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Following are the one hundred most recent articles for the category .

05/16/2008: Discussing the other (phonetically) type of Pujols…

by John Brattain

05/16/2008: Making contact in the early Live Ball Era (1920-1955)

by Craig Brown

05/16/2008: When to walk (Part 1)

by Mitchel Lichtman

05/16/2008: This annotated week in baseball history: May 11-May 17, 1955

by Richard Barbieri

05/15/2008: Hit ‘em where they ain’t—if you can

by John Walsh

05/15/2008: Ten things I didn’t know last week

by Dave Studeman

05/15/2008: Book Review: The 33-Year-Old Rookie

by Geoff Young

05/15/2008: Candles in the wind (Part 2)

by Brandon Isleib

05/14/2008: Walking into disaster

by John Brattain

05/14/2008: THT Awards Week 6

by John Barten

05/14/2008: Anatomy of a pitch: Curveball

by Josh Kalk

05/14/2008: TUCK! sez: Hello, Dolly?

by Tuck

05/13/2008: Daddy Wags

by Steve Treder

05/13/2008: Is Clayton Kershaw worth the hype?

by Alex Eisenberg

05/13/2008: Crossing the Bridge: A closer look at what happened to Barry Zito

by Paul Nyman

05/12/2008: White hot and ice cold

by Sal Baxamusa

05/12/2008: Book Review: The 1973 Story

by Chris Jaffe

05/09/2008: The Pujols Awards: Week 18

by John Brattain

05/09/2008: This annotated week in baseball history: May 4-May 10, 1981

by Richard Barbieri

05/08/2008: Ten things I didn’t know last week

by Dave Studeman

05/08/2008: BOB:  Marlins stadium is proceeding, Barry Bonds isn’t

by Brian Borawski

05/07/2008: Bringing up Junior

by John Brattain

05/07/2008: THT Awards Week 5

by John Barten

05/07/2008: TUCK! sez: Yet still more Pitchy

by Tuck

05/06/2008: Superdupersubs (Part 2:  1941-1970)

by Steve Treder

05/06/2008: Anatomy of a player: Robinson Cano

by Josh Kalk

05/05/2008: Putting pressure on the defense

by Craig Brown

05/05/2008: How Soon is Now?

by Chris Jaffe

05/05/2008: How can general managers increase the value of their franchise?

by John Beamer

05/04/2008: THT Dartboard: May 04, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

05/02/2008: All about Ben Sheets

by David Gassko

05/02/2008: The Pujols Awards: Week 17

by John Brattain

05/02/2008: This annotated week in baseball history: April 27-May 3, 1961

by Richard Barbieri

05/02/2008: Exactly what are effective throwing mechanics?

by Paul Nyman

05/01/2008: Yep, 14 pitchers

by Jeff Sackmann

05/01/2008: THT Awards Week 4

by John Barten

05/01/2008: Candles in the wind (Part 1)

by Brandon Isleib

05/01/2008: BOB: Tiger Stadium and MLB Network

by Brian Borawski

04/30/2008: Say hello to Nationals Park

by John Beamer

04/30/2008: John Gibbons must go…

by John Brattain

04/30/2008: TUCK! sez: Yeah, right…

by Tuck

04/30/2008: Jack Cust: No such thing as a free lunch

by Mike Fast

04/29/2008: The 10 worst No. 3 hitters since 1957

by Steve Treder

04/29/2008: Anatomy of a player: Randy Johnson

by Josh Kalk

04/29/2008: Fantasy Mailbag: Sizemore, Bedard, Garko

by Tim Dierkes

04/28/2008: Franchise Managerial Hiring Tendencies

by Chris Jaffe

04/27/2008: THT Dartboard: April 27, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

04/25/2008: This annotated week in baseball history: April 20-April 26, 1937

by Richard Barbieri

04/25/2008: The Pujols Awards: Week 16

by John Brattain

04/25/2008: THT Daily: Sizzling Lee

by Dave Studeman

04/24/2008: How much is your team worth, 2008

by John Beamer

04/24/2008: The future of Yovani Gallardo

by Alex Eisenberg

04/24/2008: Ten things I learned from the THT Team page

by Dave Studeman

04/23/2008: THT Awards Week 3

by John Barten

04/23/2008: TUCK! sez: Memo to ESPN

by Tuck

04/23/2008: Frank Thomas’ release could lay a “Big Hurt” on MLB…

by John Brattain

04/23/2008: THT Daily: Hot Hitting

by Dave Studeman

04/22/2008: Anatomy of the A’s

by Jeff Sackmann

04/22/2008: Filling the Mickey Vernon gaps (Volume 4)

by Steve Treder

04/22/2008: Do relief pitchers suffer from pitching back-to-back days?

