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June 19, 2013
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John Barten Kyle Boddy Brian Borawski James Gentile Matt Hunter Frank Jackson Chris Jaffe Brad Johnson Jason Linden Dan Lependorf Bruce Markusen Jeff Moore Greg Simons Scott Spratt Dave Studeman Shane Tourtellotte Steve Treder And here's the full roster. Now availableYou can now purchase the Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2013, with 300 pages of great content. It's also available on Amazon and Kindle. Read more about it here.
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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. 2012THT Awards 2012 Season Finale Hitters EditionOctober 16, 2012The MVP discussion is weird. Aren't the numbers guys supposed to be the ones ignoring defense and base running? THT Awards 2012: season finale, pitchers editionOctober 09, 2012Who were the season's luckiest and unluckiest pitchers. Also, an unsophisticated look at some trends in run scoring. THT AwardsOctober 02, 2012Jim Johnson gets two easy saves while Donnie Veal can't help but get a hold. THT AwardsSeptember 25, 2012The awards return from a week of vacation to give a nod to a player we had all given up on. THT AwardsSeptember 11, 2012Nationals hitters go crazy for a week. THT AwardsSeptember 04, 2012Adrian Beltre stays hot and the Brewers bullpen keeps blowing leads. THT AwardsAugust 28, 2012Adrian Beltre is good. Giancarlo Stanton has a decent amount of power. John Axford is having a difficult year. All this and more cutting edge analysis in this week's awards. THT AwardsAugust 21, 2012Sure, we know about Felix. What about the other guy? THT AwardsAugust 14, 2012Recover from your post-Olympics trance and catch up with the weirdness you missed while you were busy watching team handball and rowing. THT AwardsAugust 07, 2012A certain first baseman who struggled at the start of the season after signing a very lucrative contract had a good week. THT AwardsJuly 31, 2012The Superfund site known as the Brewers bullpen provides plenty of fodder for the awards this week THT AwardsJuly 17, 2012Center fielders rule the first half. THT AwardsJuly 10, 2012Kyle Farnsworth walked everybody and came away with a statistical oddity. THT AwardsJuly 03, 2012Joe Nathan's day was easier than it would have appeared had you not looked at what part of the lineup he faced. THT AwardsJune 26, 2012There really is an excessive number of lucky pitchers in the awards this week. THT AwardsJune 19, 2012A pair of unexpected names posted the best numbers in the American League this week. THT AwardsJune 12, 2012The Angels dominate the awards because they scored a lot of runs. Also, the Cardinals score a lot of runs when they strike out at an excessive rate and get shut down when they put the ball in play, or at least they do in a two game sample from this week. THT AwardsJune 05, 2012A busy week in Denver makes for a busy week in the awards. THT AwardsMay 29, 2012Paul Konerko takes a break from his regularly scheduled nice, but overlooked season to go crazy for a week. THT AwardsMay 22, 2012How do enter a game with a two run lead, get charged with three runs in an inning of work, and still get a hold? Josh Outman demonstrated exactly how you do that. THT AwardsMay 15, 2012Two outfielders dominate pitchers while two MVP caliber first basemen stumble. THT AwardsMay 08, 2012John references the Big Lebowski, cites a lot of Coors Field games, and alludes to the dependability of Alex Rios. THT AwardsMay 01, 2012John explains what he has against Alfonso Soriano. THT AwardsApril 24, 2012The Rangers can hit a little bit. Also, Felix has a good start wasted. Stop me if you've heard any of this before. THT AwardsApril 17, 2012The staggered opening days of 2012 leave a backlog of silly pitching decisions to point out. Also, refreshing our memories on what the awards represent. Five questions: Kansas City RoyalsMarch 15, 2012The team of tomorrow, investigated today. | ||||