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The Hardball Times Annual 2007/The Bill James Handbook 2007
Published 12/20/2006 by Mike Green at Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
... The Hardball Times Annual 2007 and the Bill James Handbook arrived at my home this month, and I opened them with the anticipation of someone 20 years younger.  The Hardball Times website is a regular daily stopping point for me, for the fascinating statistics, thoughtful analysis and entertaining writing.  And as for Bill James, how about saying that he is the pre-eminent baseball analyst of the last 30 years, and leaving it at that. I wish that I could recommend these books unreservedly, but that is impossible.

Suck-cess
Published 2/3/2007 by Lisa Gray at The Astros Dugout
... a few more stats from www.thehardballtimes.com

No QOTD, 10 February, 2007.
Published 2/10/2007 by Allen Chace at Over the Monster: Front Page Posts
... At The Hardball Times, John Brittain

Preseason Predictions
Published 2/10/2007 by TBA at Red Sox Reality Check
... For baseball starved readers, the Hardball Times always provokes some interest, and

Quick Plug
Published 2/15/2007 by Rob G. at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog -
... Also I’ve got a bit on the Cubs in The Hardball Times 2007 Season Preview. I don’t know the particulars yet on when it ships or the cost, but I did want to give you everyone a heads up so you can save your allowances.

Cubs 2007 Season In Review
Published 3/23/2007 by Cubnut at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog -
... Opening Day is still more than a week off, but the prognostication season is well under way. Sports Illustrated’s annual preview was mentioned here yesterday, but The Hardball Times and

Hardball
Published 3/30/2007 at NJ.com: Philling Station
... 's Jason Weitzel for being tapped for The Hardball Times '

Book Review: The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2007
Published 4/21/2007 by JinAZ at On Baseball and the Reds
... What really sets the Hardball Times Annual apart, and makes it arguably the best of the bunch, is that it focuses on the latter component--insightful articles--far more so than its competitors. There are absolutely stats, which, in fact, are sophisticated, well-organized, and innovative. In addition to classic team and player stats, The Hardball Times makes use of a number of more advanced statistics to analyze both teams and players, including Win Shares, runs created and prevented, defense-independent pitching statistics, and detailed batted-ball statistics. It will be an excellent resource in the coming season, along with the wonderful Hardball Times website.

Progress Report—Batters
Published 4/24/2007 at Royal Ingenuity

Mark Prior Blame Game!
Published 4/26/2007 by Adam Godson at Bugs & Cranks
... , Dusty’s clearly the Goat. Baker had a reputation for being hard on young arms with the Giants, and clearly brought that mentality to the Cubs. You mean every manager doesn’t throw their young pitchers 200 innings? The Hardball Times, with their calculators and pointy heads, points out that Baker only leaves pitchers in the game for an extra

Kratz Also Up to AAA!
Published 5/2/2007 by John Leonard at All Things Valley League

Fournier Raking for George Mason
Published 5/6/2007 by John Leonard at All Things Valley League

Tindle's Season at Stetson
Published 5/10/2007 by John Leonard at All Things Valley League

Better Late Than Never
Published 5/15/2007 by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
... , The Hardball Times plus the creator of the brilliant

SNTCO: Hackers?
Published 5/30/2007 by TD at Rain Delay
... The Hardball Times

Memo To Jim:
Published 6/24/2007 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
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Dateline DRB: To Catch a Statue
Published 8/2/2007 by R.J. Anderson <info@draysbay.com> at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
... Take for instance this chart from The Hardball Times: ...

In Which I Travel to the Cities by the Bay
Published 8/7/2007 by Ryan Armbrust at The Pastime
... , of The Hardball Times, was just as nice and interesting a guy as you might want to meet. Vlae Kershner, one of the fine fellows from ...

Find Your Center
Published 8/14/2007 by attackgerbil at YFSF
... and thehardballtimes.com for the data. ...

Blink
Published 8/15/2007 by Craig Brown at Royals Authority
... - Chris Jaffe from The Hardball Times has posted ...

