August 28, 2008
From opening for the Police to loving Andre Dawson, Pete talks about drumming and baseball.

Separate lives

August 14, 2008
A dozen rivalries that have had a century to develop but never have.

Where have all the fungibles gone?

August 01, 2008
This year's trading season was high on blockbusters but abnormally low on boring, seemingly pointless trades. That's new, actually.

A balancing act

July 17, 2008
Imagining life without unbalanced schedules and interleague play.

Interview: David Price

July 03, 2008
The mind of the Rays megaprospect.

The Ballad of Bud

June 19, 2008
The cynical jam for this baseball season.

“What If the Babe Had Kept His Red Sox?”

June 07, 2008
Reviewing Bill Gutman's new book on alternate sports histories.

Candles in the wind (Part 3)

May 29, 2008
Where Fernando Valenzuela, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Dr. Seuss collide.

THT Live: Best Record Miscellanies

May 20, 2008

THT Live: Volq-swagen

May 16, 2008

Candles in the wind (Part 2)

May 15, 2008
The fast burners among catchers and outfielders.

Candles in the wind (Part 1)

May 01, 2008
Players who crammed their production before age 26.

THT Live: Impressive?

April 27, 2008

THT Live: April ciphers, P.S.

April 18, 2008

April ciphers

April 17, 2008
Decoding the early goings of good teams.

THT Live: P-LF-P

April 04, 2008

THT Live: Giants declare offense awful with 2008 slogan

April 04, 2008

The B-Squad of the A-Team

April 03, 2008
Could the worst All-Stars in a given year beat that year's best team?

THT Live: Worthless card collection

March 24, 2008

Sir Bert the Obscure

March 20, 2008
How a HOF case became a popularity contest.

The flukes that flopped

February 28, 2008
The agonizing life of the brief contender.

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