May 24, 2012
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About Chris Jaffe
History instructor by day, statnerd by night, Chris Jaffe leads one of the most exciting double lives imaginable; with the exception of every other double life possible to imagine. Despite his lack of comic-book-hero-worthiness, Chris enjoys farting around with this stuff. His new book,
Evaluating Baseball's Managers is
available for order . Chris welcomes responses to his articles
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2012
May 23, 2012
May 22, 2012
May 21, 2012
Thoughts about the recently retired Kerry Wood
May 21, 2012
May 18, 2012
May 17, 2012
May 15, 2012
May 14, 2012
In honor of the Mets celebrating 50 years, a look back at some of their oddest, and most unusual games.
May 14, 2012
May 11, 2012
May 08, 2012
May 07, 2012
How has the AL Central looked so far this year?
May 06, 2012
May 03, 2012
May 02, 2012
May 01, 2012
April 30, 2012
THT's resident manager guy takes a look at the Phillies skipper and his teams.
April 30, 2012
April 29, 2012
April 27, 2012
April 25, 2012
April 23, 2012
April 23, 2012
A look back at the other long-lasting ballpark that turned 100 years old on Friday.
April 23, 2012
April 20, 2012
April 18, 2012
April 17, 2012
April 16, 2012
A look at the strange career arc of the current Rockies skipper
April 16, 2012
April 13, 2012
April 11, 2012
April 10, 2012
April 09, 2012
The new Baseball Prospectus book has a chapter dealing with Jaffe's book on managers . Here, Chris gives his reply.
April 06, 2012
April 05, 2012
April 03, 2012
April 02, 2012
A look at the best games to open the season in baseball history.
April 02, 2012
March 30, 2012
March 29, 2012
March 27, 2012
March 26, 2012
LaRussa won't move up, but others will
March 20, 2012
March 16, 2012
March 14, 2012
March 12, 2012
What does 2012 hold for the South Side squad?
March 12, 2012
March 12, 2012
March 09, 2012
March 08, 2012
March 07, 2012
March 06, 2012
March 06, 2012
March 05, 2012
A look at the inability of the 1980s Tigers to get into Cooperstown
March 04, 2012
March 02, 2012
March 01, 2012
February 29, 2012
February 27, 2012
Fielding a team of long-good, but never really great players
February 27, 2012
February 23, 2012
February 22, 2012
February 20, 2012
Let's come up with a lineup of athletes who played with joy and exuberance.
February 20, 2012
February 19, 2012
February 17, 2012
February 16, 2012
February 16, 2012
February 14, 2012
February 13, 2012
A look at how often World Series-winning teams have trouble getting one of their players in the Hall.
February 08, 2012
February 07, 2012
February 06, 2012
Fun stuff about one-hitters
February 03, 2012
January 31, 2012
January 27, 2012
January 25, 2012
January 24, 2012
January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012
Out of nearly 1,000 full-length one-hitters, who were the most surprising guys to get a hit?
January 22, 2012
January 18, 2012
January 17, 2012
January 16, 2012
An attempt to figure out what the BBWAA will do from 2013-15.
January 16, 2012
January 09, 2012
January 09, 2012
January 09, 2012
Which players could have made it into Cooperstown with the bare minimum 10 years played?
January 09, 2012
January 09, 2012
January 04, 2012
January 03, 2012
January 03, 2012
January 03, 2012
For the fifth year, Chris predicts the BBWAA Hall of Fame vote.