NL East Standings Over Time
Published 9/28/2007 by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
NL East Standings Over Time This graph, borrowed from the folks at The Hardball Times , shows that yes, the Mets have stumbled down the stretch. But really, the larger cause of what's happened in the standings in September has been some great play by the Phillies. Posted by Doc on September 28, 2007 in ...

Published 9/30/2007 by J. Weitzel at Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits
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Jamey!
Published 10/2/2007 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
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Game chat: National League Division Series Game 1
Published 10/3/2007 by J. Weitzel at Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits
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Brian Gunn On Walt Jocketty
Published 10/4/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... and The Hardball Times, among other places.  Recalling his fine "GM In A Box" piece on Walt Jocketty in the THT annual a few years back, I asked him to dispel his wisdom once again on the Cards ex-GM.  His piece follows. ...

Watch For A Much Improved Julio Lugo in 2008
Published 11/27/2007 by Zach Hayes at Fire Brand of the American League
Watch For A Much Improved Julio Lugo in 2008 The most ridiculed move of the Theo Epstein Era could very well be the acquisition of Julio Lugo to play shortstop. Yes, more than letting Orlando Cabrera walk to the West Coast, signing Matt Clement and Edgar Renteria for four years in the same winter, or handing J.D. Drew the fattest check of his lifetime. The general consensus around baseball argues that Julio Lugo was an unmitigated disaster in his first year when, looking closer, our shortstop was not all that terrible. We managed to win a World Series in which Lugo posted a .500 OBP, didn’t we? Julio Lugo began 2007 ...

Greatest Poster Ever
Published 12/9/2007 by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
Alternate Jerseys Will Equal More Wins [We Hope] | Main | The Eagles Woes December 09, 2007 Greatest Poster Ever Yuengling Poster , originally uploaded by withayou . Doc | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/171821/24061552 Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Greatest Poster Ever : Comments Post a comment Name: Email Address: (Not displayed with comment.) URL: Remember personal info? Comments: Linkology Suggested reading: my del.icio.us For more suggested reading and interesting links, go to the ...

The Million Dollar Question: Where Does Esteban German Fit?
Published 1/31/2008 by Clark Fosler at Royals Authority
... Here’s another way to look at it. Last season at second base, Mark Grudzielanek and German had basically the same Revised Zone Rating (courtesy The Hardball Times and, for you traditionalists, pretty comparable fielding percentages. However, while Grudz handled roughly twice as many chances, he started three times the double plays as German and made three times the outs outside of his zone than Esteban did. At third base, Alex Gordon handled four times as many chances as German, but made five times the outs outside of his zone and committed only two and a half ...

For your Sunday Morning Reading:
Published 2/3/2008 by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
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The Hardball Times 2008 Season Preview
Published 2/9/2008 by Lisa Gray at The Astros Dugout
As yall know, I write for www.thehardballtimes.com once or twice a month - the non-statist of the group.  The Annual Season Preview has just been completed and is now available. As David Gassko, one of the editors explains, “This year’s effort includes 240 pages of team essays, player comments for almost 900 different players, projections, and other goodies. The team chapters are written by bloggers and THT writers who follow their team every day, and the result is the kind of commentary you can’t get from just looking at the numbers or some news ...

You Have GOT to be Freaking Kidding Me
Published 2/23/2008 by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
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The Derek Jeter Conundrum
Published 2/24/2008 by Jason at MY BASEBALL BIAS
Photo Credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan With every passing season, Derek Jeter gets a year older and the questions surrounding his overall play seem to get louder. There are certainly Jeter disciples out there who believe he can do no wrong. Some believe his Yankee captaincy is overrated, shouting from the rooftops that he’s the most overly hyped player in all of baseball. Then there’s the question of his defense. While some feel his few, if any shortcomings are made up for by spectacular plays, others point clearly to his lack of range and make the ...

If this Happened in Philadelphia...
Published 3/4/2008 by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
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Sox Monster interview: 'Duk of Yahoo! Sports
Published 3/10/2008 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
... fan, I'm watching the final 50 laps if the Home Depot car is in contention.) Red Sox Monster: If you would, please name 10 blogs or Web sites you check out regularly in the course of your blogging. Why those? 'Duk: I'm not sure if that's a fair question, considering my RSS reader is packed with hundreds of feeds. But I do enjoy all the baseball blog staples -- Bugs & Cranks , Home Run Derby , Baseball Musings , Baseball Prospectus , The Hardball Times , MLB Trade Rumors , Walkoff Walk and Ump Bump . ...

