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About Matthew Carruth

Matthew Carruth previously worked for ESPN.com. He has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and minors in Ancient History, Economics and Statistics. He currently works as a software engineer in Seattle.


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2008

THT Live: A Flurry of Moves

December 31, 2008

THT Live: The Big Unit Heads to the Bay

December 27, 2008

THT Live: Dave Cameron Needs Your Help

November 10, 2008

THT Live: Valuing players where they play

October 17, 2008

THT Dartboard: September 21, 2008

September 21, 2008
A look back to where teams finished last year in the Dartboard.

THT Live: The Courage to Stand the Heat

September 15, 2008

THT Live: New Twins Field Gets a Name

September 15, 2008

THT Dartboard: September 14, 2008

September 14, 2008
This week's dartboard is brought to you by ball four and hanging curves.

THT Live: Strikeout to Walk Rates and Success

September 08, 2008

THT Live: Pirates Clinch

September 08, 2008

THT Dartboard: September 7, 2008

September 07, 2008
From looking at the best to investigating the worst.

THT Dartboard: August 24, 2008

August 24, 2008
Most Valuable Player Edition.

THT Live: A Broken Compensation Model

August 18, 2008

THT Dartboard: August 17, 2008

August 17, 2008
Draft picks are signed or not and most waiver wire deals are done at this point meaning it's pennant stretch time.

THT Dartboard: August 10, 2008

August 10, 2008
The dog days of August means all the contenders are dealing with injuries both minor and major.

THT Dartboard: August 3, 2008

August 03, 2008
The trade deadline has come and gone and several top teams made buys.

THT Live: Waivers and the Month Ahead

August 01, 2008

THT Live: Who’s Left to Play?

August 01, 2008

THT Live: Xavier Nady’s 2008

July 28, 2008

THT Live: What the Mets Need

July 28, 2008

THT Dartboard: July 27, 2008

July 27, 2008
We come down to the wire on the trade deadline and some big bats are looming as potential targets.

THT Dartboard: July 20, 2008

July 20, 2008
First half grades this week on the Dartboard.

THT Dartboard: July 13, 2008

July 13, 2008
We wrap up baseball's first half today.

THT Live: Sabathia Reportedly Traded to Milwaukee.

July 06, 2008

THT Dartboard: July 6, 2008

July 06, 2008
According to the Dartboard, the Cubs are seven games clear of the rest of the NL; while the Rays are five games clear of the rest of baseball.

THT Live: Rich Lederer Tackles Omar Vizquel

June 30, 2008

THT Dartboard: June 29, 2008

June 29, 2008
The American League continues to surge forward as interleague play comes to a close with now 11 of 14 AL teams in the top 16 Dartboard slots.

THT Live: Preempting the Tide on Ichiro

June 27, 2008

THT Live: How Not to Fix Maple

June 27, 2008

THT Live: Bonds

June 27, 2008

THT Dartboard: June 22, 2008

June 22, 2008
The AL is starting to assert dominance again claiming 4 of the top 5 spots on this week's Dartboard.

THT Live: Bavasi Fired

June 16, 2008

THT Live: State of the Game

June 16, 2008

THT Dartboard: June 15, 2008

June 15, 2008
Three of six divisions have a leader with a 10 game or greater lead in the Dartboard.

THT Live: UZR Update

June 09, 2008

THT Live: Cardinal Pitching Injuries

June 09, 2008

THT Live: Joe Crede’s Wild Week

June 09, 2008

THT Live: Mark Prior’s Other Injury

June 09, 2008

THT Live: Uggla’s 40-40 Club

June 09, 2008

THT Dartboard: June 8, 2008

June 08, 2008
We are starting to see a big enough sample that the standings are becoming more or less stable.

THT Live: Steven Strasburg

June 06, 2008

THT Live: Chase for .400

June 06, 2008

THT Live: San Diego Outsider

June 06, 2008

THT Live: Bad Luck Hitters

June 02, 2008

THT Live: Surprise Face

June 02, 2008

THT Dartboard: June 1, 2008

June 01, 2008
Seven of the top twelve teams on the dartboard reside in the eastern divisions.

THT Live: Replay is Coming

May 30, 2008

THT Live: Bill James and Tango on Bonds

May 30, 2008

THT Live: Hot Air Rises

May 30, 2008

THT Live: 1980s Vintage Shortstops

May 30, 2008

THT Live: Tabata in Doghouse

May 30, 2008

THT Dartboard: May 18, 2008

May 18, 2008
The three best teams in the majors hail from the National League.

