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The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009
Our third season preview followed the same format as the previous year's (see below), including team essays, player comments for even more players (over 1,000) projections (stats and fantasy values) and other goodies (including downloadable spreadsheets). Follow this link to read more about the Season Preview and you can purchase the Season Preview here.
The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2009
Our 2009 Annual included more articles (40 in all), including pieces written by Joe Posnanski, Rob Neyer, Tim Marchman, Craig Wright, John Dewan, Tom M. Tango, MGL and Don Malcolm. Not just a review of the previous season, but the best of baseball writing, stats and perspective in 2008. Follow this link to read more about the 2009 Annual and you can purchase the Season Preview here.
The Hardball Times Annual 2008
The 2008 Annual featured Tom Tango's "WOWY" system, David Gassko's assessment of managerial impact, John Beamer's Markov model (includes spreadsheet), Jonathan Helfgott's excellent survey of international baseball and a contribution from Bill James. Read more about it here. You can purchase the book from ACTA or read the PDF online for free at Wowio.
The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008
Our second season preview had 240 pages of team essays, player comments for almost 900 players, projections and other goodies. The team chapters are written by bloggers and THT writers who follow their team every day. The projections include fielding performance for hitters and fantasy values for all players and included a three-year outlook for each player. Follow this link to read more about the Season Preview and you can purchase the Season Preview here.
The Hardball Times Annual 2007
Our 2007 Annual included in-depth analyses of WPA and batted balls, David Gassko's list of best pitchers of all time using Pitching Runs Created and a review of John Schuerholz's style as GM. Plus, Rob Neyer's list of the biggest blunders of the year and Ben Jacobs' list of the best ideas of the year. You can read more about it, purchase the book from ACTA, or read the PDF for free at Wowio.
The Hardball Times Annual 2006
A few copies of the 2006 are still available, and you can purchase one by clicking here. The 2006 Annual includes reviews of the 2005 season, additional commentary and lots of graphs and stats. In addition to the fine stable of THT writers, there are a number of guest writers, such as Bill James and Brian Gunn. You can see what some of our some of our readers thought of the Annual in this THT Note.
The Hardball Times Annual 2004
Okay, so when we published our first annual review, we thought it should be named for the year that was reviewed. Silly us. Still, this book is what it says it is: a 300-page review of the 2004 season. Published just two weeks after the Red Sox won the World Series, the THT Annual recounted all the highlights and lowlights of the year. Click here to read more about the 2004, er 2005, THT Annual.
THT's Bullpen Book
A special project by THT's Dave Studeman and Steve Treder, the Bullpen Book offers a unique look at bullpen usage between 2002 and 2004. Building on the concept of Win Probability Added, the Bullpen Book includes articles and stats covering the history and current state of the bullpen. Click here for more info about the Bullpen Book, including purchase instructions.
The THT 2007 Preseason Book
The THT 2007 Preseason Book, our very first published foray into preseason commentary and predictions, was published in March, 2007. The book features three-year statistical projections for all major league players, as well as previews for each team (contributed by some of the finest team bloggers on the Internet). Click here to read more.