Goin’ Camping..
Published 3/13/2008 by TD at Rain Delay
Yes you read that correctly, I’m headed to the Oregon Coast for the weekend and won’t be back until Sunday evening. It’s raining as we speak, fitting don’t ya think? Anyways for the first time ever, someone other than me will be updating Rain Delay through the weekend. I’m proud to announce that Geoff Young of Ducksnorts , Knuckle Curve and Hardball Times fame will be filling in for me. Geoff, I leave things in your capable hands. Thank you! Ducksnorts , geoff young , knuckle curve , oregon coast , the hardball times ...

Civil Rights, Foster, and Petroskey
Published 3/27/2008 by Bruce Markusen at Bruce Markusen's Cooperstown Confidential
... After giving the Indians every indication they had found their left fielder for the next decade, Foster fell off the map. Never again a productive player, he was out of the game just two years later. So what happened? I asked Steve Treder of The Hardball Times if he knew. “I must admit I’ve always been as mystified as everyone else as to what happened to him. At the time, there were no reports of an injury issue; he just kind of quickly and quietly flamed out.” ...

Baseball Ain't Rocket Science
Published 3/28/2008 by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
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Previews Galore
Published 3/28/2008 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
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On Closer Inspection
Published 3/30/2008 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
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Game chat: Phillies open defense of NL East crown
Published 3/31/2008 by J. Weitzel at Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits
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‘Statistically Speaking’ Mission Statement
Published 4/2/2008 by Eric J. Seidman at Statistically Speaking
... We are going to begin roundtable discussions as a feature–to be conducted each weekend–which will be posted every Monday.  We welcome all participants and will discuss different types of baseball subjects be they statistics, theory, strategy, history, you name it.  Anybody interested in conversing with us needs only to e-mail Pizza or myself.  Our first participant will be John Beamer, of the Chop ‘n’ Change blog here at MVN as well as The Hardball Times.  Expect that Monday. Every Saturday will consist of a sabermetrics ...

Game chat: Phillies counterpunch with Cole Hamels
Published 4/2/2008 by J. Weitzel at Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits
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Game chat: Phils, Moyer seek first win this afternoon
Published 4/3/2008 by J. Weitzel at Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits
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What’s the Difference?
Published 4/8/2008 by Kyle at Driveline Mechanics
... As my site gets around on the Internet, I see many questions from readers who are genuinely interested in pitching mechanics. I think that a lot of people see video-based scouting and analysis as the next Moneyball-esque field, where mainstream baseball shuts out otherwise intelligent individuals in favor of the old guard. Some people will point to Carlos Gomez, who wrote a very popular blog named Bullpen Mechanics at The Hardball Times and ...

Game chat: Rivalry resumes today at Shea Stadium
Published 4/8/2008 by J. Weitzel at Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits
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Told you so.
Published 4/10/2008 by WTP at Warning Track Power
Sanchez v. Brewers: Better than you think Told you so. Published by WTP on April 9, 2008 in Uncategorized . Jonathan Sanchez tonight: 6IP 3H 0ER 2BB 10K Looks like he’ll get the no decision, as the buzzsaw that is Justin Germano shut out the vaunted Giants lineup.  Still, not bad, eh? Last 5 posts in Uncategorized Messing around with the site. - February 4th, 2008 HR/F and BABIP Fun: Bad Luck In '07 = Sleepers In '08 - January 29th, 2008 Adjusted Batting Average Revisited - December 9th, 2007 Many Happy Returns - September 8th, 2007 Kuo Going Tonight - June ...

Game chat: Cubs come in for three-game series
Published 4/11/2008 by J. Weitzel at Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits
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Appreciating Pat Burrell
Published 4/14/2008 by Eric Seidman at FanGraphs Baseball
... , and occasionally The Hardball Times. I welcome all questions, comments, and/or post suggestions via e-mail and you will definitely find me hanging with Dave Cameron around the comment threads. ...

