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02/10/2012: Recapping a swap-filled winterby Jeff Moore02/10/2012: A baseball card mystery: Ontiveros and Schmidtby Bruce Markusen02/10/2012: A dynasty ranking follow-upby Josh Shepardson02/09/2012: Forecasting Princeby Myron Logan02/09/2012: The Homestead exemption act of 1992by Frank Jackson02/09/2012: Fun with numbersby Nick Fleder02/08/2012: Making the leap upby Derek Ambrosino02/08/2012: Against replay in baseballby David Wade02/08/2012: BOB: Oakland dealt setback in pursuit to keep Athleticsby Brian Borawski02/08/2012: The virtual 1958-68 Giants, Reds, and Cardinals (Part 10: 1966-67)by Steve Treder02/08/2012: 20,000 days since Herb Score’s injuryby Chris Jaffe02/07/2012: A baseball card mystery: Bill Sudakis and the strange lightby Bruce Markusen02/07/2012: 20,000 days since Hank Aaron’s worst gameby Chris Jaffe02/07/2012: Did you know we had a mock draft?by Brad Johnson02/07/2012: State of the system - Arizona Diamondbacksby Jeff Moore02/07/2012: Rockies building a troubling rotationby Troy Patterson02/07/2012: Money and winsby Dave Studeman02/06/2012: Super at the right timeby Joe Distelheim02/06/2012: Let there be news - Volume 7by Brad Johnson02/06/2012: 10 things I didn’t know about one-hittersby Chris Jaffe02/06/2012: This week in (fantasy) baseball: 1/30-2/5by Karl de Vries02/06/2012: Would the Nationals consider holding back Strasburg?by Brad Johnson02/03/2012: Card Corner: 1972 Topps—Bob Vealeby Bruce Markusen02/03/2012: Supplementing the dynasty rankings (Part 2)by Jeffrey Gross02/03/2012: 10,000 days: 500th homer for Mr. Octoberby Chris Jaffe02/02/2012: Edwin Jackson finally signsby Matt Filippi02/02/2012: THT Forecasts - 2012 fantasy price guidesby Greg Tamer02/02/2012: The all-month team: Februaryby Richard Barbieri02/02/2012: We will, we will (mock) youby Nick Fleder02/02/2012: How are wins, attendance and payroll all related?by Dan Lependorf02/01/2012: Are you mocking me?by Derek Ambrosino02/01/2012: Why Oliver Loves Yuby Brian Cartwright02/01/2012: Reflections after a long offseasonby Chris Lund02/01/2012: The virtual 1958-68 Giants, Reds, and Cardinals (Part 9: 1965-66)by Steve Treder01/31/2012: A baseball card mystery: Ken Holtzman’s 1974 Topps cardby Bruce Markusen01/31/2012: The new golden age of catchingby Troy Patterson01/31/2012: 10,000 days since Carlton becomes Phillies win leaderby Chris Jaffe01/31/2012: The Verdict: Hardball Times mock draft analysisby Michael Stein01/30/2012: Let there be news - Volume 6by Brad Johnson01/30/2012: Juan Pierre, Domonic Brown, and plansby Brad Johnson01/30/2012: Dave Duncan, the 1982 Mariners and lost gloryby Paul Francis Sullivan01/30/2012: This week in (fantasy) baseballby Karl de Vries01/30/2012: What was I thinking?by Ben Pritchett01/28/2012: THT mock draft 2012by Ben Pritchett01/27/2012: Outfield assist of another kindby Bojan Koprivica01/27/2012: In the old days, the game was more excitingby Max Marchi01/27/2012: Supplementing the dynasty rankings (Part 1)by Jeffrey Gross01/27/2012: 30th anniversary: The Ryne Sandberg tradeby Chris Jaffe01/27/2012: Cooperstown Confidential: thinking about Al Smithby Bruce Markusen01/26/2012: Closer watchby Paul Singman01/26/2012: Jack Morris: the winningest pitcher of the 1980sby Bobby Mueller01/26/2012: Marshall McDougall’s greatest gameby Frank Jackson01/26/2012: Players I’ll avoid this yearby Dave Shovein01/25/2012: It’s THT Dispatchby Dave Studeman01/25/2012: THT Forecasts - 2012 Oliver projected-WAR starting lineupby Greg Tamer01/25/2012: Another Fielder for Detroitby THT Staff01/25/2012: AL West: offseason check-inby David Wade01/25/2012: Ask Oliverby Derek Ambrosino01/25/2012: BOB: Astros ponder new lookby Brian Borawski01/25/2012: 40th anniversary: Dave Winfield and the NCAA basket-brawlby Chris Jaffe01/24/2012: Fast goes Astroby Dave Studeman01/24/2012: The greatest eye in baseballby Troy Patterson01/24/2012: A baseball card mystery: Bob Didier and Cleon Jonesby Bruce Markusen01/24/2012: 20,000 days since the Phillies integrateby Chris Jaffe01/24/2012: The virtual 1958-68 Giants, Reds, and Cardinals (Part 8: 1964-65)by Steve Treder01/23/2012: Carmona points out an MLB inequityby Mat Kovach01/23/2012: Career highlights: Orlando Cabreraby Chris Jaffe01/23/2012: Players I like more than you doby Ben Pritchett01/23/2012: Let there be news - Volume 5by Brad Johnson01/23/2012: Ten least-likely guys to break up a no-hitterby