by Josh Kalk

04/22/2008: Bases and outs ad nauseum

by Brandon Heipp

04/21/2008: How fast should a fastball be?

by John Walsh

04/21/2008: Joe Posnanski Interview

by Chris Jaffe

04/20/2008: THT Dartboard: April 20, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

04/19/2008: THT Awards Week 2

by John Barten

04/18/2008: Flying out of the gate

by Craig Brown

04/18/2008: The Pujols Awards: Week 15

by John Brattain

04/18/2008: In the beginning God created heaven and earth…

by Paul Nyman

04/18/2008: Fantasy mailbag: Greinke, Hawpe, Niemann

by Tim Dierkes

04/17/2008: Ten things I didn’t know last week

by Dave Studeman

04/17/2008: Changing on the fly

by Tom M. Tango

04/17/2008: The benefit of batting eighth

by Jeff Sackmann

04/17/2008: April ciphers

by Brandon Isleib

04/16/2008: Big changes? Big deal!

by John Brattain

04/16/2008: TUCK! sez: Thanks, David Stern…

by Tuck

04/16/2008: BOB:  Union and Players Agree On New Joint Drug Agreement

by Brian Borawski

04/15/2008: How will ball tracking analysis change the game?

by Mike Fast

04/15/2008: Superdupersubs (Part 1: 1901-1940)

by Steve Treder

04/15/2008: Anatomy of a player: Brian Bannister

by Josh Kalk

04/14/2008: The baseball economist

by John Beamer

04/14/2008: Radar gun readings: sabermetric building blocks?

by Sal Baxamusa

04/14/2008: Cubdom’s great lost opportunity

by Chris Jaffe

04/13/2008: THT Dartboard: April 13, 2008

by Matthew Carruth

04/11/2008: The Pujols Awards: Week 14

by John Brattain

04/11/2008: Fantasy mailbag: Lilly, Kemp, Quentin

by Tim Dierkes

04/11/2008: A bridge too far

by Paul Nyman

04/11/2008: The Paul Nyman interview

by Dave Studeman

04/11/2008: This annotated week in baseball history: April 6-April 12, 1946

by Richard Barbieri

04/10/2008: Does Trevor Hoffman struggle in non-save situations?

by Geoff Young

04/10/2008: Testing my career projection system

by David Gassko

04/10/2008: Hitting prospects to watch in 2008

by Alex Eisenberg

04/09/2008: How many home runs?

by Victor Wang

04/09/2008: BOB: Minor League News Galore

by Brian Borawski

04/09/2008: See windmill … tilt at windmill … rinse, lather, repeat

by John Brattain

04/09/2008: Scouting the scouts

by Jeff Sackmann

04/09/2008: TUCK! sez: Gigantic mess

by Tuck

04/08/2008: The 10 worst No. 2 hitters since 1957

by Steve Treder

04/08/2008: THT Awards: Week 1

by John Barten

04/08/2008: Off to a hot start

by Josh Kalk

04/07/2008: How much would you pay for a baseball franchise?

by John Beamer

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May 16, 2008

Ancillary Costs to Long Term Deals

We have just recently seen Scott Kazmir and Ryan Braun ink long term deals buying out arbitration and some free agency years and this is not surprising to us as it has become the de facto thing for front offices to do with their young talent. But is it a good thing for both sides and is there a tipping point involved when it comes to what is going to be left available via free agency down the road?
Posted by: Matthew Carruth


What Losing is Like

Jeff Sullivan tries to explain what it's like for him to follow one the baseball's worst teams, both on and off the field.
Posted by: Matthew Carruth


Tracing a Rumor

Jay from Let's Go Tribe tries to make a blunt statement about the persisting Aaron Laffey trade rumors. They're not true.
Posted by: Matthew Carruth


Lance Berkman Running Wild

More from Dave Cameron as this time he points out that Lance Berkman has already tied his 2007 total for stolen bases and is on pace to triple his previous career high.
Posted by: Matthew Carruth


The New Mussina

Dave Cameron chimes in on how Mike Mussina has been able to take his diminished stuff and maintain a level of success so far this season.
Posted by: Matthew Carruth


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