January 8, 2009

Player Search:

Now shipping


The 2009 Hardball Times Annual is now available. You can read about it here, but just make sure you order it directly from ACTA today.




And here's the full roster.

StubHub is where fans buy and sell Yankees Tickets, Red Sox Tickets, White Sox Tickets, Mets Tickets and all other baseball tickets. If you are looking for World Series Tickets, ALCS Tickets or NLCS Tickets, you can find them at StubHub! More hot selling tickets include: Cubs Tickets, Astros Tickets, Dodgers Tickets, Angels Tickets and Detroit Tigers Tickets.
Sports Tickets

Gear up for baseball season with Chicago White Sox tickets and New York Yankees tickets. LA Angels tickets, Houston Astros tickets, and Atlanta Braves tickets are hot sellers! You can get Boston Red Sox tickets, San Diego Padres tickets or Chicago Cubs tickets for your favorite baseball fan. Coast to Coast Tickets has the best MLB tickets like Minnesota Twins tickets, LA Dodgers tickets, Milwaukee Brewers tickets, New York Met tickets and St. Louis Cardinals tickets.
Championship Tickets




Or you can search by:

THT's Toolbox


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.
Roll mouse over date for entries
THT Live Calendar
November 2008
S M T W T F S






1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30





Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Life of Boswell

Posted by Dave Studeman
One of my favorite sports writer/bloggers, Joe Posnanski, has written a biting, yet appropriate, critique of Thomas Boswell's position that giving the MVP to Albert Pujols is "nuts." This year's MVP debate is really separating the "gets it's" from the "doesn't get it's" for me. I believe that Howard wasn't even the most valuable player on his own team; once you take fielding, baserunning and position into account, Chase Utley was.

Now I'm willing to concede that's debatable to some extent, because it requires an appreciation of batting splits, fielding prowess and other kind-of-obscure stuff. But Pujols over Howard? Not debatable at all.

Scott Karl interview

Posted by Dave Studeman
You may remember former Brewer/Rockie Scott Karl. Well, Brewerfan managed to scoop up an interview with Karl, and it's pretty interesting. You sometimes wonder why and how players start to lose their edge, and Karl provides one example:
...I had developed a genetic condition that limited the elasticity of my ligaments and tendons. I could still throw the ball where I wanted to, and make it move, but my velocity was going, and when that started for me, it went fast. I never had an arm injury in my career, but when that happened, I just lost the velocity.


For daily results, visit the THT Daily Archive.

Baseball News

From
USA Today

AP: Red Sox set to add Smoltz to rotation, Baldelli to outfield
John Smoltz has reached a preliminary agreement on a contract with the Boston Red Sox, a stunning end to his long career with ...


Hairston re-signs with Reds for $2 million
Jerry Hairston Jr. stayed with the Cincinnati Reds, agreeing Wednesday to a $2 million, one-year contract.


Cooper ready to lead Astros on smoother trip
Cecil Cooper's first full season as a major league manager turned into a wild six-month ride that ended with questions about ...


Teixeira, Yankees seal $180 million deal
Mark Teixeira and the New York Yankees completed their $180 million, eight-year contract Tuesday, announcing the deal in perhaps ...


Pitchers Pavano, Park, Marquis get new homes
The Cleveland Indians have signed free agent pitcher Carl Pavano, who was a four-year bust with the New York Yankees because ...


Phillies' Romero says he's not guilty in doping suspension
Phillies reliever J.C. Romero and Yankees minor league pitcher Sergio Mitre were suspended for the first 50 games of next season ...


After helping beat Rays, Burrell set to join them
The Tampa Bay Rays won't pretend they can keep up with the New York Yankees in the free agent market, but after signing outfielder/DH ...


Minnesota Twins owner Pohlad dies at 93
Carl Pohlad, a billionaire banker whose Minnesota Twins won two World Series titles during nearly his nearly quarter-century ...