THT Live: Ancillary Costs to Long Term Deals

May 16, 2008

THT Live: What Losing is Like

May 16, 2008

THT Live: Tracing a Rumor

May 16, 2008

THT Live: Lance Berkman Running Wild

May 16, 2008

THT Live: The New Mussina

May 16, 2008

THT Live: Team Defense is Incredibly Underrated

May 12, 2008

THT Live: What Good and Bad Starts Mean to Batters

May 12, 2008

THT Live: St. Louis Bats

May 12, 2008

THT Live: Where GMs Come From

May 12, 2008

THT Live: THT Dartboard: May 10, 2008

May 11, 2008

THT Live: Let’s See it Again

May 05, 2008

THT Dartboard: May 04, 2008

May 04, 2008
Arizona comes down a little further closer to Earth but still reigns supreme over MLB.

THT Live: Gallardo has a torn ACL

May 02, 2008

THT Live: First place Rays

May 02, 2008

THT Live: Buzzie Bavasi dies at 92

May 02, 2008

THT Live: Best Sports Writing

May 02, 2008

THT Live: The worst GM is?

May 02, 2008

THT Live: Bad Starts

April 28, 2008

THT Live: Counts and Walks

April 28, 2008

THT Dartboard: April 27, 2008

April 27, 2008
It's still early, but some trends are starting to emerge.

THT Live: Bavasi Strikes Again

April 25, 2008

THT Live: Kansas City Shuffle

April 25, 2008

THT Live: Ron Washington on Hot Seat?

April 25, 2008

THT Live: Not Quite Right

April 21, 2008

THT Live: Under the Radar

April 21, 2008

THT Live: Bad Moves

April 21, 2008

THT Live: That’s a Lot of Hot Dogs

April 21, 2008

THT Live: Disabled in Detroit

April 21, 2008

THT Live: Not Classy San Diego

April 21, 2008

THT Dartboard: April 20, 2008

April 20, 2008
Another week in and the standings still look vastly different from anyone's expectations.

THT Live: Sabathia’s Missing Sliders

April 18, 2008

THT Live: Wow. Longoria Inks 9-Year Deal.

April 18, 2008

THT Live: Miguel Tejada is 33, not 31.

April 17, 2008

THT Live: Unsustainability

April 14, 2008

THT Live: Oh the Horror

April 14, 2008

THT Live: Temporary Position

April 14, 2008

THT Live: Welcome Back Kapler

April 14, 2008

THT Live: Love the Rays

April 14, 2008

THT Dartboard: April 13, 2008

April 13, 2008
The Dartboard returns.

THT Live: Spring Shocker! Harden to DL

April 11, 2008

THT Live: Zito booed at Giants Opener

April 11, 2008

THT Live: Marlins Money

April 11, 2008

THT Live: Minor League Data

April 07, 2008

THT Live: Passing the Buck, When to IBB

April 07, 2008

THT Live: Joba’s Break

April 07, 2008

THT Live: Inferior Options

April 07, 2008

THT Live: Fantasy Risers and Fallers? I’m skeptical

April 04, 2008

THT Live: The 2000 Draft, a Retrospective

April 04, 2008

THT Live: The Stolen Base

April 04, 2008

THT Live: J.J. Putz to D/L

April 02, 2008

THT Live: FOX Sports Power Rankings

March 31, 2008

THT Live: Bill James on 60 Minutes

March 31, 2008

THT Live: Managers = Team’s Politician?

March 31, 2008

THT Live: Mike Stanton Cut From Reds

March 28, 2008

THT Live: The Types of Opening Day Starters

March 28, 2008

THT Live: Another Way to Look at HR Factors

March 28, 2008

THT Live: Murton Cut From Big Team

March 26, 2008

THT Live: Escobar Has Tear in Shoulder

March 26, 2008

THT Live: Escobar Resets Throwing Program

March 25, 2008

THT Live: Indians Fifth Starter

March 24, 2008

THT Live: Moundlevel

March 24, 2008

THT Live: Your Hosts Are…

March 24, 2008

THT Live: Miguel Cabrera Inks 8-Year Extension

March 22, 2008

THT Live: Wainwright Deal Merits Approval for Cardinals

March 21, 2008

THT Live: John Patterson Released

March 21, 2008

THT Live: No Bruce

March 21, 2008

THT Live: A New Blog Right Up Our Alley

March 21, 2008

THT Live: Wainwright Locked Up

March 20, 2008

THT Live: Bucs Lock up Snell

March 17, 2008

THT Live: Where To Go

March 17, 2008

THT Live: More Fangraphs

March 17, 2008

THT Live: Ks and Grounders

March 17, 2008

THT Live: Tieland in China

March 17, 2008

THT Live: Lackey Hits DL

March 15, 2008

THT Live: Where They Throw

March 14, 2008

THT Live: Huzzah for You Kyle Lohse

March 14, 2008

THT Live: Etymology

March 14, 2008

THT Live: Win Speculating

March 10, 2008

THT Live: The Forgotten Team Out East

March 10, 2008

THT Live: What Do You Call That?

March 10, 2008

THT Live: Bonds in New York?

March 10, 2008

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