May 24, 2013

THT Essentials:
Fangraphs Player Search:


And here's the full roster.

Now available


You 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.



Or you can search by:

THT E-book


Third Base: The Crossroads is THT's e-book, available for $3.99 from the Kindle store. The good news is that anyone can read a Kindle book, even on a PC. So enjoy the best from THT in a new format.



Get your very own THT merchandise from our CafePress store. We've got baseball caps, t-shirts, coffee mugs and even wall clocks with the classy THT logo prominently displayed. Also, check out the THT Bookstore. Please support your favorite baseball site by purchasing something today.


Creative Commons License
All content on this site (including text, graphs, and any other original works), unless otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

About Steve Treder

Steve 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 Articles

Click here to view an RSS feed of this writer's articles.

2011

The virtual 1958-68 Giants, Reds, and Cardinals (Part 4: 1960-61)

December 27, 2011
In the fourth off-season of this scenario, let's just say the trading action gets quite serious.

The virtual 1958-68 Giants, Reds and Cardinals (Part 3: 1959-60)

December 20, 2011
As Nixon and Kennedy seek the highest office in the nation, our three competitors seek the highest office in the National League.

The virtual 1958-68 Giants, Reds, and Cardinals (Part 2: 1958-59)

December 13, 2011
It's round two for the virtual triple-header. Are the Redlegs and Redbirds ready to keep pace with the orange and black?

The virtual 1958-68 Giants, Reds, and Cardinals (Part 1: 1957-58)

December 06, 2011
Steve adds a new twist to the "Virtual Team" series, promising some epic competition.

Offseason decisions: seeking offense in San Francisco

November 21, 2011
What might Brian Sabean be doing to get more runs on the board in 2012?

Postseason D-Backs: What makes the Snakes rattle?

September 28, 2011
Being overlooked and underestimated is the 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks specialty. Perhaps it's time for that to stop.

Countermanding the Colavito Curse:  Part 4 (1966-67)

September 27, 2011
Our Tribe bagged a flag in 1965. Can they repeat those tricks in '66? Keep the fans in heaven in '67?

Countermanding the Colavito Curse: Part 3 (1964-65)

September 20, 2011
The British are invading the pop music charts. The long struggle for American civil rights is taking decisive forward strides. Are our Indians ready to make this their moment too?

Countermanding the Colavito Curse:  Part 2 (1962-63)

September 13, 2011
Is our re-Rockified Tribe ready to make Chief Wahoo say, "Yahoo!"?

NL West:  The snakebit Giants

September 12, 2011
Did you just see that? Did you see that rattler strike that bumbling oaf?

Countermanding the Colavito Curse: Part 1 (1960-61)

September 06, 2011
What if Frantic Frankie didn't fumble the Rock and misspend the Cash?

NL West: Soft Rockies, resilient Snakes and Giants

August 01, 2011
As July turns to August, the clarity of the NL West finish is sharpening, and some emerging images are distinctly more flattering than others.

THT Live: Surging Sergio

July 30, 2011

THT Live: A bargain worth considering

July 22, 2011

The virtual 1955-62 Kansas City A’s (Part 4:  1961-62)

July 06, 2011
It's Camelot in the White House, and Wagon Train on TV. Will there be joy in Kansas City?

The virtual 1955-62 Kansas City A’s (Part 3:  1959-60)

June 29, 2011
It's out with the fifties, and in with the sixties. Will our version of the Athletics be entering a bold new era of competitiveness?

THT Live: 2011 Interleague play:  Same old, not-so-same old?

June 27, 2011

The virtual 1955-62 Kansas City A’s (Part 2:  1957-58)

June 22, 2011
In years three and four, will Steve's alternative Athletics be able to climb the stairs out of the basement?

NL West: surprising showdown

June 20, 2011
The season's still in its first half, but some late-season-style drama is unfolding in the Valley of the Sun.

The virtual 1955-62 Kansas City A’s (Part 1:  1955-56)

June 15, 2011
Steve is going to Kansas City. Kansas City, here he comes. And he's asking: What if the Athletics hadn't been the "major league farm team"?

THT Live: Busterless in San Francisco

June 08, 2011

NL West:  Questions and, answers?

May 08, 2011
A month and change into the season, Steve inquires as to what sort of answers might be shaping up in response to pre-season questions regarding the National League West.

THT Live: Brandon’s minor league belting

May 04, 2011

Marse Joe’s last hurrah

April 27, 2011
One of the very greatest went out with a thunderous bang, and then a whimper.

THT Live: Lucky Eddie

April 09, 2011

Five questions:  San Francisco Giants

March 30, 2011
The Giants stunned everyone by running the table in 2010. With the element of surprise now eliminated, can they repeat in 2011?

THT Live: Spring Training results, 1945-1962 ... Update!

March 28, 2011

THT Live: Spring training results ... from 1945-1962

March 07, 2011

The virtual 1951-58 Pittsburgh Pirates (Part 4: 1957-58)

February 22, 2011
Little Rock is being desegregated. The Edsel is being laughed at. Will our Pirates have their Sputnik moment?

The virtual 1951-58 Pittsburgh Pirates (Part 3: 1955-56)

February 15, 2011
James Dean is living fast and dying young. Elvis is causing an uproar on The Ed Sullivan Show. Can our Pirates get the heck out of seventh place?

The virtual 1951-58 Pittsburgh Pirates (Part 2: 1953-54)

February 08, 2011
Our alternative version of the I Love Lucy-era Bucs enters its third season. How might our heroes fare?

THT Live: The Havana Heat is on again

February 07, 2011

The virtual 1951-58 Pittsburgh Pirates (Part 1: 1951-52)

February 01, 2011
Is it really true that Branch Rickey's Pirates were a whole lot worse than they had to be? Steve decides to try to find out.

The virtual 1960s New York Mets (Part 5:  1968-69)

January 11, 2011
We've come a long way, and now we're ready to answer the big question: how brightly might our Mets shine in '69?

The virtual 1960s New York Mets (Part 4: 1966-67)

January 04, 2011
The good news for our virtual Mets is that we've been better than the actual Mets, but that's an awfully low bar. Can we get something going this time?

Click here to return to the home page.