Stay The Course, Stan
Published 4/17/2008 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
... Dugout NatsFanatics RESOURCES Nationals Payroll 40-Man Roster Nat'l Farm Authority's Big Board Transaction Glossary Career Minor League Stats Clem's Baseball Stadiums Nats Fan Club DC BLOGS Off Wing Opinion Metroblogging DC DCenters Japer's Rink Mr. Irrelevant The Visiting Team GENERAL BLOGS: Baseball Primer Baseball Crank Baseball Analysts Baseball Musings The Hardball Times Baseball Prospectus John Sickles The Sports Economist ...

Oh, And Another Thing...
Published 4/18/2008 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
... Dugout NatsFanatics RESOURCES Nationals Payroll 40-Man Roster Nat'l Farm Authority's Big Board Transaction Glossary Career Minor League Stats Clem's Baseball Stadiums Nats Fan Club DC BLOGS Off Wing Opinion Metroblogging DC DCenters Japer's Rink Mr. Irrelevant The Visiting Team GENERAL BLOGS: Baseball Primer Baseball Crank Baseball Analysts Baseball Musings The Hardball Times Baseball Prospectus John Sickles The Sports Economist ...

Game chat: Aces clash in Friday night's main event
Published 4/18/2008 by J. Weitzel at Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits
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Pregame thread: Phillies set out to skewer Brewers
Published 4/23/2008 by J. Weitzel at Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits
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Brian Gunn On Walt Jocketty
Published 4/24/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... and The Hardball Times, among other places.  Recalling his fine "GM In A Box" piece on Walt Jocketty in the THT annual a few years back, I asked him to dispel his wisdom once again on the Cards ex-GM back in October of 2007.  An excerpt of his piece follows. ...

Cut Him! He's A Bum! He Never Smiles!
Published 4/25/2008 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
... Dugout NatsFanatics RESOURCES Nationals Payroll 40-Man Roster Nat'l Farm Authority's Big Board Transaction Glossary Career Minor League Stats Clem's Baseball Stadiums Nats Fan Club DC BLOGS Off Wing Opinion Metroblogging DC DCenters Japer's Rink Mr. Irrelevant The Visiting Team GENERAL BLOGS: Baseball Primer Baseball Crank Baseball Analysts Baseball Musings The Hardball Times Baseball Prospectus John Sickles The Sports Economist ...

Game chat: Phillies, Hamels host Padres, Maddux
Published 4/29/2008 by J. Weitzel at Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits
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The ’41st’ Pod - Fri, May 9th - Richie Sexson Episode
Published 5/9/2008 by The 41st Wraith at Mop Up Duty | Baseball News Sabermetric | Baseball History Bio
... Drunken Bleachers (Red Sox Blog) Duck Snorts (Padres Blog) Fake Teams (Fantasy Sports) Hot Corner (Red Sox Blog) Jeff Blair’s Blog Keith Law’s Mike’s Mets (NY Mets Blog) Miked Up (Mike Wilner’s Blog) Minor League Ball MLB.com Nationals Baseball Fan Only Baseball Matters (Mostly Giants Blog) Oriole Post Phillies Flow Royals Review Sawx Blog (Red Sox) Tao of Stieb The Hardball Times The Mockingbird The Pastime (Baseball Blog, A’s Focus) Twins ...

Link: Disabled List Informer
Published 5/14/2008 by Kyle at Driveline Mechanics
... Chris Neault writes for The Hardball Times and also maintains his own website over at The Disabled List Informer. He recently commented on my voiceover about Max Scherzer, liking what he saw, but adding this clarification: Where Boddy is incorrect, is that he describes the “decelerator muscles” after release as the anterior shoulder. In fact, this region is not decelerating anything at this phase of the pitching motion. The decelerator muscles at this phase are actually in the posterior aspect of the shoulder, i.e. the ...