Chris Jaffe01/22/2012: Craig Counsell career highlightsby Chris Jaffe01/20/2012: Thinking big in Big D in 1950by Frank Jackson01/20/2012: Card Corner: 1972 Topps: George Hendrickby Bruce Markusen01/20/2012: The extra 2 percent: A fantasy market inefficencyby Josh Shepardson01/19/2012: Evaluating a strange offseason in San Diegoby Myron Logan01/19/2012: On Edgar Martinezby Richard Barbieri01/19/2012: Searching for sleepersby Nick Fleder01/18/2012: SABR Analytics Conferenceby Dave Studeman01/18/2012: BOB: Mets owner scores another win in courtby Brian Borawski01/18/2012: Is Jorge Posada toast as a righty hitter?by George Szabo01/18/2012: Can you really play it safe?by Derek Ambrosino01/18/2012: A baseball card mystery: Thurman Munson and who?by Bruce Markusen01/18/2012: 10th anniversary: Randy Winn’s greatest shotby Chris Jaffe01/17/2012: 10,000 days since Buddy Bell walk-off slamby Chris Jaffe01/17/2012: The virtual 1958-68 Giants, Reds, and Cardinals (Part 7: 1963-64)by Steve Treder01/17/2012: Some thoughts on Moscosoby Lucas Apostoleris01/17/2012: The Toronto Blue Jays quirkiest pitching staff since 1994by Chris Lund01/17/2012: The Verdict: snake versus auction draftby Michael Stein01/16/2012: PED injustice and the Hallby Mat Kovach01/16/2012: THT Forecasts: Players’ comments…rollout!by Greg Tamer01/16/2012: Ye believe in me, believe also in Mike Stantonby Ben Pritchett01/16/2012: Let there be news - Volume 4by Brad Johnson01/16/2012: The possible upcoming Cooperstown ballot apocalypseby Chris Jaffe01/16/2012: 10th anniversary: Rangers sign Chan Ho Parkby Chris Jaffe01/14/2012: Is there an asterisk in Brandon’s future?by Steve Treder01/13/2012: The Yankees’ finest hourby Nick Fleder01/13/2012: Fantasy Chat - 1/15/12by Nick Fleder01/13/2012: Cooperstown Confidential: Why Bob Howsam isn’t in the Hall of Fameby Bruce Markusen01/12/2012: On Ryan Madson: Parsing Boras’ commentsby Greg Simons01/12/2012: Dynasty rankings 2012 follow-upby Nick Fleder<< Click here to return to the category list. |
 September 05, 2010The good face, the halo, and projectabilityNot long ago, Ken Funck got it on, and then went on to earn a spot contributing at Baseball Prospectus due in part to his entry in the "BP Idol Contest" about one of the subjective measures that baseball scouts use. While I'm not going down the same avenue Ken chose, I do find myself interested in the same topic.Like many a young (or not so young, as in my case) baseball blogger, Michael Lewis' Moneyball nudged me toward a more cold and calculating approach to baseball analysis and strategy. With conventional strategy questioned, I started to look at the game of baseball a little differently and felt I could learn a lot more about it than I already knew. Due to that belief, and with sabremetric writings as my bible, my contempt for most sacrifice bunts and intentional walks sprang forth like the Temperance Movement's hatred of alcohol. It's likely that it grew in some part from the statistical approach to baseball glorified in Moneyball. But, one thing that I also took from the book was something the author portrayed in a negative light and that served as the antithesis to statistical analysis. And, even if there wasn't a backdrop of statistical analysis, the absurdity this topic would have still stuck with me. That was 'The Good Face'. Click for more... Posted by: David Wade October 21, 2008Beane’s draftChone Smith takes a look back at the Moneyball draft, and finds some curious connections to the World Series. Guess who was drafted immediately before and after the A's Nick Swisher?Posted by: Dave Studeman August 15, 2008Baseball’s Draft System Is Badly BrokenTim Marchman has another nice commentary, this time talking about baseball's latest attempts to fix the baseball drat and why they aren't working.Posted by: Dave Studeman June 05, 2008THT draft primerFor loyal THT readers, you may remember the "Breaking Down the 2007 Draft" articles written by Carlos Gomez close to a year ago. In the upcoming weeks, I plan on replicating this series for the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Of course, there will be a few slight differences.Click for more... Posted by: Alex Eisenberg June 04, 2008Mock draft, part oneSaber Scouts has a mock draft on their site, including commentary on each of their projected picks. This is the first half; second half to follow this evening.Posted by: Dave Studeman Click here for more THT Notes. | ||||