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How much do counts affect BABIP?

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Do we use luck and randomness as a crutch?

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Selective Haren

Posted Friday by Mike Fast
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Cooperstown Confidential: A trip through the ‘70s

Posted Friday by Bruce Markusen
A new book revisits 'Big Hair and Plastic Grass.'
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Pitch classification revisited

Posted Friday by Max Marchi
Max refines his pitch classification algorithm... and gives out a promised spreadsheet.
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Struggle and success

Posted Thursday by Matt Himelfarb
Two Philly farmhands plow through the minors.
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Friday, July 30, 2010

Selective Haren

by Mike Fast
What does the new Angel throw?
8 comment(s)

Cooperstown Confidential: A trip through the ‘70s

by Bruce Markusen
A new book revisits 'Big Hair and Plastic Grass.'
0 comment(s)

Pitch classification revisited

by Max Marchi
Max refines his pitch classification algorithm... and gives out a promised spreadsheet.
1 comment(s)

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Struggle and success

by Matt Himelfarb
Two Philly farmhands plow through the minors.
3 comment(s)

The most surprising .300 hitters

by Jeff Sackmann
Using retrospective projections to find breakout (and flat-out weird) seasons.
13 comment(s)

TUCK! sez: Haren Harang

by Tuck
TUCK! toons twice weekly, right here on THT
0 comment(s)

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Field of Nightmares

by Steven Booth
The misadventures of the Pacific Suns.
3 comment(s)

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

BOB:  Rangers’ auction date draws near

by Brian Borawski
The latest in the business of baseball.
2 comment(s)

Thinking about strikeout rates

by Craig Glaser
K/9, K percentage and a new way to look at a pitcher's strikeout ability
14 comment(s)

THT Awards

by John Barten
Josh Johnson is good and the Mariners lineup is not. Remember, you heard it here first.
0 comment(s)

Monday, July 26, 2010

History of the doubleheader, part III

by Chris Jaffe
Finishing up his trilogy, Chris looks at why the doubleheaders went the way of the double feature.
5 comment(s)

TUCK! sez: The Tribe abides. Sorta.

by Tuck
TUCK! brand toons every Monday and Thursday
1 comment(s)

Extending Big Papi

by Myron Logan
How much longer will David Ortiz be in Boston?
4 comment(s)

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Cooperstown Confidential: A primer for Hall of Fame Weekend

by Bruce Markusen
You should go, and here are some tips if you do.
3 comment(s)

The Indie Scene

by Richard Barbieri
This Sunday Richard went to see the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League play. He comes back with some observations on the nature of baseball outside the major league hierarchy.
11 comment(s)

Free Mike Hessman

by Jeff Sackmann
The journeyman infielder has been unfairly consigned to a career in the minors. Someone needs to let him contribute ... if it's not already too late.
11 comment(s)

TUCK! sez: All done (reprise)

by Tuck
TUCK! toons right here, Thursdays and Mondays, on THT
1 comment(s)

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Two weeks… and change

by Geoff Young
Are Jose Bautista and Jeff Francoeur still drawing walks? Yes and no.
2 comment(s)

BOB Report:  All Star Game ratings and more Rangers

by Brian Borawski
The latest in the business of baseball.
3 comment(s)

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

What happened to Gordon Beckham?

by Alex Eisenberg
From Rookie of the Year to one of the majors' least productive everyday players: a mechanical breakdown of Gordon Beckham's struggles.
16 comment(s)

Monday, July 19, 2010

TUCK! sez: The more things change

by Tuck
TUCK! brand toons every Monday and Thursday, right here at THT
2 comment(s)

History of the doubleheader (Part II)

by Chris Jaffe
Part two of the trilogy looks at the heyday for twin bills.
5 comment(s)

Evaluating the Cliff Lee trade

by Myron Logan
Did the Texas Rangers give up too much for the rights to Cliff Lee?
7 comment(s)

Friday, July 16, 2010

Halftime in the NL equals surprises

by Harry Pavlidis and Dave Studeman and John Beamer and Steve Treder
Who saw it coming? The Braves, the Reds, the Padres.
2 comment(s)

The virtual 1971-1980 St. Louis Cardinals (Part 2)

by Steve Treder
In real life, first place was entirely beyond the Cardinals' reach in these years. Let's see how many St. Louis flags might have flown in our scenario.
10 comment(s)

Card Corner: The Mad Hungarian

by Bruce Markusen
Another unusual pitcher makes the grade in the latest look at the 1980 Topps set.
4 comment(s)

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  • JC Bradbury on the simple economics of how the Oswalt deal worked: http://is.gd/dT5TM (Jul 30)

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