Patience is not a virtue for the 2008 Yankees
Published 5/14/2008 by Ross (noreply@blogger.com) at Yankee Stadium Insider Blog
Obviously, a lot of the Yankees offensive woes can be attributed to losing Alex Rodriguez (2007 MLB VORP leader with a ridiculous 96.6) and Jorge Posada (8th in MLB in VORP in 2007 with a 73.4 ) for weeks, and not just days. In some rare spare time today at work, I have decided to look at the team as a whole to figure out what is different offensively this season from years past. Immediately, a disturbing statistic popped out - the Yankees are currently 23rd in Major League Baseball in walks. Ever since the early 90's the Yankees have been the gold standard in patient ball clubs and have ...

TCR Friday Notes
Published 5/17/2008 by Rob G. at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog -
... - Speaking of our minor leaguers, Alex Eisenberg has done some writing for The Hardball Times and runs his own website, ...

Dictionary Of Baseball Abbreviations And Terms I Use On This Blog
Published 6/2/2008 by Lisa Gray at The Astros Dugout
... Defensive stats I use are UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating - invented by Mitchel Lichtman), RZR (revised Zone Rating - based on stats provied by Baseball Info Solutions, Inc and found on www.thehardballtimes.com) PMR (Probable Model of Range, invented by David Pinto) and last, but not least, Chris Dial’s ratings. (I am more than willing, of course, to look at John Dewan’s +/- ratings, if someone would give them to me…) ...

Glancing At Gomez
Published 6/10/2008 by Jesse at Twinkie Town: Front Page Posts
... I compiled a list of 38 center fielders who have compiled the most innings spent in the field and, again thanks to stats available from The Hardball Times, I'll be comparing him to the league-average Revised Zone Rating (based on those 38 players) as well as other notable center fielders.  The second list gives you the ten guys who have made the most outs outside of their zone, through Sunday. ...

Living a Lie: The X Factor
Published 6/12/2008 by Loren (noreply@blogger.com) at Pure Point
Living a Lie will be a weekly installment delving into the annals of the world of fantasy sports and will hopefully run until the end of the baseball season. By now, most members of competitive leagues and hardy fans know about traditional SABRmetric stats. You talk about BABIP and it's easy enough to comprehend. Throw in a little DIPS, K/BB rate, and GB/FB ratio and you don't lose people. but if you really want to get a leg up on the competition, you're going to want to head on over to The Hardball Times, and get familiar with what I'm going to call the X stats. Sure, you know about BABIP and ...

Breaking Down the Heater
Published 6/20/2008 by Eric J. Seidman at Statistically Speaking
... at The Hardball Times, taking everything recorded by the Pitch F/X system in 2007 and, amongst others, calculating the average velocity, horizontal movement, and vertical movement for the four major pitches: fastball, curveball, slider, and changeup.  The results showed that the average fastball clocked in at 91 mph with -6.2 inches of horizontal movement and 8.9 inches of vertical movement.  The author acknowledged that he did not differentiate between four-seamers, two-seamers, and cutters, but rather lumped them all together in determining the averages; ...

Sonnanstine and E.R.A. Don’t See Eye to Eye
Published 6/26/2008 by Eric Seidman at FanGraphs Baseball
... E-F, or ERA-FIP as you may have seen at The Hardball Times, does just what the title suggests: it subtracts the FIP from the ERA in order to see which pitchers have been lucky or unlucky with regards to their earned run barometer and controllable skills measure. Sonnanstine has a 4.85 ERA yet a 3.32 FIP. That FIP ranks 8th best in the league and the only other E-Fs higher, in all of baseball, belong to ...

Welcome New Hires!
Published 7/14/2008 by Kyle at Driveline Mechanics
I am proud to announce that I’ve added three new writers to Driveline Mechanics! Here they are, along with their primary duties: Josh Kalk - Pitch f/x Analyst Nick Mueller - Performance Analyst David Golebiewski - Transactions Analyst You may know some of these authors - Josh writes for The Hardball Times and David writes for Most Valuable Network, both doing similar work as they will be doing here. They will be making individual posts in the coming days to introduce themselves and what their backgrounds are. ...

News: We’re Moving!
Published 7/15/2008 by Kyle at Driveline Mechanics
... , Driveline Mechanics, and The Hardball Times (even though we all disagree on some things), front offices and scouts will start to accept the fact that Rick Peterson was right about at least this one thing: ...

