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Our good friend, and THT stalwart, John Brattain passed away on March 24, 2009. John was a prolific writer, whose work can also be read at Sympatico/MSN Sports and Baseball Digest Daily. John's work was also featured at USA Today, MLBtalk, ESPN Insider, Baseball Prospectus, The Baseball Analysts and The Baseball Journals. Never afraid to express himself in any medium, he was also a frequent radio speaker.

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John Brattain's Articles

2007

Buck Weaver lives!

December 28, 2007
How do we deal with those who knew, and didn't tell? And with Sammy Sosa?

Idiology

December 21, 2007
One thing we learned from the Mitchell report is this: Nobody is looking out for the players.

Gutted Fish

December 14, 2007
Once again, Marlins fans are paying the price for the greed of MLB.

Does VC stand for ‘Validating Cronyism’?

December 07, 2007
Did the veterans committee have too much Miller before they voted?

Cooperstown needs a piece of “The Rock”

November 30, 2007
The Hall of Fame should let a former king of the Expos start his Raine(s)

Alex Rodriguez opts for free agency…

November 26, 2007
... and he did it after the World Series ended.

The 300 Club

November 16, 2007
And we're not talking pitchers!

Getting hormonal

November 09, 2007
Artificial talent meets artificial integrity.

Battling Boras

November 02, 2007
What can a team do to defend against the Boras onslaught?

Ghosts of World Series past

October 26, 2007
A look at a baseball oddity, a closely contended World Series that resulted in a sweep: 1950— it just "whizzed" by

Sorting through the sewage

October 19, 2007
It's knee deep and it's putrid. Why is the commissioner allowing the Mitchell Investigation to intrude on the Fall Classic?

Baseball’s greatest matador

October 12, 2007
Is Scott Boras throwing the bull, running with the bull, got the bull by the horns or full of ... you know

Yost infection

October 06, 2007
How the Central was lost

Will Bonds be Barried in 2008?

October 05, 2007
Why the market for his services is so thin

A September to remember

September 28, 2007
There is an epic wrap-up in the NL this year. Who will shed tears of joy and who will shed tears of sorrow?

Is it a eulogy? Epilogue? Pathetic whining?

September 21, 2007
Actually, it's a bit of all three. Writing while dressed in sackcloth and ashes, I look at where it all went wrong for the 2007 Blue Jays.

Is this for real?

September 14, 2007
And I thought I wrote stupid columns.

Scream of consciousness

September 07, 2007
It's deja 1987 all over again

Stockholm syndrome

August 31, 2007
It should be "pedal to the metal" in the City of Brotherly Love

Other than a rousing game of limbo…

August 24, 2007
You'll never see a better example of: "How low can you go?"

Not that there’s anything wrong with that

August 17, 2007
Almost $36 million for a 35-plus-year-old player?

Road kill

August 10, 2007
Folks love smoking Jays when Toronto comes to town

A-Rod traded to Blue Jays for Marcum and McGowan…

August 03, 2007
Wheeeee, that was a fun deadline

Discount da ringzzzz

July 27, 2007
Sometimes winning World Series (plural) isn't enough.

The Bible, David, Samson vs. natural selection

July 20, 2007
"As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.—Proverbs 26:11-12

Treating Barrynoia

July 13, 2007
Oh, relax. Bonds' record won't end baseball as we know it.

Selig inspiring Fehr ...

July 06, 2007
... to help rewrite the history of MLB's "steroid era"

Break out the torches and pitchforks

June 29, 2007
I'm going hysterical and heretical

Brainwashing by Boras

June 22, 2007
Scott Boras is priming baseball and the public for A-Rod's opt-out

A More Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

June 15, 2007
Some days, baseball ownership makes Mos Eisley look like the Garden of Eden.

Gary Sheffield’s mouth, I’d like to introduce you to Deep Throat

June 08, 2007
The increased Latin presence in MLB isn't due to control, but cost control

Why Dukes’ talent will override decency

June 01, 2007
He’s an African-American with the first name of an old Jewish prophet and a middle and last name close to that of a former Grand Imperial Wizard of the KKK. No wonder Elijah David Dukes is so messed up

Rick Ankiel’s Comeback

May 25, 2007
Ankiel is learning how to play "Lindell-ball"

Autopsy of a Losing Skid

May 18, 2007
Between the last two Blue Jays columns Toronto went 5-14. Injuries were only a small part of the problem

That loud sucking noise

May 11, 2007
It’s still early in the season for the Jays, but...

The War Of The Worlds

May 04, 2007
It's gonna take a lot more than what's being done to get performance enhancing drugs out of baseball

I’m With Stupid (Again)

April 27, 2007
With the help of the masochistic Eric Chalek (he's a regular reader—what more proof is needed?) we'll take a look at four more potential Hall of Fame clunkers (plus a surprise!—No Dave I'm not quitting; nice try though).

Too Early To Worry

April 20, 2007
A spate of early injuries hasn't turned the Blue Jays magic number to 911 just yet

Is It The NL/AL Hall of Fame or….

April 13, 2007
... the baseball Hall of Fame?

Let The Games Begin!

April 06, 2007
It's early and I'm squirrely

Mirror Mirror

March 23, 2007
Has MLB become Bizarro World?

Five Questions: The Toronto Blue Jays

March 19, 2007
Oh Canada! Or uh-oh Canada? THT's token Canuck looks at the Blue Jays' chances of competing with the Maple Leafs for face time in October.

Shea It Ain’t So?

March 09, 2007
A-Rod A-Met? A-Possibility!

Whom Would You Choose? (Again)

March 02, 2007
This time: Mike Mussina vs. Kevin Brown

You Said It

February 24, 2007
Readers fire back at Schilling vs. Smoltz

Whom Would You Choose?

February 17, 2007
Two great pitchers, one tough pick

Tone Deaf

February 10, 2007
What does baseball have to do with the upcoming Grammys?

More Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics—The Pitchers

January 26, 2007
Nine average pitchers—1,910 major league wins...one Hall of Famer

More Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

January 19, 2007
Sometimes "average" is pretty darned good

Post Mortem

January 12, 2007
Final thoughts on the 2006 Hall of Fame elections

Randomly Yours

January 05, 2007
Hey, what's one more Hall of Fame column? You've read others; now read mine dang it!

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