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2009

The League Award, 1931-69

December 10, 2009
If MVPs were handed out like the old-timey award that banned repeat winners.

Offense/Defense number (Part 2)

November 19, 2009
Adapting the Power/Speed number to see who's contributed most to both halves of the game. Outfielders and catchers get ranked in this installment.

THT Live: In the backwater swirling

November 06, 2009

Offense/Defense number (Part 1)

November 05, 2009
Adapting the Power/Speed number to see who's contributed most to both halves of the game. Infielders are covered this time around.

Why the Angels should face the Rockies

October 08, 2009
Baseball’s checkered history of expansion may be the real issue in competitive balance.

Portrait of a reliever: Firpo Marberry, 1925

September 24, 2009
Reliever man meets Retrosheet meticulousness meets recent metric.

THT Live: Insert “no Angel” pun here

September 20, 2009

THT Live: Just ordinary swingmen

September 10, 2009

Rubbernecking (Part 2)

September 10, 2009
The more modern team wrecks that people chose to see, and the quality teams they overlooked.

Rubbernecking (Part 1)

August 20, 2009
The team wrecks that people chose to see, and the quality teams they overlooked.

What’d I miss?

August 06, 2009
In these seasons, if you had been away for awhile, not much.

Neglect and reversion

June 25, 2009
Is the DH justifying its existence?

Are veterans being replaced more often?

June 11, 2009
Short answer: seems like. Historical turnover rates and their potential implications.

THT Live: Clumping Redux

May 23, 2009

Culprit uno (1982-2008)

May 14, 2009
The pitchers who destroyed pennant dreams over a season, and whether or not we should blame the manager. Now in HD!

Culprit one (1946-81)

April 30, 2009
The pitchers who destroyed pennant dreams over a season, and whether or not we should blame the manager. Now in Technicolor!

Culprit 1 (1901-45)

April 16, 2009
The pitchers who destroyed pennant dreams over a season, and whether or not we should blame the manager.

THT Live: At least Syracuse is 1-4.

April 14, 2009

Five questions: Minnesota Twins

April 03, 2009
Or, how to succeed in the AL Central without really trying.

Interview: Dustin Morse, Twins manager of baseball communications

March 19, 2009
Behind the mind of the guy behind the scenes.

What would we do, baby, without us?

March 05, 2009
Teams that made the playoffs despite losing one of their best players.

A league divided: Part 5 (1982-93)

February 19, 2009
The Mets make a dynasty of it, Pete Rose is a winner, Fred McGriff is important twice, and Tom Trebelhorn is a legend. If the major leagues had featured divisions and an unbalanced schedule throughout history, here's what might have happened.

THT Live: Aa-rant

February 05, 2009

A league divided: Part 4 (1969-81)

January 29, 2009
Two divisions become three, Danny Darwin gets a near-gratuitious mention, and the best-hitting outfield in modern NL history isn't who you'd think. If the major leagues had featured divisions and an unbalanced schedule throughout history, here's what might have happened.

An unremarkable century

January 15, 2009
How the Cubs title drought since 1908 was more likely than the Expos/Nationals missing the playoffs for 27 years, and a bunch of math in between.

THT Live: Rickey and Ricey

January 12, 2009

THT Live: What 2009 will bring

January 03, 2009

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