What to Make of Renteria
Published 7/16/2008 by Eric Seidman at FanGraphs Baseball
... this way to date does not mean he will continue to do so over the course of the season. Projection systems base their judgments on actual historical data, so they do not just come from thin air. Renteria’s Marcel projection for this year included a .295/.357/.425 slash line, a .782 OPS, 10 home runs, and 29 doubles. He is clearly off pace but how much so? How has his performance so far this year effected what should be expected of him? Luckily, Sal Baxamusa of The Hardball Times created a spreadsheet that allows us to project performance in-season based ...

The Deal With Derby Participants
Published 7/24/2008 by Eric J. Seidman at Statistically Speaking
... or “uppercut mentality” cards but I say it’s largely poppycock.  I am, however, willing to be openly swayed by the numbers should they come to suggest such a result.  My first step was compiling a list of all derby participants from 2000-2007, then entering their actual second half performance into a spreadsheet.  Using the in-season Marcel projector, I then manually entered the pertinent numbers into the required fields, which took forever (Hardball Times, you need to go prior to 2004!) but eventually offered the projections for the ...

When Perceptions Are Wrong
Published 7/27/2008 by R.J. Anderson at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
The title really says it all when it comes to what I thought I was seeing and what the truth is. See, since the all-star break I thought Carl Crawford's approach had been improved, way better than his 3.38 pitch per plate appearance number. I wanted to see just how much it had improved, so using the Baseball-Reference game logs I went through his last 39 plate appearances (aka every one since the all-star break ended) and punched in the amount of pitches saw each time. To my delight it seemed as if the one pitch at-bats were matched with at least a six or seven pitch at-bat each time. At the end of my mini dig I ...

Bronx Banter: Step to This
Published 7/30/2008 at Baseball Toaster
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Bronx Banter: Let the Healing Begin
Published 8/8/2008 at Baseball Toaster
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Another Hot-Hitting Ranger
Published 8/14/2008 by Eric Seidman at FanGraphs Baseball
... … yes, the Mets legend once played for the Phillies! He then signed with the Rangers as a free agent prior to the 2007 season and remains there today, roaming all three positions in the outfield. In 82 games this season, Byrd has produced a .298/.381/.477 slash line, good for an OPS+ of 128. He also has an RZR (fielding metric developed at The Hardball Times ) of .957. Though he doesn’t technically qualify for inclusion on their leaderboard, the current leader in the outfield is ...

Bronx Banter: Break it Down
Published 8/21/2008 at Baseball Toaster
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I’m Sure Banny Already Knows But…
Published 8/23/2008 by Eric Seidman at FanGraphs Baseball
... If his controllable skills had truly imploded, then his FIP likely wouldn’t be just a half-run higher than last year. Despite his 5.96 ERA, his FIP is a run lower at 4.94. His HR/9 has jumped from 0.82 to 1.41, but his K/BB has risen from 1.75 to 1.94. Additionally, according to the xFIP statistic kept at The Hardball Times—which normalizes the home run component of FIP—Bannister has actually been pitching better this year. ...

Bronx Banter: The Hit Man
Published 29 days ago at Baseball Toaster
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Bronx Banter: Why You Dirty...
Published 29 days ago at Baseball Toaster
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Bronx Banter: Couple Two Things
Published 24 days ago at Baseball Toaster
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An Indepth Look At The NL Cy Young Award Race
Published 18 days ago by Andrew Kneeland (noreply@blogger.com) at Twins Fix: Providing Your Daily Twins Fix
... ), developed by The Hardball Times. The founding principle of this statistic is that a run saved is worth more than a run scored. Using that, you can find a pitcher's value to his team. Here are the top five so far in 2008: ...

