Painting By Numbers

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THT Daily: 5 Weeks To Go
Published 2/25/2008 by Matthew Carruth at The Hardball Times
... . One Game at a Time - All I care about is helping the team, I don't listen to the media reports, they don't know what goes on here inside the THT clubhouse. THT Links represents the best efforts of our editors in scouring the various tubes of the interweb for both relevant and irrelevant news items. If you have happened upon a story that we have overlooked or wish to give feedback of any sort, please notify us at . Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his ...

Note To Scott Hatteberg: Tough Clogs Don’t Stand A Chance
Published 2/25/2008 by Mike D. at Hire Jim Essian!
... a game with a run by going yard–and that’s nice–but at what point will Uncle Lou realize that–in addition to his hammy injury last year which has still apparently slowed him–Soriano is now 32 years old? He’s slowing down anyway, and now you throw the hammy on top of it? But Soriano can still hit. Very productively, in fact. Low OBP/Old Wheels/Slugs The Shit Out Of The Ball. Why the hell would you bat this guy first now? And Theriot? Hey, I know the warmhearted like to hear their Theriot puppy stories , but he could just as easily prove that 2007 was his peak as he could prove ...

Theriot clichéing
Published 2/25/2008 by Matt Sussman at The Futon Report
What Ryan Theriot lacks in ability, he makes up for in clichés. ◼ Fire Joe Morgan

Wednesday roundup
Published 2/27/2008 by Rickhouse at Tremendous Upside Potential
... --This is the part of the program that we dedicate to making fun of the Cubs. Congrats to Ryan Theriot for finally making it: he’s been the punchline of a Fire Joe Morgan post, written by a writer for The Office who also plays Mose Schrute, so you know it’s good. Oh yeah and Mark DeRosa, nice heart. Not. ...

Why Eva Longoria and I Will Elope to WARP-3 Island
Published 3/6/2008 by Bill Baer at crashburnalley.com
... Jeter, when he was told that “clutch” hitting doesn’t exist, said, “You can take those stat guys and throw them out the window.” It’s not just the players that have balked at the notion that you can better understand the game of baseball with Microsoft Excel; fans (especially the better-educated sportswriters) have been just as unresponsive to the science of baseball. We, of course, remember Bill Conlin of the Philadelphia Daily News, but there’s also Jon Heyman , Bruce Miles , Joe Morgan , and a plethora of other guys out there scowling at the ...

"Joe Maddon Is A 2.4 Gigahertz Linksys Router"
Published 3/11/2008 by redsock at The Joy of Sox
It's not even mid-March and the guys at FJM are in crisp, mid-season form. ... They're bringing it like Pedro, circa 1999.