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May 18, 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 Steve TrederSteve Treder has presented papers to the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, and to the SABR Annual Convention. His articles have been published in Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, as well as in The National Pastime. A lifelong San Francisco Giants’ fan, he is Vice President for Strategic Development for Western Management Group, a compensation consulting firm headquartered in Los Gatos, California.Note: 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 Steve Treder's ArticlesClick here to view an RSS feed of this writer's articles. 2009The virtual 1956 New York Yankees (Part 2)December 14, 2009It's time to get our kicks with the might-have-been Yankees of '56. The virtual 1956 New York Yankees (Part 1)December 08, 2009Think the Eisenhower-era Bronx Bombers couldn't have been much better? Think again. The virtual 1961 Cleveland Indians (Part 2)August 18, 2009In which we witness the unloading of some very big lumber near the Lake Erie shore. The virtual 1961 Cleveland Indians (Part 1)August 11, 2009What if Frankie hadn't been quite so frantic in Cleveland? THT Live: Warren’s WizardJuly 15, 2009Great news: I was wrongJuly 14, 2009The 2009 Giants are a good ball club. Who knew? THT Live: The Vi flies foreverJuly 06, 2009Historic comparables (Volume 1)June 09, 2009Discover the distant-decade dopplegangers. Don McMahon (Part 3)June 02, 2009Let's catch up with this most congenial big fellow as he continues to chuck heaters past hitters well into his 40s. Backstopping and roaming wide (Part 3: 1970-2008)May 26, 2009Get acquainted with this most unusual breed of catchers, right up to the most current cohort. Don McMahon (Part 2)May 19, 2009We're ready for round two with this memorable heavyweight. Backstopping and roaming wide (Part 2: 1935-1970)May 12, 2009It's time for round two with the most peculiar of defensive hybrids. Don McMahon (Part 1)May 05, 2009Let's see, how to describe him ... the pitching equivalent of roast beef and potatoes. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated, but substantial, satisfying, and just doggone good. THT Live: Strasburg live!May 02, 2009Backstopping and roaming wide (Part 1: 1890-1935)April 28, 2009Come along with Steve as he explores the most extraordinary of all defensive versatility. The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 6: 1954-1955)April 21, 2009In his 37th and final season as a big league GM, did The Mahatma go out with a bang, or a whimper? The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 5: 1953-1954)April 14, 2009Onto the fourth year of his five-year rebuilding plan, was Mr. Rickey ready to show any progress? Any? The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 4: 1952-1953)April 07, 2009How did The Mahatma go about cleaning up the mess of his own making? The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 3: 1951-1952)March 31, 2009As an art historian might say when discovering Michelangelo's unfortunate "Dogs Playing Poker" period ... what was that all about? Five questions: San Francisco GiantsMarch 30, 2009Maybe it's just that they got rid of the wrong Barry ... The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 2: 1950-1951)March 17, 2009It's year one for Mister Rickey in Pittsburgh. What kind of a start does he pull off? The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part 1)March 10, 2009Shining a light into the lone dark alley of The Mahatma's long and brilliant career. Casimir KwietniewskiMarch 03, 2009If only changing one's luck were as easy as changing one's name. The virtual 1965-68 Washington SenatorsFebruary 24, 2009Oh, yeah, they were bad enough in real life. But that performance may actually have been their best-case scenario. The Sunset LeagueFebruary 17, 2009Spanning a vast Southwest landscape, it was vibrantly colorful, fleeting but amazing. Bats right, throws left: The best players in major league historyFebruary 10, 2009It doesn't make any sense, but nobody seems to have explained that to this tiny band of rugged individualists. You can probably guess who's been the best. But who else is on the list? BL, TR (Part 5: The best left-handed hitting shortstops in major league history)February 03, 2009The most exclusive club we've yet visited features tales of strikeouts, caught stealings, lawsuits and frostbite. It also includes some of the most underappreciated talent of all time. BL, TR (Part 4: The best left-handed hitting second basemen in major league history)January 27, 2009That a population comprising, at most, about one second baseman in five should include both of the very best at the position is quite strange. But there it is. BL, TR (Part 3: The best left-handed hitting third basemen in major league history)January 20, 2009The left turns at the hot corner include quite a few of the position's very best, and one in particular who's never been recognized as such. BL, TR (Part 2: The best left-handed hitting catchers in major league history)January 13, 2009Let's meet the best of the southpaw-swinging backstop minority. Bats left, throws right (Part 1)January 06, 2009It's a phenomenon with which we're all familiar, but as Steve admits, just how often do we really think about it? And—seriously—it is kind of weird. | ||||