Bronx Banter: The Decline and Fall
Published 17 days ago at Baseball Toaster
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Bronx Banter: Getting Closer
Published 16 days ago at Baseball Toaster
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Swallowing Hard
Published 16 days ago by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
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Bronx Banter: A Great One
Published 15 days ago at Baseball Toaster
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Oh Dear Heavens
Published 13 days ago by R.J. Anderson at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
Barty/MVP post, if you don't want to read it then don't.   Come on Marc Topkin, you are better than this... There are "experts" around the baseball world questioning the Tampa Bay BBWAA chapter's election of SS Jason Bartlett as the Rays' MVP. And that shows how little they know. Quick list of writers who questioned the pick that I saw:  Joe Posnanski, Keith Law, and Joe Sheehan. They know little. Just to review how little: Posnanski - best sportswriter in the world. Law - former front office type, one of the most intelligent ...

Tampa Bay Rays v. Chicago White Sox ALDS Preview
Published 10 days ago by R.J. Anderson at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
... best hitter. With a .687 DER the White Sox aren't quite at the Rays (.712) level, but have a slightly better defensive independent pitching staff (4.02) than the Rays (4.26). Offensively the Sox are, you guessed it, slightly better, although not by as much as you would expect (..262 GPA vs. .259 GPA) but they do hit for more power. Note that the statistics in parentheses are either wOBA or tRA, both courtesy of StatCorner, otherwise stats provided by Fangraphs or TheHardballTimes.  Behind the plate is catcher A.J. ...

Bronx Banter: Cashed Out
Published 9 days ago at Baseball Toaster
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Fantasy Matchups: Week 5
Published 8 days ago by Bill Barnwell at N/A
03 Oct 2008 Fantasy Matchups: Week 5 Bears fans, bask in your hype. Posted by: Bill Barnwell on 03 Oct 2008 Re: Fantasy Matchups: Week 5 by SamoanRob_ (not verified) :: Fri, 10/03/2008 - 12:56am lots of us are cub fans and need to bask in something right about now reply Post new comment Your name: * E-mail: * The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. Homepage: Subject: Comment: * Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Allowed HTML tags: ...

Jose Guillen Just Wins Awards
Published 6 days ago by devil_fingers at Royals Review: Front Page Posts
... The Hardball Times gives our boy JoGui their prestigious Joe Carter Award, saying this: 'Jose Guillen drove in 97 runs in his 598 at-bats this season. However, only having walked 23 times, he had a meager .264/.300/.438 line.' Add this to Tom Tango's recognition of Guillen's 2008 achievements as well as the KC press's constant reminder of his 'good run production', and I'm sure Dayton Moore will ribbing Joe Posnanski for his foolish criticism of the signing all winter. THT does give AL Rookie of the year ...

Tampa Bay Rays v. Boston Red Sox ALCS Preview
Published 4 days ago by R.J. Anderson at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
I think we all knew these two were on a collision course. If you are a fan of great baseball this was these were the teams you wanted here. First to four goes to the World Series.   Preface: all stats are either wOBA or tRA provided by StatCorner. Defensive numbers provided by Justin. All other stats courtesy of FanGraphs and THT. When healthy Boston is arguably the best team in the league, however we know that Mike Lowell will miss this series and Josh Beckett (as well as J.D. Drew) might be less ...

Renegade BBWAA Awards
Published 3 days ago by Eric Seidman at FanGraphs Baseball
... , and The Hardball Times, my pal and colleague Pizza Cutter has posted the results of what I guess we are deeming the Renegade BBWAA Awards. The premise was simple: contact as many stathead bloggers as possible, and ask them to offer first, second, and third place votes for the three major awards in each league. The awards in question were the MVP, ...

End Of Season Comparison Of 2008 Astros Starters - Part 2
Published 2 days ago by Lisa Gray at The Astros Dugout
In Part 1, I compared ordinary stats. This time, I’m going to look at run support in both wins and losses, ND numbers, numbers of games with different lengths of IP and how many QS produced wins. Pitching Win Shares courtesy of www.thehardballtimes.com and RSAA courtesy of Lee Sinins at www.baseball-encyclopedia.com Roy Oswalt: 17-10 in 32 GS (22 QS - 16 W, 4 L, 2 ND): 208.2 IP: really 31 GS over 207.2 IP leaving out the 1 inning in which he was still hurt - and he missed almost the entire month of July. Team wins in his 31 ...

Burrell Gets an Ovation in the Top of the Seventh
Published 22 hours ago by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
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