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Best Outfield Arms of 2007
Best Outfield Arms of 2007

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 1/7/2008 on www.hardballtimes.com

John digs into play-by-play data to unearth the best (and worst) outfield arms of 2007. As usual, there are some surprises.

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Best Outfield Arms of 2007

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Pitch Identification Tutorial
Pitch Identification Tutorial

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 9/19/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

Everything you need to know about identifying pitches using pitch-f/x data.

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Pitch Identification Tutorial

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It’s the Hardball Times Season Preview 2008!
It’s the Hardball Times Season Preview 2008!

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 2/8/2008 on www.hardballtimes.com

Whether you're a fanatical fantasy player, or just want to see what's up with your favorite team, the THT Season Preview 2008 is just for you.

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It’s the Hardball Times Season Preview 2008!

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The Hardball Times:How fast should a fastball be?
The Hardball Times:How fast should a fastball be?

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 20 days ago on www.hardballtimes.com

Which is the better pitch: an 87-mph fastball on the outside corner or 96 down the middle? John has a look using (of course) PITCHf/x.

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The Hardball Times:How fast should a fastball be?

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D-Fence!

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 6/14/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

David reviews the best fielders of 2007.

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D-Fence!

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The Advantage of Batting Left-Handed

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 11/15/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

Left-handed batters on average hit for higher averages than right handers. The reasons for that may surprise you.

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The Advantage of Batting Left-Handed

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The Hardball Times: Does Trevor Hoffman struggle in non-save situations?
The Hardball Times: Does Trevor Hoffman struggle in non-save situations?

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 4/10/2008 on www.hardballtimes.com

Conventional wisdom thinks so. What do the numbers say?

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Trevor Hoffman

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The Hardball Times: Does Trevor Hoffman struggle in ...

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The Hardball Times: Ten Things I Didn’t Know a while ago
The Hardball Times: Ten Things I Didn’t Know a while ago

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 3/27/2008 on www.hardballtimes.com

According to Bill James Online , Juan Pierre is in the 98th percentile in running, 2nd percentile in hitting for power. I'm surprised the difference isn't more extreme.

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The Hardball Times: Jack Cust eats fastballs for lunch
The Hardball Times: Jack Cust eats fastballs for lunch

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 3/31/2008 on www.hardballtimes.com

After ten years in the minor leagues, Jack Cust burst onto the major league scene in 2007 with 26 home runs. This article examines Cust's 2007 performance, looking at his strengths and weaknesses as a hitter.

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The Hardball Times: Jack Cust eats fastballs for lunch

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Squaring it up
Squaring it up

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 9/4/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

Is it better to swing at a strike than a ball? Yes. How much better? A lot.

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Squaring it up

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Butterflies are not bullets
Butterflies are not bullets

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 11/27/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

John tries to pin down the elusive knuckler using Pitch f/x data.

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Butterflies are not bullets

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Fastball, slider, changeup, curveball—an analysis
Fastball, slider, changeup, curveball—an analysis

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 12/20/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

Analysis of the four workhorses of the pitcher's arsenal: fastball, slider, changeup and curveball.

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Fastball, slider, changeup, curveball—an analysis

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Does reliever over-use lead to poor subsequent performance?

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 12/19/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

Do relief pitchers who pitch more in a given season wear down the next? The result may surprise you.

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Does reliever over-use lead to poor subsequent performance?

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The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008: A sample chapter

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 2/8/2008 on www.hardballtimes.com

A few pages from the Red Sox chapter for those interested in the kind of content you can find in the THT Season Preview.

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Boston Red Sox

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The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008: A sample chapter

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What is Zone Rating?

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 4/2/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

Sean Smith explains what's so awesome about the new Zone Rating stats from Baseball Info Solutions, which are now available and updated through the season at The Hardball Times.

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What is Zone Rating?

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The Best Left-handed Pitchers of 2007 -- The Hardball Times

studes studes posted 4/3/2007 from www.hardballtimes.com

Great list by Chris Constancio

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The Best Left-handed Pitchers of 2007 -- The Hardball Times

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How to fix the Pirates

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 8/8/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

This is gonna take a while. A franchise that's destined to break the record for consecutive losing seasons can't be turned around in just a few measly paragraphs.

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Pittsburgh Pirates

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How to fix the Pirates

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Web based PITCHf/x tool
Web based PITCHf/x tool

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 11/14/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

Web based PITCHf/x tool by Josh Kalk November 14, 2007 The PITCHf/x data is a gold mine of information but sadly only a few people have been doing a lot of research with it. The main reason for this is it is very complicated to go to MLB's servers and download the data and then put it into a form that is usable. So what I would like to do is to create a tool that will allow anyone to access ...

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Web based PITCHf/x tool

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A zone of their own
A zone of their own

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 11/28/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

Investigating the personal strike zones of major league umpires.

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A zone of their own

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