The Hardball Times Latest Blog Posts

Add as Favorite Claim Blog Help

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main - Baseball. Insight. Daily.

1
0
Links0
 THT Live:Hall of Fame shutout
THT Live:Hall of Fame shutout
Hall of Fame ceremonies will be held this weekend, when Goose Gossage, Bowie Kuhn, Walter O'Malley, Barney Dreyfuss, Billy Southworth and Dick Williams are inducted into the Hall. With such a diverse group of individuals entering the Hall, it's a good time to once again ask why Marvin Miller isn't there, too .
2
0
Links0
 THT Live:Interview Pitchf/x guru, Josh Kalk
THT Live:Interview Pitchf/x guru, Josh Kalk
Our own Josh Kalk is interviewed by NoMaas . Lots of good detail regarding the PITCHf/x system here. Apparently, Josh is a "guru" of PITCHf/x. Cool!

Tags:

2
0
Links0
 THT Daily:THT Daily: New York, New York
THT Daily:THT Daily: New York, New York
The Mets beat the Phillies to take first and the Yankees are only three back in the AL East.
2
0
Links0
 The Hardball Times:This annotated week in baseball history: July 20 - July 26, 1958
The Hardball Times:This annotated week in baseball history: July 20 - July 26, 1958
On July 21, 1958 Dave Henderson was born. "Hendu" would have a 14-year All-Star career, but his chance at true historic notoriety slipped away through no fault of his own. But was it for the best?

Tags:

4
0
Links0
 The Hardball Times:Worst to first in the AL
The Hardball Times:Worst to first in the AL
The Rays have a chance to become the second American League team to go from last place to the top spot in a single season. And the first was....

Tags:

2
0
Links0
 THT Live:Win Shares through July 23
THT Live:Win Shares through July 23
I updated our Win Shares stats through yesterday's games . Over the past two weeks, six players racked up three Win Shares: Melvin Mora , Carlos Delgado , Troy Glaus , Adam Dunn , Jhonny Peralta , Jim Thome and Ryan Braun . Looks like some sluggers are starting to heat up.
2
0
Links0
 THT Live:RZR Averages
THT Live:RZR Averages
We sometimes receive requests for the average Relative Zone Ratings per position. We hope to eventually have those available on a daily basis, but here are the averages through yesterday's games in the meantime: POS BIZ Plays RZR OOZ 1B 4,023 3,027 .752 885 2B 8,080 6,624 .820 686 3B 6,669 4,656 .698 1,055 SS 8,019 6,679 .833 1,038 LF 5,305 4,691 .884 1,142 CF  ...

Tags:

2
0
Links0
 THT Daily:THT Daily: Here come the Brewers
THT Daily:THT Daily: Here come the Brewers
Milwaukee is undefeated post All-Star break.
2
0
Links0
 The Hardball Times:Baseball gold spun from thin air
The Hardball Times:Baseball gold spun from thin air
Ten years of alchemy from the Baseball Reliquary.

Tags:

7
0
Links4
 The Hardball Times:Breaking down the draft: Picks 36-44
The Hardball Times:Breaking down the draft: Picks 36-44
Part 4, from Michael Montgomery (Royals) to Wade Miley (Diamondbacks).

Tags:

2
0
Links0
 THT Live:Fun with THT stats
THT Live:Fun with THT stats
Quick quiz: Who leads the major leagues in i nnings pitched and xFIP ? Roy Halladay is incredible.
2
0
Links0
 THT Live:A Smart Guy on PITCHf/x
THT Live:A Smart Guy on PITCHf/x
Alan Nathan is a professor of physics at the University of Illinois. His greatest contributions to society, however, are his studies of the physics of baseball, especially his work with the PITCHf/x data. Cory Schwartz of mlb.com recently sat down with Alan to talk about the professor's recent SABR38 presentation on PITCHf/x, which featured the work of THT regulars Kalk, Fast and Walsh.  ...

Tags:

2
0
Links0
 THT Live:Two parters
THT Live:Two parters
Pizza Cutter has a second column on his fielding analyses , checking to see which skills are most closely correlated. Many of his findings are intuitively right, but he also has some surprises up his sleeve. And Skyking has lengthened his list of top position players from ten to 25 . Would you believe Mark Ellis ahead of Ian Kinsler?
2
0
Links0
 THT Daily:THT Daily: Active Nationals
THT Daily:THT Daily: Active Nationals
Washington traded a player, signed another and lost a third for the rest of the season.
2
0
Links0
 The Hardball Times:TUCK! sez: Busted coverage
The Hardball Times:TUCK! sez: Busted coverage
TUCK! toons goodness every Wednesday and Saturday!

Tags:

6
0
Links0
 The Hardball Times:National disgrace
The Hardball Times:National disgrace
The game's true villains

Tags:

2
0
Links0
 THT Live:The future of the Pena
THT Live:The future of the Pena
That Royal shortstop who can't hit a lick pitched last night, and Driveline Mechanics was impressed . Is there an anti-Ankiel in our future?
2
0
Links0
 THT Live:More Q&D Marcels: Red Sox, Cubbies, Padres
THT Live:More Q&D Marcels: Red Sox, Cubbies, Padres
More bloggers check in with second-half projections based on the Quick-n-dirty Marcels utility. Sons of Sam Horn blogger Hairps checks in on the Red Sox and MB from Friar Forecast looks at the Padres . Colin Wyers from Goat Riders of the Apocalypse projects the Cubs using both Marcel and Dan Szymborski's ZiPS .

1 2 3 4 ... 9 Next Next