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May 20, 2013
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About John BartenJohn 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 JohnMBartenNote: This page displays up to 200 articles at a time. To view a subset of a writer's work, click on one of the following years: 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 John Barten's ArticlesClick here to view an RSS feed of this writer's articles. 2011Offseason Decisions: Should the Royals trade Soria?December 06, 2011The Royals have a very good closer with a favorable contract at a time when everybody is handing closers crazy contracts. Should they leverage that into something they need? THT Awards season finale volume 2October 11, 2011No armchair shrinks allowed. THT Awards season finale volume 1October 04, 2011Pitching awards and franchise milestone wins and losses THT AwardsSeptember 27, 2011Oh, how the mighty right fielders have fallen. THT AwardsSeptember 20, 2011A hot week with the bats gives the Giants a lot of mentions in the awards. THT AwardsSeptember 06, 2011Juan Rivera posts possibly the most amazing Carter Award entry ever. Also note the one-week spike in hold/loss combos. THT AwardsAugust 30, 2011Delmon Young, being Delmon Young. THT AwardsAugust 23, 2011A couple of catchers had big weeks. THT AwardsAugust 16, 2011The Red Sox and Twins exchange the lead for three straight games while we take a moment to remember the ghosts of Papis past. THT AwardsAugust 09, 2011Because you simply must use your best reliever to retire the Nationals' 8-9-1 hitters. THT AwardsAugust 02, 2011Unless you're a die-hard fan of the PCL, you might not have heard much about this week's NL MVP. THT AwardsJuly 26, 2011Zach Duke bravely protects the lead. Also, admitting cluelessness pertaining to the Talented Mr. Ellsbury. THT AwardsJuly 19, 2011Felix Hernandez and Zack Greinke are unlucky? Lance Berkman is good? It's like 2008 all over again! THT AwardsJuly 12, 2011Adam Dunn's annus horribilis marches on. THT AwardsJuly 05, 2011The strange and very rare three-inning save makes an appearance. THT AwardsJune 28, 2011The awards return with a pair of infielders who had great weeks. Both infielders were drafted as shortstops by Canadian teams, but have not been either shortstops or members of those organizations for a long time. THT AwardsJune 14, 2011Prince Fielder is hot. Brad Hawpe is not. THT AwardsJune 07, 2011Albert Pujols is suddenly awesome again. THT AwardsMay 31, 2011Introducing Yoshinori Tateyama. Also, east coast bias from a Midwesterner! THT AwardsMay 24, 2011I'm not sure if anybody has noticed, but teams aren't scoring as many runs. Also, the Royals do strange things from time to time. You might call this the breaking news edition of the awards. THT AwardsMay 17, 2011Kicking Javier Vazquez when he's down. THT AwardsMay 10, 2011Jose Bautista is a bad, bad man. THT AwardsMay 03, 2011The return of the Puma and Zorilla. THT AwardsApril 26, 2011In a week punctuated by rainouts, weird and/or misleading stats still happen and are still documented in the awards. THT AwardsApril 20, 2011You will never guess which NL shortstop is hitting really well. THT awardsApril 12, 2011Unpacking a cascade of bad bullpen strategies that feed off of each other. Five questions: Kansas City RoyalsMarch 22, 2011A transitional season isn't necessarily an uninteresting season | ||||