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John Barten is a broadcast engineer from Indianapolis. Despite being originally from central Illinois, he's a Kansas City Royals fan. He writes the weekly THT Awards feature. Please send suggestions, comments, corrections, and input to his email address. Follow him on Twitter at JohnMBarten


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2010

2010 THT Awards: Hitting

October 19, 2010
This column was an honest attempt to put a bow on the 2010 season; Carlos Lee swung at it and grounded the bow weakly to second for the out. That's how he rolls.

2010 THT Awards: Pitching

October 12, 2010
When your offense scores fewer runs than any team in nearly 40 years, you are going to lose some games you probably shouldn't.

THT Awards

October 05, 2010
The last week of the season gives us some 1-0 games and a bumper crop of empty batting averages.

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September 28, 2010
The most mentioned player in this week's awards is a middle reliever for the Marlins.

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September 14, 2010
A pair of NL West hurlers had horrific hard-luck starts.

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September 07, 2010
We have fun comparing Carlos Lee's week to that of superior players.

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August 31, 2010
Wilson Betemit experimented with the concept of never hitting singles. It actually worked out fairly well.

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August 24, 2010
Miguel Cabrera is good at hitting a round ball with a cylindrical piece of wood.

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August 17, 2010
A.J. Burnett takes a tough loss when Bryan Bullington has his best day ever.

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August 10, 2010
The Jays and Rays capture a lot of awards.

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August 03, 2010
Ian Kennedy gets a cheap win and John wonders what to call a reliever who makes things interesting.

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July 27, 2010
Josh Johnson is good and the Mariners lineup is not. Remember, you heard it here first.

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July 13, 2010
We run the offensive season leaders and John plays the devil's (or athlete's) advocate when it comes to player movement.

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July 06, 2010
This week we highlight an ugly game between two NL West pitchers who have been among the best in the game this season.

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June 29, 2010
Talking about an imperfect no-hitter and hard slotting systems.

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June 22, 2010
Week two of updating season leaders. Also, a lot of hitters posted good but empty batting averages.

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June 15, 2010
Which pitcher is the NL MVP thus far? What draft pick has the best name?

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June 08, 2010
Taking time out from griping about baseball statistics to acknowledge how nice it is to see people in a difficult position acting like adults.

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May 25, 2010
Aces probably ruined a lot of fantasy team ERAs this week.

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May 18, 2010
This is the year of the unlikely MVP winner, at least on a weekly level.

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May 11, 2010
Tyler Clippard has one of the luckiest weeks ever. And three cheers for finesse lefties.

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May 04, 2010
Robinson Cano owns the week. A pitcher who got traded in the offseason owns the year so far.

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April 27, 2010
A second baseman is off to a torrid start and a Dodgers starter was both lucky and unlucky, all in the span of a week.

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April 20, 2010
Suddenly Ryan Howard turns into a singles hitter and Jose Guillen turns into Ryan Howard.

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April 13, 2010
A pair of outfielders unexpectedly hit the ground running in 2010.

Five questions: Colorado Rockies

March 29, 2010
Trying to chase down the Dodgers.

Five Questions: Kansas City Royals

March 15, 2010
Examining The Process

THT Live: On staying off John’s Lawn

February 18, 2010

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